VTS: Trolley Modernization - More than just the Vehicles
Last December, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Corporation released a lengthy guide to the future of SEPTA’s trolley system, providing conceptual plans and ideas to make rides faster, more efficient, and more accessible to all. The goal would be to implement the $1.1 billion plan, including replacement of current trolleys with modernized versions, by 2024.
The project will increase capacity to meet growing ridership; offer system-wide accessibility for riders with disabilities in order to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act; build modern stations; increase safety; and replace an aging fleet of vehicles. The Trolley Modernization project is being designed and implemented by a collaboration of local, state, and federal entities, including the DVRPC, SEPTA, the City, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the Delaware County municipalities where trolleys roll through, among others. Ultimately, SEPTA owns and operates the trolley system.
Among the many upgrades will be longer trolleys to accommodate the increase in ridership. During the past two decades, trolley ridership has jumped 20 percent, and rises about a half a percent annually. Upwards of 100,000 riders use the trolley system each weekday — composing approximately 10 percent of all rides taken by rail in the city. In addition, trolleys are among Philadelphia’s busiest rail-lines: Five of the top 10 most heavily used rail-lines are trolley routes.
The existing fleet consists of 159 trolleys. The majority of the trolleys - 141 - were built nearly four decades ago and measure about 53 feet long; modern trolley cars are expected to measure upwards of 80 feet to allow for more passengers.
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- 1300 I Street, NW
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- United States 20005
- Building: American Public Transportation Association
- Room Number: Suite 1200 East
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- Starts 25 September 2018 06:30 PM UTC
- Ends 05 October 2018 04:00 PM UTC
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Speakers
Dave Warner of SEPTA
Biography:
Dave is the Chief Vehicle Engineering Officer at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA.) He is responsible for directing and overseeing all engineering activities related to the design, procurement, inspection, preventive maintenance and repair functions for all regional rail equipment, Broad Street and Market/Frankford rapid transit lines, city and suburban trolleys and the Norristown High Speed Line. He is presently overseeing procurements of new regional rail push-pull equipment (locomotives and multi-level coaches) and the vehicle aspects of SEPTA’s trolley modernization program.
David is a retired U.S. Navy Commander. During his 20-year career, he was the chief engineer of a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine and was a member of the commissioning crew of the U.S.S. Albuquerque (SSN 706). He has worked in the passenger rail industry for over two decades, focusing on new equipment acquisition and testing. He was the test director for commissioning the Acela Express trainsets in the last millennium, and, in this millennium, oversaw the writing of several PRIIA Section 305 Next Generation Equipment Committee vehicle specifications.
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Agenda
11:30 am - lunch & conversation
12:00 pm - presentation & discussion
1:00 pm - adjourn
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