CTA Infrastructure Accessibility Task Force PowerPoint Presentation January 4, 2011 [Greg: This is a draft. There will be a few additions to the final version. Sorry, Cara] Slide 1 Infrastructure Accessibility Task Force (IATF) January 4, 2011 Slide 2 January Agenda * Summary of Concept Plans – 10 minutes * Irving Park Overview and Challenges – 25 minutes * Overview of Downtown Rehab Program – CDOT – 10 minutes * Washington/Wabash Reconstruction – CDOT 15 minutes * Adams and Wabash – Concept Plan -- 15 minutes * Discussion of Evaluation Criteria and Methodology – 30 minutes * Next Steps – 5 minutes Slide 3 Summary of Concept Plans Racine Station (Forest Park) Scheme A: Remove non-compliant ramp, install enclosed ADA compliant ramp. Estimated cost approximately $3 million. Scheme B: New elevator, new stairs, new walkway, update existing fare array, relocate electrical room. Estimated cost approximately $6 million. Scheme C: New elevator with new enclosed walkway and new enclosed ADA compliant ramp, reconfigure electrical room and fare array. Estimated cost approximately $8 million. 63rd Station (Dan Ryan): New elevator, existing stair and escalator to remain. Estimated cost approximately $2 million. Addison Station (O’Hare): New elevator, modify existing fare array and electrical room, replace existing stair at new location. Existing escalator remains. Estimated cost approximately $6 million. Adams/Wabash Station (Loop): Install 2 new elevators and new transfer bridge. Possible new Customer Assistant booth at platform level. Estimated cost to be determined. Slide 4 Irving Park Station Overview Slide 5 Irving Park Station Overview [north end] [This slide has photographs of the Irving Park Station as follows:] * Arial photograph of station with north entrance and exits identified * Photo of existing station house * Photo of existing station house unpaid area * Photo of existing station house stairs * Photo of existing stairs and escalator * Photo of existing walkway from unattended north auxiliary entrance/exit * Photo of existing unattended north auxiliary entrance/exit Slide 6 Irving Park Entrance/Exit [north end] [This slide has photographs of the Irving Park Station as follows:] * Photo of stairs from street level up to entrance into station Slide 7 Pulaski Entrance/Exit [Irving Park station south end] [This slide has photographs of the Irving Park Station (south end) as follows:] * Arial photograph of station with south entrance and exits identified * Photo of existing unattended Pulaski auxiliary station house * Photo of existing unattended Pulaski auxiliary station house roto-gates * Photo of existing Pulaski station house auxiliary stairs and escalator * Photo of existing unattended south auxiliary entrance/exit * Photo of existing unattended south stairs and fare control * Photo of existing platform Slide 8 Pulaski Entrance/Exit * Photograph of platform Slide 9 Irving Park Station – Accessibility Challenges * Insufficient walkway widths * Long station configuration – elevated walkways to berthing platform * Complex entrances and exits to and from street level * Non compliant curb ramps in areas outside of stations * Emergency Exit Requirements (NFPA 130) and Chicago Building Code (CBC) Slide 10 Irving Park Station – Possible Ideas * Irving Park North Entrance/Exit – Add new station house with CA, one elevator and one straight run stair. * Irving Park South Entrance/Exit – Close off existing North Entrance/Exit, add elevator at existing station house. * Pulaski East entrance/exit – add new station house wit CA, one elevator, and one straight run stair. * Pulaski West Entrance/Exit – close off existing East Entrance/Exit, add elevator at existing station house. Slide 11 Overview of Downtown Rehabilitation Program (CDOT) Slide 12 [Greg: This slide may undergo a few changes in its final version.] CTA and CDOT Partnership * Overview and History of CDOT in CTA Subway Station Program * Funding Sources and Allocations for CTA Stations Slide 13 Current CDOT Efforts at CTA Stations * Grand/State (Red Line Subway Station) – Construction to be complete shortly. * LaSalle Congress Intermodal Transfer Center – Construction complete by end of 2011. * LaSalle/Clark/Division – Design 90% completed. Pending construction funding. * State/Lake Loop Elevated – Conceptual design completed. Pending design and construction funding. * Washington/Wabash Loop Elevated – Conceptual design completed. Pending Design and Construction Funding. Slide 14 Washington/Wabash Loop Elevated Station (CDOT) Slide 15 Downtown Map Showing Loop and Project Location [The map shows that the Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash stations would be removed, with a proposed station at Washington/Wabash sited in the middle of these former stations.] Slide 16 Washington/Wabash Loop Elevated Station [Downtown Map showing Loop and Project Location] Consolidation of two stations into one: The proposed Washington/Wabash elevated station allows for great efficiencies for the system by combining the Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash stations into one. * Decreases travel time around the Loop Elevated * Lower CTA facility maintenance costs * Lower CTA labor costs Slide 17 Washington/Wabash Elevated Loop Station Project Scope of Work * The proposed Washington/Wabash elevated station will be located on Wabash Avenue sought of Washington Street and will replace existing stations at Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash. * The fare control, electrical, security and communications rooms and CTA auxiliary functions will be on the mezzanine level. * The current Randolph/Wabash and Madison/Wabash stations are not accessible; the new station will