Metro ransit Service Improvement Plan ransportation Committee April 13, 2015 Cyndi Harper Manager of Route Planning Kyle Burrows ransit Planner
What is the Service Improvement Plan (SIP)? Bus service expansion plan Builds on existing network Identifies potential new routes, frequency and span improvements on existing routes Prioritized, specific list of how to grow and improve local and express bus service between 2015-2030 Establish a framework of when and how to expand the bus network Implementation requires additional operating funds Informs the legislative program, Regional SIP, and other transit funding opportunities 2
SIP Evaluation Criteria Productivity criteria demonstrate the ridership potential of service improvements using land use and density factors (50% weight) Social equity criteria evaluate how well improvements serve people most reliant on transit (25% weight) System connectivity criteria establish how well projects improve connections and service throughout the Metro ransit service area (25% weight) 3
SIP Scoring hree project priority categories High 75 percent of possible points or greater Medium 55 percent of possible points or greater Low less than 55 percent of possible points High and Medium projects prioritized for implementation Represent resource requirements and ridership growth in SIP Arterial BR included in resources but not evaluated under SIP Implementation Phases 2015-2017; 2018-2020; 2021-2030 4
Nov. 2014 Public Comment Period Received 570 service suggestions; 176 contacts from individuals and organizations ravel ime General, SIP Process Coverage, Reverse Commute Routing, Structure Frequency, Span of Service 0 50 100 150 200 250 5
SIP Modifications Guiding principles, evaluation criteria reviewed and clarified Improve transit equity Define key destinations Weight high-frequency routes and transitways higher Compared with regional solitication evaluation criteria Evaluated park-and-ride based routes in all relevant categories 24 new projects were evaluated 6
Ramsey Andover Ham Lake Columbus Forest Lake Scandia Anoka Ramsey Andover New or Modified Items in Recommended SIP Ham Lake Columbus Lino Lakes Scandia Forest Lake Dayton Rogers Coon Rapids Champlin Anoka Blaine Hugo May wp. Centerville Marine on St. Croix Lino Lakes Dayton New or Modified Rogers Circle Pines Coon Rapids Included in Draft SIP Hanover Lexington Blaine Champlin Arterial BR Osseo Corcoran Hugo Centerville Spring Lake Park Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Circle Pines Lexington Mounds View Existing Network White Bear wp. North Oaks ransitways Spring Lake Park Corcoran Fridley Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Shoreview Grant White Bear wp. Mounds View Dellwood Areas of Concentrated Poverty North Oaks Arden Hills Brooklyn Center Stillwater wp. White Bear wp. White Bear Lake New Brighton Fridley Shoreview Birchwood Village Gem Lake Vadnais Heights Mahtomedi Hilltop Suburban ransit Auth. Service Area Crystal Vadnais Heights Columbia Heights St. Anthony Pine Springs Little Canada St. Anthony Robbinsdale Medicine Lake Wayzata Orono Minneapolis St. Louis Park Woodland Landfall St. Paul Lakeland Landfall Lake St. Croix Beach Greenwood Excelsior Shorewood Minnetonka Hopkins onka Bay West Lakeland wp. Hopkins Greenwood Shorewood Minnetonka Deephaven West Lakeland wp. St. Paul St. Louis Park Minnetonka Beach onka Bay Minneapolis Woodland Spring Park Baytown wp. Lake Elmo Falcon Heights Wayzata Lake Elmo Oakdale Long Lake Mound North St. Paul Oakdale Lauderdale Golden Valley Minnetonka Beach Deephaven Baytown wp. Falcon Heights Golden Valley Medicine Lake Long Lake Oak Park Heights North St. Paul Maplewood