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PARKING & TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

PTAB

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

PTAB CHARGE• Formed to provide the broadest possible community

input and perspective regarding parking and transportation on campus

• Serves in an advisory capacity to the Vice Chancellor of Administration & Finance by reviewing, evaluating, and recommending policies and proposals related to parking and transportation on the Amherst campus

APPROVE MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS• Approval of Minutes for April 12, 2017

TODAYS AGENDA• Regional Bike Share Program

– Ezra Small, Sustainability Manager

• Parking Services Update– Jonathan King, Parking Manager

• Transit Services Update– Glenn D. Barrington, Transportation Manager

P I O N E E R V A L L E Y B I K E S H A R E

Valleybike Share @ UMass AmherstVendor Selection Update

9/1/2017

BENEFITS OF BIKE SHARE

• Promote:• green transportation and

reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• development including jobs and schools

• healthy, active living and support recreational use of bikes

• improve and extend the range of the transit and rail services

• build demand for bicycle infrastructure, including bike lanes and bike parking

• provide visitors and residents with an effective transportation option that is equitable and serves lower income and other traditionally under-served populations

• create more livable communities and reduce the need for new areas to be developed for additional parking in our urban core and commercial areas

• After 3 years of planning, grant securing*, and contract negotiations, a bike share vendor has been selected

• Northampton, Amherst, Holyoke, South Hadley, Springfield, UMass, and PVPC (coordinator)

• Northampton is lead community for grants and contracts

• Launching in Spring 2018 (April)

VENDOR SELECTION

*$1,163,560 MassDOT and Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (CMAQ grant for capital equipment)

• Selection criteria:• Min Requirements: (5 yrs experience for principal and 3 yrs for project manager)

• Organization Development and System Oversight

• Quality of Equipment/System, Operations, Software, Maintenance

• Quality of bicycle Distribution

• Business Model and Implementation Plan

• Marketing and Outreach

• Customer Service

• Walk-up and Un-banked User

• Pervious Experience and Staff Qualifications

• Interview

• References

• Price Proposal

VENDOR SELECTION

B E W E G E N

• Bewegen wins! Led by CEO Alain Ayotte – Bike Share visionary

Hamilton, Ontario

B E W E G E N

• System will be publically owned (290 bikes/29 stations), privately owned (210 bikes, 21 stations), and privately operated with 3-5 year commitment.

• Software, electric connections are being donated by Bewegen

• All 500 bikes will be Pedelec electric-assist bikes, making PVB 3rd largest all-electric system in the world.

P E D E L E C E L E C T R I C A S S I S T B I K E S

• Manufacturer: ProCycle Bikes

• Pedelec Electric Assist Bikes• No controls or gears to learn

• Users pedal and technology activates with movement

• Continuously Variable Tansmission (CVT), adjusts assist ratio to match every ride

• Speed customization: • Geo-fencing for setting speed limits based on geography (park

areas/campuses)

• System Wide: operator can set speeds during inclement weather

• User-based: users can set assistance level in online profile (weekends assist level lowered to burn more calories)

S T A T I O N S

• PVB will have 50 stations• 9 Bike Share Kiosk/docking stations

with min 10 charging docks each (2 in each community, 1 at UMA)

• 41 Bike Share wayfinding/docking stations with 10 charging docks each

• Station elements are modular, “Smart Rail” is bolted onto pads but lightweight

O P E R A T I O N S

Boston, MA New York City

C O S T


U S E R E X P E R I E N C E


M O R E I N F O

• Still in the works:

• Additional station siting (3 planned and approved by CPPC)

• Sponsors for UMass stations/bikes – Bewegen

• Integration with PVTA/Ucards –Bewegen

• Marketing/Promotion –Bewegen/UMass

P I O N E E R V A L L E Y B I K E S H A R E

H A I G I S M A L L L O C A T I O N

Option A: Install station just west of the bus stop at the end of President’s Drive sidewalk – selected by CPPC 9/27/16

Option B: Install station along edge of Haigis Mall just north (behind) bus stop Looking north

Serving students, faculty, staff, and visitors

Looking south

Option A: Replace bike rack on south side of Kennedy overhang –

selected by CPPC 9/27/16

Option B: Install station along concrete wall behind trees in SW Concourse outside of Crampton

Serving ~6,000 student residents in SW, encouraging tunnel use on north side of SW onto campus core

S O U T H W E S T L O C A T I O N

N O R T H E A S T L O C A T I O N

Option A: Install station on east side of sidewalk of North Pleasant Street in front of Knowlton House, just south of bus stop.

