ttg luncheon 4.6.2016 - oc streetcar
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ASCE Orange County Transportation Technical Group April 5, 2016
A Modern Streetcar!
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• Single articulated car• Concrete embedded track• Operates primarily in traffic lane with traffic• Overhead wire and traction power substations• Simple stations
Orange streetcar "Orange Dummy,"
Orange, California, ca. 1903
Project Scope
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• 4.15 miles, mostly double-track• Modern Streetcar, 100% overhead wire• 100-foot-wide Pacific Electric ROW west of Raitt--street running east of Raitt Street• Maintenance and Storage (MSF) Facility just west of Raitt Street• Bridges over the Santa Ana River and Westminster Avenue
Transit Connections
Funding Plan
5Funding plan as approved by the OCTA Board 8/28/15 and submitted to FTA Fall 2015
Project Team
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Project Schedule
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Environmental Clearance March 2015
Begin Design February 2016
30% Design May 2016
60% Design December 2016
90% Design April 2017
Full Funding Grant Agreement September 2017
Begin Vehicle Manufacturing January or September 2017*
Construction Bid Advertisement November 2017
Begin Construction March 2018
Begin Testing/Start-Up June 2020
Begin Revenue Service December 2020
*Depends on Type of Contract
Basis of Design
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Project Revisions Developed
•Risk Workshop and Value Engineering Study
•Recommendations to Reduce Cost and Improve Operations
Environmental Analysis Underway
•Updating Visual Assessment, Traffic Report, Noise and Vibration Report, Cultural Resources Report, and 4(f) Evaluation
•Coordination with FTA, Determine Class of Action May 2016
Project Description was Updated and
Sent to FTA
Risk Assessment/Value Engineering
• Held in summer 2015
• Cost savings/operational improvements
• Historic Bridge• Crossover Locations• Stop Locations • MSF Design• Drainage and Utilities• Traction Power Substations• Number of Vehicles• Vehicle Procurement Schedule
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Station Locations
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Environmental
Document
Revised
SARTC and East Santa Ana Blvd
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Santa Ana Blvd - Downtown
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Sasscer Park and 4th Street
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West Santa Ana Blvd
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PE Alignment and River Crossing
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Harbor Blvd. Station - West End
Maintenance and Storage Facility
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Traction Power Substations
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Drainage
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• Scope of the drainage improvements was reduced to address only project impacts.
• The design agreement with the City of Santa Ana reinforces the change
• “The AUTHORITY shall mitigate any additional surface storm water drainage needs generated from the trackway or other impervious areas added by the Project or any change in drainage patterns caused solely by the Project . . .”
One Contact Wire vs Two-Wire Catenary
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Cantilever
One-Wire (Streets)
Span Wire
Two-Wire (PE ROW)
The benefit of two-wire is additional electrical capacity and improved profile for higher
speed operation in the PE ROW.
Work Underway
• Environmental analysis on project revisions
• Design Work
• Third Party Agreements
• Coordination with FTA and their PMOC on requirements to enter New Starts Engineering Phase
• Confirmation of vehicle procurement strategy
• Right-of-way acquisition
• Safety and Security Plans
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Design Work
•Horizontal Alignment, Geotechnical Report, Phase I ESA for PE ROW, Traffic Management Plan, Bridge Type Selection Report, Drainage Study, Utility Conflicts, Traction Power Load Flow, Signal Line Diagram, OCS Pole Layout, Station Footprints, MSF Basis of Design Report
30% Design May 2016
•CPUC Grade Crossing Applications, Roadway Plan and Profile, Construction Phasing/Traffic Handling, Sewer, Water, Drainage Plan and Profile, Traffic Signal Plans, Signing and Striping Plans, Bridge Plans, MSF Plans, Systems Plans, Specifications Outline
60% Design Dec. 2016
•Everything complete except resolution of comments90% Design April 2017
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Stations and Urban Design
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Station & Urban Design Consultant (SUDC) Creates Aesthetic Design Concepts
SUDC Reviews Concepts With
Community Stakeholders
Consensus Reached?