Lauderdale Maplewood Bayport Roseville Maple Plain Stillwater Oak Park Heights Little Canada Roseville Plymouth Birchwood Village Mahtomedi Pine Springs White Bear Lake Willernie Gem Lake Hilltop Robbinsdale New Hope Crystal Plymouth Minnetrista Stillwater White Bear wp. New Brighton New Hope Medina Independence Grant Willernie Arden Hills Brooklyn Center Columbia Heights Loretto Orono Stillwater wp. Dellwood Osseo Greenfield Medina May wp. St. Marys Point Lilydale Lilydale Woodbury Woodbury Excelsior Victoria Edina Afton Edina Richfield Mendota Heights Mendota Heights Newport Newport Sunfish Lake Sunfish Lake Chanhassen South SouthSt. St.Paul Paul Mendota Mendota Fort Snelling (unorg.) Fort Snelling (unorg.) Richfield Victoria Eden Prairie Chanhassen Afton West St.St. Paul West Paul Eden Prairie St. Paul Park Bloomington Laketown wp. Bloomington Inver Grove Heights Eagan Chaska St. Paul Park Inver Grove Heights Cottage Grove Denmark wp. Denmark wp. Cottage Grove Eagan Chaska Grey Cloud Island wp. Dahlgren wp. Jackson wp. Shakopee Savage Jackson wp.carver Louisville wp. Grey Cloud Island wp. Burnsville Shakopee Carver Savage Burnsville Apple Valley Rosemount Nininger wp. Nininger wp. Hastings
Evaluation Results 50 High projects 9.7 Million new rides 87 Medium projects 8.8 Million new rides 11 Arterial BR projects 10.2 Million new rides Recommended for Implementation 8 48 Low projects 2.7 Million new rides 148 projects on 94 routes 58 expand coverage/ improve connectivity 71 improve frequency on existing service 52 expand span of service 7 add reverse commute service
Ramsey Andover SIP Projects by Rank Ham Lake Columbus Scandia Forest Lake Anoka Marine on St. Croix High Lino Lakes Dayton Rogers Medium Coon Rapids Champlin Blaine Hugo Centerville Low May wp. Hanover Arterial BR Circle Pines Lexington Existing Network ransitways Corcoran Greenfield Osseo Spring Lake Park Brooklyn Park Maple Grove Dellwood North Oaks Fridley Shoreview Grant Arden Hills Brooklyn Center White Bear wp. New Brighton Suburban ransit Auth. Service Area Vadnais Heights Birchwood Village Mahtomedi White Bear Lake Willernie Gem Lake Hilltop Stillwater Columbia Heights New Hope Crystal Medina Pine Springs Independence Stillwater wp. Areas of Concentrated Poverty Loretto White Bear wp. Mounds View ransit Centers Bayport Roseville Maplewood Maple Plain Oak Park Heights Little Canada St. Anthony Robbinsdale Plymouth North St. Paul Baytown wp. Medicine Lake Lauderdale Golden Valley Wayzata Orono Minneapolis Minnetrista Woodland St. Louis Park Mound Lake Elmo Falcon Heights Oakdale Long Lake West Lakeland wp. Spring Park Deephaven Lakeland Landfall Minnetonka Hopkins onka Bay St. Paul Minnetonka Beach Lake St. Croix Beach Greenwood St. Marys Point Lilydale Shorewood Woodbury Excelsior Afton West St. Paul Edina South St. Paul Mendota Fort Snelling (unorg.) Richfield Mendota Heights Newport Sunfish Lake Victoria Chanhassen Eden Prairie St. Paul Park Bloomington Laketown wp. Inver Grove Heights Eagan Cottage Grove Chaska Denmark wp. Grey Cloud Island wp. Dahlgren wp. Jackson wp. Carver 9 Burnsville Shakopee Carver Savage Apple Valley Louisville wp. Rosemount Nininger wp. Hastings
Annual Ridership and Resources otal Service Hours 870,000 Additional Peak Buses 161 New Annual Passengers Additional Annual Operating Cost ($2015) Additional Annual Subsidy ($2015) 29 Million $98.3 Million $67.3 Million Subsidy Per Passenger ($2015) $2.35 * Costs do not include capital costs of fleet, expanded bus operating facility 10
Proposed Action hat the Metropolitan Council approve the Metro ransit Service Improvement Plan Project report and additional information available at metrotransit.org/sip