Agenda Packet 10-15-18 Work Session

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JARRETT WALKER + ASSOCIATES Table of Contents 1 Introduction and Summary ...............................................................................4 Transit Tomorrow is a review of LTD’s services, their performance, and the values they reflect. .................................5 LTD ’s existing transit network (May 2017). ....................................................................................................................6 Where does transit fit in our region’s transportation system? ......................................................................................7 How do LTD’s services perform?...................................................................................................................................8 How much access to opportunity does LTD’s existing network provide? ....................................................................9 Transit Tomorrow will examine what future LTD service could and should look like. ...................................................10 Community input is critical in making the decisions on LTD’s future service. ..............................................................11 2 How Transit Works ...........................................................................................12 Transit can serve many purposes; which purposes it should serve depends on your values. ......................................13 High ridership depends on making transit service useful and liberating. ....................................................................14 But ridership isn’t just about service. High ridership also depends on the built environment. ....................................16 Examples from Eugene/Springfield: Density and Walkability ......................................................................................17 Examples from Eugene/Springfield: Linearity ..............................................................................................................18 Examples from Eugene/Springfield: Proximity / Continuity .........................................................................................19 Transit geometry outside the metro area: it’s about coverage. ...................................................................................20 3 Market and Needs Assessment ........................................................................21 Indicators of Demand: Residential Density ...................................................................................................................22 Indicators of Demand: Employment Density ................................................................................................................23 Indicators of Demand: Activity Density ........................................................................................................................24 Indicators of Demand: Walkability ................................................................................................................................25 Indicators of Need: Zero-vehicle Households ..............................................................................................................26 Indicators of Need: Low-Income Households ..............................................................................................................27 Indicators of Need: Seniors ..........................................................................................................................................28 Civil Rights: Racial and Ethnic Minorities ......................................................................................................................29 4 The Fixed-Route Network ................................................................................30 The Fixed-Route Network is the core of LTD’s services. ...............................................................................................31 Most people can access bus service within a short walk, but few have access to frequent service. ............................33 In some areas, two parallel routes go different places. This limits the frequency of both routes. ...............................34 The usefulness of the network depends a lot on your location. ...................................................................................35 Ridership responds strongly to frequency. ...................................................................................................................36 Ridership is much lower on evenings and weekends, when service levels are much lower. .........................................37 The network is based around timed connections between buses, mostly at Eugene Station .....................................43 Timed connections are very useful, but their value depends on whether a trip starts at the right time. .....................44 LTD has a long-term policy to expand frequent service. ..............................................................................................45 The frequent service policy is related to land use and investments in infrastructure. ..................................................46 Frequent service doesn’t require timed connections. ..................................................................................................47 LTD ridership has declined since 2011. Some routes are more affected than others. ..................................................48 The amount of bus service LTD provides is vulnerable to increases in costs and swings in the economy. ..................49 October 15, 2018, Work Session – Item 2