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City of Greer
Board RetreatKeith Brockington, AICP
Transportation Planning Manager
Greenville County | GPATS
• Greenville-Pickens Area
Transportation Study
• Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO),
one of 11 in SC
• Required by federal
regulations for all
Census-defined UZAs
with 50,000 or more
population
• www.gpats.org
TIGER VII
Grant
TIGER Grant Transportation Investment Generating
Economic Recovery
USDOT Federal Grant
$500 million available nationally
Extremely competitive
Seventh Annual Round
Focus on transportation projects that are:
Transformative
Innovative
Collaborative
TIGER Primary Benefits Better access to jobs, health care, and education
through better connections. Connects the distressed and underserved to critical
services and opportunities.
Shorter headways and extended service hours.
Decreases vehicle congestion and oil dependency. Multimodal service, making transit and bicycling
practical, affordable, clean, and safe.
Increases air quality Upstate facing “Ground-level Ozone Non-Attainment.”
Activates the neighboring areas for economic development or redevelopment.
TIGER VII Application Creating Circuits of Economic Success
Joint Venture
City of Greenville (applying entity)
Greenville County
Greenville Transit Authority
Transform the Greenlink transit system into a regional transportation network.
Builds off the City of Greenville’s TIGER II Planning Grant, “Connections for Sustainability”
TIGER VII Application Ten (10) Zero-Emission Electric Buses
Two (2) Charging Stations
Ten (10) Supporting Circulator Buses
Twenty-Four (24) Multimodal Transit Stations
Seven (7) with Electronic Pay Equipment
Sixteen (16) with B-Cycle Bike Share Stations
Five (5)-mile Extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail
Cleveland Park to CU-ICAR
Six (6) Pedestrian Bridges
• 24 Stations
• 7 Electronic Pay
• 16 B-Cycle
• Gold Line
• TR through the
Golden Strip
• Blue Line
• Greer to SC-
TAC
• Main Transfers
• Midtown
(University
Center)
• Downtown
Transfer Center
• CU-ICAR
*Map not to scale
TIGER VII Application Impact for City of Greer
Direct connection to Greenlink transit system (30 min. headways)
Circulator Bus – connections to Greer neighborhoods, employment (BMW), and GSP Airport
Terminal-style station downtown
In-kind match provided by City of Greer for 0.32 acres ($110k value) of city-owned property for station
B-Cycle Bike Share station, with 10 bikes
TIGER VII Application
Total Project
$24,036,220
TIGER Fund Request
$13,611,037
Local Match (Cash and In-Kind)
$10,425,183 (43.37%)
20% Minimum
TIGER VII Application Cash Matches
City of Greenville
Greenville County
Clemson University
Furman University
Greenville Health System
Hollingsworth Foundation
Piedmont Health
Foundation
SC Launch
Upstate Forever
Verdae Developments
In-Kind Matches
Greenville County
City of Fountain Inn
City of Greer
City of Travelers Rest
Private Property Owners
SC-TAC
Proterra
University Center
Greenville
Verdae
Timeline Pre-Application
Due May 4, 2015
Final Application Due June 5, 2015
Grants Awarded Fall 2015
Pre-Construction Activities Completed June 30, 2017
All Funds Obligated September 30, 2017
All Funds Drawn Down September 30, 2022
TIGER VII Application 6,100 Applications received in the seven rounds of
TIGER, 310 Approved
$124 billion applied for
$4.1 billion granted
This year, $9.8 billion applied for, only $500 million
available. Less than 5% of applicants will be funded.
Average Local Match, 350%, though many minimum-
match projects are funded.
Future TIGER in danger of being severely defunded by
Congress
Should Greenville’s Application fail, the planned system
is still on the books, but will take much longer to
implement
US-29 and I-85
Congestion
Management
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management
Joint Study between GPATS, SPATS, and SCDOT
Use of allocated funding for I-85 Improvements
MAP-21 Highway Authorization allows for use of Interstate Funds to be spend on identified “Parallel Relief Corridors”
US-29 identified as I-85 reliever
US-146/296 as alternative reliever
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management
US-29
SC-146/296
I-85
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management Stakeholder meetings have occurred since late
2014 Greenville County/City
Spartanburg County/City
City of Greer
GPATS/SPATS
Appalachian Council of Governments
GTA/SPARTA
Upstate Forever
SCDOT
RFP Underway to site/design specific infrastructure improvements
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management
Funding: $223,880,000 in GPATS TIP I-85 Widening from US-25 to SC-129
Primarily Functional Improvements
Targeted Lane Increases
Includes funding for Congestion Management on I-85 and US-29 Signal Timing/Upgrades for US-29 Congestion Relief
Park and Ride Lots for I-85 and US-29 Carpool/Vanpool and Transit Support
Truck Parking Facility Safety and Air Qualify Improvements
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management
US-29
I-85
SC 153
CU-ICAR
GSP
Westgate
MallUpstate Port
Truck
Parking
Facility
I-85/US-29
Congestion Management
Next Steps
Selection of Consultant
Completion of Study with Stakeholders support.
Implementation with approved funding.
Potential Future Coordination
Integration with Greenville TIGER Project
Expansion of Transit Systems
Southeast High-Speed Rail
SC-101/SC-290
North Buncombe Rd Ranked #1 in 2007 GPATS
LRTP
Preliminary Engineering
2009-2011
Scope reduced from 5-lane
to 3-lane (Historic
Preservation)
Right-of-Way 2012-2014
Bids opened 2014
Re-bid in 2015
Eagle Construction awarded
contract at $4.22 million
Construction is Underway
Total Cost of Project at $6.18
million
Completion date of
5/31/2016
Thank you!
Questions?
Keith Brockington, AICP
Transportation Planning Manager
Greenville County | GPATS
www.gpats.org
Thank you!
Upstate (Inland) Port
Opened in 2013
Freight moved by rail from Port of Charleston
Projected to remove 28,000 truck trips off the
Interstate, according to the Ports Authority
In reality, truck traffic is reduced in Charleston,
on I-26, and on I-385
Travel patterns shift on I-85
Preservation of Wade Hampton a priority
Activity at Port is exceeding projections
Upstate (Inland) Port
US-29
I-85
Upstate (Inland) Port
28
Woodruff Road Parallel Top Ranked Project in LRTP
$27 million cost, minimal
Alleviate congestion
Provide alternatives
Connect network
Open more land for economic
development
Other goings on….