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Support Material Agenda Item No Support Material Agenda Item No. 17 Board of Directors Meeting November 4, 2020 10:00 AM MEETING ACCESSIBLE VIA ZOOM AT: https://gosbcta.zoom.us/j/99354182777 Teleconference Dial: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 993 5418 2777 CONSENT CALENDAR Transit 17. Task 3: Innovative Transit Review of the Metro-Valley Receive and file Task 3: Innovative Transit Review of the Metro-Valley Report. Task 3: Innovative Transit Review Report is being provided as a separate attachment. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW TASK 3—INNOVATIVE TRANSIT ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS OCTOBER 1, 2020 This page intentionally left blank. CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW TASK 3—INNOVATIVE TRANSIT ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SUBMITTAL (VERSION 2.0) PROJECT NO.: 12771C70, TASK NO. 3 202012771C70, TASK NO. 3 2020 DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2020 WSP SUITE 350 862 E. HOSPITALITY LANE SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408 TEL.: +1 909 888-1106 FAX: +1 909 889-1884 WSP.COM This page intentionally left blank. October 1, 2020 Beatriz Valdez, Director of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives San Bernardino County Transportation Authority 1170 W. Third Street, 1st Floor San Bernardino, CA 92410 Dear Ms.Valdez: Client ref.: Contract No. C14086, CTO No. 70 Contract No. C14086, CTO No. 70 WSP is pleased to submit this Draft Task 3 Innovative Service Analysis and Concepts Report as part of the Consolidation Study and Innovative Transit Review. Upon receipt of comments from SBCTA and your partners, we will prepare and submit a final version of this report. Yours sincerely, Cliff Henke AVP/Project Leader, Global ZEB/BRT Coordinator XX/xx Encl. cc: WSP ref.: 12771C70, Task No. 3 202012771C70, Task No. 3 2020 Suite 350 862 E. Hospitality Lane San Bernardino, CA 92408 Tel.: +1 909 888-1106 Fax: +1 909 889-1884 wsp.com QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROVAL TECHNICAL BACKCHECK FOR FIRST ISSUE REVIEW QAQC REVIEW AND REVISION RELEASE Prepared by TR JH JH/TM CH Date 09/01/2020 09/02/2020 09/02/2020 09/02/2020 APPROVAL SECOND TECHNICAL BACKCHECK FOR ISSUE REVIEW QAQC REVIEW AND REVISION RELEASE Prepared by JH SH RM TR Date 10/01/2020 09/22/2020 09/22/2020 10/01/2020 SIGNATURES PREPARED BY Name, Designation Title REVIEWED BY Name, Designation Title [SAMPLE DISCLAIMER:] This report was prepared by WSP for the account of San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, in accordance with the professional services agreement. The disclosure of any information contained in this report is the sole responsibility of the intended recipient. The material in it reflects WSP's best judgement in light of the information available to it at the time of preparation. 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And remove these instructions in the final version of the document] CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW WSP Project No. 12771C70, Task No. 3 2020 OCTOBER 1, 2020 San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Page iii PR ODUCTION TEAM CLIENT Director of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives, SBCTA Beatriz Valdez Transit Manager, Transit and Rail Programs, SBCTA Nancy Strickert Director of Strategic Development, Omnitrans Jeremiah Bryant WSP Project Manager Cliff Henke Innovative Transit Review Lead Tim Reynolds Innovative Services Specialist Sahar Shirazi Transit Propensity and Origin-Destination Specialist Seth Torma Senior Planning Analyst Tim Rosenberger Data and Performance Analyst Tiyani Zhang Quality Assurance and Control John Heaton CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW WSP Project No. 12771C70, Task No. 3 2020 OCTOBER 1, 2020 San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Page v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................ 1 TABLE OF 1.1 Overview ......................................................................... 1 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 3 2.1 Innovative Transit Working Group ................................ 4 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN TRANSIT ................... 5 3.1 Background .................................................................... 5 3.2 Potential Innovations ..................................................... 6 3.2.1 State of The Industry ................................................................................................ 8 3.2.2 New Mobility Experience........................................................................................ 14 SERVICE ANALYSIS ............................................... 20 4.1 Background .................................................................. 20 4.2 Pre-Pandemic System Characteristics and Performance ................................................................. 21 4.3 Paratransit ..................................................................... 31 4.4 Revised System – September 2020 ............................. 32 4.5 Results .......................................................................... 35 5.2 Travel Market Analysis ................................................. 41 5.3 Key Potential Travel Markets ....................................... 42 SERVICE CONCEPTS ............................................. 67 6.1 Overview ....................................................................... 67 6.2 High Capacity/Frequent Service .................................. 68 6.2.1 Inter-Valley Limited Stop Network .........................................................................69 6.2.2 Expanded High-Frequency Local Network ...........................................................71 6.3 Mobility Hubs ................................................................ 71 6.4 Microtransit ................................................................... 74 6.4.1 OmniRide Home-to-Hub Microtransit ................................................................... 76 6.4.2 OmniRide Hub-to-Jobs Microtransit .....................................................................80 CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW WSP Project No. 12771C70, Task No. 3 2020 August 2020 San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Page vii 6.5 Downtown San Bernardino .......................................... 83 6.5.1 Is a Shuttle Practical? ............................................................................................ 84 6.5.2 Use of Existing Local Routes ................................................................................ 84 6.6 Innovative Mobility ........................................................ 85 6.6.1 Ride-hailing ............................................................................................................ 85 6.6.2 Vehicle Sharing ...................................................................................................... 85 6.7 Improved Interface with Commuter Rail ...................... 86 6.7.1 Metrolink ................................................................................................................. 86 6.7.2 Arrow Service ......................................................................................................... 86 6.8 Cost Estimates .............................................................. 87 6.9 Implementation Issues and Timing .............................. 87 WSP CONSOLIDATION STUDY AND INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW OCTOBER 1, 2020 Project No. 12771C70, Task No. 3 2020 Page viii San Bernardino County Transportation Authority TABLES TABLE 1: SBCTA INNOVATIVE TRANSIT REVIEW WORKING GROUP ................................................ 4 TABLE 2: SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL TRANSIT INNOVATIONS ....................................................... 6 TABLE 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF STANDARD FIXED ROUTE AND NEW MOBILITY SERVICES ........................................................... 15 TABLE 4: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF DIFFERENT NEW MOBILITY SERVICE OPERATING ALTERNATIVES ............................. 16 TABLE 5: PRE-PANDEMIC SYSTEM - HIGHEST AND LOWEST FREQUENCY ROUTES ....................... 22 TABLE 6: OMNITRANS SYSTEMWIDE RIDERSHIP TREND (2013-2018)............................................. 29 TABLE 7: WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE BY ROUTE (2013-2019) ....................... 30 TABLE 8: PRE-PANDEMIC MAJOR PARATRANSIT DESTINATIONS ................................................... 32 TABLE 9: SEPTEMBER 2020 SYSTEM
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