Transit Partnerships
Jan 16, 2016
Transit Partnerships
Goal of Presentation
• Review the Transit Partnership Proposal
• Seek Ordinance Approval:
– Authorizing the Mayor to submit Transit Partnership Proposal and execute Agreement
– Amending Proviso
Metro Transit Now
• Approved by King County voters in November of 2006
• Bulk of Transit Now resources (500,000 service hours) subject to 40/40/20
• 20% of the Total Transit Now Hours (100,000 service hours) dedicated to:
•West Sub-area (Seattle, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park)
Metro Transit Now
• 90,000 service hours set side for Transit Partnerships to leverage Metro’s resources
• 30,000 additional service hours could be available for Transit Partnerships at the County Council’s discretion
• Ordinance sets forth minimum requirements for partnerships
• County Council adopted additional criteria to evaluate Transit Partnership proposals
Bridging the Gap
• Approved by Seattle Voters in 2006
• Included funds intended to leverage King County’s Transit Now
•$1.5 Million annually through 2015 for transit service increases
•$22.5 Million for corridor projects including transit speed and reliability capital improvements through 2015
Transit Partnership Proposal Outcomes
•Implements the Transit Plan
• Increases transit service in Seattle
• Implements Bus Rapid Transit
Seattle Transit Plan
Seattle Transit Plan
Transit Now Partnership Program
• Types of Transit Partnerships:
– Direct Financial
– Speed & Reliability
• Competitive
• Eligible projects will be evaluated for implementation in accordance with criteria approved by County Council
Direct Financial Partnership
• Bridging the Gap funds can “purchase” 15,000 hours
• Metro 2:1 provides additional 30,000 hours
• 45,000 new transit service hours possible
Direct Financial Partnership
• City’s Proposal:
– Investment Criteria in Transit Plan
– Increases transit service along priority Urban Village Transit Network (UVTN) corridors
– Designed to serve the highest amount of people
– Considered geographic equity
Speed & Reliability Partnership
• UVTN corridors reaching a 10% transit speed increase can receive 5,000 annual service hours per Core Route in that corridor
• Rapid Ride Corridors qualify for S & R hours
• Additional Transit Service received as a result of S & R continues indefinitely
• $22.5 M Corridor Projects project funds to construct transit corridor improvements
Speed & Reliability Partnership
• City’s Proposal:
– Phased S&R improvements along seven key UVTN corridors:
• Phase 1: Focus on Rapid Ride corridors first, plus Rainier
• Phase 2: Strategically implement selected UVTN corridors next
– Secures up to 35,000 annual service hours
Speed & Reliability Partnership
• Types of improvements being evaluated along Rapid Ride and UVTN corridors:
– Signal Interconnections for 25 signals
– Transit Signal Priority (TSP) at 93 locations
– Signal Improvements at 4 locations– Revised Signal Phasing at 17
locations
Speed & Reliability Partnership
• 8 Queue - Jump Locations
• 22 miles of Transit Priority Lanes
Speed & Reliability Partnership
• In-Line stops at 140 locations
Proviso Amendment
• Modeling of speed and reliability improvements is required to demonstrate 10% speed improvement
• Resources to accomplish modeling and analysis are currently restricted by proviso
• Proviso amendment needed to allow work to move forward.
Next Steps
• Proposal due to King County Metro - October 1, 2007
• Metro’s recommendations to County Council – April 2008
• King County Council action - May 2008
• Transit Service improvements anticipated to start Summer or Fall of 2008
Actions RequestedApprove Ordinance:
Funds will be used to perform analysis and model the proposed speed and reliability improvements
Allow Mayor to sign Transit Partnership Proposal and Agreement
Support from City Council:
Transit Partnership Proposal as it moves through the process and action by the King County Council
Release of additional 30,000 hours by vote of County Council