HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-20-21 DURB Agenda Supplemental D-M-C Shuttle InfoD-M-C Shuttle Discussion (Including Park & Ride Lot)
As we explore options to increase parking availability (not necessarily the number of spaces) in
downtown, there is an option that does not include building more parking in downtown. One
option is to pave the North Fairgrounds Lot (off of Oak, across from the Cannery District), and
operate a shuttle to connect that location to downtown. That shuttle would also serve as a
Downtown to Midtown circulator. The following are estimated costs:
Paving the Fairgrounds lot = $400,0000
Annual operating costs for circulator/shuttle = $368,000
Details
The Fairgrounds lot is approximately 150,000 sq. ft. and should provide about 416 parking
spaces. Based on the square footage, Knife River quoted a price to pave the lot at $283,722.
That included 3 inches of gravel for a base and 3 inches of asphalt. Adding in a bit for a more
conservative estimate considering contingency costs gets to the $400,000 noted above.
The circulator/shuttle is based on operating six days per week (Monday-Saturday), for 16 hours
per day (assume 7:30 am to 11:30 pm) with one bus/vehicle.
Route Info
Using Oak Street, Rouse, Mendenhall and North 7th Avenue, you end up with a route that is
about 3.1 miles long. That should equate to about a 20-minute long loop, depending upon how
many stops are made. It is likely that the route would operate in a clock-wise manner, so the
bus only needs to make right-hand turns. Depending upon funding options/amounts, a second
bus could be added for part or all of the day, and a second bus could operate the same route,
or perhaps a route in a counter-clockwise direction, or a slightly different route/schedule.
Discussion
Amortizing the paving of the lot over 20 years, results in $20,000 per year. Adding that to
annual operating costs for the shuttle option, you end up with a cost of $388,000 per year. If a
parking garage is built for $8 million, and that is amortized over 20 years at 5% interest, that
would be a payment of $633,558 per year. The difference of $245,558 per year is just about the
cost to add in another bus on the shuttle/circulator for 12 hours per day for six days a week
(actual cost of $276,000/year).
DOWNTOWN-
MIDTOWN-CANNERY
CIRCULATOR
DISCUSSION
Madison Conference Room
Bozeman City Hall
January 25, 2019
DON’T IT ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THAT
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT
‘TIL ITS GONE, THEY PAVED PARADISE
AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
TDM Project Overview
■MSU, the City of Bozeman, and the WTI
have partnered in order to plan and
implement transportation demand
management (TDM) strategies in
Bozeman. The five main tasks in the
project are:
–Bike & Pedestrian Infrastructure
–Employer TDM
–Peer Community Programs
–Outreach & Education
–Bus Systems
Park & Ride Lot
■Streamline route to Bridger
Bowl during weekends in the
winter.
■Downtown Employees
■Bozeman Health Employees
■Connecting City of Bozeman
Facilities
■Large Downtown events
–Music on Main
–Sweet Pea Festival
■Connecting Cannery District
(and its housing) with
Downtown and Midtown
Fairgrounds Park &
Ride Lot
Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Connectivity
between “activity
nodes” important
Source: Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan
Downtown-Midtown-
Cannery
Service
■How to integrate with existing services, which
would perhaps be modified if a D-M-C
service were implemented.
Service Parameters
■Route
■Frequency
■Days per week
■Hours per day
Route length of approximately 3.1 miles
equates to a headway of approximately 20
minutes. Actual timing due to trial runs of the
route.
Partners
■The biggest need is operating dollars.
■VW settlement funds or FTA funds for buses
■FLAP funding; FTA funding or other funding for paving the lot
Next Steps
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; we must do.
--Leonardo da Vinci
Its Time To