Staten Island North Shore Alternatives Analysis

Staten Island North Shore Alternatives Analysis

NSAA North Shore Alternatives Analysis NYCT NORTH SHORE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS Alternatives Analysis Report NYCT Contract #CM-1387 August 2012 Submitted to: Submitted by: SYSTRA Engineering, Inc. In Association with: AKRF, Inc. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Zetlin Strategic Communications, Inc. Resource Systems Group, Inc. NORTH SHORE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS FINAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 1 PURPOSE AND NEED...................................................................................................................................................1 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................3 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL COORDINATION................................................................................................3 IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVES ...........................................................................................................................4 1. STUDY AREA AND PROJECT PURPOSE................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION ......................................................................................................................................1 1.2 TRAVEL MARKET..........................................................................................................................................3 1.3 PURPOSE AND NEED......................................................................................................................................5 1.4 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................6 1.5 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................7 1.6 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL COORDINATION...................................................................................9 2. EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS .................................................................. 10 2.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE STUDY AREA...............................................................................................10 2.1.1 Existing Socioeconomic Conditions.......................................................................................................10 2.1.2 Employment Destinations and Means of Transportation.......................................................................15 2.1.3 Existing Transit Service.........................................................................................................................17 2.1.4 Existing Freight and Maritime Support Services...................................................................................19 2.1.5 Existing Environmental Conditions .......................................................................................................19 2.1.6 Existing Traffic Conditions....................................................................................................................21 2.2 FUTURE CONDITIONS - NO BUILD ALTERNATIVE .......................................................................................23 2.3 POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES....................................................................................................................24 3. BUILD ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED - LONG LIST ......................................... 28 3.1 IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVES............................................................................................................28 3.2 DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES .............................................................................................................30 3.2.1 Alignment and Right-of-way General Description ................................................................................30 3.2.2 BRT and Rail Service Plans...................................................................................................................37 3.2.3 Potential Impacts on the Environment...................................................................................................37 3.2.4 Development of Preliminary Capital Costs ...........................................................................................38 3.2.5 Development of Preliminary Operating and Maintenance (O&M) Costs .............................................38 3.3 EVALUATION OF LONG LIST OF ALTERNATIVES .........................................................................................40 3.3.1 Comparison of the Long List of Alternatives .........................................................................................40 3.3.2 Selection of the Short List of Alternatives..............................................................................................41 3.4 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE (BUS) – LONG LIST ........................................43 3.4.1 TSM Service and Infrastructure Components........................................................................................43 3.4.2 Maintenance Facility Requirements ......................................................................................................53 3.4.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ..........................................................................................................53 3.4.4 Preliminary Annual O&M Cost Estimate ..............................................................................................53 3.4.5 Preliminary Capital Cost Estimate........................................................................................................54 3.4.6 Implementation Period ..........................................................................................................................54 3.5 BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT), ST. GEORGE TO WEST SHORE PLAZA – LONG LIST........................................55 3.5.1 Modal Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................55 3.5.2 Maintenance Facility Requirements ......................................................................................................58 3.5.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ..........................................................................................................58 3.5.4 Preliminary Annual O&M Cost Estimate ..............................................................................................59 3.5.5 Preliminary Capital Cost Estimate........................................................................................................61 3.5.6 Implementation Period ..........................................................................................................................62 3.6 ELECTRIC LIGHT RAIL (LRT), ST. GEORGE TO WEST SHORE PLAZA – LONG LIST .....................................63 3.6.1 Modal Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................63 3.6.2 Maintenance Facility Requirements ......................................................................................................64 Page TOC-1 August 2012 NORTH SHORE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS FINAL REPORT 3.6.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ..........................................................................................................64 3.6.4 Preliminary Annual O&M Cost Estimate ..............................................................................................64 3.6.5 Preliminary Capital Cost Estimate........................................................................................................65 3.6.6 Implementation Period ..........................................................................................................................65 3.7 DIESEL LIGHT RAIL (DLRT), ST. GEORGE TO WEST SHORE PLAZA – LONG LIST ......................................66 3.7.1 Modal Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................66 3.7.2 Maintenance Facility Requirements ......................................................................................................67 3.7.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ..........................................................................................................67 3.7.4 Preliminary Annual O&M Cost Estimate ..............................................................................................67 3.7.5 Preliminary Capital Cost Estimate........................................................................................................68 3.7.6 Implementation Period ..........................................................................................................................68 3.8 HEAVY RAIL ST. GEORGE TO ARLINGTON – LONG LIST .............................................................................69 3.8.1 Modal Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................69 3.8.2 Maintenance Facility Requirements ......................................................................................................70 3.8.3 Potential Environmental Impacts ..........................................................................................................70

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