Final MacArthur BART Station Access Feasibility Study F EHR & PEERS TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS 332 Pine Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA SF06-0245 May 2008 PREPARED BY Matthew Ridgway, Principal Meghan Mitman, Transportation Planner/Engineer Emily Johnson, Transportation Engineer Sam Tabibnia, Senior Transportation Engineer Greg Saur, Senior Transportation Engineer ON BEHALF OF Kathy Kleinbaum, Community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA), Redevelopment Division Mohamed Alaoui, CEDA, Transportation Services Division Jason Patton, CEDA, Transportation Services Division Jeff Ordway, Manager of Property Development Val Menotti, Manager of Alameda County Planning F. Kenya Wheeler, Senior Planner IN ASSOCIATION WITH Lynette Dias, Principal Charity Wagner, Senior Planner Joe McCarthy, MacArthur Transit Community Partners, LLC 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Background.......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Existing Conditions and Access Objectives ........................................................................................................ 9 Access Strategies.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Funding Sources................................................................................................................................................ 16 Proposed Development and Related Access Recommendations..................................................................... 16 2. Introduction...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Background/ Relevant BART Policies ............................................................................................................... 17 Report Organization .......................................................................................................................................... 21 3. Setting and Access Considerations .............................................................................................................. 24 Overview............................................................................................................................................................ 24 BART Train Services ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Origins and Destinations Surrounding the BART Station.................................................................................. 25 BART Ridership................................................................................................................................................. 26 4. Pedestrian Access........................................................................................................................................... 35 Existing Pedestrian Facilities and Conditions.................................................................................................... 35 Planned Improvements...................................................................................................................................... 38 Pedestrian Access Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 42 5. Transit Access ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Existing Transit Facilities, Services, and Conditions......................................................................................... 43 Planned Improvements...................................................................................................................................... 53 Transit Access Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 53 6. Bicycle Access................................................................................................................................................. 54 Existing Bicycle Facilities and Conditions ......................................................................................................... 54 Planned Improvements...................................................................................................................................... 61 Bicycle Access Objectives................................................................................................................................. 61 7. Auto Access..................................................................................................................................................... 63 Existing Roadway System and Conditions........................................................................................................ 63 Existing Parking Facilities and Conditions......................................................................................................... 71 Planned Improvements...................................................................................................................................... 75 Auto Access Objectives..................................................................................................................................... 75 8. Access Strategies: Overview ......................................................................................................................... 76 Tier Zero Strategies........................................................................................................................................... 77 Overall strategy Implementation........................................................................................................................ 80 9. Tier One Strategies.......................................................................................................................................... 81 Preferential Parking for Car/Vanpool................................................................................................................. 82 10-Hour Metered Parking on 40th Street and West MacArthur Boulevard ........................................................ 83 Electronic Bicycle Lockers................................................................................................................................. 85 AC Transit and Neighborhood Shuttle Access Improvements .......................................................................... 86 Expanded Motorcycle/ Scooter Parking ............................................................................................................ 91 Attended Parking ............................................................................................................................................... 91 Transit Discounts for Car/Vanpool..................................................................................................................... 92 Wayfinding Signs within the Station Area.......................................................................................................... 93 Safety Stop ........................................................................................................................................................ 94 2 Wayfinding Signs To/From Nearby Neighborhoods and Destinations.............................................................. 95 Station Area Maps ............................................................................................................................................. 96 Market Rate BART Parking ............................................................................................................................... 96 Guaranteed Ride Home Program/ Taxi Service................................................................................................ 97 WIth Transit Village Development Only: Remote Parking for the Transit Village and BART............................ 98 WIth Transit Village Development Only: Passenger Drop-Off Improvements .................................................. 99 With Transit Village Development Only: Station and Village “Branding”...........................................................99 WIth Transit Village Development Only: Carsharing....................................................................................... 100 10. Tier Two Strategies ....................................................................................................................................... 102 Parking Benefit District .................................................................................................................................... 103 Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements ......................................................................................................... 103 Bicycle Infrastructure Improvements ..............................................................................................................