RTD Board Update October 8, 2013 US 36 Bus Rapid Transit

2 18 miles of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 6 stations RTD’s early action BRT projects complete – May 2010 Table Mesa pedestrian bridge over US 36 opened April 2013 US 36 Express Lanes/BRT Phase 1 will be completed by January 2015, five months ahead of schedule US 36 Express Lanes/BRT Phase 2 to be completed by 2016 US 36 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

3 US 36 Express Lanes/BRT

4 US 36 Express Lanes/BRT – Project Scope Reconstruct US 36 Add managed lane in each direction for BRT, HOV and Tolled SOV Replace/widen bridges along corridor Install fiber-optic network for tolling and BRT communications Construct queue jumps and ramp metering bypass lanes for BRT Install Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) infrastructure for tolling and Active Traffic Management (ATM) Initiate Bus-on-Shoulder operations for transit priority Construct new BRT station canopies Construct exclusive bus ramps at McCaslin Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) Construct continuous bikeway

5 US 36 Express Lanes/BRT – Project Phasing Phase 1 – Federal Boulevard to 88 th Street – Design/Build Phase 2 – 88 th Street to Table Mesa – P3

6 The Phase 1 project would not have been able to proceed without significant RTD FasTracks funding!! RTD FasTracks: $120M CDOT federal and State grant funds: $38M Bridge Enterprise funding: $46M DRCOG federal funds: $44M TIGER grant: $10M TIFIA loan: $54M Phase 1 – Federal to 88 th St. – Funding Sources

7 Project is over 50% complete Current Activities Retaining walls, utilities, drainage and ITS elements Removing existing pavement and placing subgrade materials on EB US36 in prep for new concrete pavement New concrete paving on EB US36 between E. Flatirons Cir & Wadsworth Pkwy and between Church Ranch & 92 nd Ave. Wadsworth Parkway and Uptown (112 th ) Avenue bridges complete end of October Work on Sheridan, BNSF and Lowell bridges Noise wall along EB US36 between Sheridan & Federal Phase 1–Federal to 88 th St.–Current Status

8 Impact of September Floods No significant damage Some damage to few retaining walls Some damage to drainage structures (Rock Creek concrete box culvert) Fixing erosion control devices Removing debris and drying things out Ames-Granite evaluating potential schedule impacts due to flood May pursue FEMA federal relief fund for some of the damages

9 CDOT: up to $15M DRCOG: up to $15M Boulder County: up to $1.3M (bikeway) Superior & Louisville: up to $12.5M (for McCaslin DDI) Louisville, Boulder County, and Superior: $1.5M for bike/ped underpasses Concessionaire Equity: (subject to Concession proposals) Concessionaire Debt: (subject to Concession proposals) TIFIA Loan: $ TBD RTD FasTracks: up to $15M plus $3.5M (for McCaslin DDI) Phase 2 – 88 th St. to Table Mesa – Funding Sources

10 Design, Build and Finance Phase 2 construction Operate and Maintain Phases 1 and 2 managed lanes I-25 Express Lanes 50-year operating concession P3 reimbursed through toll revenues and public sector construction payments Plenary Roads Denver selected as Phase 2 concessionaire Phase 2 contract executed June 27, 2013 Phase 2 design has begun Financial close - December 2013 Opening Phase 2 – 88 th St. to Table Mesa – Toll Concession

11 Source: CDOT US 36 Managed Lanes – Concept of Operations Bus drivers can use designated shoulders when general purpose traffic is less than 35 mph. Bus shall not exceed the speed of general purpose traffic by more than 15 mph, with the maximum speed being 35 mph. Safety is first! When shoulders are used, drivers must exercise best judgment for safety of motorists and bus passengers. RTD drivers operating buses on a corridor with bus on shoulder shall be required to take mandatory training for bus on shoulder operations. If shoulder is obstructed in any way, bus driver must re-enter the mainline. Bus-on-Shoulder has been operated safely and successfully for years in the Twin Cities area. Bus-on-Shoulder Operations

12 High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) created by legislature to govern managed lanes in state. Revenues generated from tolling allow P3 to work financially to get managed lanes built, opened, operated and maintained. P3 agreement with Plenary Roads Denver includes the tolling provisions for HOV3. Tolling policy designed to maintain travel reliability in all lanes. RTD’s BRT benefits from this reliability. Tolling policy for US 36 was developed by HPTE with input from corridor stakeholders. Toll rates cannot go below Express bus fares during peak periods per RTD/CDOT/HPTE intergovernmental agreement. RTD does not control tolling on US 36 or any other facility in Colorado. HOV3+

13 Activation, operations and service planning – beginning 2014 Opening of US 36 BRT – 2016 Board approval of remaining US 36 BRT scope items – September 17, 2013 Complete Brand Development effort – late 2013 Complete BRT vehicle workshops – late 2013 Vehicle procurement – beginning 2014 Completing RTD’s BRT Vision – Next Steps

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