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Community Meetings

April, 2012


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Todays Agenda

Why this study?

What is BRT?

Why BRT in Pittsburgh?

How will BRT affect our community?

How to participate?


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WHY THIS STUDY?

Improved transit service

Improving communities andquality of life

Neighborhood revitalization andeconomic development


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Why this study?

Bus Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis

18-month study

Began August, 2011

Collaborative effort led by over 30community sponsors and partners:

City of Pittsburgh

Allegheny County

Sustainable Pittsburgh

Allegheny Conference

Neighborhood organizations

Institutions, landowners and developers


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Why this study?

Project history

Data collection and preliminary analysis

Public Meeting January, 2012

GetTherePGH website Public input on concepts

Tonights Community Meeting


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WHAT IS BRT?

Bus Rapid Transit

BRT is:A form of transportation that can provide the quality of rail transit and the

flexibility of buses.

BRT is:

a flexible, permanently integrated high-performance system with aquality image and a strong ID.


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Elements of BRT

BRT is a flexible technology.

BRT can be tailored to eachcorridor with elementsincluding:

Rail-like vehicles

Transit priority and bus lanes

High-quality stations andterminals

Intelligent transportationsystems

Enhanced service plan


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WHY BRT IN PITTSBURGH?

Improve mobility

Improving efficiency of transit service

A proven, cost-effective technology

Potential to remake the corridor


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Defining the service: Conceptual alignments

Accommodate a variety of uses

Improved transit service

Traffic flow

Bicyclists

Pedestrians

Parking

Limited street space

Development

Need for balance

These concepts are a starting point


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Building the corridor

Existing Bus Routes


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Existing BRT Candidate Routes


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Study Area


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Primary BRT Corridor


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A corridor built of neighborhoods


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Each with its own unique needs,Each with its own unique challenges.


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Develop the best plan for each communityand assemble them into a complete BRT system


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DOWNTOWN


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Building the corridor: Downtown

Downtown


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Building the corridor: Downtown

Downtown Circulation Study

A comprehensive assessment of all busroutes and traffic in downtown

Pittsburgh with a focus on BRT

Identification of station/stop locations

Separate public involvement process


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UPTOWN


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Building the corridor: Uptown

Uptown


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Uptown Issues:

Use of Fifth Avenue or Forbes Avenue for BRT

Maintaining bus service during Consol Energy

Center Events

Supporting neighborhood redevelopment efforts

Maintaining access for people who cant walk far

Maintaining parking supply


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Existing Condition


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Uptown Summary:

Two-way buses on Fifth Avenue

Bus couplet on Fifth and Forbes Avenues

Colwell Street Busway

Boulevard of the Allies


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OAKLAND


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Building the corridor: Oakland

Oakland


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Oakland Issues:

Use of Fifth Avenue or Forbes Avenue or both for BRT

Location of bus stations/stops

Supporting existing and new development

Pedestrian safety


Feasibility of establishing new bus lanes


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Existing Conditions


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Oakland Summary:

Two-way buses on Fifth Avenue

Bus couplet on Fifth and Forbes Avenues

Two-way bus/retail street on Forbes Avenue

Bus Tunnel

Connections to Uptown, Squirrel Hill and Shadyside


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SQUIRREL HILL

AND BEYOND


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Building the corridor: Squirrel Hill

Squirrel Hill


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Squirrel Hill Issues: Extending BRT to Morewood Avenue

Feasibility of BRT treatments on Forbes and Murray Aves

Supporting existing and new development Pedestrian safety

Determination of eastern endpoints of BRT service

HomesteadRegent Square



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Squirrel Hill Existing Bus Routes


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Beyond Squirrel Hill:

Connecting BRT system to:

Regent Square

Wilkinsburg

Mon Valley

Waterfront

McKeesport

Beyond Squirrel Hill


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Beyond Squirrel Hill:

Service via:

Forbes Avenue

Murray Avenue

Schenley Park


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SHADYSIDE/EAST LIBERTY

AND BEYOND


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Building the corridor: Shadyside/East Liberty

Shadyside/East Liberty


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Shadyside/East Liberty Issues: Feasibility of BRT treatments on Fifth and Centre Aves


Pedestrian safety


Determination of eastern end points of BRT service

Highland Park

Wilkinsburg

Bakery Square

Homewood



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Shadyside/East Liberty Existing Bus Service


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Beyond East Liberty


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Beyond East Liberty:

Connecting BRT system to:

Highland Park

Wilkinsburg

Homewood


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HILL DISTRICT


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Building the corridor: Hill District

Hill District


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Hill District Issues:

BRT-related TOD along Fifth/Forbes corridor

Pedestrian connections to BRT corridor

Improved transportation within the neighborhood

Improved access to employment near the Hill


Maintaining bus service during events at Consol EnergyCenter

Complete streets for all users


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Existing Bus Routes


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Hill District Summary: Transit connections to:

Downtown

Oakland

East Liberty

South Side

BRT corridor


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Building the corridor: the process


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Project Timeline

April Community Meetings

May Preliminary screening and refinement of alternatives

Summer Public Meeting #2

Community MeetingsSummer Detailed analysis of alternatives

Fall Public Meeting #3

Community Meetings

Winter, 2013 Adoption of Locally Preferred Alternative


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HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

Project Website

Your Input Today


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Pittsburgh BRT Website

GetTherePgh.org


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How Can You Participate?

Your input today is essential:

1.Participate in group discussions

2.Talk to the project staff and stakeholders

3.Complete a comment form

And please stay involved as we worktogether to remake our city!

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