The Medical City sustainable circulator project is planned to have three components:
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Medical City Circulator
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Medical City to OIA Express
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OIA to SunRail Connector
Cost: $25M-$50M
Match: 40% with cash and in-kind
Maintenance Facility: One facility for basic maintenance
Transit Center
14 Stops
Service: 16 hr service
– 5 min peak, 15 min off peak, 7 days/week
Vehicles: 10 Zero emission electric battery buses
50% Exclusive Lanes
Transit Signal Priority & Queue Jump Lanes
Project Partners: City of Orlando, Lake Nona, VA, Nemours, Burnham Institute, UCF
Medical School
LYNX is proposing construction and operation of core transit infrastructure for the World
Class sustainable community at Medical City, Lake Nona.
The Medical City Circulator is conceptually planned to be a zero-emission BRT circulator serving medical city employment centers, town center and residential neighborhood. The core infrastructure begins with a state of the art, zero emission circulator system to serve the existing job centers at the Sanford-Burnham Institute,
UCF Medical School, Nemours Flagship Children’s Hospital, the nation’s newest VA hospital and the University of Florida Research facility. The proposed circulator would also connect to the Medical City residential neighborhoods, village center, elementary school, and planned TOD transit hub at the proposed town center.
By incorporating transit on the front end, it is hoped that the potential for mode split will be increased compared to other traditional development as well as reduce the need for wider roads to support the anticipated 16,000 employees and _______ annual visitors.
A transit hub located at the planned town center will provide access to shops, restaurants, activity centers and connection to local and express bus routes serving the new Transit Oriented Development.
The circulator will be approximately 5 miles with a minimum 50% of its length being exclusive lane BRT. Shelters and stops will be incorporated into the architecture of the

developments served, provide real time passenger information and contribute to a
LEED Neighborhood Certified designation.
The Lake Nona region of southeast Orange County is a rapidly-developing community that will encompass a number employment, residential and recreational-based activities.
Discussions have been ongoing between Lake Nona and LYNX officials to determine an appropriate level of transit services for this region. In discussions with Lake Nona, connectivity to the existing LYNX network, access to Orlando International Airport,
SunRail and employment access from Osceola County were identified as priorities.
This approach is scalable in nature and planned to expand as Medical City grows providing access to the initial 5,000+ jobs being created RIGHT now at existing health facilities and the estimated 16,000+ jobs that will be generated in the near future.
Medical City is of national significance and this would be the first planned community where transit is implemented in the first phase of the development, a goal FTA has had for a long time.
Proterra Inc is a leading maker of zero-emission transit solutions .
They have invested another $30 million to accelerate the commercialization of its fastcharge battery electric transit buses and automated bus charging system. The investment is being led by Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers
(KPCB), and also includes GM Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Vision Ridge Partners and
88 Green Ventures, LLC
The on-route charging station technology offers the most rapid and convenient method for quick charging heavy duty vehicles. The system allows a battery electric bus to pull into a transit center terminal or on-route stop and automatically connect to an overhead system that links the bus to a high capacity charger without driver involvement. The bus is then rapidly charged in 5-10 minutes while passengers load and unload. The charging station technology includes advanced wireless controls that facilitate the docking process and eliminate any intervention from the driver. The driver merely pulls into the transit terminal as they normally would, the wireless controls identify that this is the right type of bus and automatically guides and connects the bus with the charging station.
The combination of Proterra’s Energy Storage System, ProDrive System and its
FastFill™ Charge Stations provide a disruptive solution to fleet vehicle operators with the following results:
•Ability to use battery-electric vehicles as a one-to-one replacement of a diesel driven vehicle for heavy-heavy-duty routes spanning the entire day by eliminating need to return to vehicle depot for battery charging throughout the day

•Reduces the cost of zero emission fleets given lower individual vehicle and infrastructure cost versus the high cost hydrogen alternative
•Lower on-board energy requirements given opportunity charging capability resulting in lower individual vehicle weight and investment cost
•Significantly reduced maintenance costs resulting from absence of mechanical parts in battery-electric drive system
•Extremely wide approach and departure tolerances which enable on-route placement of charging stations
$75,000-$150,000 in Maintenance Savings
•Composite Body – The heavy duty vehicle uses a composite body and the data shows that composite body repairs are 80% less expensive than those of a steel body bus.
Additionally, they are longer lasting and crash resistant.
•Engine Overhauls and Brake Repairs - The heavy duty motor of the bus has fewer moving parts, requires no constant oil changes and should be robust enough to last the vehicle life. As for the brakes, with more than 90% percent regeneration of energy from braking to the battery brake systems should last longer with less frequent repairs and replacements.
$430,000 in Fuel Savings
Published results from the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center show that the
EcoRideTM BE-35 achieves between 17.5 and 29 miles per gallon (diesel equivalent range), on average more than 500% better than competing solutions.
Assuming $3.00 per gallon diesel gasoline, the average US electricity rate of approximately 12 cents per kilowatt hour, an average distance traveled of 40,000 miles per year and assuming approximately 20 miles per gallon from our battery electric bus
(or about 2 kW per mile), LYNX should expect to save nearly $300,000 over the 12 year life of the bus versus conventional diesel.
If history is any guide, taking into account the 150% increase in diesel prices in the last
12 years and the 38% increase during the same period in more stable electricity prices and projecting forward, LYNX should expect to save more than $430,000.
Planned connecting service is as follows:
Local Service: Link 60
– Hourly service from Orlando International Airport (OIA) to Lake
Nona via Narcoosee Road

Commuter Rail Express Service: Link 205 - Express service from the proposed Sand
Lake SunRail station via OIA to Lake Nona
Downtown Orlando Express Service: Link 206 - Express service from downtown Orlando to Lake Nona with 10 trips per day, or Link 207 - Express service from downtown Orlando to Lake Nona with 2 trips per day
Kissimmee Express Service: Link 208 - Express service from downtown Kissimmee to
Lake Nona with 10 trips per day, or Link 209 - Express service from downtown Kissimmee to Lake Nona with 2 trips per day Following is a description of each service.
Medical City to Airport: - TIGER III Link Half hour service from medical city transit hub serving Medical City via new roadway with bus way. This would provide critical link between the Medical City Circulator, the VA and Nemours Children’s hospital and the airport.