West Contra Costa County Express Bus Implementation Plan

WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY EXPRESS BUS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ® ® PREPARED BY DRAFT PLAN JANUARY | 2020 WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ® EXPRESS BUS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ® Acknowledgements WCCTAC Board of Directors Technical Advisory Committee Member Agency Director Ryan Lau, AC Transit City of Hercules Chris Kelley, Chair Beth Thomas, City of Berkeley City of Pinole Roy Swearingen, Vice Chair Dianne Yee, City of Berkeley City of Richmond Tom Butt City of Richmond Ben Choi Allan Panganiban, City of San Pablo City of Richmond Demnlus Johnson III Colin Piethe, Contra Costa County City of San Pablo Rita Xavier City of El Cerrito Janet Abelson Peter Engel, Contra Costa Transportation Authority AC Transit H. E. Christian Peeples Hisham Noeimi, Contra Costa Transportation Authority BART Lateefa Simon Diana Keena, City of Emeryville WestCAT Maureen Powers Contra Costa County John Gioia Hank Phan, City of Oakland WCCTAC Staff Mike Roberts, City of Hercules John Nemeth, Executive Director David Hanham, City of Pinole Leah Greenblat, Project Manager Lori Reese-Brown, City of Richmond Denee Evans, City of Richmond Project Management Team Nathan Landau, AC Transit Consultant Team Linda Morris, AC Transit Kimley-Horn Wingate Lew, Caltrans Connectics Transportation Group Charlie Anderson, WestCAT Placeworks Rob Thompson, WestCAT Transportation Analytics WCCTAC Draft Final Plan | January 2020 i WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ® EXPRESS BUS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ® Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................................IV 6.8 Summary of Costs .......................................................................................................................51 6.9 Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements ..........................................................................................52 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Project Purpose .............................................................................................................................1 7. FINANCIAL PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 53 1.2 Project Process..............................................................................................................................1 7.1 Funding Sources .........................................................................................................................53 1.3 A Guide to this Document ..............................................................................................................1 7.2 Financial Model ...........................................................................................................................53 2. BACKGROUND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................... 2 8. MARKETING AND BRANDING ................................................................................................................ 55 2.1 Prior Studies ..................................................................................................................................2 8.1 Marketing and Branding Goals .....................................................................................................55 2.2 Existing Transit Services ................................................................................................................3 8.2 Messaging ...................................................................................................................................55 2.3 Employment and Housing Markets ................................................................................................4 9. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ............................................................................................................... 56 3. OUTREACH SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 5 10. NEXT STEPS ........................................................................................................................................ 57 3.1 Outreach Round 1 .........................................................................................................................5 10.1 Project Timeline .........................................................................................................................57 3.2 Outreach Round 2 .........................................................................................................................6 10.2 Project Advancement/Policy Development ..................................................................................57 3.3 Outreach Round 3 .........................................................................................................................6 10.3 Funding Sources .......................................................................................................................57 4. PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS .................................................................................................. 7 10.4 Advancement of Capital Projects ................................................................................................57 4.1 Expanding Transit to Underserved Markets ....................................................................................7 10.5 Preparation for Route Implementation ........................................................................................59 4.2 Improving Transit Options ..............................................................................................................7 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................. 60 4.3 Passenger Comfort ........................................................................................................................7 4.4 Prioritizing Person Throughput .......................................................................................................7 4.5 Improving Transit Access ...............................................................................................................7 4.6 Enhancing Existing Amenities and Facilities ...................................................................................8 4.7 Existing Operator Constraints ........................................................................................................8 4.8 Lower Transportation Emissions ....................................................................................................8 4.9 West County Residential Density ....................................................................................................8 5. PROPOSED ROUTES ................................................................................................................................ 9 5.1 Route Network...............................................................................................................................9 5.2 Operational Parameters ...............................................................................................................10 5.3 Route Prioritization ......................................................................................................................10 5.4 Route Profiles ..............................................................................................................................14 6. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 25 6.1 Bus Stop Amenities .....................................................................................................................26 6.2 Transit Signal Priority ...................................................................................................................30 6.3 Freeway Access Improvements ....................................................................................................34 6.5 Transit Centers and Mobility Hubs ................................................................................................41 6.6 Bus Fleet Acquisition ...................................................................................................................49 6.7 Operator Maintenance Facility Improvements ..............................................................................51 WCCTAC Draft Final Plan | January 2020 ii WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ® EXPRESS BUS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ® List of Figures List of Tables FIGURE 2-1 - EXISTING WEST COUNTY EXPRESS TRANSIT SERVICE ........................................................ 3 TABLE 2-1 - EXISTING WEST COUNTY COMMUTER TRANSIT SERVICES ................................................... 4 FIGURE 3-1 - RICHMOND POST PRINT ARTICLE ......................................................................................... 5 TABLE 5-1 - ANNUAL O&M COST ESTIMATES BY ROUTE ......................................................................... 10 FIGURE 3-3 - TRANSIT CHARACTERISTIC PREFERENCES - WEIGHTED AVERAGE RANK .......................... 5 TABLE 5-2 - PROPOSED CASH FARES BY ROUTE ...................................................................................

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