Report Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction
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Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study Existing and Future Conditions May 2020 (rev Aug 2020) Prepared for: Lake County Division of Transportation Prepared by: AECOM 303 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60601 aecom.com In association with: Metro Strategies, Inc. Joseph P. Schwieterman Analytics, Inc. Copyright © 2020 by AECOM All rights reserved. No part of this copyrighted work may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of AECOM. AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study 2 Table of contents 1 SOV Reduction Study Background ...............................................................6 1.1 Existing and Future Conditions Task Overview ...................................................................... 7 2 Review Relevant Plans and Studies ..............................................................8 3 Socio-Economic Analysis ............................................................................11 4 Travel Characteristics ...................................................................................13 4.1 Travel by Mode ........................................................................................................................ 13 4.2 Vehicle Miles Traveled ............................................................................................................ 14 4.3 Vehicle Availability .................................................................................................................. 15 4.4 Travel Flow Analysis ............................................................................................................... 16 4.4.1 Previous Travel Flow Analysis ...................................................................................... 16 4.4.2 Origin-Destination Data Sources ................................................................................... 17 4.4.3 StreetLight Total Flows ................................................................................................. 19 4.4.4 Commuter Flows (StreetLight, Census LODES, CTPP) ................................................. 28 4.4.5 Mode share .................................................................................................................. 33 5 Transportation Services and Facilities .......................................................34 5.1 Roadways ................................................................................................................................ 34 5.1.1 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 34 5.1.2 Congestion ................................................................................................................... 36 5.1.3 Planned and Programmed Roadway Improvements ...................................................... 38 5.2 Metra ........................................................................................................................................ 39 5.2.1 Metra Service, Infrastructure, and Demand ................................................................... 39 5.2.2 Metra Improvement Projects and Initiatives ................................................................... 49 5.2.3 Metra Station Area Development .................................................................................. 50 5.3 Pace ......................................................................................................................................... 52 5.3.1 Fixed-Route Service ..................................................................................................... 52 5.3.2 Paratransit Service ....................................................................................................... 60 5.3.3 Pace Vanpool Programs ............................................................................................... 64 5.3.4 Pace RideShare Program ............................................................................................. 65 5.3.5 Pace Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 65 5.4 Non-Motorized ......................................................................................................................... 66 5.5 Other Transportation .............................................................................................................. 68 AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study 3 Figures Figure 1-1. Lake County and Region........................................................................................................ 6 Figure 3-1. Population (2015) ................................................................................................................ 11 Figure 3-2. Population Change (2015-2050) .......................................................................................... 11 Figure 3-3. Employment (2015) ............................................................................................................. 12 Figure 3-4. Employment Change (2015-2050) ....................................................................................... 12 Figure 4-1. Annual Lake County Vehicles Miles (1996-2018) ................................................................ 14 Figure 4-2. Relative VMT from Year 2000 .............................................................................................. 14 Figure 4-3. VMT per Person, for 2000, 2010, 2018................................................................................ 14 Figure 4-4. Number of Vehicles Available by Household by County (2013-2017) .................................... 15 Figure 4-5. Top Trip Origins and Destinations in 2012 Market Analysis .................................................. 16 Figure 4-6. Macro Zones........................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 4-7. Lake County Average Daily Trip Volumes (StreetLight Q2, 2016-2019) ................................ 20 Figure 4-8. Lake County Average Daily Trip Volumes (StreetLight by Quarter, 2016-2019) .................... 20 Figure 4-9. Lake County Weekday and Weekend Travel Metrics (StreetLight) ........................................ 21 Figure 4-10. Lake County Trip Purpose by Day/Time (StreetLight) ......................................................... 22 Figure 4-11. Lake County Short-Distance Trip Origins (StreetLight)....................................................... 22 Figure 4-12. Average Daily Trips by Origin and Destination Macro Zones (StreetLight) .......................... 23 Figure 4-13. Intra-Zone and Inter-Zone Trip Metrics and O-D Pair Trip Volumes (StreetLight) ................ 24 Figure 4-14. Top 100 Inter-Zone Flows (StreetLight) .............................................................................. 25 1 Figure 4-15. Flows from Lake County to Chicago (StreetLight) .............................................................. 27 Figure 4-16. Top 200 Inter-Zone Flows (StreetLight) .............................................................................. 28 Figure 4-17. Intra-Zone Commute Trips (CTPP) ..................................................................................... 29 Figure 4-18. Inter-Zone Commuter Trips (CTPP) ................................................................................... 30 Figure 4-19. Selected Total and Commute Flows (StreetLight and CTPP) .............................................. 31 Figure 4-20. Selected Markets, Intra-Zone and Inter-Zone Flows (CTPP and StreetLight) ...................... 32 Figure 4-21. Top 100 Inter-Zone Commute Flows by Mode (CTPP) ....................................................... 33 Figure 5-1. Functional Classification of Lake County Roadways ............................................................. 35 Figure 5-2. Annual Average Daily Traffic ................................................................................................ 36 Figure 5-3. Congestion (2015) ............................................................................................................... 37 Figure 5-4. Congestion (2050) ............................................................................................................... 37 Figure 5-5. Lake County Metra Service .................................................................................................. 40 1 Figure 5-6. Total Lake County Metra Stations Weekday Boardings ....................................................... 42 Figure 5-7. Lake County Metra Station AM Boardings (2018) ................................................................. 44 Figure 5-8. Lake County Metra Station AM Alightings (2018).................................................................. 45 Figure 5-9: Sidewalk Coverage and Opportunity .................................................................................... 52 Figure 5-10. Pace Fixed Route Services ................................................................................................ 56 Figure 5-11: Lake County Pace Bus Average Weekday Ridership Trends by Service Category .............. 58 Figure 5-12: Pace Average Weekday Ridership by Route (two-year rolling average) .............................. 59 Figure 5-13. Pace Ridership .................................................................................................................