Cellular Mass Transit (CMT)
CMT4Austin.org
SOLUTION: Cellular Mass Transit
Circulator Routes would converge on each Transit Center
A Feeder Van in Austin could be
like the Airport Parking Shuttle
Seats 14 + Luggage Rack
High enough to stand in
Percentage of Home to Work trips that can
be made by public transit in under 90
minutes :
Portland
Washington DC
Austin
40%
37%
39%
From Brookings Institute
Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/jobs_transit/0512_jobs_transit.pdf
MANY
TO ONE
ONE
NBHD
TO
MANY
MANY
TO
MANY
Travel To & From
North Central Austin
Squares are groups that live in
NCA and work in other parts of
town.
Most workers from NCA go to
jobs in low density zip codes.
Circles are groups that live
Outside NCA and work in NCA
Square with rounded corners are
people that live and work in NCA
To & From North Central Austin
Numbers traveling, home to work, both to and from North Central.
This shows why a many-to-many express network is needed to serve all of the riders
traveling to and from north central.
The zNSA prefix stands
for not in the service
area. As the service area
is defined now, Capital
metro does not serve
Round Rock.
From North Austin to all
corners of the city
Eight express routes connect
NCA to all other transit centers
in all other parts of town.
Express routes stop only at
transit centers
Express van, or bus, leaves
every ten minutes
Most routes bypass the
congestion of the city center
Rider Group Size
by destination for Peak and
Off Peak
Advantages for your Neighborhood
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Travel anywhere to anywhere
Travel time cut in half
Wait time cut to one third
Routes within half mile of every home
Transit Center waiting room with AC
TC next to shopping and Community Center
Community Center has day care
Sample trip
from
Parkfield
and Braker
to
Oltorf and
Alvine
Devane
OLD WAY IS SLOW,
124 minutes
CMT = FASTER,
73 minutes
Travel Time Reduced
TRAVEL TIME
CONVENTIONAL
124
CMT
73
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
OLD WAY IS SLOW
•124 Minutes
•Lots of Stops
•Four buses, three transfers
• Long waits between buses on 392 and 331
•Worst case transfer > 30 minutes
•Through Congestion of CBD
CMT would
be FASTER
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73 Minutes
Few Stops
5 minute transfers
Avoids Congestion
of CBD
Annual Stats
In millions
CMT
CMT
Conventional low mileage system
BUS
MVM
13
AROB
9.2
CMT high mileage system
MVM
AROB
VAN
74
5
BUS
6
21.7
80
MPM
120
MPM
370
130
500
CMT
boardings per mile
fare per rider
2.3
$
Feeder Route
Subsidy per
Mile
0.50
Van would have ¼ subsidy per mile on
express routes
average riders on board
7
7
fares per pass-mile
$ 0.12
$ 0.12
EXPRESS
MPH
VAN
25
BUS
25
FARES per HOUR
$ 21.00
$ 21.00
COST PER HOUR
$ 38.55
$ 91.53
SUBSIDY PER HOUR
$ 17.55
$ 70.53
SUBSIDY PER MILE
$ 0.70
$ 2.82
RATIO OF SUBSIDIES
4.0
Transit by Van
• Dollar vans of Brooklyn NY operate with no
subsidy
• Vans provide 45 trips per hour while city bus
provides only 4
• 800 vans have 100 to 120 thousand boardings
per day.
• Vans are a big part of public transit in many
developing countries.
Transit Center Floor Plan
Transfer from Circulator to Express
Feeder van
HEB &
storage
sheds at
South
First and
William
Cannon
TC &
CC
near
HEB
Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes
Chapter 10—Bus Routing and Coverage
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_95c10.pdf page 10-9
MONTHLY COSTS OF PERSONAL
TRANSPORTATION
CMT Capital Costs
Quantity
Cost
Cost
$ thousand
$ millions
Paid for by
Transit Centers
22
times
$
3,000
equals
$
66
Cap Metro
Vans
800
times
$
50
equals
$
40
Cap Metro
Queue Jumpers
40
times
$
250
equals
$
10
Cap Metro
Community
Centers
22
times
$
3,000
equals
$
66
City of Austin
Total Cost
$
182
$ millions
Routes with Boardings per trip under 14
Capital Costs Per Rider
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Commuter Rail :
Urban Rail :
Van Pool :
Express Bus :
Feeder Van :
Express Van :
• $100,000
• $130,000 to $1,000,000
• $2,500
• $1,250
•
$ 800
•
$500
Commuter Rail : $100 Million / 1000 riders = $100,000 per rider
Urban Rail in 2020: $1.7 billion / 1,600 riders > $1,000,000
Urban Rail in 2030: $1.7 billion / 13,000 riders = $130,000
Bang for the Buck
$130,000 will buy either :
One new urban train rider
OR
52 new riders using Van Pools
OR
83 new riders using Feeder Vans
Connections with CMT and UR
Percentage of All Possible Home to Work Trips
CMT: .90 x .90 = .81
= 81% for CMT
UR: .09 x .20 = .018
= 1.8% , less than 2%
Conclusion : CMT will …
• Double the number of jobs that can be reached by public
transit
• Enable riders to accomplish more tasks with one trip.
• Enable workers from your neighborhood to get to jobs all
over Austin.
• Improve public transit without racking up a $ billion debt.
QUESTIONS ?
For more details visit : CMT4Austin.org