Uptown 2025 Proposal: Transit

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2Uptown 2025 Proposal: Transit© 2015 by Alan Hoffman

San Diego Quickway Proposal©2015 by Alan Hoffman 1©2015 by Alan Hoffman

INTRODUCING THE

Quickway Proposal

A CITIZEN-BASED INITIATIVE FOR A FASTER& MORE EFFECTIVERAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR SAN DIEGO

for the Scripps Ranch/ Miramar Ranch North Traffic Reduction Project


Produced by

Alan HoffmanAdvisor on Transportation and Long-Range Planning

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[email protected]+1 (619) 232-1776


UPDATED 2 APRIL 2015


INTRODUCING THE

Quickway Proposal




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The Quickway Proposal

A community-based 10-year planning effort

Attracts more riders (especially from autos)

than our current plans

Shows how to better serve existing communities

Cheaper to build and operate than our

current plans

www.facebook.com/QuickwayProposalA coalition of community groups developed a regional rapid transit plan that is faster, better located, and more

convenient than our current plans. We built on this base but went beyond to create a real Uptown rapid transit network.

Hillcrest / Mission Hills / Bankers Hill Integrated Vision Concept©2015 by Alan Hoffman 2


INTRODUCING THE

Quickway Proposal




Produced byAlan Hoffman

Advisor on Transportation and Long-Range Planning







INTRODUCING THE

Quickway Proposal












A community-based 10-year planning effort

Attracts more riders (especially from autos) than our current plans

Shows how to better serve existing communities

Cheaper to build and operate than our current plans

www.facebook.com/ QuickwayProposalA coalition of community groups developed an improved regional rapid transit plan that is faster, better located, more convenient,

and would attract many more riders. We built on this base but went beyond to create a real Uptown rapid transit network.


QuickwaysGrade-separated busways

Full rapid transit stations

Support express services

Higher capacity infrastructure

and faster than light railQuickways are grade-separated transitways. As the system is built, buses are used to get the network up and running; at build-out, we can then look at upgrading to an appropriate rail technology (hopefully faster than our Trolley).


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Heavy RailLight RailQuickwayStreetcar

At-Grade BuswayFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway Lanes

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Heavy RailLight RailQuickwayStreetcar

At-Grade BuswayFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway LanesFreeway Lanes

The Quickway Proposal shows how the right infrastructure can support a robust network of local and express services that would be significantly fasterthan today’s transit system (www.quickwayproposal.wix.com/proposal).

The Quickway Proposal shows how the right infrastructure can support a robust network of local and express services that would

be significantly faster than today’s transit system (www.quickwayproposal.wix.com/proposal).


HOTEL CIRCLE

UCSD HILLCREST

HILLCREST CENTRAL

Elevated

Surface

Tunnel

“Let’s take the Quickway to

Uptown for dinner & a movie.”

The Uptown Quickway

2.4 Mile-long facility

Connects to Trolley at

Fashion Valley

Cuts travel time from Hillcrest

Central to Fashion Valley

from 10-12 minutes

to just 5 minutes

Serves both hospitals

2371 hotel rooms within a ≈5-minute walk of Hotel Circle

Station

MERCY

UPTOWN DISTRICT

ALBATROSS

MISSION HILLS

The Hillcrest Quickway links Uptown to its

surrounding communities with real

rapid transit infrastructure including 7 rapid transit stations.



In addition, we propose a new Rapid Bus terminal for the Fashion Valley Transit Center. The illustration top right shows a San Diego-inspired design for such a terminal; lower right is a similar station in South America, where such systems are now common.


The Quickway system proposed here, with its underground stations, is based on a very successful real-world example. This is a passenger platform at a Quickway station in Australia. Buses pass through in a tunnel just to the right of this platform, which is separated by windows from the vehicles.


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At an underground Quickway station in Australia, people board vehicles through sliding glass doors.

At an underground Quickway station in Australia, people board vehicles through sliding glass doors.


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Waiting for vehicle

Quickway stations are real rapid transit stations, with live information announcing arrivals, full overhead protection, and sliding glass doors that match up to the doors on the transit vehicle. Regardless of mode—rail or bus—you should have the same consistent experience. Mode shouldn’t matter.


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Vehicle arrives



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SANTA FE DEPOT

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SERVING STATIONS:

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Vehicle departs



Fashion Valley

Hotel CircleUCSD

Hillcrest

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CentralConvention

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Uptown

District

Mercy

Hillcrest

Central

The Uptown Quickway can be the catalyst for a number of new Rapid Bus routes, some of which are conversions of existing express buses. Uptown gets a true rapid transit network, with competitive travel times, station-based boarding, and connections to many surrounding zones.

