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Dublin Mobility Plan | Draft Implementation Plan City of Dublin, Ohio Dublin Mobility Plan Phase II Final Report City of Dublin, Ohio June 2018 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | i DUBLIN MOBILITY STUDY | PHASE II REPORT CITY OF DUBLIN, OH Table of Contents Page 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 2 Complete Streets...................................................................................................... 2 Why Enact a Complete Streets Policy? ..................................................................................................2 MORPC Complete Streets Toolkit............................................................................................................3 Going Above and Beyond MORPC’s Toolkit.........................................................................................5 Implementation & Next Steps ..................................................................................................................8 3 Shuttles and Circulators ............................................................................................ 9 Concept Overview......................................................................................................................................9 Support for a Dublin Circulator ............................................................................................................ 10 Conventional Circulator Case Studies.................................................................................................. 11 Emerging Models and Opportunities ................................................................................................... 19 Conceptual Recommendations............................................................................................................... 28 A Dublin Circulator Operations Plan.................................................................................................... 31 Implementation & Next Steps ............................................................................................................... 36 4 Bike Share ............................................................................................................ 37 Conventional Dock-Based Bike Share.................................................................................................. 37 Dockless Bike Share................................................................................................................................. 40 Comparison ............................................................................................................................................... 41 Implementation Steps .............................................................................................................................. 43 5 Wayfinding ........................................................................................................... 44 6 Mobility Hubs ....................................................................................................... 45 Hub Elements Overview.......................................................................................................................... 46 Mobility Hub Typology........................................................................................................................... 48 Design Concepts ....................................................................................................................................... 50 Table of Figures Page Figure 1 Philadelphia Complete Streets Checklist...............................................................................7 Figure 2 Grand Rapids DASH & Silver Line ...................................................................................... 11 Figure 3 DASH Operating, Performance, and Funding Characteristics ....................................... 12 Figure 4 The Hop Route ......................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 5 Hop Operating, Performance, and Funding Characteristics .......................................... 14 Figure 6 Port Town Trolley Route......................................................................................................... 15 Figure 7 Port Town Trolley Operating, Performance, and Funding Characteristics .................. 16 Figure 8 New Albany SmartRide Shuttles .......................................................................................... 16 Figure 9 SmartRide Operating, Performance, and Funding Characteristics ............................... 17 Figure 10 GREAT Route Map.................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 11 GREAT Operating, Performance, and Funding Characteristics ..................................... 19 Figure 12 Pickup by Capital Metro (Austin, TX) .................................................................................. 21 Figure 13 RideScout Route (Austin, TX) ................................................................................................. 22 Figure 14 The Downtowner (Manhattan Beach, CA) .......................................................................... 23 Figure 15 Free Ride Everywhere Downtown (FRED), San Diego, CA.............................................. 24 Figure 16 SC Rides Service Area and Signage (San Clemente, CA) ............................................. 25 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | i DUBLIN MOBILITY STUDY | PHASE II REPORT CITY OF DUBLIN, OH Figure 17 SC Rides Fare Breakdown .................................................................................................... 26 Figure 18 GoDublin (Dublin, CA)............................................................................................................ 26 Figure 19 Parkmerced Car-Free Living Website................................................................................ 27 Figure 20 Workforce Shuttle Route Concept ....................................................................................... 28 Figure 21 COTA Bus Service in or Near Dublin .................................................................................. 29 Figure 22 Federal, State, Regional, & Private Funding Resources.................................................. 30 Figure 23 Pilot Goals and Success Metrics........................................................................................... 32 Figure 24 Evaluation Methodology ....................................................................................................... 32 Figure 25 Proposed Service Area.......................................................................................................... 34 Figure 26 Headways/Response Times .................................................................................................. 35 Figure 27 Supply Versus Ridership ........................................................................................................ 37 Figure 28 Advantages and Challenges of the Dock-Based Systems .............................................. 38 Figure 29 CoGo Bike Share in Columbus ............................................................................................. 39 Figure 30 Zagster Bike Share at OSU .................................................................................................. 39 Figure 31 Advantages and Challenges of Dockless Bike Share Systems ...................................... 40 Figure 32 Docked and Dockless Bike Share System Comparison.................................................... 41 Figure 33 Customers Using Information Kiosk in Bremen, Germany ............................................... 45 Figure 34 Mobility Hubs Can Be as Simple or as Complex as they Need to Be ......................... 46 Figure 35 Mobility Hub Elements Overview......................................................................................... 47 Figure 36 Bridge Park Mobility Hub Concept ..................................................................................... 50 Figure 37 Campus - Community Center Mobility Hub ....................................................................... 51 Figure 38 Neighborhood Center Mobility Hub ................................................................................... 51 Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | ii DUBLIN MOBILITY STUDY | PHASE II REPORT CITY OF DUBLIN, OH INTRODUCTION The Dublin Mo bility Plan is the second phase of planning for transportation network improvements in the City of Dublin, Ohio. The Plan stems from a successful phase one effort to develop a shared transportation vision that is guiding policy, design, and implementation strategies for multimodal mobility improvements throughout Dublin. During that process, the community convened around what the City identified as a need for enhanced multimodal transportation options in order to support their v ision of being a “Vibrant, Innovative, and Engaged Community.” The transportation vision addresses changing patterns of land use development and mobility, while also responding to specific stakeholder goals, policy updates, and actionable strategies for development standards and infrastructure facilities. The key objectives are outlined below: . Support economic development Keep Dublin competitive as live, work, play preferences evolve