www.cities21.org advanced feeder TOD

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www.cities21.org - advanced feeder TOD

• Steve Raney, UC Berkeley
• Project focused.

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EGR-PRT Benefits

• 1.2 sq mi transit village (not just .25 sq mi)
• Remove 8,000 cars/day
• Serve 28,000 trips/day
• Increase retail sales 35
• Increase real estate value
• Allow redevelopment, reclaim parking
• Reduce employee turnover costs
• Self-funding (OM capital)
• Publicity city of the future
• No sacrifice (a la VP Cheneys NRG policy).

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Call to Action research

• Cant fund an MIS
• Form ad-hoc committee
• Formal approval to work on this
• Start checkerboard commute origination study
• Assists current TDM! C21 will fund.
• Oct. research proposal for TMA/City
• Cities21, Emeryville, U.C. Berkeley, experts
  ridership study, route design, architectural
  renderings, economics, simulation, environmental
  impact, etc.
• Small Emeryville/TMA MTC planning , Envt.
  Foundation , academic research , Cities21

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PRT

• Video
• Capacity 4,000 hr (theoretical is 7,200 4)
• Non-stop pt to pt service (intermediate station
  bypass)
• No waiting
• Light weight reduces cost
• Right of way 22 diameter piers

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PRT (2)

• Energy equivalent of 1,000 office workers
• 80, 880, 580 rolling brownout
• Visual mitigation
• Noise
• 10 x 40 stop platforms, 75 accel/decel
• Novelty (SF trolley replaced bus ridership up
  3X)

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Feeder / capillary grid is complimentary

• Mode share for quality, accessible transit in
  Chicago is greater than auto share
• Faster than car for many multimodal commutes.
• Carpool formation 40X more efficient
• No stranding

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Why Emeryville?

• Stanford Research Park proposal Jeff Tumlin
  (Nelson Nygaard) Wendy
• Emeryville retail, housing, office mix. Trip
  profile. Density. BART capacity profile. San
  Pablo bus preference.
• EGR. Full buses. TMA funding. Wendy (people
  skills, customer focus)
• APM 2001 SF
• 80, 880, 580 rolling brown out

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Implementation

• 8,000 commuters 3K BART/Amtrack, 2K bus, 2K HOV,
  1K bike/ped.
• 6,000 mid-day trip pairs (coming/going matched)
• 10MM per mile, 6.5 miles. Includes 18 250K
  stops (75 accel) a) ground level (10 grade),
  b) adjacent to building w/ 40 cut out, c) 10 x
  40 platform, spiral staircase, ADA elevator
• Upgrades to standard package funded privately.
• 7th aquatic park corridor bike lockers at 65
  Shellmound (Bay). Attract casual bikers.

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Implementation (2)

• Rationalize AC Transit routes (shorten, increase
  frequency). Provide housing subsidies for
  drivers!
• San Pablo preference bus (Camsys) stops
• High touch proactive commute consultation
  (RIDES-like), checkerboard volunteers
• IKEA ?Delivery service?, Sweden big on PRT
• Office parking spaces per 1,000 feet 2?
• Double dip parking work sleep
• Hide utilities?

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Finance

• 65MM capital cost
• tear down insurance
• 3MM OM (lots of marketing RIDES transit
  info)
• 0.50 fare pp. 365 14K 5.1MM/yr
• PBID 2.5MM/yr
• 35 retail increase assessment
• Ads 3MM/yr
• Fiber/broadband cable 300K/yr
• 0.50 per day parking
• Capital
• 25 via Mineta, 25 via state, 25 equity

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Benefits EGR issues solved

• Trip time savings 25 minutes in extreme cases
• Powell St. Plaza driving/parking experience
• Frequency, reliability, wait time, 24x7 service
• Congestion, construction, accidents, Amtrak
• EGR route design optimization
• Bus fleet aging
• Bus driver shortage, split shift problem
• Missed connections
• More mid-day trips
• free time valued more than commute time

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Schedule

• July approval to work on proposal
• Oct 2001 proposal to TMA
• 12 months of research
• Various conference presentations
• Oct 2002 present results, take a PRT test ride,
  fund mini investment study,
• Q1 2003 Public outreach, evangelize fund 1MM
  PRT demonstration loop
• Q2 2003 build PRT demo loop
• Nov 2003 ballot measure for full EGR-PRT

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Call to Action

• Ad-hoc committee, OK to work
• Explain Emeryville to C21.

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The Commuter

• Techsters are hardest to switch
• To replace auto, need to match it
• Convenience, flexibility, comfort, privacy
• Transit transfers are problematic
• Non-work, mid-day trips
• Sick child, off-site business meeting
• Communication with office
• Psychological baggage