RTC Overview Chamber Leadership 2018

Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County

Reno Sparks 2018 Leadership Class March 9, 2018

Regional Transportation Commission of RTC Guiding Principles Washoe County Governance The RTC is a cooperative regional board comprised of five representatives appointed from the three local government jurisdictions.

Regional Transportation Commission of RTC Guiding Principles Washoe County Role • • •

Metropolitan Planning Organization Transit Service Authority o RIDE, RAPID, ACCESS, INTERCITY Roadway design, construction, preservation & maintenance

RTC RTC Guiding Guiding Principles Principles • Safe & Healthy Communities • Economic Development & Diversification • Sustainability • Increase Travel Choices

Project Highlights: SouthEast Connector RTC Guiding Principles • Construction complete Summer 2018 • $250 million investment • Connecting jobs & neighborhoods • Improving flood control & the environment • Supporting economic development

th/Prater RAPID Project Highlights: 4 RTC Guiding Principles

• Construction complete Summer 2018 • $53 million investment • Connecting jobs & neighborhoods • Improving transit, bike & ADA accessibility • Supporting Economic Development

Project Highlights: Virginia Street RTC Guiding Principles Bus RAPID Transit Extension Existing

Planned Lawlor Station

Planned

PE/NEPA underway $80 million investment Connecting jobs & neighborhoods Improving transit, bike & ADA accessibility • Supporting Economic Development • • • •

Complete Streets Program

From 2013-2017 RTC Installed • 48 miles of bike lanes • 21.4 miles of sidewalk • 362 ADA compliant curb ramps

Keystone Avenue Southeast McCarran

Evans Avenue

West Plumb Lane

Oddie Boulevard

North Valleys Multimodal Improvements – Multimodal Plan completed – Pedestrian safety & intersection improvements completed • Stead, Silver Lake, Ural, Lemmon

– Intersection improvement at Virginia & Golden Valley – New signals at Lemmon interchange and Red Rock @ Moya intersection – Capacity projects added to 2040 RTP ($117m)

Planned North Valleys Roadway Projects

Pavement Preservation Program Highlights Vehicle Miles Traveled by Facility Type • Build and maintain the regional road network: 21% 38%

Interstate

Local Roads

41%

Regional Roads

• 1500 lane miles • Arterials, Major Collectors, Industrial Roads • Preventive Treatments – Surface seals on pavement & crack sealing • Corrective Treatments – Patching, grind off old pavement, replace with new pavement Rehabilitation/Reconstruction Treatments – Total remove and replace failed pavements and supporting soils

Fixed-Route Service • • • • • • • • • • •

RTC RIDE, INTERCITY & Sierra Spirit 26 routes, 72 buses, 1,000 bus stops Defined route and schedule Operated by MV Transportation 23,000 passenger trip per day 8.0 million rides per year Biodiesel, hybrid electric, and electric vehicles Improving access to jobs & essential services Reducing auto trips Improving air quality $30m per year program

RTC ACCESS RTC ACCESS Paratransit Service Paratransit Service

• ADA service for people whose disability prevents them from using fixed-route transit service • A civil right RTC is required by law to provide • Eligibility screening process • Demand-response service, reserve rides through call-center • 100% compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet • Operated by Ride Right • $6M per year program • 800 passenger trips per day

RTC ACCESS RTC VANPOOL

Paratransit Service

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Currently 137 vans leased

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21% increase from FY16 to FY17

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Eliminated 253,850 Single Occupant vehicle trips in FY17; up 20% over FY16

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Shared rides through the program in FY 2017 eliminated 11 million VMT; An increase of 9% over FY16

RTC ELECTRIC BUSES •

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In 2012 RTC was awarded $4,650, 523 in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds for an electric bus demonstration project under the Transit Investment for Greenhouse and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) Program Four buses, a 500 kWh fast charger & a 50 kWh shop charger RTC was one of the first agencies in the country to receive federal funding for electric buses

WHY ELECTRIC? FUEL ECONOMY!

FUEL COST SAVINGS – TODAY’S PRICES

WHY ELECTRIC? MAINTENANCE COST SAVINGS!

