1. Welcome

2. Meeting Goals and Objectives

3. WTMF Accomplishments

4. WTMF Phase II Mid-Term Program Elements

5. WTMF Path Forward

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AAG Meeting #2 – July 13, 2016

Agenda

• Provide update• Solicit input on WTMF Phase II Program Concepts

and endorsement to take to the public

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MMeeting Goals and Objectives

What we Plan to Do

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PPhase II Public Process

Public Process• Ongoing effort to engage and inform stakeholders and public in the

following ways:

• WILMAPCO’s eNews and Transporter

• Wilmington Initiatives eMail blasts

• Wilmington Initiatives Joint Technical/Steering Committee meetings

• Wilmington Initiatives Public Workshop

• City of Wilmington Mayor’s Office Briefing

• Wilmington City Council Briefing

• Wilmington City Council Public Works & Transportation Committee

• Update state representatives and senators representing the City of Wilmington

SShort-term 1-2 Years (2015-2016)

MMid-term 3-5 Years (2017-2019)

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AAccomplishments

*33% Reduction between May 2014 and June 2016

May 2014 1,078January 2015 965May 2015 965January 2016 827June 2016 722

Rodney Square Trips by Service Period:May 2014 to June 2016

• Rodney Square improvements • Operational Analysis• 4th Street Transit corridor• Bus Stop Prototype• Traffic Analysis• Orange Street conversions • Tatnall Street Site• Wilmington Transit Center (Porter Site)

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PProgram Elements

Mid-Term Program

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COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – WTMF PRINCIPLES

• PPrinciple 2: Continue to grow transit ridership through DTC’s focus on service quality and with movement towards an optimal transit network.

• Principle 3: Transit locations and service must be convenient for existing and emerging patterns of ridership, utilizing O/D data to inform decisions.

• Principle 4: Cost-effective transit service delivery and revenue generation are essential for DTC.

• Principle 8: Transit must be safe, secure, attractive, customer friendly, meet ADA accessibility standards and serve the needs of multi-modal users in order to serve existing riders and increase new riders to the system.

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Operations Analysis

COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – ROUTE EVALUATION

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Segment TripsRiders

(tota l on & off)Riders per

revenue hourNet cost per rider

Recovery ratio

Downtown 103 686 100.5 (0.13)$ 1.22

Wests ide 106 812 63.9 0.22$ 0.77

Barley Mi l l Plaza 106 440 19.4 2.33$ 0.24

Centrevi l le Rd 8 15 7.3 7.93$ 0.08

Tota l - 1953 44.13 0.63$ 0.53

Route 4 Weekday Summary

Operations Analysis

COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS – ROUTE EVALUATION

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OOperations Analysis

Operations Analysis

COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

• IImprove transit services in high ridership corridors – 4th Street and N. Market Street

• High frequency corridors – 15 minute peak headways or better by coordinating schedules– Christiana Mall (Routes 33 and 40) – Delaware / Pennsylvania Ave (Routes 6 and 10)– Maryland Ave (Routes 5 and 9)– DuPont Highway (Routes 22 and 25)– New Castle Avenue (Routes 15 and 17)

• Simplify service patterns• Clock repetitive headways• Reduce duplicative Downtown trips – Combine routes 3 and 17 • Expand commuter services • Enhanced service to suburban job centers• Reduce service on unproductive segments

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Operations Analysis

4TH STREET / N. MARKET TRANSIT CORRIDOR – INITIAL CONCEPT

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OR INITIAL CONCEPT

OOperations Analysis

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Initiatives June 2016 UpcomingCoordinate routes by corridor

- Christiana Mall - New Castle Ave

- 4th Street & N. Market Transit Corridor - Concord Ave / Pike- DuPont Highway- Maryland Avenue

Reduce duplicative Downtown trips

- Combine routes 3 & 17- Timed transfer at Christiana Mall

- Combine routes 9 & 24

Simplify service patterns

- Routes 15 & 17 - Routes 1, 2, 11 & 35

Clock headways - Routes 5, 6 & 15 - Routes 1, 2, 11 & 18

Improve expressservices

- Routes 16 & 39 - Routes 301, 302 & 45

Enhance service to suburban job centers

- Routes 28, 48 & 59

Reduce service on unproductive segments

- Route 16 - Route 10 – Kennett Pike- Route 25 - Delaware City- Route 35 -Dartmouth Woods

SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES

Operations Analysis

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MMid-Term Program

4th Street Corridor• Identified by WTMF study as major transit corridor• Union Street to Church Street

• Existing bus stops approximately every block

• Consolidation of bus stops to improve performance and support service recommendations

• Bus Stop Recommendations Plan developed including classification of bus stops as Minor, Major or Transfer

• Developed prototype infrastructure improvements for all recommended stop locations

• Studied expanded infrastructure improvements for selected locations, particularly transfer stops, requiring more space to accommodate larger volume of bus patrons

44tth Street––Existing Conditions

44tth Street––Recommendations

TTypical Bus Stop Existing Conditions

Existing Franklin Street Bus Stop

GOALS• Provide amenities• Provide area for buses to stop in travel lanes• Avoid conflicts with existing features• Improve pedestrian accessibility and safety

PPrototype Bus Bulb

• Bus bulbs created by extending sidewalk• New bus stop amenities• Accommodates one bus in most cases• Improves pedestrian crossings• Improves bus travel times• Minimizes parking impacts

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TTypical Bus Stop/Shelter Location

