John B. Catoe, General Manager

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Metrobus Priority Corridor Network An
Opportunity for Priority Bus Transit in the
Washington Region
John B. Catoe, General Manager June 24, 2009
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Metrobus Priority Corridor Network Plan

• Columbia Pike (Pike Ride)
• Richmond Highway Express (REX)
• Georgia Ave./7th St.
• Crystal CityPotomac Yard
• Southern Ave. Metro National Harbor
• Wisconsin Ave./Pennsylvania Ave.
• University Blvd./East-West Highway
• Sixteenth St. (DC)
• Leesburg Pike
• Veirs Mill Rd.
• New Hampshire Ave.
• H St./Benning Rd.
• Georgia Ave. (MD)
• Greenbelt-Twinbrook
• East-West Highway (Prince Georges)
• Anacostia-Congress Heights
• Little River Tpke./Duke St.
• Rhode Island Ave. Metro to Laurel
• Mass Ave./U St./Florida Ave./8th St./MLK Ave.

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Network Details

• Priority Corridor Network
• Serves 220,000 current daily riders
• Serves 70 million annual riders
• Includes 246 line miles of service
• Accommodates 10 million additional riders
  annually (14)

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Why Focus on Bus?
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High Capacity Corridors in Other Regions

• Boston Silver Line
• Cleveland Euclid Corridor Silver Line
• Los Angeles Wilshire Rapid Express
• Minneapolis Hi-Frequency Network
• Seattle RapidRide

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What is a Priority Corridor?
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What is Meant by Dedicated or Prioritized
Right-of-Way?
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Practical Challenges to Confront

• Capital funding for buses, garages,
• and other facilities
• Operating funds for increased service
• Define situations that justify transit
• prioritization and tools highway
• departments will use
• Change perceptions and culture
• Bus network an equal partner to rail network
• Net benefits of prioritizing transit widely
  understood
• Drivers today seeing themselves using faster
  transit tomorrow
• Road owners as transit providers too
• Person throughput, not vehicle throughput

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We Cannot Make This Happen on Our Own

• DOTs and local governments must adopt policies
  and practices reflecting their role as transit
  service providers
• Policies on major arterials need to consider
  person through-put and mode-shift incentives
• Transportation and land-use projects must advance
  bus transit needs
• Local land use plans must provide
  for
  transit ROW and maintenance facilities
• DOTs and local governments must
  
  always consider dedicated lanes for
  
  transit as viable alternative uses of
  existing
  right-of-way
• Jurisdictions must enforce fines for
  illegal use
  of bus lanes

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How to Prioritize Right-of-Way for Transit

• Collaborate
• Cooperate
• Communicate