Presentation - Text
Transit Network Redesign
Draft Plan Amendments
Transportation Policy and Planning Board
May 16, 2022
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Transit Network Redesign
• The Metro Transit Network Redesign will design a route system that will better meet the needs of Madison area residents and businesses.
• www.MyMetroBus.com/Redesign
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System map of Metro service prior to Covid epidemic.
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Why Now?
• Address long-standing issues and discrepancies
• Recover from COVID-19 in a way that reflects future needs
• Compliments BRT and brings some of those benefits to more neighborhoods
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Transit Network Redesign
Focuses on areas outside of the BRT corridor. System map with areas shaded in far north east, far north west, far south east, far south west of Madison. Shaded area emphasizes parts of Madison outside main downtown travel corridor.
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- Phase 1 - Existing Conditions and Choices
- Phase 2 - Alternatives
- Phase 3 - Draft Plan
- Phase 4 - Final Plan
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Planning Steps
Basic Goals for Public Transportation
• Ridership concentrates transit service onto fewer routes with more frequent service, ultimately increasing ridership
• Coverage extends transit service to as many people as possible regardless of frequency
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Maps showing potential service with ridership alternative and coverage alternative.
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Policy Direction
1. Ridership, definitely. Minor corrections only.
2. Ridership, mostly. Some lower frequencies to reach a few more places.
3. Coverage, mostly. Just a little less coverage to so we can get a few higher frequencies.
4. Coverage, definitely. Minor corrections only.
Transportation Policy and Planning Board Direction – October 4, 2021
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Draft plan system map. Read text description of routes.
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Heat map of west Madison area. How far can I travel in 45 minutes from Mineral Point at Westfield on weekdays at noon using the draft network? Metro presenter will explain significance of map.
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Heat map showing job access change of draft network plan. Presenter will explain in further detail.
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Key Takeaways
• Bus routes will be designed to be longer, straighter, and more frequent.
• Transfer points will be eliminated, eliminating unnecessary delays and indirection.
• The system overall will be far simpler, more logical, and easier to use.
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Public Input
• Staff held more than 50 community outreach meetings
• We’ve received more than 3,100 survey responses and feedback emails
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Public Input Themes
• Support for more of a coverage model vs. ridership
• People have to walk farther, especially in winter • Service doesn’t go into neighborhoods
• Feel like inequitable to low-income riders, people of color, and those with disabilities
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Specific Areas of Concern
• Reduced all-day coverage north side (Route 21)
• Service to Pick ‘N Save on Aberg Ave. (Route 17)
• Direct service from Old Sauk to downtown (Route 15)
• Allied Dr. and Nakoma Rd. neighborhoods (Route 19)
• Olin, Bay Creek, Bram, Capitol View, Burr Oaks, Fish Hatchery (Routes 13 and 4)
• Service on Buckeye east of I-39/90 (Route 35)
• Others
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Amendment Process
• Metro will lay out plausible amendments to the draft plan.
• City of Madison Policy Makers will decide which ones to include.
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Approval and Implementation Process
• Draft plan with amendments adopted by TPPB and Common Council
• Title VI service equity analysis and adjustments identified, if any
• Schedules and bus stop changes approved by Transportation Commission
• Service change in June, 2023
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Map showing different areas of proposed amendments throughout the City.
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More information
Transit Network Redesign
Draft Plan Amendments
Transportation Policy and Planning Board
www.MyMetroBus.com/Redesign
MetroRedesign@cityofmadison.com