– approved by CPPC 9/27/16

Serving students, faculty & staff, encourage end of commute riding from bus to campus center, labs, residence halls, points north, town.

N O R T H E A S T L O C A T I O NUMass Amherst and each community has been told we can request more stations. If we could have 3 more stations, where should they be?

N O R T H E A S T L O C A T I O N

THANK YOU!

Parking Services – UpdateJonathan King, Parking Services Manager• New Pay Stations• Garage Renovation Update• Park Mobile Pay-by-cell• License Plate Recognition (LPR) Update• Parking Access and Revenue Control (PARC) Update• New England Parking Council Conference

New Pay Stations• Four new pay stations were installed this summer to replace

the old pay stations in Lots 14, 34 (Robsham) and 64 (Rec. Center).

• The new pay stations are all pay-by-plate. They are no longer space specific or pay-and-display.

• This allows us to enforce with our mobile License Plate Recognition vehicle.

• We could not get a maintenance contract for the old units and they would not be supported by T2 because of their age.

• The new pay stations cost approximately $9,000 each.

New Pay Station Options• The new pay stations offer our customers the ability to

extend their stay through their cell phone. The pay station will send a text to the customer asking if they would like to extend their stay. The customer can text back the amount of time they would like to extend by and then the system charges their credit card. There is a $0.25 charge to the customer to do this.

• These new pay station systems will integrate easily with LPR to make for easy enforcement.

Garage Renovation Update• All major parts of the renovation are complete. • The fire suppression system is functional and signed off on

by State and Local fire services.• The re-coating of the decks completed this summer

seems to be holding, with a couple of small patches that have come up and appear to be just the top coat. The water proofing system for the decks is warrantied for 10 years.

What’s Next for the Garage?• Parking Access and Revenue Control – installation of the new

automated system for the garage will begin within the next week or so.

• Booth attendants will move to the Customer Service Office on level 2.

• System includes 6 pay-on-foot stations. Two machines each on levels 2, 3 and 4. One point of sale machine in the Customer Services Office which will allow the garage attendant to operate the gates. One machine on level 2 will take cash.

• Exit machines will take credit cards but will be discouraged. If people decide to pay at the exit then it will slow everything down.

What’s Next for the Garage?• We would like to paint the inside of the garage.

Estimated cost for that would be around $300k.• I do not believe that we can paint the outside. We might

be able to do a clear coat but not change the color.• If we can get the painting done then we should not

have to touch the garage for 10 years.

Pay-By-Cell• We partnered with ParkMobile a little over two years ago. The

adoption rate for pay-by-cell has increased dramatically. In a typical in-session month we have over 20k transaction.

• Customer pays $0.13 transaction cost and UMass pays for the Credit Card transaction cost, currently 9%. The percentage is high because of the small dollar amount per transaction.

• We also opened up all the yellow lots to ParkMobile. Customers can purchase time in the yellow lots by the hour up to $6.50 which is the discounted single day rate.

• License Plate recognition makes this a feasible option.

LPR and PARCS• License Plate Recognition – should be in place in the

next month or so. All permitting (temporary, hourly, daily and yearly) will be license plate based.

LPR and PARCS• We are still working on some of the logistics for the

garage automation project (Parking Access and Revenue Control). We have a tentative installation date of Late September.

New England Parking Council• UMass will host the New England Parking Council college

and university sub group this September. • We are expecting 50-75 attendees from universities and

colleges across New England.

Transit Services – UpdateGlenn Barrington, General Manager

• PVTA route adjustments in our service area as a result to state budget cuts

• Ridership update for FY17• Bus stop improvements on and off campus• Summer projects

PVTA Route Adjustments • 11 PVTA Public hearings held throughout the Pioneer

Valley this summer• Public feedback helped save a vast majority of the

routes in our immediate service area • http://www.umass.edu/transportation/route-schedules

http://www.umass.edu/transportation/route-schedules

Ridership update for FY17

Fiscal Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May JunYTD

Totals FY16 96,052 95,699 432,636 472,951 396,573 291,777 274,792 455,658 398,040 453,634 141,402 91,252 3,600,466FY17 88,628 98,527 439,091 467,020 379,833 313,125 230,136 405,844 391,401 416,433 199,303 88,667 3,518,008Total Change 7,424 2,828 6,455 5,931 16,740 21,348 44,656 49,814 6,639 37,201 57,901 2,585 82,458% Change -7.73% 2.96% 1.49% -1.25% -4.22% 7.32% -16.25% -10.93% -1.67% -8.20% 40.95% -2.83% -2.29%

