KKO Work Plan For Indigo Line/Fairmount Study
Task 1: Assess Existing Conditions (July/August)
- 1.1 Demographics, Travel Patterns and Demand
- Indigo Line/Fairmount Population
- Indigo Line/Fairmount Corridor Built
Environment
- Indigo Line/Fairmount Corridor Employment
- Mode of Travel
- Indigo Line/Fairmount Corridor Workers
- 1.2 Overview of Existing Transit Services
- Route Description
- Hours of Service
- Schedule and Headways
- Ridership
- Fares
- Connecting Services
- 1.3 Fairmount Line Overview
- Speed Profile
- Stringline and Integrated Timetable
- Discussion of Bottlenecks and Constraints
- Infrastructure: Track, Signals, Structures
- 1.4 Inventory of Potential Indigo Line Station Sites
- Historical Station Sites
- Aerial Photopraph Analysis
- Discusions with Project Steering Committee,
MBTA Officials, Neighborhood Leaders
- Field Inspection from Railway and Roadway
Task 2: Identify Improvement Objectives (September)
- Task 2 has three Objectives:
- Articulate the goals of the community and MBTA
- Develop measures and criteria to gauge how
various upgrades contribute to the goals
- Develop and document a set of improvement
packages for subsequent evaluation
- Task 2 will kick off with a series of
meetings and interviews:
- One-on-one/small group interviews with
neighborhood leaders and political officials
- Open community meetings
Task 3: Analysis and Evaluation of Options
(October/November)
- 3.1 Operational Analysis and Physical Feasibility
- Operational Feasibility of Each Alternative
- Evaluation of Operational Plan for Each
Alternative
- Identification of Potential Capital
Investments that would be Necessary for Individual
Alternatives
- 3.2 Travel Demand
- Inputs for CTPS Ridership Forecast
- Alternative Ridership Models Available
- 3.3 Operating Costs
- Transportation
- Mechanical Maintenance
- ROW Maintenance
- Railroad Costs
- Administration and Marketing/Revenue
Processing
- 3.4 Capital Costs
Release of Final Report (December)
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