Morris County Sam Powell Jennifer Lee
Dec 19, 2015
Introduction
• Morris County is located in Northern New Jersey, 25 miles west of New York City
• Affluent County• Recent residential growth• Serviced by existing
roadways, buses, and New Jersey transit Rail
• The proposed PRT system will reduce congestion, reduce commute times
Land Use: Municipalities
• 469 square miles of land• 12 square miles of water• 39 municipalities• Urban towns such as
Morristown• Less dense in the south
and west• Congestion of roadways
linking urban centers
Population statistics
• Over 470,000 residents• 124,907 Families• 169,711 Households• Population density
1,003 per square mile• 60,000 households with
children under 18• Sixth highest median
household income in the country
Productions and Attractions
Productions• 2000 Census housing data• 7,129 census blocks• 470,000 people• Geocoded to visualize in
google earth
Attractions• 5,861 Attractions of note• Included schools, with
enrollment• Offices and businesses, with
number of employees• Rail stations and park and
rides, with number of trips served daily
• Restaurants, retail, and small businesses
Trip Types: Education
• 90,000 children between 5 and 19 years old
• 165 elementary schools• 33 middle schools• 29 high schools• 3 Colleges
Trip types: Employment, Commercial
• Not only an attractive place to live, but an attractive place to work!
• 240,000 workers• 50,000 employees at headquarters buildings located
within the county• Honeywell, Novartis, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Sun
Chemical Corp.• Malls, retail space, restaurants, movie theatres all
generate trips• But many people commute to New York City (25 miles
east).
Existing transportation infrastructure
• Three New Jersey Transit lines serve NYC– Morristown and Gladstone
Branch– Montclair Boonton Line– Serve 11,400 passengers a day
• Numerous Bus transit systems within Morris County– Morris County Metro System– NJT Bus– WHEELS– Multiple lines to Port
Authority, Manhattan
PRT Design Goals
• Service 90% of all productions and attractions within ¼ mile
• Minimize number of stations and interchanges ($$) without sacrificing coverage
• Minimize length of guide ways ($$)
• Minimize round trip distance (one way links)
• Constraints– Stations have only one
upstream and downstream node
– Interchanges have up to 4 links
– Network must be strongly connected
• Solution– LOOPS!
Daisy Chain
• Due to the design constraints, we use loops – minimize round trip
distance– maximize coverage– reduce the complexity and
number of interchanges
• suburban areas– daisy chain loops to section
off neighborhoods