Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) CMT4Austin.org

SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

A Feeder Van in Austin could be like the Sprinter Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in

How CMT Serves Neighborhood

Advantages for a neighborhood  Travel from anywhere to anywhere  Travel time cut in half  Wait time cut from 30 minutes to 10  Feeder routes within half mile of every home  TC waiting room with air conditioning  TC and CC next to shopping center with grocery  CC has day care & after school activities

FROM LOYOLA LANE & CIELO VISTA DR TO BALCONES WOODS DR & HIGHWAY 183 4,340 Live East and Work North 1/2 the travel time

OLD WAY IS SLOW 120 Minutes Lots of Stops More Miles Through Congestion of CBD

CMT = FAST 63 Minutes Few Stops More Direct Avoids Congestion of CBD

In Austin …only 39 % of jobs can be reached in under 90 minutes by Public Transit. From Brookings Institute Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America

CMT Cost Cost Quantity$ thousand$ millionsPaid for by Transit Centers29 times $ 3,000equals $ 87 Cap Metro Vans800 times $ 50equals $ 40 Cap Metro Queue Jumpers40 times $ 250equals $ 10 Cap Metro Community Centers28 times $ 3,000equals $ 84 City of Austin Total Cost $ 221 $ millions

Express Grid Routes Run by Express bus Every 10 minutes Connect 30 Transit Centers

Transfer from Circulator to Express Transit Center Floor Plan Feeder van

HEB & storage sheds at South First and William Cannon

TC & CC near HEB

URBAN CMT RAIL Percentage of Home to Work Trips served80+2- New Riders65,0002,000 Reduction in motor vehicles used64,0002,000 Can be used to encourage density or enable car –free life style ?YES Cost of Construction and Vehicles in millions$221$1,300 Can we afford it ?YESNO Provides Facilities near all neighborhoodsYESNO Compare CMT & Urban Rail

Annual Cost of Operations for CMT Add $123 million cost for 4 million van hours Add $ 3 million cost for TC operations Minus $55 million cost, fewer bus hours Costs go up $71 million + $91 million fares from new riders Subsidy goes down $20 million

We Can do Better BRT or Bus Rapid Transit is the cheaper way to reach more jobs and increase ridership

BRT in Curitiba / 350 TTPC vs 73 TTPC for Portland

Conclusion : CMT will … Double the number of jobs that can be reached by public transit Enable riders to accomplish more tasks with one trip. Enable workers from your neighborhood to get to jobs all over Austin. Improve public transit without racking up a $ billion debt. For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org QUESTIONS ?

 Make a Presentation to Your NBHD Assoc ?  NBHDs could lobby city and cap metro for better service ?  ANC resolution recommending CMT ?  NBHD resolutions recommending CMT ? Next Steps