Final Report: Regional Transportation Study Prepared For: Regional Transportation Planning Coalition Prepared By: Wendel 140 John James Audubon Parkway Suite 201 Amherst, New York 14228 In cooperation with: Jack Reilly Bronner Group Arch Street Communications June 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Regional Transportation Study was made possible through the support of the following members of the Project’s active Client Committee members: Client Committee Fernando De Aragón, ITCTC Ed Swayze, Tompkins County 211 Joe Turcotte, TCAT Dan Dineen, Cortland County Dwight Mengel, Tompkins County DSS Jenna Lenhardt, TC3 Tanya Husick, Cornell Amber Simmons, Schuyler Mobility Manager Cynthia Kloppel, Tompkins Mobility Manager Tina Hager, Chemung Mobility Manager Alice Eccleston, TCAT Harriet Haynes, Seneca County Doug Swarts, TCAT Larry Roberts, Finger Lakes ILC Jan Dempsey, Cortland Mobility Manager Nancy Siefka, Cayuga County Jim Arey, Chemung County Rocky Kambo, Schuyler County Shawn Yetter, Tioga County Linette Mowers, SUNY Cortland Jackie Carlton, 7 Valley’s Health Coalition Regional Transportation Planning Coalition Jim Arey Senior Transportation Planner, Elmira-Chemung Transportation Council Erik Bitterbaum President, SUNY Cortland Jackie Carlton Executive Director, Seven Valleys Health Coalition Charles Chapman Tioga Transport Tioga County Fernando De Aragón Executive Director, Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council Jan Dempsey Mobility Management Coordinator Dan Dineen Director of Planning, Cortland County Ronald Dougherty District Treasurer, Tioga County Hank Dullea Planning Committee, TCAT Alice Eccleston Assistant General Manager, TCAT Jeanette Frank Executive Director, ARC of Schuyler County Transit System John Guttenberger Vice President of Government and Community Relations, Cornell University Bob Haight Executive Director, Cortland County Chamber of Commerce Carl Haynes President, Tompkins Cortland Community College Sara Holl General Manager, First Transit in Cortland Joseph Lalley Director, Administration and Operations Support, Cornell University Jenna Lenhardt Global Initiatives Coordinator, Tompkins Cortland Community College Pamela Mackesey Legislator, Tompkins County Joe Mareane Administrator, Tompkins County Ed Marx Commissioner of Planning, Tompkins County Planning Department Rich McDaniel Vice President of Business Services and Environmental Safety, Cornell University Jean McPheeters President, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Dwight Mengel Chief Transportation Manager, Tompkins County Department of Social Services Linette Mowers Physical Plant, General Services, SUNY Cortland Tim O'Hearn Administrator, Schuyler County Rich Perrin Director, Genesee Transportation Council Walter Poland Vice President for Global Initiatives, Tompkins Cortland Community College Sandy Price Legislator, Cortland County Larry Roberts Program Director, Finger Lakes Independence Center C. Mitchell Rowe County Manager, Seneca County Bruce Ryan Dean of External Relations, Tompkins Cortland Community College Amber Simmons Mobility Manager, Schuyler County Transit System Suzanne Sinclair Former County Manager, Seneca County Manager Frank Sincropi Former Personnel Director, Seneca County Tim Slack Director of Physical Plant, SUNY Cortland Thomas Squires Administrator, Cayuga County Doug Swarts Service Development Manager, TCAT Joe Turcotte General Manager, TCAT Garry VanGorder Executive Director, Cortland County Chamber of Commerce Shawn Yetter Commissioner, Department of Social Services, Tioga County Final Report: Regional Transportation Study Table of Contents Page Introduction 1.0 RTS Study Area ............................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Mobility Management .............................................................................................. 2 2.0 RTS Study Area Demographics .................................................................................... 4 2.1 Population ............................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Population Density .................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Transportation Disadvantaged Population .............................................................. 6 2.4 Employment ............................................................................................................ 7 2.5 Commuting/ Travel Patterns ................................................................................... 10 3.0 Major Activity Centers ................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Cayuga County ....................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Chemung County .................................................................................................... 13 3.3 Cortland County ...................................................................................................... 14 3.4 Schuyler County ..................................................................................................... 14 3.5 Seneca County ....................................................................................................... 14 3.6 Tioga County .......................................................................................................... 15 3.7 Tompkins County .................................................................................................... 15 4.0 Existing Transit Operations and Financing ................................................................... 17 4.1 Transit Financing .................................................................................................... 17 4.1.1 Federal Transit Funding .......................................................................................... 17 4.1.2 State Assistance ..................................................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Medicaid ................................................................................................................ 18 4.2 Transit Operations .................................................................................................. 19 4.2.1 Intercity Commercial Bus Operators ....................................................................... 19 4.2.1.1 New York Trailways and Greyhound ...................................................................... 19 4.2.1.2 Short Line ............................................................................................................... 20 4.2.1.3 Susquehanna Trailways .......................................................................................... 20 4.2.2 Local Fixed Route Transit Operators ...................................................................... 20 4.2.2.1 Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. (TCAT) ................................................. 20 4.2.2.3 CTRAN (formerly Chemung County Transit) .......................................................... 21 4.2.2.4 Cortland Transit ...................................................................................................... 22 4.2.2.5 SUNY Cortland ....................................................................................................... 22 4.2.2.6 CENTRO of Cayuga ............................................................................................... 22 4.2.2.7 Seneca Transit Service (STS) ................................................................................ 23 4.2.2.8 Tioga County Area Transit System/ Ride Tioga ...................................................... 23 4.2.2.9 Schuyler County Transit .......................................................................................... 23 4.2.2.10 Endless Mountain Transportation Authority ........................................................... 24 4.2.3 Fixed Route Transit Service Overlap ........................................................................ 24 4.2.4 Human Service Transit .............................................................................................. 27 4.2.4.1. Gadabout ............................................................................................................... 27 i Final Report: Regional Transportation Study 4.2.4.2 Seneca/ Cayuga ARC ................................................................................................... 27 4.2.4.3 Chemung County ARC ................................................................................................. 27 4.2.4.4 ARC of Schuyler County ............................................................................................... 28 4.2.4.5 Cortland Regional Medical Center ................................................................................ 28 4.2.4.6 TLC Medical Transportation Services, Inc. ................................................................... 28 4.2.4.7 Pathways, Inc. ............................................................................................................... 28 4.2.4.8 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) ............................................................ 29 4.2.4.9 Friends in Service Helping (FISH) ................................................................................. 29 4.2.4.10 Veterans Transportation .............................................................................................