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State Route 160 (Blue Diamond Road) Corridor Study State Route 160 (Blue Diamond Road) Corridor Study Final Report August 31, 2006 Booz Allen Hamilton with Civilwise Inc. Table of Contents RTC SR-160 Corridor Study TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................... 1-1 2.0 CURRENT CONDITIONS OF STUDY AREA ................................................... 2-1 2.1 Description of SR-160....................................................................................2-1 2.2 Geographic Boundaries ..................................................................................2-1 2.3 Communities Served......................................................................................2-1 2.4 Current Zoning and Community Plans ..............................................................2-3 2.4.1 Clark County ......................................................................................2-3 2.4.2 2004 Land Use Plan for Enterprise.........................................................2-3 2.5 Current Land Use ..........................................................................................2-4 2.5.1 Public Facilities Needs Assessment ........................................................2-5 2.6 Future Growth ..............................................................................................2-6 2.6.1 Transit-Supportive Land-Use Actions .....................................................2-7 2.6.2 Recent Growth Management Activities .................................................2-13 2.6.3 Potential for Future Growth ................................................................2-13 2.7 Study Area Demographics ............................................................................2-14 2.7.1 Population ........................................................................................2-15 2.7.2 Employment .....................................................................................2-16 2.8 Study Area Transportation System ................................................................2-17 2.8.1 Daily Volumes...................................................................................2-18 2.8.2 Congestion Index ..............................................................................2-19 2.8.3 Level of Service (LOS) .......................................................................2-19 2.9 Highways and Major Arterials........................................................................2-22 2.9.1 Major Highways ................................................................................2-24 2.9.2 Major Arterials ..................................................................................2-25 2.10 Transit Services ..........................................................................................2-27 2.10.1 Route Descriptions, Service Levels, and Ridership .................................2-27 3.0 OVERVIEW OF TRANSIT MODES ................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Conventional Bus Transit................................................................................3-1 3.1.1 Overview............................................................................................3-1 3.1.2 Vehicle Characteristics .........................................................................3-2 3.1.3 Infrastructure Elements .......................................................................3-4 3.1.4 Service Characteristics.........................................................................3-5 3.1.5 Costs .................................................................................................3-5 i Table of Contents RTC SR-160 Corridor Study 3.2 Bus Rapid Transit ..........................................................................................3-6 3.2.1 Overview............................................................................................3-6 3.2.2 Vehicle Characteristics .........................................................................3-7 3.2.3 Infrastructure Elements .......................................................................3-8 3.2.4 Service Characteristics.......................................................................3-10 3.2.5 Costs ...............................................................................................3-10 3.3 Light Rail Transit / Diesel Multiple Unit Transit ................................................3-12 3.3.1 Overview..........................................................................................3-12 3.3.2 Vehicle Characteristics .......................................................................3-13 3.3.3 Infrastructure Elements .....................................................................3-14 3.3.4 Service Characteristics.......................................................................3-15 3.3.5 Capital Costs ....................................................................................3-15 4.0 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY .................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Factors Guiding Transit Expansion ...................................................................4-1 4.2 Screening Methodology ..................................................................................4-3 5.0 ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT.................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Radial and Cross Town Alignments ..................................................................5-1 5.2 Physical Characteristics of Specific Alignments ..................................................5-2 5.2.1 Radial Alignments ...............................................................................5-3 5.2.2 Cross-Town Alignments........................................................................5-8 5.3 Modal Options.............................................................................................5-10 5.3.1 Light Rail/DMU..................................................................................5-11 5.3.2 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) .....................................................................5-12 5.3.3 Conventional Bus Transit....................................................................5-12 5.4 Alternative Refinement ................................................................................5-13 6.0 SR-160 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN .................................................. 6-1 6.1 Current conditions and SR-160 expansion project..............................................6-1 6.2 Future Highway Lane Configuration .................................................................6-3 6.3 Signaled Intersection Configuration .................................................................6-3 6.4 Optimizing movement of transit vehicles ..........................................................6-4 6.4.1 Queue-Jumping Intersections ...............................................................6-4 6.4.2 Left Turn Lanes...................................................................................6-6 6.4.3 Bus Signal Priority...............................................................................6-7 6.5 Congestion Management Strategies.................................................................6-8 6.5.1 Transportation System Management......................................................6-8 6.5.2 Future Roadway System Performance ....................................................6-8 ii Table of Contents RTC SR-160 Corridor Study 6.6 Representative Intersection Diagram ...............................................................6-9 6.7 Union Pacific Railroad Right-of-Way ...............................................................6-11 6.7.1 Overview..........................................................................................6-11 6.7.2 Analysis by Segment .........................................................................6-12 6.7.3 Conclusions ......................................................................................6-15 7.0 PROPOSED PARK AND RIDE FACILITIES ................................................... 7-1 7.1 Park & Ride Site and Design Criteria ................................................................7-1 7.1.1 Location .............................................................................................7-1 7.1.2 Configuration......................................................................................7-1 7.1.3 Other Factors......................................................................................7-2 7.2 Candidate Park & Ride Sites ...........................................................................7-2 7.3 Recommended Park & Ride Sites.....................................................................7-4 7.3.1 SR-160 east of S. Hualapai Way............................................................7-6 7.3.2 SR-160 west of S. Durango Drive ........................................................7-11 7.3.3 SR-160 between Rainbow and Torrey Pines ..........................................7-15 7.4 Land Acquisition Options ..............................................................................7-19 7.5 Bus Stops...................................................................................................7-20 7.5.1 SR-160 at S. Buffalo Drive .................................................................7-21 7.5.2 SR-160 at Arville Street .....................................................................7-21
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