ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY 2014-2024: LAKETRAN’S 10 YEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN & COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL PLANNING ANALYSIS FINAL REPORT JUNE 2013 Quality Assurance Review Certification Client: Laketran Laketran 10 Year Public Transportation Plan and Comprehensive Operational Project: Planning Analysis PB Project No: 21532A Document(s)/Task(s) Reviewed: Final Report A Quality Assurance Review has been completed by the QA Reviewer(s) indicated below. The specific project document(s) and/or task(s) stated above were reviewed with the intention that the design and associated tasks regarding this project were undertaken in accordance with accepted engineering practices and requirements set forth by the Client. All work has been reviewed in regards to its technical soundness, ethical content, and cost effectiveness. Project Manager Tim Rosenberger Deputy Project Manager Tim Reynolds Task Manager Tim Rosenberger Tim Rosenberger 06/20/2013 Name (Print) Signed Date Quality Assurance Reviewer Larry Strange (Mp2 Planning) 06/19/2013 Name (Print) Signed Date Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2: Financial Problems Confronting Laketran ............................................................................... 9 Chapter 3: Financial Recovery Plan ......................................................................................................... 15 Chapter 4: Service Area Macro-Analysis .................................................................................................. 19 Chapter 5: Service Area Micro-Analysis ................................................................................................... 63 Chapter 6: Access to Opportunity .......................................................................................................... 111 Chapter 7: Financial Capacity ................................................................................................................ 133 Chapter 8: Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 149 Chapter 9: Levy Options ......................................................................................................................... 191 Page | i List of Figures Figure 1.1: Local Fixed Bus Route Network ............................................................................................... 3 Figure 1.2: Commuter Express Route Network .......................................................................................... 4 Figure 4.1: 2010 Population Density by TAZ ........................................................................................... 20 Figure 4.2: 2010 Employment Density by TAZ ........................................................................................ 22 Figure 4.3: 2012 Total Employees ........................................................................................................... 23 Figure 4.4: 2012 Employees by Industry................................................................................................. 24 Figure 4.5: 2010 Population + Employment Density by TAZ ................................................................. 26 Figure 4.6: 2010 Senior Population ........................................................................................................ 27 Figure 4.7: Median Household Income ................................................................................................... 29 Figure 4.8: Zero Vehicle Households ....................................................................................................... 30 Figure 4.9: 2010 Minority Population...................................................................................................... 31 Figure 4.10: 2030 Population Density by TAZ ........................................................................................ 32 Figure 4.11: 2030 Projected Employment Density by TAZ .................................................................... 33 Figure 4.12: Local Fixed Bus Route Network ......................................................................................... 35 Figure 4.13: Commuter Express Route Network ................................................................................... 38 Figure 5.1: Trip Destinations in Lake County .......................................................................................... 64 Figure 5.2: Trip Destinations in Downtown Cleveland ............................................................................ 64 Figure 5.3: Trip Purpose by Type of Service ............................................................................................ 65 Figure 5.4: Gender of Laketran Passengers ........................................................................................... 66 Figure 5.5: Age of Laketran Passengers.................................................................................................. 67 Figure 5.6: Home Ownership for Laketran Passengers .......................................................................... 68 Figure 5.7: Vehicles Available for Laketran Passengers ........................................................................ 69 Figure 5.8: Laketran Passengers with Disability that Prevents them from Driving .............................. 69 Figure 5.9: Race of Laketran Passengers ............................................................................................... 70 Figure 5.10: Annual Household Income of Laketran Passengers ......................................................... 71 Figure 5.11: Gender of Dial-a-Ride Passengers ...................................................................................... 72 Figure 5.12: Age of Dial-a-Ride Passengers ............................................................................................ 73 Figure 5.13: Home Ownership for Dial-a-Ride Passengers .................................................................... 73 Figure 5.14: Vehicle Available for Dial-a-Ride Passengers ..................................................................... 74 Figure 5.15: Dial-a-Ride Passengers with Disability that Prevents them from Driving ......................... 75 Figure 5.16: Race of Dial-a-Ride Passengers .......................................................................................... 75 Figure 5.17: Annual Household Income of Dial-a-Ride Passengers ...................................................... 76 Figure 5.18: Trip Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 77 Figure 5.19: Transportation Options ........................................................................................................ 80 Figure 5.20: If Dial-a-Ride Did Not Exist ................................................................................................. 81 Figure 5.21: Overall Customer Satisfaction ............................................................................................ 85 Figure 5.22: Reasonableness of Fares ................................................................................................... 86 Figure 5.23: Getting to Wor ...................................................................................................................... 87 Figure 5.24: Service Span ........................................................................................................................ 88 Figure 5.25: Service Frequency ............................................................................................................... 88 Figure 5.26: Overall Satisfaction with Lake County as a Place to Live .................................................. 90 Figure 5.27: Percent who have Used Laketran Services in the Past Few Years .................................. 91 Figure 5.28: Public Opinion of Laketran .................................................................................................. 92 Page | ii Figure 5.29: Laketran and its Use of its Finances .................................................................................. 93 Figure 5.30: Lake County and its Transportation Need ......................................................................... 94 Figure 5.31: Support for Laketran ........................................................................................................... 95 Figure 5.32: Laketran and its Existing One-Quarter of One Percent Sales Tax .................................... 96 Figure 8.1: Route 2 Proposed Alignment .............................................................................................. 154 Figure 8.2: Routes 3A and 3B Proposed Alignment ............................................................................. 155 Figure 8.3: Route 5B Proposed Alignment ............................................................................................ 156 Figure 8.4: Commuter Express Proposed Alignments .......................................................................... 159 Figure 8.5: Proposed Heisley-Tyler Route Alignment ............................................................................ 176 Figure 8.6: Route 4 Extension Proposed Alignment ............................................................................. 177 Figure 8.7: Proposed TriPoint Route Alignment