CITY OF AIRDRIE Transit Master Plan Airdrie Transit Master Plan June 2016 – 15-2772 i Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Study Purpose and Objectives ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Report Outline .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Methodology and Community Engagement Strategy ............................................................. 4 2.0 SUMMARY OF EXISTING SERVICES 7 2.1 Conventional Transit Services .................................................................................................. 7 2.2 ACCESS Airdrie Services ......................................................................................................... 22 3.0 EXISTING AND FUTURE MARKET REVIEW 29 3.1 Existing Market ...................................................................................................................... 29 3.2 Population and Employment Growth .................................................................................... 33 3.3 New Growth Areas ................................................................................................................. 33 4.0 POLICY FRAMEWORK 39 5.0 SERVICE STANDARDS 53 5.1 Service Classification Definitions ........................................................................................... 53 5.2 Service Design Standards ....................................................................................................... 54 5.3 Service Performance Standards ............................................................................................. 57 6.0 TRANSIT SERVICE DESIGN 61 6.1 Local Transit Service Plan ....................................................................................................... 61 6.2 All-Day ICE Service Plan .......................................................................................................... 76 6.3 Commuter ICE Service Plan .................................................................................................... 80 6.4 ACCESS Airdrie Service Plan ................................................................................................... 84 7.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND PHASING PLAN 87 7.1 Recommendations for Implementation................................................................................. 87 7.2 Long-term Plan (2021 to 2025) .............................................................................................. 90 7.3 Recommendations for Additional Study ................................................................................ 91 8.0 INVESTMENT PLAN 93 8.1 Operational Costs ................................................................................................................... 93 8.2 Capital Costs ........................................................................................................................... 94 CITY OF AIRDRIE Airdrie Transit Master Plan June 2016 ii 8.3 Ridership and Revenue .......................................................................................................... 94 8.4 Financial Summary ................................................................................................................. 96 Figures Figure 1 – Existing Transit Service (November 2015) ................................................................................ 9 Figure 2 – Existing Transit Route Coverage (within 400m walk of a transit stop) ................................... 10 Figure 3 – Stop Activity on Local Routes ................................................................................................. 13 Figure 4 – Stop Activity on Intercity Express Routes ............................................................................... 13 Figure 5 – Average 2011 Weekday Local Boardings per Revenue Service Hour ..................................... 16 Figure 6 – Average Weekday Intercity Express Boardings per Revenue Service Hour ........................... 16 Figure 7 – Typical Commute Start Time .................................................................................................. 18 Figure 8 – Typical Time of Arrival at Home ............................................................................................. 19 Figure 9 – Years of Use of Airdrie Transit ................................................................................................ 20 Figure 10 – Typical Days of Use of Airdrie Transit ................................................................................... 20 Figure 11 – Typical Number of Days of Use of Airdrie Transit ................................................................ 21 Figure 12 – Trip Purpose .......................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 13 – ACCESS Airdrie ridership ....................................................................................................... 25 Figure 14 – Customer Ratings on ACCESS Airdrie Elements .................................................................... 27 Figure 15 – Customer Ratings on ACCESS Airdrie On-Time Performance ............................................... 27 Figure 16 – Customer-Suggested Improvements to ACCESS Airdrie ....................................................... 28 Figure 17 – Current Airdrie Growth Areas............................................................................................... 35 Figure 18 – Future Airdrie Growth Areas by 2033 .................................................................................. 35 Figure 19 – 65,000 Population and Employment Distribution (Airdrie Transportation Master Plan) ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 20 – 80,000 Population and Employment Distribution (Airdrie Transportation Master Plan) ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 21 – Recommended Roadway Improvements ............................................................................. 37 Figure 22 – Recommended Roadway Improvements (40th Ave and 56th Ave Interchanges) .................. 38 Figure 23 – Local Transit Preliminary Direction ....................................................................................... 67 Figure 24 – Local Transit Preliminary Direction (Fixed-Route Coverage) ................................................ 68 Figure 25 – Dynamic Transit Zones and Transfer Points Preliminary Direction ...................................... 69 Figure 26 – Local Transit Final Recommendation ................................................................................... 73 Figure 27 – Local Transit Final Recommendation (Fixed-Route Coverage) ............................................. 74 Figure 28 – Dynamic Transit Zones and Transfer Points Final Recommendation ................................... 75 CITY OF AIRDRIE Airdrie Transit Master Plan June 2016 iii Figure 29 – Preliminary Direction for All-Day ICE Route ......................................................................... 78 Figure 30 – Final Recommendation for All-Day ICE Route ...................................................................... 78 Figure 31 – Preliminary Direction for Commuter ICE Routes .................................................................. 82 Figure 32 – Final Recommendation for Commuter ICE Routes (Immediate Term) ................................ 83 Tables Table 1 – Airdrie Transit Weekday Service Characteristics ..................................................................... 11 Table 2 – Trends in Ridership, Service Hours and Financial Performance .............................................. 15 Table 3 – Origins of Transit and Non-Transit Users ................................................................................. 17 Table 4 – Destinations of Transit and Non-Transit Users ........................................................................ 17 Table 5 – Forecasted Population and Employment Growth ................................................................... 33 Table 6 – Daily Service Productivity Targets – Boardings per Revenue Vehicle Hour ............................. 58 Table 7 – Local Transit Proposed Frequency and Coverage .................................................................... 72 Table 8 – Frequency of Recommended All-Day ICE Service .................................................................... 77 Table 9 – Frequency of Recommended Commuter ICE Service .............................................................. 81 Table 10 – Projected Operational Costs (in thousands of 2016 dollars) ................................................. 93 Table 11 – Projected Capital Costs (in thousands of 2016 dollars) ......................................................... 94 Table 12 – Projected Ridership and Revenue .......................................................................................... 95 Table 13 – Financial Summary ................................................................................................................. 97 Working Papers Policy Framework Working Paper Service Standards Working Paper Community Engagement Working Paper CITY OF AIRDRIE Airdrie Transit Master Plan June 2016 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION