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Title: Maximizing Biking and Walking Access to Transit Track: Connect Format: 90 minute panel Abstract: Hear from agencies including King County Metro, Sound Transit, and TriMet about ways they have prioritized better walk and bike connections to transit. These investments can maximize transit ridership, especially important in an era of constrained transit funding, growing multi-modal transport demand, and transitioning land use patterns. Presenters: Presenter: Carol Cooper King County Metro Transit Co-Presenter: Carrie Nielson Fehr & Peers Co-Presenter: Jeff Owen TriMet Co-Presenter: Janine Sawyer Sound TransitTRANSCRIPT
Maximizing Biking and Walking
Access to Transit September 9, 2014
Jeff Owen
Active Transportation
Planner Planning & Policy
503-962-5854
Agency Overview
• Located in Portland metropolitan region • Service area of 532 square miles
• Population of 1.5 million
• 52 mile MAX light rail track
• 79 bus lines – 12 frequent service
• 14.7 mile WES Commuter Rail
• 100 million trips on TriMet each year
• Most riders (78%) are choice riders
Transit + Active Transportation
1. Transit + AT = Natural complements to each other
2. Active transportation excels at short trips and
connections to transit
3. Biking and walking are not competitors to transit;
We are all is this together
trimet.org/bike
trimet.org/walk
Active Transportation Program
Overview: • We need safer and more
comfortable access to
transit
• This effort helps us to
identify areas where access
improvements have the
greatest need and the
biggest opportunities
• Provides focus amidst great
need throughout the region
Available for download at:
trimet.org/walk
Pedestrian Network Analysis
Over 6,500 transit stops total
Pedestrian Network Analysis
Overview of Process: • Big service area with lots of transit
stops
1. Base Analysis
(land use, ridership, destinations)
2. Overlay Analysis
(deficiencies and opportunities)
3. Composite Scores
(look for clusters, then focus areas)
Pedestrian Network Analysis
Pedestrian Network Analysis
Partners are KEY to
this process
Ongoing Efforts: • Initial effort complete, but
we are still working hard
to find funding for projects
around the region
• Also working to refine this
analysis and develop a
complementary corridor
specific tool
Hwy 8/SW Oaks Street at Winco Hillsboro, stop id 4119, line 57
Before After
185th at TV Hwy Aloha – stop id 7012, line 52
Before After
Partnership Highlight
• RRFB partnership between
TriMet and City of Portland:
• 60th/I-84/Max Station – install
July 2012
• SE Stark/126th – install Fall 2012
• SE Division/I-205 – install
February 2013
• SW Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway/62nd – install January
2013
Pending Funding Opportunities
Source Lead Project types Amount
STIP Enhance TriMet/Cities (includes
Portland, Gresham,
Tigard, Washington
County, ODOT)
3 Corridors: Sidewalks, safe crossings,
rapid flash beacons, medians, signalized
intersections, bus stop improvements
$8.0 million
MTIP REOF TriMet & City of Portland 1 Corridor: Sidewalks, safe crossings,
rapid flash beacons, medians, signalized
intersections, bus stop improvements, bike
access
$9.1 million
MTIP RFFA Cities and Counties 10 projects with direct benefits for transit
riders = sidewalks, safe crossings,
streetscape, bus stop improvements, bike
access
$32.1 million
TOTAL PENDING: $48.5 million
trimet.org/walk
Jeff Owen
Active Transportation Planner Planning & Policy
503-962-5854
Bike on Bus, 2 per rack, all buses (600 buses = 1200 spaces)
Bike racks at most rail stations and
some bus stops (371 spaces)
Reserved, keyed bike lockers (436 spaces)
On-demand, electronic lockers (32)
Group parking facilities (3 structures = 180)
All buses in the system, 2 per rack
Bikes onboard front of Bus
Allowed system wide, like luggage
Folding Bikes onboard inside
Photos provided by Will Vanlue
Allowed system wide - if there is room
Bikes onboard MAX and WES
Bikes onboard MAX and WES
MAX: Low + Low: 8 bikes on hooks, plus any additional in priority areas (up to 8 more) = up to 16 total
MAX: High + Low: 4 bikes on hooks, 5 or 6 in high floor spots, plus any additional in priority areas (up to 4 more) = up to 14 total
WES: Double Car: 4 on hooks, up to 8 more in priority secured areas = up to 12 total
More at: trimet.org/bikes
Almost all rail stations, some bus stops
Open Bike Racks
$25 per 6 months, reserved
Keyed Bike Lockers
On-demand, 5 cents per hour
Electronic Bike Lockers
Secure and enclosed
Bike & Ride Group Parking Facilities
1. Just awarded a state funded TGM Grant for creation of a
TriMet Bicycle Plan. Expected July ’15 – June ‘16.
