Cellular Mass
Transit For Austin
Cellular Mass
Transit (CMT) will
1. Cut travel
time in half for many trips in the 10 to 25 mile range.
2. Cut wait time
on feeder routes from 30 minutes down to 10
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Overview of a proposal for a TNC to run
a CMT CMT can increase mass transit ridership ten-fold in an urban area. While a conventional public transit system connects many neighborhoods to one commercial area, a CMT would connect many residential areas to many commercial areas. This would be done with a many-to-many express bus network. A typical express route would run 20 miles with only 4 stops. Fewer stops are needed to collect riders as each hub would be the convergence point for 12 feeder routes within the cell. A Transportation Network Company (TNC), such as Uber or Lyft, would do a better job of implementing a CMT than a publicly subsidized transit authority. A proposal, in PDF form, explains CMT and how a TNC can make a profit, even after paying for 20 hub facilities.
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Download a Proposal March 2021 |
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Sample
Express Route Maps Each hub
would have its own map showing the six to eight routes
useful for getting to 19 other hubs. Maps for 11 hubs
are shown. The last map shows how 11 express routes
share one stretch of the MOPAC express lane. |
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The Hub
Connection Table shows the routes used for all 190 hub
to hub connections. Half of the connections benefit from
express lanes. |
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This
compares conventional routes with CMT feeder routes in
North Austin. Also shown are sites that need service
such as apartments and commercial areas. |
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This
compares conventional routes with CMT feeder routes in
Central Austin. Also shown are sites that need service
such as apartments and commercial areas. |
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This
compares conventional routes with CMT feeder routes in
South Austin. Also shown are sites that need service
such as apartments and commercial areas. |
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Richard Shultz
Started Jan 30, 2007
Last revision March,
2021