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Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13.

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1 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Service Planning and Integration Study Work Group Report 7/30/13 Presented to Montgomery County Department of Transportation Presented by Dan Goldfarb, P.E. Transportation Planning Manager Tyson Corner Office Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. & FITP

2 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Study Team Activities Finished Report Reviews Compiled Existing Conditions Data Route Characteristics Travel Times Ridership Provided Comments on the Countywide Transit Corridor Functional Master Plan Draft Preliminary Route Planning Activities – Integrating Markets 2

3 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Service Planning Focus Corridors MD 355 North and South (Rockville Pike) MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) Randolph Road US 29 (Colesville Road/Columbia Pike) MD 97 North and South (Georgia Avenue) MD 193 (University Boulevard)* North Bethesda Transitway* MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue)* CCT Phase I – MTA Lead ICC** *Added to Original Scope **Subject for future study 3

4 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Service Characteristics Defined Station Areas Frequent Headway Long Span Uniform Hours Identifiable Limited Stops Dedicated Lanes Preferred Off-board Fare Collection Priority Treatments Service Overlay Integrate with Metrorail and MARC RTS Service Express Commuter Service Very Limited Stops Peak Period Service Park and Ride Service Share RTS Infrastructure* Metro-Extra Service Limited Stops Identifiable Share RTS Infrastructure* Service Overlay Local service Ride-On and Metrobus Circulators and shuttles (Bethesda Circulator, Van Go, Round Rockville, NIST, FDA, King Farm, etc.) Share RTS Infrastructure* *Share Infrastructure will be corridor specific 4

5 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Connectivity Focus of Service and Integration Study Activity Centers Transfer Points Multimodal Opportunities and Connections 5

6 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study DRAFT INTEGRATION CONCEPTS RTS Corridors 6 6

7 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Linked System Overlay Concepts MD 355 North & South MD 193/MD 586/MD 355 Randolph Road /North Bethesda MD 97/MD 193 US 29/MD 650/Randolph Road MD 650/MD 193 7

8 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study MD 355 Corridor Action Integrating MD 355 North & South Objective Connecting Metro Service to Redevelopment Areas Connection of Park & Ride and Higher Density Development to Activity Centers and Metro Key Stations 8 Metropolitan Grove MARC & CCT & PNR Lake Forest Mall Transit Center & PNR Shady Grove Metro Montgomery College Rockville Town Center Twinbrook Area White Flint Metro Grosvenor Metro Medical Center Bethesda Metro

9 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study MD 586 Corridor & MD 193 Corridor Action Integrating Service Options Objective Service Transit Dependent Communities Provide High Quality Service Connections for Montgomery College to Wheaton to Langley Park Key Stations 9 Montgomery College Rockville Town Center Twinbrook Parkway Randolph Road & MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) Wheaton Metro Four Corners Piney Branch Takoma Langley Park Transit Center

10 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study North Bethesda Transitway & Randolph Road Corridor Action Integrating a Comprehensive East-West Corridors Objective Connecting West County Activity Centers with East County Activity Centers Connectivity Option of Service on MD 650 to White Oak to Calverton Connectivity of Future Connections to Tysons via I- 270/I-495 Key Stations 10 Montgomery Mall Rock Spring White Flint MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) & Randolph Road Glenmont Metro Colesville/New Hampshire Ave Calverton – New Hospital & Life Sciences Center White Oak/FDA Campus

11 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study MD 97 Corridor Action Integrating North and South Corridors Objective Connectivity for RTS Service Connections Providing Enhanced Radial Service Connecting to Metro Key Stations Montgomery Hospital/Olney ICC PNR Aspen Hill Glenmont Wheaton Forest Glen Silver Spring 11

12 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study MD 650 Corridor Action Consistent with Functional Master Plan Draft Objective Provided Enhanced RTS Service Connections o Randolph Road o US 29 Corridor o MD 193 Corridor Connectivity Serving White Oak Redevelopment o FDA o Adventist Hospital and Life Sciences Center o Labor College Redevelopment (Hillandale) o Important Radial Commuting Routes Key Station 12 Colesville White Oak/FDA Hillandale Adelphi Takoma Langley Park Fort Totten

13 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study US 29 Corridor Action Consistent with Functional Master Plan Draft Objective Continuation of High Transit Mode Share to Silver Spring/DC Continuation of the Existing High Level of Service Provide Connection between Corridor Activity Centers o Silver Spring CBD o White Oak/FDA Key Stations 13 Burtonsville PNR White Oak – Transit Center FDA Campus Four Corners Silver Spring Metro

14 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Summary of Concepts MD 355 Corridor North & South Flexibility in Operations for Grosvenor to Friendship Heights Segment MD 586 /MD 193 Corridor Integration Randolph Road Corridor Integration New Hampshire Connection to White Oak/Calverton North Bethesda Transitway Connection MD 650 Layhill Road & ICC PNR Service MD 97 Flexibility in Operations for Wheaton to Silver Spring Segment Interlining Service MD 193 14

15 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study Next Steps Detailed Service Planning MD 586 (Veirs Mill Road) US 29 Inputs to Process Land Use Origin and Destination Transit Ridership Highway Volumes Travel Times 15

16 Montgomery County Rapid Transit System (RTS) Service Planning and System Integration Study QUESTIONS 16


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