Fredericksburg Road Corridor Bus Rapid Transit

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1 Intelligent Transportation Society Texas Chapter Fredericksburg Road Corridor Bus Rapid Transit November 20, 2013

2 Need Fredericksburg Road Corridor Highest patron traveled corridor in system - Current Ridership: 12,000+ Peak period - standing room only High number of boardings = long dwell times Reliability

3 Solution Features and Technologies Transit Signal Priority - Increase reliability and decrease trip times Level Boarding - Decrease dwell times Increased Frequency - 10 minute service will add capacity Stylized Vehicles and Unique Stations - Identifies route as a premium service Real Time Bus Information - Provides bus arrival information VIA Mobile App - Provides real-time bus arrival information by stop/by route

4 Connections and Service Monday - Friday schedule: 10-minute frequencies from 6 am - 6 pm 15-minute frequency during the evening

5 Primo Vehicles

6 Primo Vehicles Characteristics 60 Articulated BRT Stylized CNG Powered Amenities/Features Wi-Fi Wheel Chair Self Restraint Systems Bikes on bus (3) Seating for 40+ LCD Monitors Transit Signal Priority

7 Primo Vehicle Branding

8 Primo Stations

9 Primo Stations Amenities Real Time Bus Arrival Information Near Level Boarding Security CCTV Separated Public Sidewalk Provisions for Ticket Vending Machines

10 Primo Stations

11 Primo Stations Construction

12 Transit Centers

13 New STMCTC Facility Provides off street and significantly upgraded amenities to patrons 9 Routes (24 buses per hour) 126 Parking Spaces 30,000 KwH per year Photovoltaic System

14 STMCTC Construction

15 STMCTC

16 Westside Multimodal Transit Center I&GN Train Depot Built in 1906 HQ for Generations FCU Purchased December 2010

17 Westside Multimodal Phase I

18 WSMMTC Construction

19 Westside Multimodal Phase I

20 Westside Multimodal Phase I

21 Transit Signal Priority (TSP)

22 Transit Signal Priority City of San Antonio: $10 M bond package to upgrade 30 signals, 2070 signal controllers, and improve ADA/pedestrian facilities at all signalized intersections VIA MTA: Entire fleet has latest AVL system hardware and latest Transit Master software Connection: No need for emitters Software being developed allows AVL information (polled every 10 seconds) to be interpreted by the CoSA i2 Traffic Control System All TSP requests are sent wirelessly from the bus to the i2 system and from the i2 system to controllers on the street

23 Transit Signal Priority TSP Requests Vehicle AVL information (includes location, speed, schedule adherence, direction) is downloaded by Siemens i2 Traffic Control i2 determines which intersection to send the priority request 2070 control and Next Phase determine whether an extended green or an early green is needed (and which phase to steal green time from)

24 Screen Shots of TSP events handled by multiple vehicles in different directions. TSP Continued

25 TSP Continued All 400+ vehicles upgraded with updated AVL system Entire fleet has the capability of requesting TSP from any corridor with 2070 controllers running NextPhase 1.77b The City of San Antonio uses a wireless mesh communications system (some fiber is utilized) to send requests to controllers VIA is undergoing a study to implement additional TSP corridors in the city

26 TSP Continued TSP is currently running unconditionally Extremely flexible o o o Routes added easily Programmed to request prioritization Detection zones flexible to provide traffic engineers control

27 Challenges Need for Type R Agreement between TxDOT and CoSA

28 Challenges

29 Challenges

30 Next Steps City of San Antonio is preparing to release an RFP to upgrade TMS from i2 Lack of proper reporting Study of the effectiveness of Primo with TSP Begin VIA funded (MPO managed) TSP study to determine other corridors to implement TSP

31 Questions?