YES NO
Concepts
Revised
Concepts Given To HNTB At
End Of 60% Design
HNTB 90% Design Package
Submitted For Review
SUDC Reviews Implementation
Of Concepts In Design
HNTB Develops
Station “Footprint”
Third Party Agreements• Cities
• Santa Ana
• Garden Grove
• Utilities
• Southern California Edison
• Southern California Gas
• AT+T
• Time Warner Cable
• Orange County Sanitation District
• Orange County Water District
• Level 3 Communications
• MCI (Verizon Business)
• Sunesys
• Permits
• US Army Corps of Engineers 404 and 408
• California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Streambed Alteration Agreement
• Regional Water Quality Control Board 401 and NPDES
• Orange County Flood Control District Encroachment Permit
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Utility Strategy
• Utility Base Maps complete
• Reconfiguration of Santa Ana Blvd avoids several significant utilities, including electrical and telecommunications vaults
• Once alignment is confirmed, exhibits will be prepared for each utility owner and meetings will be held until agreements are reached
• Four utilities are under franchise agreements
• Southern California Edison (Electric)
• Southern California Gas
• AT+T
• Time-Warner
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Utilities - West Santa Ana Blvd.
Safety and Security Plans
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• Preliminary Hazard Analysis and Threat and Vulnerability Analysis - April
12, 2016
• Fire-Life Safety and Security and Security Review Committee Meetings -
April 13, 2016
• CPUC Safety Certification Review Meeting - April 13, 2016
Vehicle Acquisition Strategy
• Considered New Procurement, Joint Procurement, and Piggybacking
• Benefits of Piggybacking determined to be:
• Reduced Cost
• Improved Schedule
• Reduced Risk
• Joint Procurement would add risk without benefits
• Considering 3 piggyback opportunities:
• Cincinnati, CAF, Urbos III, 100% low-floor
• Portland, Siemens, S70, 70% low-floor
• Houston, CAF, Urbos 70, 70% low-floor
• OCTA Board in April with Vehicle Acquisition Strategy
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Vehicle Spec Comparison
Right-of-Way
• Full Parcel Acquisitions for MSF (shown below)
• 3 City Parcels for Traction Power Substations
• Leases and Encroachments in PE ROW
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Design Improvements Being Assessed
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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies
Single track bridge south of historic bridge
Double Track bridge north of historic bridge
4(f), Visual, Noise and Vibration
Double track in middle of PE ROW Double track that transitions between north and middle of PE ROW
Noise and Vibration, Cultural Resources
35 mph maximum in PE ROW 45 mph maximum in PE ROW Noise and Vibration
No mention of recreation and maintenance trail crossings
Plan for recreation and maintenancetrail crossings included
4(f)
Willowick Station No Willowick Station None
Design Improvements Being Assessed (Cont.)
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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies
Side platforms in PE ROW, four stops downtown
Center platforms in PE ROW, threestops downtown, platforms moving
Cultural Resources, 4(f), Traffic (elimination of free-right at Ross-completed)
Double crossover west of MSF, turnout and tail track beyond SARTC
Single crossovers on each side of MSF, added crossovers for downtown couplet, double crossover prior to SARTC
Noise and Vibration
No traffic signal priority Traffic signal priority Traffic (completed)
Westminster Tied-Arch Bridge Other bridge types will be considered Visual
Design Improvements Being Assessed (Cont.)
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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies
Santa Ana Blvd west of downtown 4-lanes
Santa Ana Blvd west of downtown 2-lanes. Additional restriping is under consideration by the City.
Traffic (completed)
Six traction power substation locations
Five traction power substations in new locations
Noise and Vibration, Visual
Significant storm drain network beyond project corridor
Storm drain improvements as required by the project
None
Single contact wire in PE ROW Two-wire catenary in PE ROW Visual
Widening on Fairview Street No widening on Fairview St is under consideration by the City.
Traffic (completed)
Questions?