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Presented to:
Clean Air Trough Energy Efficiency
CATEE Conference San Antonio
December 18, 2013

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• Capital Metro jurisdiction, and prior planning efforts, did not encompass entire region
• Community feedback on transit projects: “How does this fit in with big picture?”
• Growing recognition that region requires multimodal system, including transit, to meet future needs
• Need for agency coordination

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• A partnership between Central
Texas transportation agencies
• A regional, long-range highcapacity system plan for Central
Texas
• The first regional transit system plan in Central Texas history

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How will high capacity transit components in
CAMPO 2035 plan work as a system?
How will our region organize to develop and operate the system?
How will we pay for the system over the long term?
Organization
Transportation
Needs and
Opportunities
Funding
System
Optimization
System:
Corridors and Gaps
Project
Details

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• Staff level- formed core team and weekly meetings
– Mid to senior and exec. level staff
– Intermittent participation by transit
CEO and Asst. City Manager levels
• Interlocal Agreement developed to guide decision-making and funding actions
• Consultant team hired for project
• Substantial public outreach effort

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• CAMPO subcommittee
• Primary stakeholder group in the Project Connect process
• 26 meetings over past 18 months!
• Role: Evaluate and provide input on a regional high-capacity transit plan for Central Texas

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• “Congestion resistant/proof”
• Has one or both of the following:
• Dedicated lane/right-of way for at least a portion
• Transit priority
• Fewer stops, higher speeds, more frequent service, carries more people

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• 25 Centers & ABIA
• 4 Counties/13 Cities
• Bastrop: Elgin
• Hays: Buda, Kyle,
San Marcos
• Travis: Austin,
Manor, Pflugerville
• Williamson: Cedar
Park, Georgetown,
Hutto, Leander,
Round Rock, Taylor

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• Capital Cost - $1.9 B of $4.0 B
• Capital Maintenance - $424 M
• O&M Cost – $82 M of $151 M
• 49% of the Vision
– BRT – 15 miles
– Express Bus – 56 miles
– Regional Rail – 74 miles
– Commuter Rail – 32miles (upgrades, double tracking)
– Urban Rail – 12miles (24 miles single track)
– Maintenance Facilities, fare collection, replacement vehicles

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 1. Regional services focus
 2. Non-political governance
 3. Scalable and adaptable
Lone
Star Rail
District*
 4. Urban and commuter services included
 5. Seamless functionality
– “single system”
 6. Planning for all modes
System
Planning
&
Business Ops.
City of
Austin
Rail
Operations
Capital
Metro
Integrated
System Mgt.
BRT &
Express
Bus
Operations
Other
Investor
-Owners
Regional
Service
Committee
Other Capital
Investment
Ops.
*
Relationship will need to accommodate LSRD inter-regional service delivery and internal governance structure.

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How will high capacity transit components in
CAMPO 2035 plan work as a system?
How will our region organize to develop and operate the system?
How will we pay for the system over the long term?
All answered…at the system level
Organization
Transportation
Needs and
Opportunities
Funding
System
Optimization
System:
Corridors and Gaps
Project
Details

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• CAMPO subcommittee
• Primary stakeholder group in the Project Connect process
• 26 meetings over past 18 months!
• Role: Evaluate and provide input on a regional high-capacity transit plan for Central Texas

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Rob Spiller, P.E.
Director
City of Austin Transportation Department
Javier A. Argüello, Assoc. AIA, CNU-A
Director Long Range Planning
Capital Metro