LOCALLY COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN For the Greater Nashua and Milford Region Locally Coordinated Transportation Plan For the Greater Nashua and Milford Region 2020-2024 Adopted: April 15, 2020 LOCALLY COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN For the Greater Nashua and Milford Region ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Community Input Participants Bridges: Domestic & Sexual Violence Support Servicelink City of Nashua Welfare/Human Services Department Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative Front Door Agency Southern NH HIV/AIDS Task Force Gentle Car Rides, LLC Southern NH Services Granite State Independent Living St. John Neumann Day Away Harbor Homes, Inc St. Joseph’s Community Services, Inc. Interested Public Toward Independent Living and Learning, Inc. Keystone Hall Town of Amherst Welfare/Human Services Department Milford Taxi Town of Brookline Welfare/Human Services Department Nashua Center Town of Hollis Welfare/Human Services Department Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, Inc. Town of Hudson Welfare/Human Services Department Nashua Transit System Town of Litchfield Welfare/Human Services Department Opportunity Networks Town of Mason Welfare/Human Services Department Partnership for Successful Living Town of Merrimack Welfare/Human Services Department Pelham Senior Center Town of Milford Welfare/Human Services Department PLUS Company, Inc. Town of Pelham Welfare/Human Services Department SHARE Outreach Town of Wilton Welfare/Human Services Department Steering Committee Nashua Regional Planning Commission Steve Genest, Southern New Hampshire Services Jay Minkarah, Executive Director Elizabeth Gray, Radiation Center of Greater Nashua Matt Waitkins, Senior Transportation Planner Janet Langdell, Souhegan Valley Transportation John Goeman, Regional Planner Collaborative Cassie Mullen, Regional Planner Pat Murphy, Merrimack Welfare Department Mason Twombly, Regional Environmental Planner Camille Patterson, Nashua Transit Authority Andrew Smeltz, GIS Specialist Agency Partners Federal Transit Administration - Region 1 NH Department of Transportation Page 1 - April 23, 2020 LOCALLY COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN For the Greater Nashua and Milford Region TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Project Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Legal Purpose and Obligations .......................................................................................................................... 7 Strategic Purpose, Goals, and Objectives .......................................................................................................... 7 Community Input .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Outreach Strategies ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Involvement Strategies ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Steering Committee Meetings .......................................................................................................................... 10 RCC/TTAC Meetings ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Survey Responses ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Key Informant Interviews .................................................................................................................................. 14 Public Comment Period .................................................................................................................................... 17 Destinations of Interest ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Regional and Town Profile ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Youth Population .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Elderly Population ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Disabled Population .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Population in Poverty ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Households with No Vehicle ............................................................................................................................. 27 Household and Per Capita Income .................................................................................................................. 29 Community Services .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Boston Express ................................................................................................................................................ 30 The Caregivers ................................................................................................................................................. 31 Community Volunteer Transportation Company (CVTC) ................................................................................. 31 Derry-Salem Cooperative Alliance for Regional Transportation (CART) ......................................................... 31 Friends in Service Helping (FISH) .................................................................................................................... 31 Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) ........................................................................................................ 32 Manchester Transit Authority (MTA) ................................................................................................................ 32 Nashua Transit System (NTS) ......................................................................................................................... 32 Souhegan Valley Transportation Collaborative (SVTC) ................................................................................... 32 Others ............................................................................................................................................................... 32 Page 2 - April 23, 2020 LOCALLY COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION PLAN For the Greater Nashua and Milford Region Community Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 33 Amherst ............................................................................................................................................................ 33 Brookline ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 Hollis ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Hudson ............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Litchfield ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 Lyndeborough ................................................................................................................................................... 38 Mason ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 Merrimack ........................................................................................................................................................