transit sketch planning (webinar slides)

Developing a Prepared Mindset:Transit Sketch Planning

ANDY KOSINSKISenior Transportation Planner/Engineer - Fehr & Peers

AMY SMITHGeospatial Data & Technology Specialist - Fehr & Peers

CHRIS PANGILINANTransportation Engineer - City and County of San Francisco

SAM HASHEMI2014 Code for America Fellow, Transitmix Co-founder

CODE FOR AMERICA, @CODEFORAMERICA

Outline for the hour ● Competing Goals within Transit Planning

● Key Transit Planning Considerations (political, budgetary…)

● Spatial Datasets (using them to inform community goals)

● Transitmix (Demo and discussion of the multifaceted tool)

● Q & A

Competing Goals● Unlimited Possibilities● Limited Resources● What is your goal?

What’s your goal?● Maximize Ridership

Photo Credit: Michael Ocampo

What’s your goal?● Maximize Coverage (Lifeline)

Photo Credit: Julian Walker

San Francisco● Route 54

Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.

Route 54● Proposed

adjustment

Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.

Houston● Current frequent

network

Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.

Houston● Proposed frequent

network

What is your goal?● Set ridership and coverage goals to meet the needs of your

communities● Be clear about these as you design your network

Further reading:Jarrett Walker. Purpose-driven public transport: creating a clear conversation about public transport goals. Journal of Transport Geography 16 (2008) 436–442.

Key Transit Planning Considerations● Budgetary components● Roadway engineering - Operating Costs● Tradeoff case study

Transit Budgetary ComponentsCapital Costs Operating Costs

Operating Cost Breakdown

Source: APTA & National Transit Database, 2010

Operating Cost Example

Operating Cost Scenarios for 16 hours of service, 250 days per yearInfrequent service: 100 minute cycle, 20 minute headways → 5 buses needed ($2.4M/year)Frequent service: 100 minute cycle, 5 minute headways → 20 buses needed ($9.6M/year)Frequent, delayed service: 115 minute cycle, 5 minute headways → ($11.04M/year)

Delays cost $1.44M every year for one route!

Engineering to reduce operating costs

San Francisco Tradeoff Study

What happens if we reroute the 54 bus due to resident complaints?

Planning and operational considerations

San Francisco Tradeoff Study

Spatial Data Resources● Smart Location Database● National Household Travel Survey● Automatic Vehicle Location

EPA Smart Location DatabaseWhat it is | Nationwide database of transportation characteristics

Geography | Census Block Group

Find It | www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smartlocationdatabase.htm

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National Household Travel SurveyWhat it is | Data on travel and transportation patterns in the US

Geography | Various Census Geographies

Find It | NHTS http://nhts.ornl.gov

CHTS http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/otfa/national_household_travel_survey.html

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Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)What it is | Vehicle locations, often collected using GPS

Geography | Time-stamped coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)

Find It | Local transit providers, NextBus XML feed

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Working with Spatial Data● Starting at the end and knowing your goal● Starting from the data and exploring● Knowing your scale● Asking questions and understanding limitations

Transitmix● Modern mapping tool for planning transit● http://transitmix.net● @transitmix● team@transitmix.net

LIVE APPapp.transitmix.net

1-MIN DEMOvimeo.com/105403827

6-MIN OVERVIEWyoutube.com/watch?v=enMF-bbQOp8

Demo

45,000+ maps created

GTFS

Geospatial Layers

Title VI Analysis

Lots more!

Coming Soon: Transitmix Pro

Interested? Please reach out to us! team@transitmix.net

Thank You!

Q&A

ANDY KOSINSKISenior Transportation Planner/ Engineer - Fehr & Peers

AMY SMITHGeospatial Data & Technology Specialist - Fehr & Peers

CHRIS PANGILINANTransportation Engineer - City and County of San Francisco

SAM HASHEMI2014 Code for America Fellow, Transitmix Co-founder

GARRETT JACOBSFacilitator - CfA

@andykosinski

@wolfmapper

@cap_transport

@oksamuel

@garrjacobs