meet all ADA standards with new elevators and escalators. * The security, communication and electrical systems will be state of the art. * Platform capacity will expand from the existing 7’-6” platform width to 10’-0 to 13’-0’ widths. * The proposed station will have 13 turnstiles. Slide 18 [Architectural drawings of ground level plan and mezzanine level plan.] Slide 19 [Architectural drawings of platform level plan and canopy level plan.] Slide 20 [Architectural drawing of enlarged mezzanine level plan.] Slide 21 [Architectural drawings of West Elevator] Slide 22 [Illustration of the view of the station looking south from Washington Street. Entrance at street level on east side appears to have both stairs and an escalator.] Slide 23 [Illustration of the view of the canopy from the platform. The canopy appears to be made of steel and glass . . . lots of both. The canopy has peaks and valleys, perhaps meant to suggest waves.] Slide 24 [Illustration: View showing “Outer Loop” elevator accessibility.] Slide 25 Why Downtown Renovations Have Significant Cost * Public way work (street, vehicle and pedestrian staging) * Construction staging (limited access for equipment and storage areas) * Utility relocations (known and unknown die to age of records) * Utility service (i.e., electrical – new service ductwork and substation) * Material costs (steel, granite, stainless steel . . . ) * Cost of systems (fare array, communications, CCTV, speakers . . . .) Slide 26 Washington/Wabash Elevated Loop Station Schedule and Costs Phase I Engineering completed: 2004 Phase II Engineering Start/End: Start: 2013 End: 2016 Cost: $4.5 M Construction Start/End: Start: 2016 End: 2018 Cost: $75M Funding Source: To be determined Last Major Capital Improvement: Randolph/Wabash: 1896 Madison/Wabash: 1896 Slide 27 Concept Plan Adams/Wabash station [Will be discussed at IATF meeting. Drawings will be on boards on an easel, and Jonas Packer will discuss.] Slide 28 Evaluation Criteria Follow Up Slide 29 Follow Up Items from December * Ridership – summer vs. winter months * Gap – use only “along the line” distance * Education – utilize college enrollment data * Seniors – created separate criteria (Senior Ridership, Senior Services, Senior Housing) * Created criterion University with enrollment data * Categorized criteria into “Origins” and “Destinations” * Top criteria determined from December meeting: Ridership, People with Disabilities ridership, gaps, employment, paratransit home addresses, points of interest Slide 30 Updated Evaluation Criteria – * Ridership – total CTA ridership by station (10/09) * PWD Ridership – CTA rail ridership for PWD farecard types by station (10/09 to 9/10) * Senior Ridership – CTA rail ridership for seniors * Gaps – “Along the Line” distances to closest accessible station * Population – 2010 and 2040 forecast population * Employment – 2010 and 2040 forecast number of jobs * Education – Count of high schools and colleges * University – Enrollment data * Senior Services – Senior centers, hospitals and health centers. * Connections – Count of CTA and Pace routes * Paratransit – Registered paratransit home addresses * Senior Housing – Senior housing locations * POI – Points of Interest – theaters, public facilities Note: underlined criteria are updated since December meeting Slide 31 Propose Criteria Weights [Picture of pie chart] [The largest slice of the “pie” or 40% is entitled “Ridership and Station Gaps.” It is comprised of ridership (15%), PWD ridership (10%), Senior Ridership (5%) and gaps (10%)] [The other two slices are 30% each.] [One slice is “Origins.” It is comprised of Population (10%), Paratransit addresses (15%), and Senior Housing (5%)] [The final slice of the “pie” is Destinations.” It is comprised of Employment (15%), University (5%), Senior Services (5%) and Points of Interest (5%)] Slide 32 Preliminary Schedule and Deliverable – Updated Review station schemes preliminary schedule * November 2010 – Racine (elevator and ramps) * December 2010 – 63rd/Dan Ryan and Addison/O’Hare * January 2011 – Irving Park/O’Hare Challenge. CDOT update on Washington/Wabash Reconstruction. Adams/Wabash (Loop Rehab) * February 2011 – Wilson (Rehab & Reconstruction) * March 2011 – TBD (Rehab), CDOT update on Clark/Division (Reconstruction) * April 2011 – Damen/Milwaukee and Austin/Lake Potential Deliverable * Recommendations on next station accessibility projects * Top tier station concept schemes with planning cost estimates * White paper on other policy recommendations [Greg: Following is a plain text version of the Excel spreadsheet that Robert Vance will hand out at the January 4 meeting. It contains a list of the stations, by region, in order of rankings, using the proposed criteria weights provided in Slide 31, discussed above.] Loop Group: 1. Randolph/Wabash 2. State/Lake 3. Adams/Wabash 4. Madison/Wabash 5. Monroe/State 6. Washington/Dearborn 7. LaSalle 8. LaSalle/Van Buren 9. Monroe/Dearborn 10. Quincy/Wells Loop-Outer Group 1. Clark/Division 2. North/Clybourn 3. Harrison 4. Division/Milwaukee 5. Chicago/Milwaukee 6. Clinton-Forest Park 7. Grand/Milwaukee North Region 1. Wilson 2. Lawrence 3. Argyle 4. Berwyn 5. Bryn Mawr 6. Morse 7. Sheridan 8. Thorndale 9. Jarvis 10. Dempster 11. Foster 12. Main 13. Central-Evanston 14. South Boulevard 15. Noyes Northwest Region 1. Damen/Milwaukee 2. Belmont-O’Hare 3. Irving Park-O’Hare 4. California/Milwaukee 5. Addison-O’Hare 6. Montrose-O’Hare South Region 1. Garfield-Dan Ryan 2. 63rd-Dan Ryan 3. 87th West Region 1. Austin-Lake 2. Racine 3. Pulaski-Forest Park 4. Cicero-Forest Park 5. Western-Forest Park 6. Oak Park-Lake 7. Ridgeland 8. Austin-Forest Park 9. Oak Park-Forest Park 10. Harlem-Forest Park 1