Connect Spokane a Comprehensive Plan for Public Transportation
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Connect Spokane A Comprehensive Plan For Public Transportation Adopted 2010 Revised 2015 Board of Directors Adoption Dates Action Date Outcome Public Hearing June 16, 2010 Board received public comment. Board Adoption July 21, 2010 Board adopted the plan (Resolution No. 665-10). Public Hearing/Board September 15, Board received public comment and Adoption 2010 adopted revisions to the plan (Resolu- tion No. 669-10) to include policy SI- 3.6 Pedestrian Infrastructure. Public Hearing December 15, 2011 Board received public comment. Board Adoption January 13, 2012 Board adopted the amendments to the Monitoring and Improvement and Sus- tainability elements of the plan. Public Hearing November 21, 2013 Board received public comment. Public Hearing/Board December 19, 2013 Board received public comment regard- Adoption ing amendments to the Title VI policies and adopted the revisions to the plan (Resolution No. 711-13). Public Hearing April 17, 2014 Board received public comment regard- ing amendments to Fixed Route Policy 2.2. Board Adoption May 22, 2014 Board adopted the plan (Resolution No. 717-14). Public Hearing May, 21, 2015 No public comment was offered to the Board at the hearing on proposed amendments. Board Adoption June 18, 2015 Board adopted the plan (Resolution No. 732-15). About the Cover The photos shown on the cover display a representation of transit access within the Spokane Region. Using data from the transit system as it existed in the fall of 2010, we assigned an accessibility value to every point in the region based upon the number of bus trips that are within walking distance in a day and classified those values to a range of visible light. Alternative Formats Spokane Transit assures nondiscrimination in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For more information, visit www.spokanetransit.com. 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Table of Contents Part I: Introduction .......................................................... 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................3 Goal of the Comprehensive Plan .....................................................................3 Elements of the Comprehensive Plan ..............................................................4 How to Read the Comprehensive Plan .............................................................5 Washington State Comprehensive Transit Planning Requirements .......................5 History of Transit in the Spokane Region ..................................................7 Regional Context ..........................................................................................9 Introduction ................................................................................................9 Population ...................................................................................................9 Land Use .................................................................................................. 10 Economy................................................................................................... 11 Travel ....................................................................................................... 12 Environment ............................................................................................. 13 Energy ..................................................................................................... 13 Part II: Services ................................................................17 High Performance Transit Network ..........................................................19 High Performance Transit Principles .............................................................. 19 High Performance Transit Policies ................................................................. 21 High Performance Transit Connect Strategies ................................................. 25 Fixed-Route Service ....................................................................................29 Fixed-Route Service Design Principles ........................................................... 31 Fixed-Route Service Design Policies .............................................................. 36 Fixed-Route Connect Strategies ................................................................... 43 Paratransit ...................................................................................................45 Paratransit Goal ......................................................................................... 45 Paratransit Principles .................................................................................. 45 Paratransit Policies ..................................................................................... 46 Paratransit Connect Strategies ..................................................................... 48 Rideshare .....................................................................................................49 Rideshare Goal .......................................................................................... 49 Rideshare Principles .................................................................................. 49 Rideshare Policies ...................................................................................... 50 Rideshare Connect Strategies ...................................................................... 51 System Integration .....................................................................................53 Part III: Activities and Programs ...............................55 System Infrastructure ................................................................................57 System Infrastructure Goal ......................................................................... 57 System Infrastructure Principles ................................................................... 57 System Infrastructure Policies ...................................................................... 58 System Infrastructure Connect Strategies ..................................................... 63 Communications and Public Input ............................................................65 Communications and Public Input Goal ......................................................... 66 Communications and Public Input Principles ................................................... 66 Communications and Public Input Policies ...................................................... 67 Communications and Public Input Connect Strategies ..................................... 71 Revenues and Fares .....................................................................................73 Revenues and Fares Goal ............................................................................ 73 Revenues and Fares Principles ..................................................................... 73 Revenues and Fares Policies ........................................................................ 75 Revenues and Fares Connect Strategies ........................................................ 77 Monitoring and Improvement ..................................................................79 Monitoring and Improvement Goal ............................................................... 79 Monitoring and Improvement Principles ......................................................... 79 Monitoring and Improvement Policies ............................................................ 80 Regional Transportation and Land Use Coordination ............................83 Regional Transportation and Land Use Coordination Goal ................................. 83 Regional Transportation and Land Use Coordination Principles .......................... 83 Regional Transportation and Land Use Coordination Policies ............................. 85 Sustainability ...............................................................................................89 Sustainability Principles .............................................................................. 89 Sustainability Policies ................................................................................. 90 Sustainability Connect Strategies ................................................................. 95 Annex 1 ...............................................................................97 Fixed-Route Performance Standards ............................................................. 97 Annex 2 ............................................................................ 101 System-Wide Title VI Policies ..................................................................... 101 Major Service Change Policies .................................................................... 101 Disparate Impact Policy (minority) ............................................................. 101 Disproportionate Burden Policy .................................................................. 101 System-wide Transit Amenities Service Policy............................................... 102 Vehicle Assignment Service Policy .............................................................. 102 Fare Change Policy ................................................................................... 102 Minority Disparate Impact Policy (applies to all fare changes) ......................... 102 Low-Income Disproportionate Impact Policy (applies