4. Adopted Regional Transit
System Plan (October 2011)
Peoria/Riverside
Corridor
20.2 Miles
Residents: 56,000 (1 in 7)
Jobs: 52,000 (1 in 5)
5,700 TOTAL daily trips
to/from downtown (13%)
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5. Major Activity Centers
Downtown Tulsa Tech
St. John & Hillcrest
Utica
Square
Blair Property Park
Cherry Street
Mabee Center/ORU Brookside
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7. Trip Destinations
Destinations for All trips on Route 105 Destinations for Work trips on Route 105
Source: INCOG Ridership Survey, Jan. 2010
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8. Ride Check Survey
• April 24-26, 2012
(Tuesday – Thursday)
• 9 Routes surveyed
• Survey included 64% of total
ridership, of which 25% was on
Route 105 (Peoria)
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9. Ride Check Survey
• Major stops at Pine, DAS, 41st
Street, 61st Street, and 81st
Street
• 4,000+ benefitting riders
• 20% flag stops (5% of riders)
Grouping On Board + Boardings
N Peoria + S Peoria 1,681
N Peoria + Downtown 2,819
S Peoria + Downtown 3,728
All Segments 4,114
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11. Public Involvement
Steering Committee Initial Meeting (June)
Initial round of public meetings
July 16th & 17th
Targeted Neighborhood Outreach
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12. Public Involvement
985 postcards sent to Businesses
72 Personal Letters to Neighborhood Leaders
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13. Public Involvement
Big Ideas for Public Comments
• We need to ensure service for
North Tulsa.
• Be conscious of where bus stops
are placed.
• Better frequencies.
• Outreach to North Tulsa
churches.
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14. Bus Rapid Transit
Branded Buses Off-Board Fare Collection
Enhanced Boarding Platforms Passenger Information
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15. Operating Characteristics for Bus
Rapid Transit
Service & Amenities Options
• Less Time between buses:
– 10 minutes in peak periods
– 15 minutes in off-peak
• 6am to 8pm Service Hours
• Low Floor, CNG Fueled Buses
• Traffic Signal Priority for Buses
• Passenger Shelters and Benches
• Next Bus Arrival Signs
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Amenities
• Branded Stops and Vehicles
• Stops Spaced Blocks ½-mile to 1 mile
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22. Recommendations
Geography
• Preferred limits from E.
66th St N. to E. 81st St S.
Alignment & Stations
• Connection to DAS via 6th
Street
• Alignment Options:
• Peoria Ave vs. Utica Ave. (from
E 6th ST to E 21st ST)
• Multiple station platform
shelter footprints & amenity
options
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23. Recommendations
• Technology & Infrastructure
– Pedestrian improvements needed
surrounding stations
– Traffic signal priority, real-time
arrival, automated ticket vending at
select locations
• Operating Conditions
– M-F: 5:30am – 8:30pm; 10 minute
peak / 15-min off-peak frequency
– Only local service on Saturday &
Sunday (no BRT)
• Funding
– Capital: 50/50 Federal/Local, FTA
Very Small Starts (VSS) or TIGER
Grants
– Operations: Local funding
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25. Station Concept Examples
•12 ft Concrete platform
•Benches and/or leaning rails
•Bicycle racks, trash cans
•Branded, BRT signage and passenger information
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26. Station Concept Examples
• 20 ft Concrete platform
•Station canopy and structural framing support
•LED lighting beneath station canopy
•Benches and / or leaning rails, bicycle racks, trash cans
•Branded, BRT signage and passenger information
•Allowance for public art incorporated into amenities
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27. Station Concept Examples
•35 ft Concrete platform
•Station canopy and structural framing support
•LED lighting beneath station canopy
•Benches and / or leaning rails, bicycle racks, trash cans
•Branded, BRT signage and passenger information
•Allowance for public art incorporated into amenities
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34. The Challenge
5% of MTTA Operating Budget ($900k)
Very Small Starts
Project Proposal
At least 3,000 benefiting riders
10 min. headways during peak/15 off peak
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35. Capital & Operating Costs
Preliminary Capital Cost: $20 – 25M*
Potential 50%-80% share from Federal Transit
Administration
Preliminary Annual Operations costs:
$750,000 to $1.5 Million*
*Cost estimate subject to change as project
progresses into preliminary engineering
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36. Next Steps
November 9 – Peoria Alternatives Analysis Steering Committee #2
• December 4 – Presentation to the City of Tulsa Transportation
Advisory Board
• January 7 and 8, 2013 – 2nd Round of Public Meetings (feedback on
Locally Preferred Alternative)
• February 2013 – Steering Committee Selects Locally Preferred
Alternative
• March 2013 – Endorsement of LPA by MTTA Board, INCOG
Transportation Policy Committee and Tulsa City Council
• Summer 2013 – Submit application for funding to Federal Transit
Administration (contingent on local funding commitment)
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