Bus Rapid Transit Performance in Ft. Worth, Nashville, Kansas City and Albuquerque.

1. Steering Committee
Peoria/Riverside Transit Study
February 15, 2013

2. Agenda
1. Recap of 1/22 Meeting
2. Performance of BRT Systems in mid-size
U.S. Cities
3. Definitions of Alternatives
4. Evaluation Results
5. Preferred Alternative
6. Next Steps
2/19/2013 2

3. Performance of Bus Rapid
Transit Systems in the U.S.
Peoria Alternatives Analysis Steering
Committee
February 15, 2013
James Wagner, AICP
Transportation Projects Coordinator
INCOG

4. Performance & Experience of
BRT Systems in the U.S.
 U.S. GAO Report 12-811 (July 2012)
o FTA Funding of BRT vs. Light Rail since 2005
o Economic Development Factors
o Performance after 1 year
o Travel time savings
 Comparing Performance From 4 Systems
o Kansas City MAX
o Albuquerque Rapid Ride
o Ft. Worth SPUR
o Nashville Gallatin Road BRT
 Estimates for Tulsa

5. U.S. GAO Report 12-811
Completed July 2012
Median Cost
Light Rail: $575 Million
Bus Rapid Transit: $36 Million
30 of 55 Federally-funded transit projects
since 2005 have been BRT
Economic Development Factors:
• Physical features (stations) on the route
that convey a sense of permanence
• Major institutional, employment, and
activity centers
• Transit-supportive land use policy

6. Bus Rapid Transit Performance after 1
year
80%
70% 70% 70%
68%
49%
38%
21%
17%
10% 9% 9%
4%
Source: GAO Report 12-811: Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service and Can Contribute to Economic
Development, July 2012

7. Travel Time Savings
Source: GAO Report 12-811: Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service and Can Contribute to Economic
Development, July 2012

8. BRT vs. Rail (1st Year
Ridership)
Source: GAO Report 12-811: Bus
Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit
Service and Can Contribute to
Economic Development, July 2012

9. Comparison Systems & Cities
 Kansas City MAX (2005)
 Albuquerque Rapid Ride (2005)
 Ft. Worth SPUR (2010)
 Nashville Gallatin Road BRT (2009)

10. MAX Bus Rapid Transit – Kansas
City

11. MAX Bus Rapid Transit – Kansas
City

12. MAX Bus Rapid Transit
Kansas City
Underlying Local Service: No
Operating Peak: 9 min 2004 (before BRT)
Frequency Off Peak: 15 min Ridership: 3,622
Evening: 30 min Service Hrs: 131
Hour Span 5am – 1am 2011 (after BRT)
Ridership: 5,483 ( 51%)
Saturday Yes (15 min.)
Service Hrs: 201 ( 53%)
Sunday Yes (30 min.)
20% travel time reduction
Fare $1.50 (regular fare)
23% of riders new to transit
Length 8.2 miles
Cost $21 Million
Operating 2005
start year
Source: J. Gulbranson, Kansas City Area Transit Authority, 24 Jan 2013

13. Rapid Ride - Albuquerque

14. Albuquerque Rapid Ride | Red and Green
Red Rapid
Green Rapid
Route 66 (local): 10 min. weekday
Route
Red Route: 16 min. weekday
Frequency
Green Route: 16 min. weekday

15. Rapid Ride - Albuquerque
Source: Blaich, J., ABQ Ride. 8 Feb 2013

16. Rapid Ride - Albuquerque
Underlying Local Service: Yes Service Hours
Operating Local: 10 min Year Rt. 66 Red Route + %
Frequency BRT: 16 min (weekday) (local Green Route + Change
11 min. with Green only) Route 66
& Red combined 2004 166 N/A N/A
Hour Span 5:30am – Midnight 2012 137 281 69%
(84 – Red)
Saturday Yes (22 min) (60 – Green)
Sunday Yes (22 min)
Ridership
Fare $1.00 (regular fare)
Year Rt. 66 Red Route + %
Length 11 miles (local Green Route + Change
only) Route 66
Operating 2005 2004 6,700 N/A N/A
start year
2012 7,750 14,950 123%
(4,170 – Red)
(3,030 – Green)
Source: Blaich, J., ABQ Ride. 8 Feb 2013

