Amador County Short Range Transit Development Plan For Years 2014 through 2019 Final Plan Prepared for the Amador County Transportation Commission Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. AMADOR COUNTY SHORT RANGE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 2014 Final Plan Prepared for Amador County Transportation Commission 117 Valley View Way Sutter Creek, California 95685 209 • 267-2282 Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 2690 Lake Forest Road, Suite C P.O. Box 5875 Tahoe City, California 96145 530 • 583-4053 June 19, 2014 LSC #137410 Chapter 8 Amended March 25, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS ............................................................................................ 3 Amador County Background and Setting .............................................................. 3 Existing Land Use ............................................................................................... 3 Employment ....................................................................................................... 7 Historic and Current Population ........................................................................... 8 3 EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ..................................................................21 Amador Transit ..................................................................................................21 Other Transportation Services in Amador County .................................................34 4 LAND USE AND DEMOGRAPHIC FORECASTS .............................................................39 Long Range Plans and Forecasts .........................................................................39 5 TRANSIT NEEDS AND SURVEY RESULTS ..................................................................43 6 COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................59 7 AMADOR TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES ...........................................................................71 Service Alternatives ...........................................................................................71 Capital Alternatives .............................................................................................83 Fare Alternatives .................................................................................................84 8 TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN .................................................................................89 Service Plan .......................................................................................................89 Capital Plan ........................................................................................................93 Financial Plan .....................................................................................................94 Implementation Plan ...........................................................................................97 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................99 APPENDIX A: Amador Transit Survey Efforts LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1 Amador County Employment .................................................................................... 7 2 Major Employers in Amador County .......................................................................... 7 3 Amador County Population ....................................................................................... 8 Amador County Short Range Transit Development Plan, 2014 LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. Page i 4 Amador County Transit Dependent Population by Place .............................................. 9 5 Amador County 2010 Census Housing Data by Place .................................................15 6 Amador County Travel Mode to Work .......................................................................16 7 Amador County Commuter Flow by Community .........................................................17 8 Amador County 2010 School Enrollment by Area .......................................................18 9 Amador County Unified School District 2013 Enrollment .............................................19 10 Amador Transit Ridership by Month ..........................................................................25 11 Amador Transit Ridership by Passenger Type ............................................................26 12 Amador Transit Revenues ........................................................................................27 13 Amador County Local Transportation Fund History ....................................................28 14 Amador Transit Fiscal Year 2012-13 Expenses & Cost Allocation .................................29 15 Annual Operating and Financial Characteristics by Route ...........................................31 16 Amador Transit Fleet ...............................................................................................32 17 Existing Amador Transit Bus Stop Facilities ...............................................................33 18 Amador County Population Forecast .........................................................................41 19 Most Common Boarding Locations ............................................................................46 20 Most Common Alighting Locations ............................................................................46 21 Senior Population in Amador County .........................................................................61 22 Amador Transit Benefit / Cost Analysis .....................................................................69 23 Amador Transit Service Alternatives ....................................................................... 73 24 Potential Limited Express Sacramento Service Schedule ........................................... 77 25 Potential Mid-day Sacramento Service .................................................................... 79 26 Service Alternatives Performance Analysis ..................................................................81 27 AT Fleet Replacement Schedule – Revenue Vehicles ...................................................83 28 Transit Agency Fare Comparison – Fixed Route Service ..............................................85 29 Peer Sacramento Commuter Fares ...........................................................................86 30 Analysis of Fare Increase Alternatives ........................................................................87 31 Fare Alternatives Performance Analysis ......................................................................88 32 Amador County TDP – Estimated Operating Costs .....................................................89 33 Amador County TDP – Estimated Annual Ridership .....................................................90 34 Amador County TDP – Estimated Farebox Revenues...................................................90 35 Amador County TDP – Capital Plan ............................................................................94 36 Amador County TDP – Financial Plan .........................................................................96 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE 1 Amador Site and Location Map ................................................................................. 4 2 Amador County Elderly Population Density ................................................................11 3 Amador Low-Income Population Density ...................................................................12 4 Amador Zero-Vehicle Households Density .................................................................13 5 Amador Mobility-Limited Population Density ...............................................................14 Amador County Short Range Transit Development Plan, 2014 Page ii LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 6 Existing Amador County Transit Routes ....................................................................22 7 Jackson/Sutter Creek Shuttle ...................................................................................23 8 Amador Transit Sacramento Express ........................................................................24 9 Amador Transit FY 2012-13 Ridership by Month ........................................................26 10 Historical Transportation Development Act – LTF Revenues .......................................28 11 How did you get to the bus today? ............................................................................45 12 Trip Purpose ...........................................................................................................47 13 How will you make return trip? .................................................................................47 14 How often do you ride the bus? ...............................................................................48 15 How long have you been using the bus? ....................................................................48 16 If AT was not available, how would you have made trip? ............................................49 17 If Amador Transit was not in operation, would you be able to stay in your current home? ........................................................................................................49 18 Age of Respondents ................................................................................................50 19 Respondent