Project Summary:
The TriMet Bicycle Plan would result in a final document providing
guidance to agency policy and planning efforts regarding bicycle
accommodation on-board transit vehicles; appropriate bicycle
parking types and quantities at stations and stops; and innovative
marketing strategies to ensure usage and acceptance.
Process would include public involvement, jurisdictional coordination,
and private sector partner outreach.
Bikes: What are we doing now?
More at: http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/pages/grants.aspx
2. Policy: Preserve access for bikes onboard and parking
3. Maintenance: Take care, make small improvements
4. Strategic Investments:
a) FTA Transit Enhancements: Improvements at up to 20 stations
5. New Large Group Facilities:
a) Developer/City/State Grant: Orenco
b) ConnectOregon V: Goose Hollow and Beaverton Creek
c) PMLR Rail Project: Tacoma and Park Ave. elockers at
Milwaukie, and lots of covered parking – no new keyed lockers
d) East Portland Active Transportation to Transit: Gateway TC
Bikes: What are we doing now?
Partnership with City of Hillsboro and
developer, plus Metro/State grant
New: Orenco/NW 231st Ave
Future Enhanced Bike Parking
New: COV: Goose Hollow
Sample Image:
Covered Bike Parking on SW
Moody, part of PMLR project
Future Enhanced Bike Parking
New COV: Beaverton Creek
Future Secure Bike & Ride building
New: PMLR: SE Tacoma St
Future Secure Bike & Ride
New: PMLR: SE Park Ave
4 new elockers
installed at
Providence Park
Annual Bike Parking Projects
Doubled rack spaces at Beaverton Creek
and Millikan Way
Similar rack improvements coming this summer to: 82nd, Gateway, 122nd,
Gresham Central, Gresham City Hall, Quatama, Oregon City TC
PMLR Snapshot
Portland-Milwaukie Project
Bike/Ped Fact Sheet Online and at table in back http://trimet.org/pm/library - Bike and Ped Access
Future: Mobility Hubs?
Screen capture from Hillsboro GoPoint video
Team in New York, presenting idea to
Bloomberg Philanthropies. Courtesy of WTA
wta-tma.org. (L-R) Brad Choi, Peter
Brandom, Aron Carleson, Heather McCarey
GoPoint Summary:
Help create a balanced
suburban transportation
system by branding,
promoting, and managing a
network of mobility hubs that
use technology to integrate
public and private
transportation options.
1. Municipal (ex: Portland Bike Share,
pdxbikeshare.com)
• City/Region wide
• Large kiosks
Future: Bike Share as First/Last Mile
2. Corporate (ex: Intel OBI, Nike, Kaiser)
• Corporate campus to
transit
• In development
3. Emerging (ex: Kiel’s approach,
other new technology)
• Flexible, scalable
• Can start small
Future: Corporate Bike Share
• Intel OBI pilot: • Developing an open
source-inspired model for
bike sharing
• Pilot project with 30 bikes
• Plan to re-launch with more
bikes after acceptance
• Great potential for link to
MAX (LRT) stations!
instagram.com/openbikeinitiative
openbikeinitiative.org
Future: Corporate Bike Share
• Nike Bike Share: • Building upon Intel model
• Pilot project with 250 bikes
• Great potential for linking
employees to MAX light rail service
on the work end, taking care of the
work part of the “first/last mile”
• Employee can then use a personal
bike or walk/bus on the home part
of the “first/last mile”
Future: Corporate Bike Share
• Kaiser e-bike pilot: • Metro RTO grant award to
acquire, deploy, and study
usage patterns of 30 folding
e-bikes to 180 employees at
three work sites
• Test user acceptance of
e-bikes as a first/last mile
commuting solution
• Employee would have the
bike for up to 3 months Bike model selected for project:
Currie iZip E3 Compact
http://www.currietech.com
Spotted at Sunset Bike & Ride:
One of Kaiser’s folding ebikes . . .
“Participants in the study may use the
e-bikes however they wish, with the
expectation they will be used as a
first/last mile commuting solution for
longer trips.”
“For example, instead of driving to
work, participants could take public
transportation such as the MAX
Light Rail, using the e-bikes to get
from home or work to the transit
stop.”
Maximizing Biking and Walking
Access to Transit September 9, 2014
Jeff Owen
Active Transportation
Planner Planning & Policy
503-962-5854