Katie Roth

Manager, Arterial Bus Rapid Transit | Metro Transit

@katielynroth

From Program to Project and Back:Building Arterial BRT in the Twin Cities

Minneapolis

Saint Paul

A seven-county region, 3.5 million strong

Start with a programmatic foundation

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Defined system

characteristics

Identified top-tier priority

corridors

Set goal of implementing one line / year

2012: Identified program & project characteristics

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PROGRAM

PROJECT

2012: Identified A Line for implementation

2012-2016: Developed program characteristics

Specialized vehicles with wider doors, open layout

& other amenities

Fully off-board fare payment & random fare

checks

Station kit with future options

Standard operating procedures

Transit signal priority & traffic operations

interaction

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The petri dish for a “kit” for many contexts

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Suburban expresswaybig box center

Neighborhood commercial

nodes

Low-densityresidential

Rail station /transit center

Medium-rise, high traffic

Colleges &Universities

June 11, 2016

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1,332,895

271,604

1,491,725

June 11, 2015through

June 10, 2016

June 11, 2016through

June 10, 2017

A Line Total Corridor Rides Year-Over-Year

One year after A Line launch

+32%

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4,100

3,300

2,300

5,400

4,700

3,000

Weekday Saturday Sunday

+31% +43% +33%

April 2016 vs. April 2017 Corridor Ridership

People like nice things

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The program can change

Next up

2019: C Line

2021: D Line

2022: B Line

2023: E Line

PROGRAM

PROJECTS

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Engineering

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Construction Operations A Line

EngineeringConstruction

Operations C Line

Fare collection

Station architecture

Fleet specification

EngineeringConstruction

Operations D Line

Lessons learned & design revisions

Continual operating improvement

60’ orderElectric order

Planning

Planning

Operating proceduresOngoing Performance

Committee

A Line Performance Evaluation

Document decisions made

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Seize opportunities to reduce costs & disruption

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$36 million

$43 million

$22 million

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$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

$70

$80

A Line C Line D Line B Line E Line

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Not (yet) programmatic: Funding

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Opened2016

Coming2019

Targeted2021

Targeted2022

Targeted2023

Competitive (& limited) CMAQ

Federal Formula & local bonds

One-time state bond awards

Unfunded and unidentified

Questions?

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