Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Examples include • Washington D.C. Orange Line/I-66: from Ballston MU Station to Rosslyn Station • Chicago Blue Line/Kennedy Expressway (I-90)
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While light rail generally has lower operating speeds and carrying capacities than commuter or heavy rail, the Green Line attracts roughly 42,000 average weekday boardings, making it one of the top performers in this study. Furthermore, and perhaps most striking, the Green Line does not directly serve a concentrated activity center or central business district.
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, it is well above the average for study corridors that have light rail transit (324) , suggesting that for a light rail line, this corridor's stations are highly automobile-oriented.
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Source: Colorado Department of Transportation, T-REX Fact Book. Figure 3-1.
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The Orange Line runs through several suburban "edge cities." As a result, the employment density for this corridor is estimated to be roughly 39 employees per acre, more than triple the study average of 12. Washington DC's central business district is large as well, with over 95 million square feet of office space, providing a strong set of anchors to the corridor's travel patterns and encouraging use of the transit line.
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In terms of multimodal coordination, the average station spacing for the Pittsburg/Bay Point Line (6.42 miles) is dramatically longer than the average interchange spacing for State Route 24 (0.93 mile)
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New Paradigm Corridor: Park-&-Ride Access - Hybrid multimodal corridor - Park-&-Ride segment: upstream - Transit-Oriented segment: downstream New Paradigm Corridor: Transit-Optimized/ Freeway Constrained - Transit focus on local access & short-haul trips - Transit-oriented land uses - Long int. & short sta.
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Figure 3-3 illustrates the improvements to routing that the "enhanced bus service" will provide and also shows the alignment of a dedicated transitway that will give dedicated right-of-way access into the Stamford Transportation Center. Hybrid Multimodal Corridors: Taking Advantage of Changing Corridor Urban Form No two corridors are the same.
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Two of the best-performing transit lines running in multimodal corridors do just that -- they are designed to change their alignments and station access characteristics depending on their surroundings. Chicago's Kennedy/Blue Line corridor carries nearly 60,000 daily boardings, while Washington DC's Orange Line/I-66 corridor carries roughly 139,000 daily boardings.
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"Leftover" ROW in Freeway Corridor • Possible Freeway Lane Conversion for Transit • "Intentional" Multimodal Design New Technologies Goal Freeway Capacity Maximization • Modal Coordination • Maximize Person Capacity Tools • Vehicle Detection • Ramp Metering • Traffic Management Center • Electronic Fare Payment • Multimodal Traveler Information • Parking Applications • Freeway Demand Management • Incident Management • Congestion Pricing • Coordinated Multimodal Pricing • Coordinated Multimodal Incident Management • Corridor-Level Parking Management Table 3-1. (Continued)
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