In this example, the existing El Cajon Boulevard Rapid Bus Route (black) is split into two routes: the existing and a new one that follows the same route along El Cajon Blvd, but then turns west at University Avenue and uses the Quickway to access Fashion Valley, giving Mid-City residents quicker access to Mission Valley and the Trolley. Other routes link Fashion Valley to Mission Hills, Bankers Hill and Downtown, and North Park, as well as directly linking Mission Hills with North Park, Bankers Hill, and Downtown.


14Uptown 2025 Proposal: Transit©2015 by Alan Hoffman

El Cajon Blvd/ I-15 Transit Plaza to UCSD Hillcrest Hospital (arr. by 8 am)

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TROLLEY RIDERSHIP

QUICKWAY RIDERSHIP

COASTER RIDERSHIP

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Modeling of ridership using 2006 trip data

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TROLLEY RIDERSHIP

QUICKWAY RIDERSHIP

COASTER RIDERSHIP

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New Rapid Bus routes can take advantage of the Uptown Quickway to improve connectivity and cut travel times significantly. Modeling of the Quickway Proposal showed massive ridership at system build-out (right) through Uptown—and over 10,000 boardings just at the proposed Hillcrest Central Station. That’s many thousands of auto trips that are pulled off the streets.

Travel time improvements are equally dramatic. Someone going to work at the UCSD Hospital in Hillcrest will see their transit journey from the El Cajon Blvd/ I-15 transit station go from 36 minutes to just 19 minutes, a near halving of trip time. As the Quickway network is extended, that time would be cut in half again, to under 10 minutes. This is faster than driving and parking.

El Cajon Blvd/I-15 Transit Plaza to UCSD Hillcrest Hospital (arr. by 8 am)

TODAY UPTOWN 2025

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New Rapid Bus routes can take advantage of the Uptown Quickway to improve connectivity and cut travel times significantly. Modeling of the Quickway Proposal showed massive ridership at system build-out (right) through Uptown—and over 10,000 boardings just at the proposed Hillcrest Central Station. That’s many thousands of auto trips that are pulled off the streets.

Travel time improvements are equally dramatic. Someone going to work at the UCSD Hospital in Hillcrest will see their transit journey from the El Cajon Blvd/ I-15 transit station go from 36 minutes to just 19 minutes, a near halving of trip time. As the Quickway network is extended, that time would be cut in half again, to under 10 minutes. This is faster than driving and parking.


Several existing bus routes would automatically be re-routed through the new Uptown Quickway, slashing travel time and improving the travel experience.


MISSION HILLS

FASHION VLY

HOTEL CIRCLE

UCSD HILLCREST

MERCY

HILLCREST CENTRAL

UPTOWN DISTRICT

PARK & UNIVERSITY

PARK & EL CAJON BLVD

UPAS

LAUREL/BALBOA PK

CORTEZ

HORTON PLAZA

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Rapid BusLocal Bus

Mission Hills served by three Rapid Bus routes that use the Quickway to speed access to points north, east, south, and west, slashing travel time and improving connectivity.

LEGEND:

OLD TOWN

WASHINGTON ST

ALBATROSS

Quickway

Existing routes would all take advantage of the Uptown Quickway, automatically becoming a rapid transit network.


NEWMISSION HILLS

FASHION VLY

HOTEL CIRCLE

UCSD HILLCREST

MERCY

HILLCREST CENTRAL

UPTOWN DISTRICT

PARK & UNIVERSITY

PARK & EL CAJON BLVD

UPAS

LAUREL/BALBOA PK

CORTEZ

HORTON PLAZA

11

11

1

SD TROLLEY

10

83

103 3

215

NEW

120

NEW

NEW

Rapid BusLocal Bus

Mission Hills served by three Rapid Bus routes that use the Quickway to speed access to points north, east, south, and west, slashing travel time and improving connectivity.

LEGEND:

OLD TOWN

WASHINGTON ST

ALBATROSS

With Quickway infrastructure in place, new Rapid Bus routes become more cost-effective.

FIVE PTS

Quickway


Uptown 2025 QuickwayFuture Quickway

San Diego Trolley

Future Streetcar

Other Transitway

Uptown 2025 SuperStationFuture SuperStationUptown 2025 StationFuture Quickway StationTrolley Station

Streetcar Station

Rapid Bus Station

Uptown 2025 Rapid Bus Line

LEGEND

Future Quickway extensions would significantly slash transit travel times and lead to massive ridership growth. “SuperStations” would serve a new MetroXpress regional express network, cutting travel times even more. A robust streetcar network is also proposed.


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