Bellevue Transit Plan Update

Washington State ITE 2001 Annual Meeting

June 11, 2001

East King County Service Area

Downtown Bellevue Growth

60,000

35,000

22,300

10,6005,372

79,000

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Population, 1970 - 2020

9,151

3,622

1,1821,010374

14,291

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

Employment, 1970 - 2020

Coordination with Metro & Sound Transit

Bellevue Transit Plan

Service Element

Capital Element

Policy Element

Metro Sept 01 Service Change

Metro 6 Year Plan Update

Sound Transit Annual Plans

Winter

2001

Spring

2001

Summer

2001

Fall

2001

Winter

2002

Spring

2002

Summer

2002

Subject to change pending resolution of fare proposal.

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Changing Transit Service Structure

Pre-1995 Future Network

“Continuing decentralization of population and employment in King County has

decreased travel to Seattle in general and downtown Seattle in particular and has

resulted in the rapid growth of suburb-to-suburb and intra-community trips.”

King County Metro, Six-Year Transit Plan (1996-2001)

Evaluate service options & outline six-year implementation strategy.

Bellevue Transit Plan Service Element

System Concepts

• Hours of Operation

• Service Frequency

• Service Area Coverage

• Directness of Service

• Travel Time

Service Strategies Market Conditions

Evaluate Existing Conditions

Define Service Goals &

Objectives

Evaluate Future Conditions

Stakeholder Interaction

Ideas

Network Options

Community-based routes

Eastside routes

Regional routes

Current Transit Services

Hours of Operation

•Weekday services tend to be limited to

peak hours.

•Mid-day & evening service is poor.

•Weekend service negligible all times.

Service Frequency

•Largely 60+ minute - resulting in

lengthy waits.

Service Area Coverage

•Access limited or absent in many parts

of the City.

Current market conditions necessitate

transit service improvements ...

Hours of Operation

• Weekday services tend to be limited to peak hours; mid-day and

evening service is poor.

• Bus schedules do not match school schedules (Bellevue schools out

by 12:30 on Wednesdays).

• Weekend services are negligible at all times.

• All-day service needed on 116th for access to medical offices.

Service Frequency

• Eastside routes have over-loaded buses; people are turned away.

• More service is needed to ensure that missed transfer connections do

not result in 60+ minute wait times.

Findings

Despite past success, transit services need improvement

Findings, continued

Service Area Coverage

• Access is limited or absent in many parts of the City.

• Bus stops in Bellevue are too far of a walk in many areas.

Directness of Service

Poor connections:

• Between neighborhoods

• Neighborhoods and Downtown Bellevue

• Other Eastside destinations

Travel Time

• Transfers require additional time and make transit less attractive.

Bellevue - Bellevue 2010 Person Trips

Key Markets (10,000 + Person Trips)

• E Bellevue - Overlake = 18,800

• S Bellevue - dwntn Bellevue = 18,400

• Bridle Trails - Overlake = 16,600

• N Bellevue - dwntn Bellevue = 15,400

• Bel-Red Northrup - dwntn Bellevue = 14,800

• Northeast Bellevue - Overlake = 13,600

• Crossroads - Overlake = 13,500

• Bel-Red Northrup - Overlake = 13,100

Bellevue - Eastside 2010 Person Trips

Key Markets (10,000 + Person Trips)

• Redmond non-CBD - Overlake = 65,600

• Kirkland - dwntn Bellevue = 43,200

• Kirkland - Overlake = 39,300

• Redmond non-CBD - dwntn Bellevue = 15,700

• Renton - dwntn Bellevue = 14,800

• Medina,Clyde Hil - dwntn Bellevue = 11,700

• Sammamish - Overlake = 11,000

Bellevue - Regional 2010 Person Trips

Key Markets (10,000 + Person Trips)

• Pierce County - Overlake = 21,300

• Pierce County - dwntn Bellevue = 21,000

• Snohomish County - dwntn Bellevue = 16,900

• Snohomish County - Overlake = 15,200

• South King County - dwntn Bellevue = 14,900

• Medina,Clyde Hil - dwntn Bellevue = 11,700

• North Seattle - dwntn Bellevue = 11,500

• South King County - Overlake = 10,500

• South Seattle - dwntn Bellevue = 10,300

Bellevue - Bellevue

• Improved downtown circulation vis-à-vis the distributed service network.

• Improved access vis-à-vis frequency and routing between Bellevue neighborhoods

(e.g., East Bellevue, SE Bellevue, Crossroads) and Activity Centers (both P&R lots

and community centers).

Bellevue - Eastside

• New connection between Kirkland & downtown Bellevue (Overlake Hospital).

• Enhanced connections between Kirkland and Redmond to Overlake employment.

• Improved access between Renton & downtown Bellevue.

• Improved access between Issaquah & downtown Bellevue.

Bellevue - Regional

• Enhance off-peak period frequencies to connect with all-day regional services.

• Eliminate duplicative regional service.

Serve Bellevue with urban quality transit service and establish a route

network for future improvements.

Bellevue Transit Network Vision

Improving Connections in Bellevue

More service - Issaquah

& Bellevue.(Rt 271).

Provide SE Bellevue

with access to transit

system (Rt 928).

Direct E. Bellevue

dwntn service (Rt 272).

Faster connection

between to Overlake via

Bell-Red (Rt 233).

frequent two-way

service to Redmond (Rt

232), & frequent

Crossroads connection

(Rt 249).

Provide frequent all-day

connection between

Crossroads & Factoria,

does not exist (Rt 926).

More direct service

between Factoria &

downtown (Rt 222).

Improved access to

Overlake Hospital &

increased frequency to

Kirkland (Rt 234).

All-day service Kirkland

& Overlake (Rt 239).

Direct Factoria & E

Bell. service (Rt 923).

Frequency Improvements in Bellevue

5 - 10 Min 11 - 15 Min

Peak Hour Frequency Off-Peak Hour Frequency

Downtown

Factoria

Eastgate/BCC

Overlake

Crossroads

Downtown

Factoria

Eastgate/BCC

Overlake

Crossroads

Neighborhood & Eastside Access

• Greater access to activity centers

from route extensions.

• More frequency to facilitate

convenient transfers.

• Improve routing to enhance

neighborhood access.

Regional Coordination

• Enhance frequency during off-

peak periods to connect with all-

day regional services.

• Eliminate duplicative regional

service

Serve Bellevue with urban quality

transit service and establish a route

network for future improvements.

Recommendations within Bellevue

Lessons Learned

Completed project successfully, on-time & below budget …

• Undertook early examination of data in-house - To expedite the

process, the City had in-place an early understanding of the problems

needing to be addressed by the consultant team.

• Clarified project direction before work began - Held pre-scoping

design/build meetings prior to contract initiation to identify

opportunities and challenges of scope and timeline of project.

• Created a collaborative planning process - Entranco, Perteet, Transpo

Group, and Browne & Associates each assigned to specific work

assignments & encouraged to collaborate in sharing of ideas.

• Developed realistic recommendations - List of solutions are

financially constrained and technically defensible.

• Articulated transit vision - City’s goals & objectives are better

represented in guiding KCM’s service planning process.

Service plan

• Evaluate existing & future markets

• Evaluate existing services (span, frequency, coverage)

• Recommend approach for new investment

Capital plan

• Identify infrastructure improvements to improve transit travel

time & reliability (signal priority, ped/bike connections)

Policy plan

• Consider policy directions to unify transit and growth decisions

Bellevue Transit Plan Approach