Prepared for: San Bernardino Associated Governments 1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor San Bernardino, CA 92410-1702 Ontario Airport Rail Access Study FINAL REPORT November 2014 Prepared by: HDR Engineering Inc. In Association with: Fehr & Peers Rail Surveyors and Engineers SANBAG Ontario Airport Rail Access Study ONTARIO AIRPORT RAIL ACCESS STUDY Prepared for: San Bernardino Associated Governments 1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor San Bernardino, CA 92410-1702 Prepared by: HDR Engineering, Inc. In Association With: Fehr & Peers Rail Surveyors and Engineers FINAL REPORT November, 2014 SANBAG Ontario Airport Rail Access Study Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................... ES-1 ES.1. Background .............................................................................................................................................. ES‐1 ES.2. Purpose and Need .................................................................................................................................. ES‐2 ES.3. Initial Set of Alternatives ......................................................................................................................... ES‐4 ES.4. Final Set of Alternatives .......................................................................................................................... ES‐6 ES.5. Evaluation of Alternatives ....................................................................................................................... ES‐8 ES.6. Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................................................... ES‐9 ES.7. Improvements and Implementation .................................................................................................... ES‐11 Chapter 1 - Introduction ...........................................................................................1-1 Chapter 2 - Background Data ...................................................................................2-1 2.1 Location....................................................................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.2 Airport Activity ............................................................................................................................................ 2‐1 2.2.1 Existing Activity Levels ............................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.2.2 Air Traffic Activity Trends and Forecast ................................................................................... 2‐6 2.2.3 Future Land Use Activity ............................................................................................................ 2‐9 2.3 Airport Ground Access ............................................................................................................................ 2‐11 2.3.1 Parking ........................................................................................................................................ 2‐13 2.3.2 Bicycle Facilities ........................................................................................................................ 2‐15 2.3.3 Pedestrian Facilities ................................................................................................................. 2‐16 2.4 Transit Services ....................................................................................................................................... 2‐19 2.4.1 Metrolink Services ..................................................................................................................... 2‐19 2.4.2 Omnitrans ................................................................................................................................... 2‐20 2.4.3 Other Transit .............................................................................................................................. 2‐22 2.4.4 Transit Travel Time ................................................................................................................... 2‐24 2.5 Origin and Destination Data ................................................................................................................... 2‐26 2.6 US Airports with Rail Access ................................................................................................................. 2‐28 Chapter 3 - Purpose and Need Statement ..................................................................3-1 3.1 Purpose of Project ..................................................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.2 Need for Project ......................................................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.3 Project Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.3.1 Most Important Objectives ......................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.3.2 Important Objectives ................................................................................................................... 3‐1 Table of Contents a Final Report November 2014 SANBAG Ontario Airport Rail Access Study Chapter 4 - Initial List of Alternatives and Screening ................................................. 4-1 4.1 List of Alternatives ..................................................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.1.1 Rail/Guideway Service from Nearby Metrolink Stations........................................................ 4‐3 4.1.2 Rubber Tire Service from Nearby Metrolink Stations ............................................................ 4‐3 4.1.3 Rail Service on Metrolink Tracks from Distant Stations ........................................................ 4‐3 4.1.4 Extension of Gold Line Service from Montclair ...................................................................... 4‐7 4.2 Screening Criteria and Methods .............................................................................................................. 4‐7 4.3 Screening Process .................................................................................................................................... 4‐7 4.3.1 Walk time to Terminals ............................................................................................................. 4‐10 4.3.2 Transit Travel Time Improvements ......................................................................................... 4‐10 4.3.3 Number of Mode Transfers ...................................................................................................... 4‐10 4.3.4 Serving Peak Flight Times ....................................................................................................... 4‐10 4.3.5 Ridership Potential .................................................................................................................... 4‐11 4.3.6 Capital and Operating Costs ................................................................................................... 4‐11 4.3.7 Impact on Metrolink Operations .............................................................................................. 4‐11 4.3.8 Potential for Serving Intermediate Activity Centers ............................................................. 4‐12 4.3.9 Impact on Potential Regional Transit ..................................................................................... 4‐12 4.4 Results and Findings .............................................................................................................................. 4‐15 4.4.1 Findings from Screening .......................................................................................................... 4‐15 4.5 Conclusions and Recommendations from Screening Analysis ........................................................ 4‐16 Chapter 5 - Alternatives for Detailed Analysis ...........................................................5-1 5.1 Description of Alternatives ....................................................................................................................... 5‐1 5.1.1 Alternative A-3 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐1 5.1.2 Alternative A-4 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐1 5.1.3 Alternative A-7 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐1 5.1.4 Alternative B-2 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐2 5.1.5 Alternative C-5 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐2 5.1.6 Alternative D-1 ............................................................................................................................. 5‐3 5.2 Intermediate Station Locations ................................................................................................................ 5‐3 5.3 Characteristics of Alternatives ................................................................................................................