17. Gallatin Rd. BRT - Nashville

18. Gallatin Rd. BRT - Nashville
Underlying Local Service: Yes
Operating Local: 30-60 min 2008 (before BRT) 2012 (after BRT)
Frequency BRT: 15 min until 6pm Ridership: 4,089 Ridership: 5,245
30 min after 6pm ( 28%)
Hour Span 5am – 12pm Frequency
Local Service
Saturday Yes (30 min.) BRT
Before BRT After BRT
Sunday Local service only
Peak 15 min 30 min 15 min
Fare $1.60 (regular fare) Mid-Day 20 min 60 min 15 min
Length 12 miles Evening 30 min 60 min 30 min
Operating 2009 Saturday 60 min 60 min 30 min
Sunday 60 min 50 min No Sun. Serv.
start year
Source: Smith, C. Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority, 6 Feb 2013

19. SPUR – Ft. Worth
Source: Dupler, P. Ft. Worth Transit Authority “The T” 29 January 2013

20. SPUR – Ft. Worth
Underlying Local Service: No
Operating Local: None* Route Frequency
Frequency BRT: 15 min until 7pm 2009: 15 min.
30 min after 7pm 2012: 15 min.
Hour Span 5:00am – 1:30pm
Daily Ridership
Saturday Yes (30 min.)
2009: 3,600
Sunday Yes (60 min.) 2011: 3,900( 8%)
2012: 4,300 ( 19%)
Fare $1.75 (regular fare)
Length 7 miles
Operating 2010
start year
*no local service on ¾ of the route
Source: Dupler, P. Ft. Worth Transit Authority “The T” 29 January 2013

21. Peoria Rapid – Tulsa
Operating BRT: 2015 (year before open)
Frequency 15 min. peak Ridership: 2,144
20 min. off-peak Service Hours: 63
Hour Span 5:30am – 8:30pm
Service Hours: 142
Saturday 30 min ( 125%)
Sunday No service 2016 Ridership: 2,322
( 8.3%) (KC MAX)
Fare $1.50 (regular fare)
2023 Ridership: 4,780
Length 15 miles ( 10.9% annually)
( 123% over 7 years)
Cost $16 Million (ABQ Rapid Ride)
Operating 2016
start year

22. Ridership & Productivity
2013-2023 Ridership Estimates - Peoria Corridor
6,000 50.00
45.00
5,000
40.00
4,780
35.00
Riders Per Hour (Weekday)
4,000 4,312
Ridership (Weekday)
3,889 30.00
3,508
3,000 3,164 25.00
2,854
2,574 20.00
2,000 2,322 System-Wide
2,022 2,144 15.00 Riders/Hour:
1,908
Opening Year
17.5
10.00
1,000
System-Wide Riders
5.00
per Hour
- -
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ridership Riders per Hour
Estimates based on experience with Kansas City MAX and Albuquerque Rapid Ride after 7 years of service and similar revenue hours increases

23. Sources:
Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service and Can Contribute to
Economic Development. U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO
Report GAO-12-811. July 2012. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-811
Performance and Lessons from the Implementation of BRT in the United
States. Darido, G., Diaz, R., Kim, E., Schimek, P. Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2007.
BRT Update. Kaiser, K. Mass Transit. April/May 2011.
J. Gulbranson, Kansas City Area Transit Authority, 24 Jan 2013
Dupler, P. Ft. Worth Transit Authority “The T” 29 January 2013
Blaich, J., ABQ Ride. 8 Feb 2013