FY16 v. FY17 Passenger Comparision

• FY17 Totals • Actual Miles operated – 1,017,582• Passengers – 3,518,008

Ridership to Date for FY18

Fiscal Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May JunYTD

Totals FY17 88,628 98,527 439,091 467,020 379,833 313,125 230,136 405,844 391,401 416,433 199,303 88,667 187,155FY18 85,004 95,222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180,226Total Change 3,624 3,305 439,091 467,020 379,833 313,125 230,136 405,844 391,401 416,433 199,303 88,667 6,929% Change -4.09% -3.35% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -3.70%


Passenger Counts

UMASS TRANSIT

PVTA Passengers by Route

FY18

ROUTEJuly AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuaryFebruary March April May JuneTotal

Route 30 (North Amherst/Old Belchertown Rd.)27,86030,22358,083

Route 31 (Sunderland/South Amherst)30,67535,36566,040

Route 33 (Shopper Shuttle/Puffers Pond)16,73718,32835,065

Route 34 (Orchard Hill)000

Route 35 (Mullins Center)000

Route 36 (Atkins Corner/Olympia Drive)5,8236,67912,502

Route 38 (MHC)000

Route 39 (Smith/Hampshire)000

Route 45 (Belchertown Center)3,2053,7946,999

Route 46 (South Deerfield/Whately Park & Ride)7048331,537

Trippers000

TOTALS85,00495,2220000000000180,226

UMASS TRANSIT

PVTA Passengers per In-Service Hour (Hastus)

FY18

ROUTEJuly AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneTotal

Route 30 (North Amherst/Old Belchertown Rd.)39.8540.150.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0080.00

Route 31 (Sunderland/South Amherst)42.6145.490.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0088.10

Route 33 (Shopper Shuttle/Puffers Pond)25.9525.930.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0051.88

Route 34 (Orchard Hill)0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Route 35 (Mullins Center)0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Route 36 (Atkins Corner/Olympia Drive)19.2820.760.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0040.03

Route 38 (MHC)0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Route 39 (Smith/Hampshire)0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

Route 45 (Belchertown Center)17.1417.640.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0034.78

Route 46 (South Deerfield/Whately Park & Ride)8.008.230.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0016.23

Trippers0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00

HOURS2,678.262,678.26

miles39,32639,326


Fiscal YearJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunYTD Totals

FY1788,62898,527439,091467,020379,833313,125230,136405,844391,401416,433199,30388,667187,155

FY1885,00495,2220000000000180,226

Total Change-3,624-3,305-439,091-467,020-379,833-313,125-230,136-405,844-391,401-416,433-199,303-88,667-6,929

% Change-4.09%-3.35%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-100.00%-3.70%

Bus Stop Improvements On Campus & Off

• Only enough funding to complete two locations on campus this summer:– Boyden Gym– Robsham Visitor Center

• New Shelters installed:– Southpoint Apts– Townehouse Apts

Summer Projects• Schedule prep

Summer Projects• Schedule prep • 101 Bus stop sign installations

Summer Projects• Schedule prep • 101 Bus stop sign installations• Maintenance area floor

epoxy project


epoxy project• Storage area striping


epoxy project• Storage area striping• Training – 11 new drivers


epoxy project• Storage area striping• Training – 11 new drivers• New HD security camera

systems installed by PVTA in all buses


epoxy project• Storage area striping• Training – 11 new drivers• New HD security camera

systems installed by PVTA in all buses

• Open houses and new student orientation

PARKING & TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD

Thank you for your service on PTAB!

Our next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, November 15th in Room 911-915, Campus Center

12:00pm – 2:00pm.

Parking & Transportation Advisory BoardPTAB ChargeApprove Minutes from Previous MeetingsSlide Number 4Todays AgendaValleybike Share @ UMass Amherst�Vendor Selection Update�9/1/2017BENEFITS OF BIKE SHAREVENDOR SELECTIONVENDOR SELECTIONSlide Number 10Slide Number 11Slide Number 12Slide Number 13Slide Number 14Slide Number 15Slide Number 16Slide Number 17Slide Number 18Slide Number 19Slide Number 20Slide Number 21Slide Number 22Slide Number 23Parking Services – Update�Jonathan King, Parking Services ManagerNew Pay StationsNew Pay Station OptionsGarage Renovation UpdateWhat’s Next for the Garage?What’s Next for the Garage?Pay-By-CellLPR and PARCSLPR and PARCSNew England Parking CouncilTransit Services – Update�Glenn Barrington, General ManagerPVTA Route Adjustments Ridership update for FY17Ridership to Date for FY18Bus Stop Improvements On Campus & OffSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsSummer ProjectsParking & Transportation Advisory Board

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