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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:
    1. Articulate the goals of the community and MBTA
    2. Develop measures and criteria to gauge how various upgrades contribute to the goals
    3. Develop and document a set of improvement packages for subsequent evaluation
  • Task 2 will kick off with a series of meetings and interviews:
    1. One-on-one/small group interviews with neighborhood leaders and political officials
    2. 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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