Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) By Richard Shultz CMT4Austin

1. Cellular Mass Transit (CMT) By Richard Shultz CMT4Austin.org

2. CMT Will: Cut wait time on circulator routes Reduce travel time Provide shelter at transfer points Expand coverage in low density areas

3. Improvements Get from any home to any job Reduce cars on the road Cut CO2 emissions

4. Existing Service Has Problems Too Slow Long Waits Poor Transfer Conditions

5. Conventional Bus is Slow.

6. CMT would have a van every 8 minutes for same cost. Conventional Service : Circulator routes have a bus every 30 minutes

7. CMT Service would be faster. Some trips would take half the time.

8. Why Does CMT Make Sense ? Consider The Austin Market : Average Trip Distance is 12 Miles. Trips are from low density to low density. Most jobs are in low density areas.

9. Employment by Zip Code Most jobs are in low density areas, outside city center. Red numbers are employment, by zip code, in thousands. Data from : http://www.capcog.org/information-clearinghouse/tabular-data/ Commute and Labor Sheds by Zip Code, 2007

10. Employment Density: High vs Low 800 K in Metro Area, outside of CBD and UT zip codes 420 K in Travis County outside of CBD + UT

11. 80+ % Trips not Work related. Most non work trips are in low density

12. CMT is Cellular Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center

13. Express Roadspermit fast travel for express bus

14. Home to First Transit Center Taxi Van every 8-12 minutes Routes within half mile of every home Ten minute trip to Transit Center Ride requests required

15. Transfer from Circulator to Express

16. Peak Express RouteStops at only 4 transit centers

17. 7:25 am Express Bus Drops Riders off at Work Cell Transit Center

18. 7:30 am Riders Line Up at Circulator Route Markers

19. 8:30 pm Less demand during late night

20. 36 minutes of activity for routes that have heavy, moderate and light ridership

21. Does Any City Use CMT ? Many cities use Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Many cities use shared taxi CMT = BRT + shared taxi.

22. Shared Taxi Examples Rimouski, Quebec Capetown, South Africa USA in 1915 Atlantic City Jitney Developing countries

23. Jitney Shared Taxi, USA 1915 Atlantic City Jitney, Serving Atlantic City, NJ since 1915

24. Taxi Rank in Soweto, South Africa

25. Cape Town Train Station Minibus Taxi Boarding Area

26. Dolmus in Turkey :Istanbul and Bodrum You don't have to wait longer than 5 minutes before one comes along.

27. Combis in Lima , Peru

28. Mexico City MicroBus

29. Jeepney Shared Taxi in Philippines

30. Taxi Hub in Kampala Uganda

31. A Taxi Van in Austin could be like the Sprinter Seats 14 + Wheel Chair High enough to stand in, 18 mpg

32. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Increases Ridership 250% increase for Miami 200% increase for Honolulu 85% increase for Boston 50 fold for Curitiba, Brazil

33. BRT in Curitiba

34. BRT in Beijing

35. BRT in Ottawa

36. BRT in Jakarta

37. BRT in Bogota

38. CMT uses ideas from BRT and Shared Taxi Fast board gates Measures to speed bus travel Frequent pickups Vans for small groups Demand Responsive Taxi Service

39. Differences: CMT vs BRT Use cheaper shared lanes Express run 3-15 miles between stops Transit centers would have AC, restrooms and other amenities.

40. Differences: CMT vs Shared Taxi Subsidized by taxes. Lower fares One electronic fare card Vans every 8-12 minutes Drivers paid by Capital Metro.

41. What Realities Guide Express Route Design : Connect all parts of the city Cell to cell by single express route. Employment is moving out to low density outlying areas. Travel pattern is many to many

42. Austin is like many cities. From the LA Times: Get Me to the Job on Time. For many low-skill workers, commutes [ by bus ] are long and frustrating as they struggle to get to where the jobs are. Los Angeles Times: Sunday, June 17, 2001 By DAN GORDON, Special to The Times Excerpt: Researchers refer to it as spatial mismatch: In virtually every major U.S. metropolitan area, job growth in the low-skill sectors is moving outward, while the workers most likely to fill these jobs continue to be concentrated in the inner city. "Jobs are decentralizing but affordable housing is not," said Bruce Katz, director of the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

43. Low Income Neighbor - hoodsin green

44. Eastern Corridor Simplified Route Diagram

45. Central Corridor Simplified Route Diagram 183 IH 35 2222 MOPAC IH 35

46. Express Roadsinclude 100 miles of roads with Queue Jumpers shown here in green

47. Queue jumperStep 1 : all lights red. Step 2: right lane gets green.

48. Step 3 :cars turn right.Step4 : bus goes straight. Step 5 : All lanes get green light.

49. CIRCULATION : Let’s Compare Existing Service to CMT North Austin Circulator Routes Existing service provides poor circulation Wait between buses is 30+ minutes No service 9am-3pm on some routes Many destinations not served 72,000 employed in low density.

50. Poor Circulation in North Austin Existing Service Has gaps and 30 minute waits