1. April 14, 2012
Driving Progress:

2. Capital Metro At a Glance
Our business is connecting
people, jobs and communities by providing
quality transportation choices.
 We traveled nearly 11 million miles last year
and gave 33 million rides.
 We move 120,000 riders each weekday.

3. Driving Progress in 2012
 MetroAirport route enhancements
 Manor Park & Ride opening
 MetroBike shelter opening at Kramer Station
 New bus stop signage
 New website
 Hydrogen bus/CNG
 MetroRail Friday/Saturday night service
 Night Owl improvements
 MetroRapid funding agreement

5. MetroRapid purpose
• Provide high-quality, faster, more frequent and
reliable transit for major corridors
• $47.6 million total project cost
• $38 million though FTA grant

6. Part of a larger plan
 Included in 2004
All Systems Go!
long-range transit plan
 Reflected in regional
Project Connect
planning effort

7. What Is MetroRapid?
Convenient, high-capacity transit
• High frequency service
• Limited stops
• Travels 37 miles
• 77 stations
• Serves the densest population area and
highest ridership markets in region
• 40 new highly branded vehicles
• Two lines:
801: N. Lamar/S. Congress
803: Burnet/S. Lamar
• Less than $50 M

8. MetroRapid Benefits
• Real-time arrival info (web, stations, aps)
• Improved travel time and reliability
• Sleek new vehicles
• Custom stations (seating, shade canopy,
customer information)
• Faster:
Fewer stops
Signal Priority
Transit Priority lanes
• Real time = less waiting

9. Where will it go?
Crestview Station SoCo & SoLa
The Domain Westgate
The University of Texas Chinatown
Pickle Research Center St. Edward’s
The Triangle Southpark Meadows
Seton Hospital Capitol & State Offices
Downtown North Loop
Ladybird Lake Auditorium Shores

10. MetroRapid Features
 More frequent: 10-minute peak service, 15-minute off-peak
 More cost-efficient:(reduces per passenger trip costs as much
as 40%)
 More service (more frequent over longer hours)
 More economic opportunities (TOD)
 More customers

11. Limited Stops
North Lamar
Current Route 1L Boardings: Transit Center
North Lamar/South Congress
University of Texas
Oltorf/Congress
Southpark Meadows
Lamar/Rundberg
Downtown
Future Rapid stop boardings per day

12. Rapid stops are high-volume stops
rapid stop boardings

13. Faster Service
Sample Trip:
NLTC to SCTC
Route 1
54 min
Route 101 (limited-stop flyer)
46 min
20%
MetroRapid (801 proposed) faster
43 min

14. Faster Service
Sample Trip:
Westgate to UT
Route 3
31 min
MetroRapid 20%
(803 proposed) faster
24 min

15. Service Levels
 Faster, more frequent service translates to increased
passenger capacity on two of the busiest travel corridors.
>35% >50%
increase increase
Current Service Levels
Along N. Lamar/S. Congress
Along Burnet/S. Lamar

16. Timeline
 Rte 801 (N. Lamar/S. Congress)
Early 2014
 Rte 803 (Burnet/S. Lamar)
Late 2014
2014

17. The Future
Connecting
a community &
its people.

18. Questions?

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