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<strong>WELCOME</strong><br />
Transit Options Amherst - Buffalo<br />
Public Workshops<br />
Sponsored by<br />
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority<br />
Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council
Where do you live?<br />
Where do you go?<br />
Where do you work?
Study Process Flow Chart<br />
Public Involvement and<br />
Agency Coordination<br />
Goals and<br />
Objectives<br />
Detailed Evaluation<br />
Methodology<br />
(FTA rating criteria)<br />
Purpose and<br />
Needs<br />
We Are Here<br />
Define Detailed<br />
Build Alternatives<br />
Screen & Evaluate<br />
Identify Long List of<br />
Conceptual<br />
Surviving Build<br />
Detailed<br />
Detailed Evaluation<br />
Multi-Modal<br />
Alternatives<br />
Alternatives<br />
Define No-Build<br />
Alternatives<br />
of Alternatives<br />
Alternatives<br />
Tier 1 and Tier 2<br />
Alternatives<br />
Screening Steps<br />
(current year &<br />
horizon year)<br />
Screening Methodology &<br />
Locally Preferred<br />
Evaluation Criteria<br />
Alternative
Alternatives Analysis Study Process<br />
Fatal Flaw Analysis - Tier 1 Screening<br />
We Are Here<br />
Step 1<br />
Step 2<br />
Step 3<br />
Step 4<br />
Establish Universe (Long List) of Alternatives<br />
Apply Purpose and Need Test and Market Assessment (transit mode)<br />
Reasonable Test #1 and Test #2<br />
Fatal Flaw Results (Tier 1 Results)<br />
Conceptual Analysis - Tier 2 Screening<br />
Step 1<br />
Step 2<br />
Identify Alternatives that Advance to Tier II<br />
Provide High Level Conceptual Engineering & Apply Evaluation Criteria<br />
to Screen Alternatives<br />
Step 3<br />
Conceptual Analysis (Tier 2) Results<br />
Detailed Analysis - Tier 3 Screening<br />
Step 1<br />
Identify Reasonable Range of Alternatives that Advance to Detailed<br />
Level Analysis<br />
Step 2<br />
Step 3<br />
Step 4<br />
Step 5<br />
Conduct Detailed Definition of Alternatives<br />
Apply Evaluation Criteria to Alternatives<br />
Alternatives Analysis Results (Tier 3 Results)<br />
Recommendation of a Locally Preferred Alternative
Draft Purpose and Need<br />
Purpose<br />
• Provide a fast, reliable, safe, and convenient<br />
transit ride in the Amherst-Buffalo corridor<br />
• Link activity centers<br />
• Support planned regional economic development<br />
Need<br />
• Expanded transit service is needed to serve:<br />
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Ongoing development and redevelopment<br />
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Existing and new activity centers<br />
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Transit-dependent populations in the study<br />
area
Study Area
Potential Connections
What is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?<br />
Vehicles<br />
Stations & Terminals<br />
• Variety of sizes, floor heights<br />
• Conventional buses or special<br />
BRT vehicles<br />
• Interior (seats, doors) for:<br />
»»<br />
Efficient boarding, alighting<br />
»»<br />
Easy internal<br />
circulation<br />
• Permanent, weather<br />
protected<br />
• Passenger information, amenities<br />
• Secure, well-lit<br />
• Convey system identity with<br />
branding<br />
Priority Bus Lanes<br />
• Operate in a broad<br />
variety of physical and<br />
operating environments<br />
• Vehicles receive priority to move<br />
faster than general traffic<br />
• Critical design parameters:<br />
Systems<br />
• Passenger information<br />
• Off-board, advanced fare<br />
collection<br />
• Traffic signal prioritization<br />
• Automatic Vehicle<br />
Location<br />
»»<br />
Safely supports rapid,<br />
reliable service,<br />
enforcement<br />
»»<br />
System identity
BRT Examples<br />
Euclid Corridor BRT in Cleveland at the Cleveland<br />
Laurel Canyon BRT Station, Orange County, CA<br />
State University Stop<br />
Viva BRT Bus stop, Toronto, Canada<br />
Chicago BRT – Jump Bus – Jeffery Corridor<br />
Fordham/Pelham Select Bus Service, New York,<br />
Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, Improved Bus Stop<br />
NY
What is Light Rail Transit? (LRT)<br />
• Can operate on streets or dedicated Rightof-Way<br />
• Can have elevated platforms, street-level or<br />
underground access<br />
• High passenger capacity<br />
• Increased reliability
Examples of LRT<br />
Buffalo, NY NFTA Metro LRT Station Access<br />
Buffalo, NY NFTA Metro LRT<br />
Minneapolis, MN- Metro LRT – Green Line<br />
Los Angeles Metro LRT<br />
Buffalo, NY – NFTA Metro LRT<br />
NJ Transit LRT – River Line
What is Preferential Bus Service?<br />
• Contains limited elements of BRT systems<br />
• Improved service plan<br />
• Intersection-specific improvements<br />
• Improved station stops<br />
• Passenger information improvements
Preferential Bus Service Examples<br />
New Jersey Transit Peak Bus Shoulder Lanes<br />
(Photo: NJT)<br />
Improved bus stop and Passenger Information<br />
Services Chicago, Jeffery Corridor<br />
Go Bus, New Jersey Transit (Photo: NJT)<br />
Peak Hour Bus Lanes – Chicago Jump Bus, Jeffery<br />
Offset (Interior) Bus Lane<br />
Boulevard
What is Enhanced Bus Service?<br />
• Limited to service improvements<br />
• Frequency of service<br />
• Distance between bus stops (express service)<br />
• Modification of bus route (new routes and<br />
route extensions)
Enhanced Bus Service Examples<br />
NFTA, Buffalo NY - Green Technologies Hybrid Bus<br />
NFTA - Multi-modal Connectivity at Transit Stations<br />
Improved Bus Stop Amenities<br />
DART, Texas – Bicycle Amenities
Share Your Ideas Here<br />
Please join us and<br />
share your ideas!<br />
We encourage you to draw or<br />
write on the study area maps
Transit Options<br />
Amherst-Buffalo<br />
Presentation at<br />
5:30 PM<br />
and<br />
7:00 PM
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