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Transit Feasibility Study COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WORKING SESSION JULY 15, 2019 REPORT #ENG-2019-22 TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY RECOMMENDATION That Report #ENG-2019-22 be received; And further that the presentation by John Hubble of HDR Corporation in support of the substantially complete Transit Feasibility Study Report provided as Attachment No. 1 to Report #ENG-2019-22 be received; And further that Route Option A2 being the preferred Transit Service Route Option as Attachment No. 1 to Report #ENG-2019-22 be endorsed; And further that Route Option C being the secondary alternative Transit Service Route Option as Attachment No. 1 to Report #ENG-2019-22 be endorsed; And further that staff be directed to advise the County of Simcoe of the endorsed route and to coordinate with the County of Simcoe the implementation of the proposed LINX transit route for connection between Alliston and Bradford GO Station as outlined in Attachment No. 1 to Report #ENG-2019-22; And further that staff be directed to bring forward a 2020 Capital Budget Sheet for Council's consideration to undertake the Transit Implementation Strategy Study. OBJECTIVE To provide Council with a Committee of the Whole Working Session to review the substantially complete Transit Feasibility Study report completed by HDR Corporation (HDR) dated July 2019. BACKGROUND On February 04, 2019, Report #ENG-2018-43 was approved by Council to retain HDR Corporation Ltd. to undertake the preparation of the Multi Modal Active Transportation Master Plan study. The preparation of the Transit Feasibility Study report was scope identified as part of the Multi Modal Active Transportation Master Plan study. On May 13, 2019, Council received-2019 -03.Report#CAO Council provided the following direction: Report #ENG-2019-22, July 15, 2019 "when the Transportation Master Plan is completed a Committee of the Whole Working Session be held". It is Staff's understanding that the Committee of the Whole Working Session was being requested to review the Transit Feasibility Study. In keeping with this direction, the substantially complete Transit Feasibility Study is being presented at this Committee of the Whole Working Session. COMMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS The Transit Feasibility Study assesses feasibility of implementing transit service to the residents of the Town of New Tecumseth and provides various level of service options. Three Transit Service types and multiple Transit Service Route Options (including sub options) have been included in the substantially complete report as feasible alternatives for implementing transit service in the Town. John Hubble from HDR is in attendance to provide a presentation to the Committee of the Whole on the analysis that has been completed to date as part of the Transit Feasibility Study. Based on the findings and recommendations of this study, Staff would support Council in endorsing Route Option A2 as the preferred alternative and Route Option C as the secondary alternative and further direct staff to investigate these routes in more detail by undertaking a Transit Implementation Strategy Study that would provide additional information on routing, scheduling, fare recommendations, detailed cost estimates for infrastructure requirements and review of Alternative Accessible transportation. The endorsed route option and the associated costing will get reviewed again through the Transit Implementation Strategy Study and will be updated based on the findings on that study and also through coordination with the County of Simcoe. Staff should also be directed to coordinate with the County of Simcoe on the routing of the proposed LINX transit route between Alliston and Bradford GO Station to ensure that it would incorporate into the Town's endorsed Route Option A2. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS There are no financial considerations to be included as part of receiving this report. However, financial obligations will be included for undertaking a Transit Implementation Strategy Study to further review and investigate the endorsed Route Option's which would ultimately assist the Town in implementing a transit system. This would be addressed through the 2020 Budget process. Respectfully submitted: Page 2 of 58 Report #ENG-2019-22, July 15, 2019 _________________________________ Kamran Khurshid, EIT Engineering Coordinator Attachments: □ 2019-07-10_MMATMP-TFS-v5-DRAFT#4 Approved By: Department: Status: Rick Vatri, C.E.T., Director of Engineering Approved - 11 Jul 2019 Engineering and Development Blaine Parkin, P. Eng., CAO CAO Approved - 11 Jul 2019 Page 3 of 58 Transit Feasibility Study Town of New Tecumseth July 2019 Page 4 of 58 Transit Feasibility Study Town of New Tecumseth Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Context ................................................................................................................................................ 1 2.1 Planning Context ....................................................................................................................... 1 2.2 Existing Conditions .................................................................................................................... 2 2.2.1 Regional Context .......................................................................................................... 2 2.2.2 Town of New Tecumseth ............................................................................................. 3 2.2.3 Existing Transit Service and Regional Connections .................................................... 7 2.3 Future Considerations ............................................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Population Growth ........................................................................................................ 8 2.3.2 Currently Planned Improvements ................................................................................. 9 3 Travel Demand Context .................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 TTS Data ................................................................................................................................. 12 3.1.1 Travel Patterns ........................................................................................................... 12 3.1.2 Mode Share ................................................................................................................ 15 3.2 Public Feedback ...................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 Online Survey ............................................................................................................. 16 3.2.2 Community Pop-up Kiosks ......................................................................................... 19 3.3 Future Travel Demand ............................................................................................................ 21 3.4 Potential Market Share ............................................................................................................ 22 3.5 Summary of Travel Demand Context ...................................................................................... 23 4 Transit Goals and Vision ................................................................................................................... 24 4.1 Strategic Goals ........................................................................................................................ 24 4.2 Best Practices ......................................................................................................................... 24 4.3 Goals and Vision for Transit in New Tecumseth ..................................................................... 25 4.4 Accessible Services ................................................................................................................ 26 5 Transit Service Alternatives ............................................................................................................... 26 5.1 Transit Service Types .............................................................................................................. 26 5.2 County Transit Service Route Options .................................................................................... 27 5.3 Option A................................................................................................................................... 27 5.3.1 Option A1: On-demand .............................................................................................. 28 5.3.2 Option A2: Fixed Route .............................................................................................. 30 5.4 Option B................................................................................................................................... 32 5.4.1 Option B1: On-demand .............................................................................................. 32 5.4.2 Option B2: Fixed Route .............................................................................................. 34 5.5 Option C: Demand Responsive / Rideshare ........................................................................... 36 6 Costing Methodology and Assumptions ............................................................................................ 37 6.1 Transit System
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