Expo Integration Study Update Westside/Central Service Council March 2015 Presented by Big Blue Bus
Expo Integration Study Update Westside/Central Service
Council
March 2015
Presented by Big Blue Bus
Study Timeline
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Milestones Start Finish Completed
First Expo Online Survey Jun-13 Sep-13
Data Collection, Establish Baseline of Existing Conditions Oct-13 Dec-13
Create an Anticipated Demand Model Jan-14 May-14
First Round of Community Meetings Feb-14 Apr-14
Second Expo Online Survey Feb-14 Jun-14
Create Dedicated Web Page for Project May-14 Jul-14
Route Design & Implementation Plan of BBB Services Mar-14 Nov-14
Publish Draft Expo Integration Proposal Jun-14 Jun-14
Second Round of Community Meetings Jul-14 Aug-14
Third Expo Online Survey Jul-14 Oct-14
City Council Study Session on Plan Dec-14 Dec-14
Staff Report to City Council on Public Hearings Feb-15
Public Hearings Mar-15
Promote Council Decisions May-15
Implement Service Changes Aug-15 Jan-16
Follow Up Study Mar-17 Jun-17
Draft Plan Presented July 2014 ■ 9% increase in revenue service hours ■ A dense grid of north-south services ■ Removed service duplication ■ Stop consolidation to improve speed and reliability ■ Increased service on major ridership corridors ■ Inclusion of last mile service to all regional destinations
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Public Input
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Public input supports changing to connect to Expo
12,300 written & verbal comments & 4,600 survey
responses
Survey of public desires
First round Stakeholder
meetings
Survey on tradeoffs
Second round of
Stakeholder meetings
18 coordination
meetings with other transit
providers
Survey of opinions
about draft plan
Revised Plan
■ Plan revisions
– Based on feedback from public & stakeholders
– Changes address 67% of critical comments
– 19 routes received further refinements
■ 7 new Expo connectivity corridors facilitating bus-to-rail transfers
■ Improves BBB schedule reliability
■ Reduces downtown bus traffic by 42,000 miles of travel per year
■ LA Metro agreement to a 15% reduction of duplicative service
■ Preserves current ridership and opens up opportunity for new riders with
projected increase in ridership of 9,000 weekday riders (14% increase)
■ The most significant change to BBB system in its 80-year history
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Recommended Option
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■ All-day high frequency routes – Route 1 – Rapid 3 – Rapid 7 – Rapid 12
■ Peak-only high frequency routes – Route 2 – Route 8 – Route 14
Frequency Levels of Every 15 Minutes or Better
Route 1 – Santa Monica Boulevard – No revision to plan
■ Adjust downtown Santa Monica routing
■ Extend to Marina del Rey
■ Remove extension to Venice High (replace with Routes 16 & 18)
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Proposed Route 1 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 00:30 10 / 10 / 15
Saturday 6:00 – 00:30 15 - 20
Sunday 6:30 – 00:30 15 - 20
Route 2 – Wilshire Boulevard
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■ Little change to frequency and span of service
Proposed Route 2 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:40 – 22:40 15 / 20 / 30
Saturday 6:40 – 22:40 20 - 30
Sunday 7:10 – 22:40 20 - 30
Route 3/Rapid 3 – Lincoln Boulevard
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■ Shift emphasis on service from Local 3 to Rapid 3
■ Add Rapid 3 on weekends ■ Bus stop consolidation ■ Create a new Route 18
from the former Montana section of Route 3 (3M)
Proposed Route 3 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:00 – 00:45 20 / 20 / 30 Saturday 5:30 – 00:30 20 - 30 Sunday 5:30 – 00:30 20 - 30
Proposed Rapid 3 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 20:00 10 / 20 / 20 Saturday 7:00 – 18:00 20 - 30 Sunday 7:00 – 18:00 30
Route 4 – San Vicente Boulevard & Carlyle Avenue
■ Delete Route 4
■ Highest ridership areas retain service: – Route 9 on 4th Street
between downtown and San Vicente
– Route T (16) on San Vicente between 26th and 14th
– Route 18 on San Vicente in Brentwood
– Route S (17) on Sawtelle between VA and Sepulveda Expo
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Route 5 – Olympic Boulevard – Revised ■ Reduce duplication
with LA Metro bus & Expo Line by deleting: – Service east of
Century City – Service west of
Bergamot Station ■ Peak only service
on Motor Ave – Remove when
Culver City adds service there
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Proposed Route 5 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 21:00 30 / 30 / 30 Saturday 6:00 – 21:00 60 Sunday 6:00 – 21:00 60
Route 6 – SMC Commuter
■ Delete service on Route 6
■ Palms to SMC trip will be served by connecting lines – Route 14 – Route 17
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Route 7/Rapid 7 – Pico Boulevard
■ Shift emphasis of service from Local 7 to Rapid 7
■ Add weekend Rapid 7 service
■ Operate on 4th St instead of Ocean Ave
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Proposed Route 7 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:00 – 00:30 20 / 20 / 30 Saturday 5:30 – 00:30 20 - 30 Sunday 6:00 – 00:30 20 - 30
Proposed Rapid 7 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 23:00 7 / 8 / 15-20 Saturday 7:00 – 19:00 20 Sunday 8:00 – 19:00 30
Route 8 – Ocean Park Boulevard – Revised ■ Operate on Ocean
Ave in downtown Santa Monica instead of Main Street
■ Operate through 4th Street underpass on Ocean Park Blvd
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Proposed Route 8 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 24:00 15 / 20 / 30-60 Saturday 6:00 – 24:00 30 Sunday 6:00 – 24:00 30
Route 9 – Pacific Palisades
■ Adjust route alignment to 4th Street between San Vicente and downtown Santa Monica instead of 7th and 6th Streets
