transit sketch planning (webinar slides)
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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● [email protected]
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! [email protected]
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