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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Appendices
1. Introduction....................................... 1
Appendix A Stakeholder and Public
1.1 Regional Bus Rapid Transit Engagement
Feasibility Study .....................2
Appendix B Existing Conditions Report
1.2 Evolution of Transit in
the Region ...............................4 Appendix C Tier 2 Route Evaluation
Summaries
1.3 RTD Family of Services ...........7
Appendix D Community Policy Summaries
1.4 Bus Rapid Transit ..................10
Appendix E Tier 3 Route Evaluation
1.5 Regional Benefits of Bus Rapid Summaries
Transit ..................................11
Appendix F Tier 4 Corridor Service Plan
2. Stakeholder & Public Engagement .. 13 Profiles
2.1 Stakeholder Engagement .....14 Appendix G Tier 4 Modeling
2.2 Public Engagement...............16 Appendix H Tier 4 Cost Estimates
3. Evaluating the Region’s Potential Appendix I BRT Route Next Generation
for BRT ............................................. 17 Technology Readiness Evaluation
3.1 Regional BRT Study Process.18 Appendix J RTD Bus Rapid Transit Equity
3.2 Goals, Outcomes, and Analysis
Guiding Principles .................20 Appendix K Tier 4 Analysis Economic
3.3 Tiered Evaluation ..................23 Development Metric
3.4 Tier 1 – High Demand Travel Appendix L FTA Competitiveness Analysis
Corridors ...............................26 Appendix M BRT Funding Opportunities
3.5 Tier 2 – Congestion
and/or Delay..........................32
3.6 Tier 3 – Viability of Capital
Investment ............................39
3.7 Tier 4 – Final Evaluation .......47
4. Building a Regional BRT Network........... 77
4.1 Regional BRT Network ..........78
4.2 Implementation
Considerations ......................80
4.3 Conclusion ............................87
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List of Figures L i s t o f Ta b l e s
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Figure 1 Annual and Projected Ridership Table 1 RTD Minimum Service
Growth .......................................... 2 Frequency ..................................... 9
Figure 2 2019 Regional Transit Network.... 5 Table 2 BRT Feasibility Metrics ............... 21
Figure 3 Benefits of Bus Rapid Transit ......12 Table 3 Metrics for Candidate Corridor
Identification .............................. 26
Figure 4 Tiered Evaluation Process ..........24
Table 4 Corridors Identified for BRT
Figure 5 Routes with more than 1 Million
by Other Studies ......................... 27
Annual Boardings ........................26
Table 5 Tier 1 Evaluation Criteria and
Figure 6 Tier 1 Candidate Corridors for
Guiding Principles ...................... 29
Evaluation ....................................28
Table 6 Tier 2 Route Descriptions ........... 34
Figure 7 Tier 1 Evaluation Results by
Corridor Segment ........................31 Table 7 Tier 2 Evaluation Criteria and
Guiding Principles ...................... 36
Figure 8 Tier 2 Routes for Evaluation ........33
Table 8 Tier 3 Evaluation Criteria and
Figure 9 Tier 2 Route Scoring ...................37
Guiding Principles ...................... 39
Figure 10 Tier 2 Route Performance ...........38
Table 9 Community Policy Support for
Figure 11 Tier 3 Routes for Evaluation ........40 Tier 3 Routes ............................... 45
Figure 12. Physical Viability for Dedicated Table 10 Tier 3 Route Evaluation
Transit Lane by Route .................42 Summary .................................... 46
Figure 13 Community Support for BRT – Table 11 Tier 4 Evaluation Criteria and
Summary of Findings ..................43 Guiding Principles ...................... 49
Figure 14 Tier 4 Routes for Evaluation ........48 Table 12 Implementation Considerations 81
Figure 15 Estimated 2040 Travel
Time Savings ...............................59
Figure 16 Tier 4 Modeling Results ...............60
Figure 17 Facility Capital Costs ...................61
Figure 18 Fleet Capital Costs.......................61
Figure 19 Next Generation Technology
Readiness.....................................62
Figure 20 Households in Poverty ................63
Figure 21 Economic Development
Potential ......................................64
Figure 22 2019 Bus Incident Map ................65
Figure 23 Small Starts Competitive Analysis
Summary Score ...........................67
Figure 24 Regional BRT Network ................79
Figure 25 2040 Jobs and Population
Density .........................................83
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Acknowledgements
P r o j e c t Te c h n i c a l C o n s u l t a n t Te a m
Advisor y Committee • FHU, Prime Consultant
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Regional BRT Feasibility Study Federal Blvd
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BRT Arterial Study 16-408 06/26/19
BRT
Regional BRT Feasibility Study Alameda Ave
TIER 4 Evaluation
LAKEWOOD CBD Colfax Ave
Colfax BRT
W-Line DENVER
Wadsworth Blvd
Colorado Blvd
8th Ave 225
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2017 Average Weekday Boardings: 3,878
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BRT Arterial Study 16-408 06/26/19
BRT
Regional BRT Feasibility Study Havana/Hampden
TIER 4 Evaluation
Existing Peak Service Plan
A-Line
0.6 miles
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Wkdy Mid
Segment
Wkdy Pk
median space MLK Blvd
Freq
Freq
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29th Ave
Sun
Sat
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4 trips/hour Central Park to Repurpose
Southmoor 15 15 15 30
105 existing 23rd Ave
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30 30 30 30
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2017 Average Weekday Boardings: 5,457 lanes
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