COMING SOON: 17 PROTERRA CATALYST ELECTRIC BUSES • • • • •

$14M Investment 180 Mile Range Lincoln Line BRT (4) RTC INTERCITY (4) RTC RIDE (9)

WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT •

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Partnership with Viridity Energy Solutions and the State Office of Energy Networked battery storage solutions at 4SS & Villanova Facilities Reduce costs with peak shaving and power budgeting Bidirectional charging could return power to the grid

Advanced Mobility – Intelligent Mobility Partnership with University of Nevada, Reno • Autonomous bus research

– Upcoming Advanced Mobility Study • Electric vehicle charging infrastructure • Autonomous vehicles • Shared mobility/Transportation Network Companies

FUTURE TRANSIT INITIATIVES:

LIDAR‐BASED CONNECTED ARTERIALS FOR CONNECTED AND UNCONNECTED ROAD USERS • UNR has started research on a new traffic data system to collect high-resolution micro traffic (HRMT) data with roadside 360o LiDAR sensors.

• Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) roadside units have been installed at North Virginia Street and 15th Street.

• DSRC units will broadcast real-time traffic signal information to the autonomous (connected) bus.

• The result will be a connected-vehicle deployment project to integrate roadside LiDAR sensors, proactive traffic control and connected vehicles to improve mobility and fuel efficiency of mixed traffic flow connected vehicles and unconnected vehicles.

• The system will optimize the mixed traffic flow by adjusting the traffic signal and disseminating driving suggestions to connected vehicles.

FUTURE TRANSIT INITIATIVES: UNR AUTONOMOUS BUS PROJECT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poDabG8eITQ#t=30.0255506

2040 Regional Transportation Plan – Adopted May 2017 – Over a year of community engagement & technical analysis – Balanced approach with safety, multimodal & capacity projects

Planning Regional Freight and Mobility Needs – Performance-based 2040 Regional Transportation plan founded on community input & data/analysis – $1.03 billion in freeway investments – RTP priorities address greatest regional safety and congestion issues

Comparison of Freeway Crashes Freeway Section

US 395 N: White Lake Parkway to McCarran Blvd Spaghetti Bowl: N. McCarran to Moana & Sierra St to Pyramid Highway I-80: Pyramid Highway to USA Parkway

Average Crash Rate Per 100,000 VMT

Total Crashes 20142016

Total Crashes 2014

Total Crashes 2015

Total Crashes 2016

Crashes Per Day (2016)

34.51

619

139

224

256

0.70

97.92

2,524

741

843

940

2.58

39.84

670

174

232

264

0.72

Travel Time Index = Measured Travel Time/Free Flow Travel Time

Travel Time Index = Measured Travel Time/Free Flow Travel Time

TRI Center Employee Place of Residence

Fernley Sparks TRI Center Reno

Fallon

Carson City

New Roadway Capacity • FLAP application submitted to study: – Eagle Canyon Extension to Lemmon Drive – Corridor from North Sparks to I-80 • Washoe County Lands Bill ROW requests: – Eagle Canyon Extension – Corridor from North Sparks to I-80 – Pyramid-US 395 Connector – West Sun Valley Connector – Park & Ride Lots – Future bus maintenance facility

All Information is Preliminary and Subject to Change

Lemmon to Stead – 2023 or later

N. McCarran to Spaghetti Bowl –2018

RSFTS – March 2019

N. McCarran to Lemmon – 2021‐2022

Spaghetti Bowl NEPA – Mid 2020

USA Parkway Interchange Improvements – 2018‐2019

Dockless Bike Share • • • • • • • •

Privately funded No kiosk/bike rack required, back wheel locks when bike is checked in Estimated 500-5,000 bikes for the region (phased approach) One vendor for all jurisdictions that is responsible for bike maintenance & balancing Interlocal agreement being signed by stakeholders (Cities of Reno & Sparks, Washoe County, UNR, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony) Currently reviewing RFQs, developing outreach plan & goals for implementation Permit conditions consistent across jurisdictions, protect public ROW Launch 6-month pilot by May 2018 (National Bike Month)

Proposed Federal Infrastructure Concepts

• Leverage state, local and private investments to reach $1.5 trillion – Add $100.0 billion in incentives – Expand load programs such as TIFIA,WIFIA and RRIF – Block grants to governors for rural projects – Stream line project approvals • One agency One Decision • Overall goal is to reward state and local governments for investing local funds in local projects.

Questions & Discussion Lee Gibson, AICP Executive Director lgibson@rtcwashoe.com

David Jickling Director of Public Transportation/Operations djickling@rtcwashoe.com

Amy Cummings, AICP Director of Planning acummings@rtcwashoe.com

Brian Stewart, P.E. Director of Engineering & Construction bstewart@rtcwashoe.com

Michael Moreno Public Affairs Manager mmoreno@rtcwashoe.com

Dan Doenges Planning Manager ddoenges@rtcwashoe.com

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