Better Bus Project Presentation

2018·1.2 MB·English

by  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

● More than a third of all MBTA
About the trips are taken on buses.
● The MBTA’s bus network consists
MBTA Bus
of 175 routes.
Service
● Nearly 450,000 trips are taken on
MBTA buses in a single weekday.
Network
● Serving 50 communities, the bus
network provides critical
connections where our rail
system does not go.
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About the Better Evaluate the bus network against the January
EVALUATE
2017 Service Delivery Policy.
Bus Project
Identify changes to each route to better
IDENTIFY
Goal: serve our bus customers.
Understand the gap between today’s bus
service and the standards set by the January
Outreach to communities, riders, and
2017 Service Delivery Policy.
municipalities to identify their needs and
OUTREACH
Make recommendations to close the service concerns.
gap that incorporates public engagement and
municipal partnerships.
DEVELOP Develop plans and recommendations.
Begin to implement capital improvements in
IMPLEMENT
2018 and servicerecommendations in 2019
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Service Delivery Policy
Adopted in January 2017
Passengers should have a reasonable amount of personal
Comfort
space during their trips
Passengers should be able to expect service to arrive when
Reliability
scheduled
Passengers should be able to access transit within a
Frequency
reasonable waiting time
Passengers should have confidence that service will operate
Span
during expected hours
Coverage
The geographic area where service is provided
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POTENTIAL CHANGES POTENTIAL BENEFITS
Buses Will Show Up on
Service Changes
Schedule
Hours and frequency of service
People Get to Work
Operational Changes
Faster
Dispatching buses and improved
MBTA procedures
CAN Less Crowded on Buses
PROVIDE
Capital Investments
Additional buses and supporting
infrastructure Easy to Understand
Routes
Partnerships with
Municipalities
Resources Are Spent
Implement street changes that
More Efficiently
improve service
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Partnership Examples to Improve
Bus Speed and Reliability
Bus Operations tools Traffic Control tools
● Stop Relocation ● Transit Signal Priority Speed and
Reliability
● Stop Consolidation ● Lane Restriction/Exemption Improvements
● Route Design ● Queue Jumps
Infrastructure tools Transit Lane tools
● Turn Radius Improvements ● Curbside bus lane
● Bus Bulbs ● Queue bypass (short bus lane)
● Roadway Channelization/Signage ● Center bus lane
2017 King County Metro S&R
Guidelines and Strategies
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Transit Signal
Priority
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1stAvenue, New York City (NYC DOT)
Dedicated
Bus Lane
Washington Street, Boston 8
Queue Jump MTA Queue Jump Manhattan
Queue Jumps
Bellingham, WA Queue Jump with Transit Signal
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Public Engagement Plan
Website
Transit Talks Street Teams
Feedback
Meeting with stakeholder groups One-on-one engagement at stations
www.mbta.com/betterbus
Regional Public
Municipal Engagement
Meetings
Staff-to-staff engagement and council presentations on request
Large pubic meetings