DRAFT July 2021 MOVING FORWARD 2050 Sonoma County’s Transportation Plan DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 | Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................... 1 Moving Forward — a Transportation Plan for the Future....................................... 3 Equity in transportation — the Community Based Transportation Planning process................................................................................................. 3 Community Voices............................................................................................... 6 Identifying Plan Goals and Objectives.................................................................. 7 2. OUR COMMUNITY............................................................. 9 Sonoma County Today......................................................................................... 9 Existing Travel Characteristics............................................................................ 12 Sonoma County in the Future, Forecasts............................................................. 18 i Table of Contents | DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 3. OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM............. 25 Roads and Highways.......................................................................................... 26 Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure................................................................. 36 Public Transit Services....................................................................................... 42 Mode Shift Programs......................................................................................... 58 4. MOVING FORWARD, MEETING OUR GOALS....................................................65 Assessing Performance of the Project list.......................................................... 66 Performance Results — CTP 2050...................................................................... 69 Reaching Further — Testing a future “Vision”...................................................... 71 APPENDICES A-1.1 Community Voices.................................................................................... A-3 A-1.2 Community Based Organizations (CBOs)................................................. A-11 A-1.3 CBTP Projects Inventory Sonoma...........................................................A-34 A-2 Sonoma County Travel Model 2020 — CTP Modeling Technical Summary..... A-45 A-3 Project List...............................................................................................A-50 A-4.1 Performance Results............................................................................ A-105 A-4.2 Zero Emissions by 2050...................................................................... A-108 A-4.3 Transportation Fund Sources................................................................ A-114 ii DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 | Table of Contents FIGURES Figure.1:.Sonoma.County.Equity.Priority.Communities........................................................................................ 5 Figure.2-1..Average.Weekday.Travel.Flows.—.Sonoma.County.2017.............................................................13 Figure.2-2..Inter-County.Trips,.Average.Weekday.—.Sonoma.County.2017..............................................14 Figure.2-3..Average.Weekday.Trip.Length.Distribution.—.Sonoma.County.2017...................................14 Figure.2-4..Average.Trip.Length.by.Time.Period.—.Sonoma.County.2017.................................................14 Figure.2-5..Commute.destination.for.Sonoma.County.residents....................................................................16 Figure.2-6..Home.Locations.of.Visitors.to.Sonoma.County,.Spring.2017....................................................18 Figure.2-7..Sonoma.County.Growth.Forecasts:.2019.—.. General.Plan.Buildout:.Population,.Housing.Units,.Employment.....................................................................19 Figure.2-8..Sonoma.County.Aging.Population.2010–2050.............................................................................. 20 Figure.2-9..Sonoma.County.Ethnicities.2020–2050............................................................................................ 20 Figure.2-10..Sonoma.County.Development.Pipeline.in.2021.—.Housing.Units.by.Unit.Type.............21 Figure.2-11..Sonoma.County.Daily.VMT.Existing.Conditions.—.Future.Baseline.(GPBO)...................22 Figure.2-12..Sonoma.County.Daily.VMT/capita.Existing.Conditions.—.GPBO.........................................23 Figure.3.1..Highway.37..........................................................................................................................................................29 Figure.3-2..Marin.Sonoma.Narrows.(MSN)............................................................................................................... 30 Figure.3-3..Sonoma-Marin.Area.Rail.Transit.District.(SMART).System.Map............................................ 44 Figure.3-4..Public.Transit.Routes.and.Hubs............................................................................................................. 49 Figure.3-5..Average.Weekday.Boardings.for.Petaluma.Transit,.. Santa.Rosa.CityBus,.Sonoma.County.Transit,.and.SMART.............................................................................. 50 Figure.3-6..Annual.Transit.Ridership.2013-2019..................................................................................................... 50 Figure.3-7..Queue.Jump.Lane..........................................................................................................................................56 Figure.4-1..Achieving.our.goals........................................................................................................................................72 iii Table of Contents | DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 TABLES Table.2-1..Trip.Purpose.Chart.............................................................................................................................................12 Table.2-2..Travel.to.Work.Mode.Share.in.Sonoma.County..................................................................................15 Table.2-3..Total.Travel.Mode.Share.in.Sonoma.County.........................................................................................15 Table.2-4..Fee.paid.Registered.Vehicles.in.Sonoma.County..............................................................................15 Table.2-5..2015.Sonoma.County.School.Trips.—.Mode.of.Travel.....................................................................17 Table.2-6..Metro.Areas.with.Visitors.to.Sonoma.County.....................................................................................17 Table.2-7..Sonoma.County.Mode.Shares.by.Trip.Purpose.—.2050................................................................23 Table.3-1..Sonoma.County.Centerline.Mileage.of.Public.Roads,.2018..........................................................27 Table.3-2..Weekday.all-day.origin.of.trips.to.largest.trip.generators...........................................................28 Table.3-3..Total.Miles.of.Planned.Bicycle.and.Pedestrian.Facilities.by.Class...........................................40 Table.3-4..Transit.Operations............................................................................................................................................42 Table.3-5..CTP.Project.Summary....................................................................................................................................62 Table.3-6..CTP.Project.Summary.Pie.Chart...............................................................................................................63 iv DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 | Introduction 1. INTRODUCTION SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY The Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) serves as the coordinating and advocacy agency for transportation funding for Sonoma County. Proposition 111, approved in California in 1990, resulted in changes to the way transportation projects are planned and funded and authorized the creation of Congestion Management Agencies. 1 Introduction | DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN — JULY 2021 In November 1990, the SCTA was formed under the Local Transportation Authority and SCTA/RCPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Improvement Act (Public Utilities Code Section Cloverdale 180000) and designated as the Congestion Melanie Bagby — 2019, 2020, 2021 Management Agency (CMA) for Sonoma County. Cotati In 1997, the SCTA relinquished its position as the Mark Landman — 2019 Chair, 2020, 2021 CMA under new state legislation that made the congestion management planning portion of this Healdsburg function optional but still carries out the general Ariel Kelley — 2021 Joe Naujokas — 2019, 2020 functions of a CMA. Petaluma The SCTA Mission Statement D’Lynda Fischer — 2021 The Sonoma County Transportation Kathy Miller — 2019, 2020 Authority’s mission, as a collaborative Rohnert Park agency of the cities and County of Sonoma, Gerard Guidice — 2021 is to work together to maintain and improve Jake Mackenzie — 2020 our transportation network. We do so by Joseph Callinan — 2019 prioritizing, coordinating, and maximizing Santa Rosa the funding available to us and by providing Chris Rogers — 2019, 2020, V. Chair 2021 comprehensive, countywide planning. Our Sebastopol deliberations and decisions