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1 Who Needs Drones? How the City of Seattle & King County Metro Delivered BRT to Amazon’s Front Door
APTA Sustainability and Public Transportation Workshop Benjamin Smith July 26, 2016

2 Our mission, vision, and core values
Mission: deliver a high-quality transportation system for Seattle Vision: connected people, places, and products Committed to 5 core values to create a city that is: Safe Interconnected Affordable Vibrant Innovative For all Our core values for transportation anchor to the core values that Mayor Murray has laid out in his vision (Move Seattle) for Seattle: Safe Interconnected Affordable Vibrant Innovative 2

3 Presentation overview
Seattle & local transit South Lake Union RapidRide to SLU Implementation Opening Let the audience know the purpose of your presentation (is it purely informational, are you seeking feedback, etc). Then walk them through what you’ll be covering. 3

4 Seattle One of fastest-growing major cities in U.S.
686,800 population (2016) 250,000 jobs downtown (2015) Only 84 square miles 4

5 Seattle transit King County Metro Sound Transit SDOT/City of Seattle
Bus, trolleybus, BRT Sound Transit Light rail, bus, commuter rail SDOT/City of Seattle Monorail, streetcar 5

6 South Lake Union - in context
Downtown Seattle 6

7 South Lake Union Z 7

8 South Lake Union 2015: ~25,000 employees, ~5M sq. ft.
By 2019, will increase to 70K, 10M sq. ft. Equivalent to all jobs in Austin CBD 8

9 South Lake Union - challenges
High drive-alone rate Limited transit infrastructure SLU Streetcar, north-south bus Intense construction 9

10 RapidRide to SLU Split & extend RapidRide C & D lines
Improve reliability, serve new markets C line to South Lake Union D line to south Downtown Proposition 1 (Nov. 2014) funds $45M/year service 10

11 C D C 11 D

12 RapidRide to SLU Layover first, find reliable routing to reach it 12

13 RapidRide to SLU Extends reliable, branded transit pathway from 3rd Ave downtown Lenora/Blanchard Streets Future stations by 2nd Amazon campus Future transit lanes Move Route 40 two-way to Westlake Purchase new fleet to operate additional service 13

14 RapidRide to SLU Westlake Ave Valley St
Curbside transit lanes in both directions; turn restrictions Expand existing streetcar/bus stops into RapidRide stations Northbound queue jump around congested intersection at Mercer Valley St New layover by bio-med/ cancer center 14

15 RapidRide to SLU 15

16 Implementation - timeline
Date Milestone Nov. 2014 “Prop 1” transit service funding approved at ballot Spring 2015 RapidRide C line alignment set June 2015 Prop 1 service increases to Route 40 & C line begin Fall 2015 Construction started Nov. 2015 “Move Seattle” capital levy renewal March 2016 C line split & extended; Route 40 routing change Insert a project timeline. Clarify the process and opportunities for engagement/feedback. 16

17 Implementation - construction
Construction during wet Fall 2015-Winter 2016 Streetcar service impacts 17

18 Implementation - stations
Bus or bus/streetcar stations with off-board fare payment, real-time information 18

19 Implementation – transit lanes
Curbside lanes for bus/streetcar with some turns 19

20 Implementation - reliability
Queue jump lane and signal around congestion 20

21 Implementation - layover
New layover terminus with operator comfort station 21

22 Implementation - fleet
20 new vehicles for C and D line split/extension 22

23 Opening Opened March 26, 2016 (<17 months after Prop 1) 23

24 Opening - marketing Outreach to Amazon and other employers in SLU
Commute Trip Reduction efforts and Employee Transportation Coordinators Feared impacts to auto traffic never materialized Now: reliable transit corridor with three frequent routes to important destinations: Downtown, West Seattle, Fremont/Ballard 24

25 Opening - early results
RapidRide C line Ridership up 27% (after 74% growth ) On-time performance (headway adherence) from % to 89% South Lake Union streetcar Travel time down 2 minutes Weekday headway from 14 to 12 minutes [target: 10] Route 40 (Future RapidRide corridor) Ridership up 23% 5-10% decrease in travel times through SLU 25

26 benjamin.smith@seattle.gov | (206) 684-4209
Questions? | (206)

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