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Developing a Prepared Mindset:Transit Sketch Planning
ANDY KOSINSKISenior Transportation Planner/Engineer - Fehr & Peers
AMY SMITHGeospatial Data & Technology Specialist - Fehr & Peers
CHRIS PANGILINANTransportation Engineer - City and County of San Francisco
SAM HASHEMI2014 Code for America Fellow, Transitmix Co-founder
CODE FOR AMERICA, @CODEFORAMERICA
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Outline for the hour ● Competing Goals within Transit Planning
● Key Transit Planning Considerations (political, budgetary…)
● Spatial Datasets (using them to inform community goals)
● Transitmix (Demo and discussion of the multifaceted tool)
● Q & A
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Competing Goals● Unlimited Possibilities● Limited Resources● What is your goal?
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What’s your goal?● Maximize Ridership
Photo Credit: Michael Ocampo
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What’s your goal?● Maximize Coverage (Lifeline)
Photo Credit: Julian Walker
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San Francisco● Route 54
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Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.
Route 54● Proposed
adjustment
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Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.
Houston● Current frequent
network
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Photo Credit: Jarrett Walker & TEI, Inc.
Houston● Proposed frequent
network
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What is your goal?● Set ridership and coverage goals to meet the needs of your
communities● Be clear about these as you design your network
Further reading:Jarrett Walker. Purpose-driven public transport: creating a clear conversation about public transport goals. Journal of Transport Geography 16 (2008) 436–442.
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Key Transit Planning Considerations● Budgetary components● Roadway engineering - Operating Costs● Tradeoff case study
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Transit Budgetary ComponentsCapital Costs Operating Costs
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Operating Cost Breakdown
Source: APTA & National Transit Database, 2010
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Operating Cost Example
Operating Cost Scenarios for 16 hours of service, 250 days per yearInfrequent service: 100 minute cycle, 20 minute headways → 5 buses needed ($2.4M/year)Frequent service: 100 minute cycle, 5 minute headways → 20 buses needed ($9.6M/year)Frequent, delayed service: 115 minute cycle, 5 minute headways → ($11.04M/year)
Delays cost $1.44M every year for one route!
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Engineering to reduce operating costs
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San Francisco Tradeoff Study
What happens if we reroute the 54 bus due to resident complaints?
Planning and operational considerations
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San Francisco Tradeoff Study
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Spatial Data Resources● Smart Location Database● National Household Travel Survey● Automatic Vehicle Location
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EPA Smart Location DatabaseWhat it is | Nationwide database of transportation characteristics
Geography | Census Block Group
Find It | www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smartlocationdatabase.htm
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National Household Travel SurveyWhat it is | Data on travel and transportation patterns in the US
Geography | Various Census Geographies
Find It | NHTS http://nhts.ornl.gov
CHTS http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/otfa/national_household_travel_survey.html
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Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL)What it is | Vehicle locations, often collected using GPS
Geography | Time-stamped coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)
Find It | Local transit providers, NextBus XML feed
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Working with Spatial Data● Starting at the end and knowing your goal● Starting from the data and exploring● Knowing your scale● Asking questions and understanding limitations
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Transitmix● Modern mapping tool for planning transit● http://transitmix.net● @transitmix● [email protected]
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LIVE APPapp.transitmix.net
1-MIN DEMOvimeo.com/105403827
6-MIN OVERVIEWyoutube.com/watch?v=enMF-bbQOp8
Demo
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45,000+ maps created
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GTFS
Geospatial Layers
Title VI Analysis
Lots more!
Coming Soon: Transitmix Pro
Interested? Please reach out to us! [email protected]
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Thank You!
Q&A
ANDY KOSINSKISenior Transportation Planner/ Engineer - Fehr & Peers
AMY SMITHGeospatial Data & Technology Specialist - Fehr & Peers
CHRIS PANGILINANTransportation Engineer - City and County of San Francisco
SAM HASHEMI2014 Code for America Fellow, Transitmix Co-founder
GARRETT JACOBSFacilitator - CfA
@andykosinski
@wolfmapper
@cap_transport
@oksamuel
@garrjacobs