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Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study SOV Reduction Measures Technical Memorandum November 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. AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study ii Table of contents 1 SOV Reduction Study Background ...............................................................1 1.1 SOV Reduction Measures Overview ........................................................................................ 2 2 Categories of Measures ..................................................................................3 3 SOV Reduction Measure Sources .................................................................4 3.1 Peer Agency Interviews ............................................................................................................ 4 3.2 Literature/Web Search .............................................................................................................. 6 3.3 Local SOV Reduction Examples............................................................................................... 8 3.4 Emerging Mobilities .................................................................................................................. 8 3.4.1 Automated Vehicles ........................................................................................................ 9 3.4.2 Connected Vehicles ........................................................................................................ 9 3.4.3 Transportation Network Companies and Shared Mobility .............................................. 10 3.4.4 Mobility as a Service ..................................................................................................... 10 3.4.5 Microtransit ................................................................................................................... 11 3.4.6 Resource pricing .......................................................................................................... 11 3.5 Electric-Assist Mobility ........................................................................................................... 12 4 SOV Reduction Measures .............................................................................14 4.1 Commute Options Programming ........................................................................................... 14 4.1.1 Marketing / Outreach .................................................................................................... 14 4.1.2 Subsidies and Incentives .............................................................................................. 15 4.1.3 Alternative Work Arrangements .................................................................................... 16 4.1.4 Worksite Amenities ....................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Rideshare ................................................................................................................................ 18 4.3 Transit ..................................................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Pedestrian, Bicycle, Scooter .................................................................................................. 20 4.5 Non-commute/Non-employer Based Strategies .................................................................... 21 4.6 Technology.............................................................................................................................. 22 4.7 Parking .................................................................................................................................... 23 4.8 Roadway .................................................................................................................................. 24 4.9 Land Use and Policy ............................................................................................................... 25 5 Evaluation of Measures ................................................................................27 5.1 Goals, Objectives, and Evaluation Factors ............................................................................ 27 6 SOV Reduction Measures Comparative Performance ...............................34 AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study iii Figures Figure 1-1. Lake County and Region........................................................................................................ 1 Tables Table 1-1. Lake County Drive Alone Work Travel over Time .................................................................... 1 Table 3-1. Peer Interview Agencies.......................................................................................................... 4 Table 5-1. Goals, Objectives, Evaluation Factors and Scoring ................................................................ 29 Table 5-2. Evaluation Matrix of SOV Measures ...................................................................................... 30 Table 6-1. SOV Reduction Measures by Rating ..................................................................................... 35 Appendices A Lake County SOV Reduction Peer Review B SOV Reduction Document Log C Local SOV Reduction Examples D Emerging Mobilities E Electric-Assist Mobility AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study iv Abbreviations / Acronyms ACS American Community Survey AV Automated Vehicles AVO Average Vehicle Occupancy CTPP Census Transportation Planning Products CMAP Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning CTA Chicago Transit Administration CTR Commuter Trip Reduction CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program CWW Compressed Work Week CV Connected Vehicles DSRC Dedicated Short-Range Communications Ebike Electric Assisted Bicycles Escooter Electric Assisted Scooters EV Electric Vehicle ETR Employee Trip Reduction FTA Federal Transit Administration FHWA Federal Highway Administration GTFS General Transit Feed Specification HOT High Occupancy Toll Lanes HOV High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes ISTHA Illinois State Toll Highway Authority IBTTA International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association IDOT Illinois Department of Transportation ITS Intelligent Transportation System LCDOT Lake County Division of Transportation LRTP Long Range Transportation Plan MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization MaaS Mobility as a Service NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administartion NTD FTA's National Transit Database PAYD Pay as You Drive Insurance RTA Regional Transportation Authority SOV Single Occupancy Vehicle SAE Society of Automotive Engineers TDM Transportation Demand Management TMA Transportation Management Association TMC Traffic Management Center TMI Transportation Management Initiative TMO Transportation Management Organization TNC Transportation Network Companies TOD Transit-Oriented Development US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency VMT Vehicle Miles of Travel AECOM | Lake County Single Occupancy Vehicle Reduction Study v SOV Reduction Measures Technical Memoradum 1 SOV REDUCTION STUDY BACKGROUND Lake County is one of five collar counties of Cook County that Figure 1-1. Lake County and Region make up the metropolitan area of Chicago. Lake County is north of Chicago along Lake Michigan and forms the northern boundary with Wisconsin. The County’s development patterns include rural communities, highly developed urban centers, and tourist destinations. Lake County’s transportation network is made up of roads, railways, bridges, bike paths, and other components. Transportation providers include the State of Illinois, Lake County, 52 municipalities, 15 township road districts, Illinois Tollway, Metra commuter rail, and Pace Suburban Bus. Figure 1-1 provides a general map of Lake County and the surrounding region. As is the case with most suburban areas of large metropolitan regions, Lake County’s dominant travel mode is the automobile. Since most miles traveled in the County are in a vehicle operated by a single person, or “single-occupancy vehicle” (SOV), the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) proposed this study to investigate potential ways to reduce SOV travel to reduce congestion and environmental impacts from vehicle emissions. The Census Bureau collects data on the means of travel to work, which provides perspective on the level of SOV travel in . Lake County. This was obtained through a sample of the decennial Censuses up to and including the 2000 Census, and thereafter has been collected as part of the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS combines journey to work data into 5-year periods to improve the confidence of the sampling. Data can be summarized by residence geography or employment geography. Table 1-1 summarizes the number Table 1-1. Lake County Drive Alone Work Travel over Time of workers who drive alone as the primary mode of transportation to Place of Residence Place of Work work between 1990 and 2016, Workers Workers % of all % of all subdivided by workers who reside Year who Drive who Drive Workers Workers in the County and workers Alone Alone employed in the County (note that 1990 200,994 74.4% 183,853 75.0% there is substantial overlap due to 2000 242,361 76.3% 254,995 78.2% the large share of workers who 2006-2010 260,540 76.7% 277,370 78.8% both reside and work in