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September MOVING 2016 FORWARD 2040 Sonoma County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan 490 Mendocino Ave. #206 | Santa Rosa, CA 95401 707.565.5373 | scta.ca.gov ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SCTA Board of Directors The SCTA Board has representatives from all ten local jurisdictions in Sonoma County. David Rabbitt, Sonoma County, Chair Carol Russell, City of Cloverdale, Vice Chair Mark Landman, City of Cotati Tom Chambers, City of Healdsburg Kathy Miller, City of Petaluma Jake Mackenzie, City of Rohnert Park Chris Coursey, City of Santa Rosa Sarah Glade Gurney, City of Sebastopol Laurie Gallian, City of Sonoma Susan Gorin, Sonoma County Shirlee Zane, Sonoma County Sam Salmon, Town of Windsor The SCTA would also like to thank the advisory committees that reviewed the Plan. COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — SEPTEMBER 2016 Table of Contents | i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................... 1 Overview ................................................................................................1 Working Together ..................................................................................... 2 Challenges ............................................................................................. 3 Performance ............................................................................................5 Vision ................................................................................................... 6 Implementing the Plan ............................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................1-1 Sonoma County Transportation Authority ...................................................... 1-1 Moving Forward 2040 .............................................................................. 1-4 Public Outreach ..................................................................................... 1-5 OUR COMMUNITY .........................................................................2-1 Sonoma County Today .............................................................................. 2-2 Existing Travel Characteristics ...................................................................2-10 Sonoma County in 2040, Forecasts ..............................................................2-14 Highway and Roadway System .................................................................... 3-1 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ........................................................3-1 Bicycle and Pedestrian System ...................................................................3-10 Bus Transit Services ...............................................................................3-16 Paratransit Service ................................................................................3-21 Other Mobility Services............................................................................3-22 Passenger Rail — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District ..................................3-23 Goods Movement ...................................................................................3-24 Air Transportation .................................................................................3-25 Commercial Flights ................................................................................3-25 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ...................................................3-26 Trends and Innovation in Transportation .......................................................3-27 TRANSPORTATION PLAN GOALS ............................................... 4-1 Goals .................................................................................................. 4-2 Table of Contents | ii COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — SEPTEMBER 2016 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS .....................................................5-1 Projects Overview ................................................................................... 5-1 EVALUATING PLAN PERFORMANCE .......................................... 6-1 Reaching Plan Goals — Creating a Transportation Vision for Sonoma County .............. 6-2 FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION .............................................7-1 Funding Overview .................................................................................. 7-1 Implementation ..................................................................................... 7-7 Reaching Plan Goals ................................................................................ 7-9 References ........................................................................................... R-1 Appendix 1. Public Outreach Report ..............................................................A-1 Appendix 2. Housing Growth Data 1967–2013 ...................................................A-5 Appendix 3. Median Home price ................................................................... A-7 Appendix 4. Development Place Types ...........................................................A-9 Appendix 5. Safety — Vital Signs .................................................................A-11 Appendix 6 Bikeway Types ....................................................................... A-12 Appendix 7. Park and Ride Lots in Sonoma County (2016) ................................... A-13 Appendix 8. SCTM Overview ..................................................................... A-15 Appendix 9. Detailed Performance Assesment results ....................................... A-20 Appendix 10a. Project Needs Report ............................................................ A-39 Appendix 10b. Identified Transit Needs ....................................................... A-45 Tables Table ES-1. Projects included in Moving Forward 2040 ......................................................................................6 Table 2-1. Sonoma County Population ............................................................................................................ 2-2 Table 2-2. Estimated costs of driving a car in 2009 and 2014 ......................................................................... 2-4 Table 2-3. Trip Purpose Chart 2010 ................................................................................................................ 2-11 Table 2-4. Travel to Work Mode Share in Sonoma County ........................................................................... 2-11 Table 2-5. Fee paid Registered Vehicles in Sonoma County ......................................................................... 2-12 Table 2-6. 2010 Sonoma County School Trips — Mode of Travel ................................................................. 2-14 Table 2-7. Sonoma County Mode Shares by Trip Purpose — 2010 and 2040 ............................................... 2-22 Table 3-1. Sonoma County Centerline Mileage of Public Roads, 2013 ........................................................... 3-2 Table 3-2. Total Miles of Existing Bicycle Facilities by Class ......................................................................... 3-13 Table 3-3. Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects — Large Capital/Countywide Significance .............................. 3-15 Table 3-4. Sonoma County Bus Transit Services in 2015 .............................................................................. 3-16 Table 3-5. Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport Top Business Routes, Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 ............ 3-26 Table 3-6. Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Improvement Needs .............................................. 3-26 Table 4-1. Regional mode shares for all trip purposes ................................................................................. 4-12 Table 5-1. Overview of Projects submitted by jurisdictions ........................................................................... 5-3 COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — SEPTEMBER 2016 Table of Contents | iii Table 6-1. 2040 Congestion Reduction for Selected Large CTP Projects ....................................................... 6-5 Table 7-1. SCTA Overall Workplan ................................................................................................................... 7-7 Figures Figure 2-1. SCTA Defined Communities of Concern ........................................................................................ 2-6 Figure 2-2. Historical Trend for Housing Growth — Sonoma County 1967–2013 .......................................... 2-8 Figure 2-3. Sonoma County Priority Development Areas, Rural Investment Areas and Employment Investment Areas ............................................................................................................................................ 2-10 Figure 2-4. Ingress/Egress Map ...................................................................................................................... 2-13 Figure 2-5. Sonoma County Growth Forecasts: 2010–2040, Population, Housing Units, Employment ..... 2-15 Figure 2-6. Sonoma County 2010–2040 Population Growth, Large Jurisdictions ....................................... 2-16 Figure 2-7. Sonoma County 2010–2040 Population Growth, Small Jurisdictions ...................................... 2-17 Figure 2-8. Sonoma County Aging Population, % of Total Population, 2010–2040 .................................... 2-17 Figure 2-9. Sonoma County Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2010–2040....................................................... 2-18 Figure 2-10. Sonoma County Percentage of Forecasted