Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Fiscal Years 2014-2021
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN FISCAL YEARS 2014-2021 Prepared by: Sacramento Area Council of Governments Prepared For: Yolo County Transportation District THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page ii YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN FISCAL YEARS 2015-2021 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Prepared by: Sacramento Area Yolo County Transportation District Council of Governments TERRY BASSETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1415 L Street, Suite PAUL NGUYEN, ASSISTANT TRANSPORTATION PLANNER 300 Sacramento, CA JANICE PHILLIPS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 95814 Tel: 916.321.9000 ERIC REITZ, ASSOCIATE TRANSPORTATION PLANNER Fax: 916.321.9551 www.sacog.org KWAI REITZ, FINANCE OFFICER KATHY SOUZA, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Prepared for: Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Yolo County Transportation GARY TAYLOR, SENIOR PLANNER District 350 Industrial Way VICTORIA CACCIATORE, PLANNER I Woodland, CA 95776 SHARON SPROWLS, SENIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST LAURA BELL, ASSISTANT RESEARCH ANALYST RENÉE DEVERE-OKI, SENIOR PLANNER TINA GLOVER, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH ANALYST GAYLE GREENE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III CLINT HOLTZEN, ASSISTANT PLANNER AMY MARTIN, TRANSPORTATION INTERN CHRISTINE O’ROURKE, ASSISTANT PLANNER SCOTT OVERTON, ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK III THIS SRTP WAS COMPLETED AS PROJECT #13-003-17 OF THE SACOG OVERALL WORK PROGRAM (OWP) WITH GENEROUS FUNDING PROVIDED BY CALTRANS THROUGH THE STATEWIDE OR URBAN TRANSIT PLANNING STUDIES PROGRAM. Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Chapter 1—Introduction 9 Chapter 2—Planning Context 12 Chapter 3—Fixed Route Service Overview 15 Chapter 4— Goals, Performance Standards, and Staffing 22 Chapter 5—Fixed Route Service Analysis 39 Chapter 6—Demand Response Service Analysis 44 Chapter 7—Marketing 47 Chapter 8—Fleet and Facilities Plan 55 Chapter 9— Financial Plan 63 Appendix A—Title 70 Appendix B—Title 72 Appendix C—Title 75 Appendix D—Title 82 Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page iv LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 2.1 TITLE 17 FIGURE 2.2 TITLE 20 FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page v FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # FIGURE #.# TITLE # LIST OF TABLES TABLE 2.1 TITLE 17 TABLE 2.2 TITLE 20 TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page vi TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # TABLE #.# TITLE # Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page vii THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page viii Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page 0 CHAPTER 1—INTRODUCTION Yolo County Transportation District (YCTD) administers Yolobus, which serves as the primary transit provider for the unincorporated areas of Yolo County, and the cities of West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland. YCTD provides supplementary transit service to the City of Davis, where Unitrans is the primary transit provider, and to downtown Sacramento, where Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) is the primary provider. YCTD also administers Yolobus Special, which provides complementary paratransit service to ADA-qualified individuals in Yolo County. Brief History In August 1989, the Yolo County Transit Authority (YCTA) was formed through a Joint Powers Agreement among the cities of Davis, West Sacramento, Woodland, Winters, and the County of Yolo. In 1997, the Yolo County Transportation District (YCTD) replaced the YCTA. Current duties of the District include: • Overseeing public transit services in Yolo County (Yolobus fixed route and Yolobus Special); • Acting as the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) for Yolo County; • Acting as the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for Yolo County; • Serving as the agency responsible for countywide coordination of transportation system planning, programming, and prioritization of significant projects; • Developing and announcing plans for funding transportation projects within the District; and • Serving as the coordinating agency for all state and federal funding applications, where appropriate. The seven-member YCTD Board consists of one member from each of the cities of Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland, as well as a member from the County of Yolo. In addition, UC Davis and Caltrans each have ex-officio Board membership. Each city, the County, and the ex-officio members have designated alternates. YCTD’s board meets at 7:00 pm on the second Monday of each month. Short Range Transit Plan Objectives and Focus Areas A short range transit plan (SRTP) is a five- to seven-year planning document that provides policy and financial direction to guide future transit planning, service operation, capital investment, and policy decisions. This SRTP is an update to YCTD’s previous SRTP adopted in 2006 for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2007-2013. This SRTP update covers FYs 2014-2021 and Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page 1 provides direction for implementing service, operational, administrative, and capital recommendations within anticipated funding levels to help meet YCTD’s standards, goals, and objectives at the local and regional levels. YCTD is the primary provider of transit service in West Sacramento and the secondary provider in Davis. Both cities are identified as Transit Priority Areas in the SACOG Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (MTP/SCS) for 2035, which calls for a significant increase in transit service and ridership to help reduce vehicles miles traveled (VMT) and meet regional greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. FOCUS AREAS This SRTP includes areas of interest for YCTD, including: • On-time performance, transfer point connectivity, and overcrowding on high ridership routes • Options to address increased student ridership on Yolobus routes, e.g., UC Davis students riding Woodland/Davis routes, and schoolchildren riding local bus routes in Woodland in the absence of school bus service. • Agreements with Sacramento Regional Transit, area colleges, and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. • Funding sources available to address substantial capital needs such as bus and shelter replacements • Bus routing through downtown Sacramento in light of the proposed West Sacramento- Sacramento streetcar line • Increase in demand from new developments such as Spring Lake in Woodland. • Transferring seniors from Yolobus Special to fixed route services or other means to address increasing demand for dial-a-ride service. • Implementation and ongoing costs of the new Connect Card electronic fare payment system. Plan Organization This SRTP is broken down into eight additional chapters, which are described below. CHAPTER 2—PLANNING CONTEXT: provides a detailed overview of the study area, including the geographic location, community characteristics, demographic characteristics, and transportation access. Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page 2 CHAPTER 3—FIXED ROUTE OVERVIEW: Provides information about current fixed route transit services in the YCTD service area, including types of services offered, hours and days of operation and service characteristics. CHAPTER 4—GOALS, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND STAFFING/ADMINISTRATION: Discusses the goals, objectives, and policies used to evaluate Yolo County Transportation District’s transit service, system performance and productivity statistics, and YCTD staffing and administration. CHAPTER 6— DEMAND RESPONSE ANALYSIS: Provides information about current demand response transit services in the YCTD service area, including types of services offered, hours and days of operation, ridership and service characteristics, historical performance and standards, and recommendations for service revisions to reduce costs. CHAPTER 7—MARKETING: Provides an overview of current marketing efforts and recommendations for improving current and creating future marketing campaigns. CHAPTER 8—FLEET AND FACILITIES PLAN: Inventories the current fleet and facilities, provides a fleet replacement schedule, and makes recommendations for future facilities improvements. CHAPTER 9—FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: Explains the myriad sources of transit funding, explains assumptions and makes projections for future operating and capital revenues and expenses Yolo County Transportation District Short Range Transit Plan Page 3 CHAPTER 2—PLANNING CONTEXT This chapter provides an overview of YCTD’s service area, including projected population growth, demographic characteristics and planned and proposed housing and retail developments that