Typical Features

• Multiple bus stop signs needed to display route decals

• Limited interior lighting

• Non-translucent roof

• Lack of bus stop name/ID

• Limited amenities

• Temporary passenger information signage

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44th Street Transfer Block

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44th Street Transfer Block

PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

• Current street patterns focus bus operations on Rodney Square– Two major eastbound streets in the north end of

downtown are 10th Street and 11th Street– One major southbound street in downtown is King

Street• To address this issue the WTMF team analyzed, at a

planning level, what would happen if four one-way streets were converted to two-way operations

• This is not a detailed operational analysis, it just proves whether the concept has merit

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TTraffic Analysis

SCOPE OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS—NORTH-SOUTH• Orange Street would be one lane in each direction

between 4th Street and 12th Street– Analysis showed limited traffic diversion to southbound

Orange Street, even when extended as far south as MLK Jr Boulevard

• King Street would be two lanes southbound and one lane northbound between 4th Street and 12th Street

• Walnut Street would be two lanes northbound and one lane southbound from NORTH OF 4th Street to 12th Street– Three northbound lanes will be maintained through the 4th

Street signal, dropping to two after the intersection

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TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis

SCOPE OF TWO-WAY CONVERSIONS—EAST-WEST

• 12th Street would be converted to two-way between Delaware Avenue and Walnut Street– Three lanes westbound and one lane eastbound

between Delaware Avenue and Washington Street– Two lanes in each direction between Washington Street

and Walnut Street

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TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis

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TTwo-Way Traffic Analysis

PHASED APPROACH TO TWO-WAY CONVERSION

• PPhase I – Create a bus-only lane southbound on Orange Street– Presented in detail today

• Future– Convert Walnut and King Streets to two-way– Convert all or a portion of 12th Street to two-way

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Orange Street Two-Way Conversion

ORANGE STREET – TWO-WAY CONVERSION BUS ROUTING

• Currently King Street is the primary southbound bus street and Orange Street and Walnut/French Streets are the two northbound bus streets

• Orange Street two-way / bus only lane permits second southbound bus street

• Split pattern so that approximately: – ½ of southbound buses use King Street– ½ of southbound buses use Orange Street– ½ of northbound buses use Walnut/French Streets– ½ of northbound buses use Orange Street

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OOrange Street Two-Way Conversion

Pattern – All Routes

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Transit Passenger Enhancements• Rodney Square• Tatnall Street (11th to 12th)• Orange Street (4th to 12th)• 4th Street (Union to N. Church)• Wilmington Transit Center

12TH STREET TO 10TH STREET

10TH STREET TO 8TH STREET

BURTON PLACE TO 6TH STREET

6TH STREET TO 4TH STREET

ORANGE STREET – CHANGES TO ON-STREET PARKING

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Block Existing Spaces Proposed Spaces Change

400 9 8 -1

500 8 0 -8

600 4 0 -4

700 6 0 -6

800 12 7 -5

900 6 0 -6

1000 7 7 0

1100 0 0 0

Orange Street Subtotal 52 21 -31

King Street 0 12 +12

Total 52 33 -19

BUSES PER HOUR – PEAK PERIOD

Location Fall 2015 Proposed Change % Change

11th at Rodney Square 41 17 (24) -59%

King at Rodney Square 30 12 (18) -60%

10th at Rodney Square 23 23 - no change

King at 5th 64 33 (31) -48%

Orange at 5th northbound 35 24 (11) -31%

Orange at 5th southbound 0 20 +20

Orange at 11th northbound 34 18 (16) -47%

Orange at 11th southbound 0 20 +20

Walnut at 4th northbound 31 35 +3 +9.7%

French at 9th northbound 22 23 +1 +4.8%

Walnut at 9th northbound 6 6 - no change

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Draft: Assumes Orange Street southbound buses from 12th to 4th. Proposed routes and frequencies may be revised and buses per hour may change.

K PERIOD

Orange Street Southbound Buses

BUSES PER HOUR – MID-DAY

Location Fall 2015 Proposed Change % Change

11th at Rodney Square 22 7 (15) -68%

King at Rodney Square 15 4 (11) -73%

10th at Rodney Square 9 7 (2) -22%

King at 5th 32 15 (17) -53%

Orange at 5th northbound 18 18 0 no change

Orange at 5th southbound 0 14 +14

Orange at 11th northbound 17 10 (7) -41%

Orange at 11th southbound 0 14 +14

Walnut at 4th northbound 17 17 0 no change

French at 9th northbound 12 11 -1 -8%

Walnut at 9th northbound 3 6 +3 +100%

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Draft: Assumes Orange Street southbound buses from 12th to 4th. Proposed routes and frequencies may be revised and buses per hour may change.

Orange Street Southbound Buses

LLocation – Tatnall Street Site

LLocation – Porter Site

Transit Center –Ground Level

LLocation – Porter Site

Transit Center –Parking Deck Concept

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MMid-Term Program

Other Ongoing Efforts

• Four 30-foot replacement buses are budgeted for FY17

• Ongoing discussions with JP Morgan Chase and Barclays Bank to provide transit services replacing their employee shuttles

• Applied for Low-No Grant for Electric buses

• Would use in Wilmington when final layover locations are completed (Tatnall Street and Wilmington Transit Center - Porter Site)

• App based Real Time information should be available by December 2016

• Consultant has been retained to evaluate Fare Media

• 4th Street transit corridor• Tatnall Street layover • Wilmington Transit Center (Porter Site)• Orange Street conversions

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PProgram Elements

Mid-Term Program

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PPath Forward

Work Left to Do…• Implementation of WTMF Final Report

recommendations will continue

• Short and Mid Term recommendations development continues

• Some Mid-Term recommendations will become separate projects for the next phase

• DTC to encourage Public Private Partnerships (P3) for funding support

• WTMF Project oversight will transition to Wilmington Initiatives