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Proposed Route 9 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 22:30 30 / 30 / 60 Saturday 6:30 – 22:30 35 Sunday 7:30 – 22:30 35
Rapid 10 – Freeway Express
■ Bus stop consolidation ■ Eliminate weekend service
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Proposed Rapid 10 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 21:30 15 / 30 / 30 Saturday - - Sunday - -
Route 12/Rapid 12 – UCLA/Westwood Boulevard
■ Consolidate service on Westwood Boulevard ■ Create limited stop, high-frequency corridor ■ Shift route terminus to Motor/Washington
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Proposed Rapid 12 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 24:00 7-8 / 12 / 30
Saturday 6:00 – 24:00 20 - 30
Sunday 6:00 – 24:00 20 - 30
Route 13 – Cheviot Hills
■ Delete Route 13
■ Riders can access Route 7 or Rapid 7 on Pico Blvd, Route 5 on Motor Avenue between Century City and Palms, and Route 17 on National Blvd
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Route 14 – Bundy Drive & Centinela Avenue
■ Extend to Playa Vista
■ Remove highly congested northern segment to improve speed & reliability
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Proposed Route 14 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 5:30 – 21:30 15 / 30 / 30
Saturday 6:00 – 21:00 20 – 30
Sunday 7:00 – 21:00 30
Route 15 – Barrington Avenue
■ Create Barrington Crosstown from Expo to Sunset
■ Expo connection at Bundy Station
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Proposed Route 15
(B) Span Frequency
Peak/Base/Eve Weekday 5:30 – 21:00 30 / 30 / 30
Saturday 6:00 – 21:00 30
Sunday 6:00 – 21:00 30
Route 16 – Bergamot Station/Marina del Rey
■ Create new crosstown from Centinela and Wilshire to Glencoe and Mindanao via Bergamot/SMC/23rd Street/ Walgrove
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Proposed Route 16
(T) Span Frequency
Peak/Base/Eve Weekday 6:00 – 19:00 30 / 30 / 30
Saturday - -
Sunday - -
Route 17 – Sawtelle Boulevard
■ Create Sawtelle Blvd connection to Expo
■ Extend to UCLA on weekdays
■ Provide service along Palms & National Blvds to Hamilton High School & Culver City Station
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Proposed Route 17
(S) Span Frequency
Peak/Base/Eve Weekday 6:00 – 21:00 30 / 30 / 60
Saturday 6:00 – 21:00 60
Sunday 6:00 – 21:00 60
Route 18 – Abbott Kinney/Montana/UCLA
■ Montana route to UCLA & Brentwood on 30 minute frequency - weekdays only
■ Strengthen Montana route by connecting to 4th Street segment to Abbott Kinney – Serves SAMOHI students from Montana
area ■ Use small vehicles to address complaint
by 4th Street residents
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Proposed Route 18 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 19:00 30 / 30 / 30 Saturday - - Sunday - -
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Rapid 20 – Expo Culver City
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Delete Rapid 20 Riders can use Expo Line in place of Rapid 20
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Route 41- 42 – Memorial Park Station Loop ■ Adjust to serve Expo Station
■ Increase service from single
direction to operate bi-directionally
■ Shorten route to Pico Blvd rather than Ocean Park Blvd
■ Add weekend service
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Proposed Route 41 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 21:00 20 / 30 / 30
Saturday 7:00 – 21:00 30
Sunday 8:00 – 21:00 30
Proposed Route 42 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 21:00 20 / 30 / 30 Saturday 7:00 – 21:00 30 Sunday 8:00 – 21:00 30
Route 43 – 26th Street/San Vicente
■ Peak-only weekday route with a small vehicle
■ Operate every 30 minutes
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Proposed Route 43 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:00 – 9:00 15:00 - 18:00
30 / - / -
Saturday - - Sunday - -
Route 44 – Airport & Bundy to Memorial Park Station
■ Extend to Memorial Park Expo Station
■ Re-route between Pico and Ocean Park to 16th & 17th Streets to lessen bus frequency on 20th Street
■ Reduce peak frequency from every 15 to every 20 minutes
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Proposed Route 44 Span
Frequency Peak/Base/Eve
Weekday 6:30 –18:00 20 / 20 / -
Saturday - -
Sunday - -
Downtown Santa Monica Routing
■ Routing is for day one scenario utilizing current infrastructure ■ Balance bus traffic between 4th and 5th Streets ■ 50% reduction of bus service west of 4th Street & 2 less routes
entering downtown ■ LA Metro stays at current layovers ■ All BBB routes will have transfer opportunities within 500 feet of
station except for Line 10 (900 feet)
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Downtown Station Integration Stops For Day 1 Operations
■ Balance number of buses between stops
■ Most service within 500 ft radius of station
■ Install 2 new bus stops on 5th St. north of Colorado Ave
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500 ft. radius from station entrance
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Downtown Santa Monica Routing
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Late Night Expo Integration Possibilities
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■ Much of the bus network will cease operations earlier than Expo does on weekends
■ BBB is researching new late night service strategies to bridge this service gap and will return to Council with proposals
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Next Steps
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Public Hearing on plan – Feb/Mar 2015 • Public outreach
on new routes – Summer 2015
Bus stop installation – Aug to Dec 2015 • Initial route
changes August 2015
• Remaining route changes Feb-June 2016
Expo Phase II begins operations spring 2016 • Follow up study
2017
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