I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study
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I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study Final | March 20th, 2014 I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study Table of Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................................iv Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................... 1 Purpose of the Study ........................................................... 1 Study Team Organization .................................................... 1 Study Area ........................................................................... 2 Existing Transit Service ....................................................... 2 K-10 Connector .................................................................... 8 Long-Range Plans ............................................................... 9 Chapter 2 Market Potential .......................................................... 11 Corridor Characteristics Population .................................... 11 Major Employers ................................................................ 12 Commuter Travel Patterns ................................................. 16 Travel Patterns on the Kansas Turnpike ............................ 21 Summary of Commute Travel ............................................ 21 Non-work Attractions .......................................................... 22 Potential Transit Ridership ................................................. 24 Chapter 3 Service Concepts ........................................................ 28 Introduction ........................................................................ 28 Range of Transit Options ................................................... 28 Range of Concepts ............................................................ 29 Initial Concept Evaluation................................................... 35 Chapter 4 Operations Strategy .................................................... 37 Introduction ........................................................................ 37 Evaluation of Route Segments ........................................... 37 Operating Plan ................................................................... 39 Facilities ............................................................................. 40 Capital Costs ..................................................................... 41 Marketing ........................................................................... 43 Chapter 5 Funding Analysis ........................................................ 46 Introduction ........................................................................ 46 Funding Sources ................................................................ 46 Project Phasing Strategies ................................................. 54 i I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study Transit Service Impacts ..................................................... 54 Recommendation ............................................................... 56 Appendix ......................................................................................... A-1 Operations Cost Methodology ..................................................... A-2 Operating Cost Recovery Methodology ....................................... A-3 Tables Table 1 State Employee Vanpools ..................................................... 7 Table 2 Current KCATA AdVANtage Service in the I-70 Corridor ....... 8 Table 3 K-10 Connector Route Average Daily Ridership .................... 9 Table 4 Population of Cities in I-70 Corridor ..................................... 11 Table 5 Employment of Cities in I-70 Corridor .................................. 12 Table 6 Major Employers in Topeka ................................................. 13 Table 7 Major Employers in Lawrence ............................................. 14 Table 8 Major Employers in Kansas City, Kansas ............................ 15 Table 9 Work Trip Movements ......................................................... 16 Table 10 Daily Two-Axle Vehicle Movement between KTA Toll Stations ............................................................................................ 21 Table 11 Events/Activity Centers in I-70 Corridor ............................. 24 Table 12 Coefficients of Commuter Mode Choice Model .................. 27 Table 13 Transit Ridership Forecast Home-to-Work Trip Table ........ 27 Table 14 Commuter Mode Choice User Cost Comparison ............... 29 Table 15 Potential Daily Transit Ridership Demand by Segment ..... 30 Table 16 Operating Characteristics for Concept A ........................... 32 Table 17 Operating Characteristics for Concept B ........................... 33 Table 18 Operating Characteristics for Concept C ........................... 34 Table 19 Operating Characteristics for Concept D ........................... 35 Table 20 Operating Characteristics Summary .................................. 35 Table 21 Expected Farebox Recovery ............................................. 39 Table 22 Capital Costs ..................................................................... 42 Table 23 Preferred Concept Summary ............................................. 43 Table 24 Summary of Revenue Sources .......................................... 47 Table 25 Revenue Sources .............................................................. 53 Figures Figure 1 Study Area ........................................................................... 2 Figure 2 Topeka Transit Routes ......................................................... 3 Figure 3 Lawrence Transit Routes ..................................................... 4 Figure 4 Wyandotte County Transit Routes ........................................ 5 Figure 5 Transit Routes for Downtown Kansas City, Missouri ............ 6 ii I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study Figure 6 Rideshare van in Lawrence .................................................. 8 Figure 7 K-10 Connector Route ......................................................... 9 Figure 8 Major Employers in Topeka ................................................ 13 Figure 9 Major Employers in Lawrence ............................................ 14 Figure 10 Major Employers in Kansas City, Kansas….......... ............ 15 Figure 11 Work Trip Movement Flow Map ........................................ 17 Figure 12 State Employees Commuting to Topeka .......................... 18 Figure 13 State Employees Commuting to Lawrence ....................... 19 Figure 14 State Employees Commuting to Kansas City, Kansas ..... 20 Figure 15 Ridership Estimation Study Areas .................................... 25 Figure 16 Model Nest Structure ....................................................... 26 Figure 17 Concept A Strategy .......................................................... 31 Figure 18 Concept B Strategy .......................................................... 32 Figure 19 Concept C Strategy .......................................................... 33 Figure 20 Concept D Strategy .......................................................... 34 Figure 21 Preferred Concept ............................................................ 37 Figure 22 Over-the-Road Coach ...................................................... 42 Figure 23 JCT Brand Distinctions ..................................................... 44 iii Executive Summary | I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study Executive Summary The I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study examined the feasibility of providing transit service operating in the I-70 corridor between downtown Kansas City, Missouri; Lawrence, Kansas; and Topeka, Kansas. Using data from major employers (included the Kansas state government), U.S. Census, and the KTA, the following major movements were identified: There was not substantial daily travel between KU in Lawrence and KUMC in Kansas City, Kansas. The largest commuter travel movement in the I-70 corridor is from residents of the Lawrence area to workplaces in downtown Topeka. This level of movement would support regularly scheduled commuter transit service. There is also movement between residents of Topeka to KU and other major employers in Lawrence. This level of movement would also support regularly scheduled commuter transit service. The movement between the CBDs of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, with Lawrence and Topeka is less than the movement between Lawrence and Topeka. The movement between Lawrence and the Kansas City, Missouri, CBD is not large enough to consider some level of regularly scheduled transit service. The movement between Topeka and Overland Park was larger than the movement between Topeka and the Kansas City area (Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri). For that reason, coordination of service between the K-10 Connector and a possible extension of service between Lawrence and Topeka could accommodate this need. Potential transit modes for addressing this movement include expanding carpooling opportunities, working to create more vanpools, providing bus service on a fixed schedule, and providing fixed guideway options such as commuter rail. The level of transit demand is expected to be large enough to operate bus service. Commuter rail has been studied as an option in the past, and the level of demand estimated in this project is consistent with the past findings, which iv Executive Summary | I-70 Corridor Transit Feasibility Study suggest that bus transit would be