CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN DDDDDI '\ YTRANSIT D 0 0 DO 0 0 D D 0 0 DO 0 0 D ==- :::::::::: PATCO- PATCO I Amtrak~ II Amtrak~ ~ CJCJ CJCJ CJCJ CJC) DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER 1997 CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN Final Document DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION The Bourse Building 21 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 DECEMBER 1997 This Report is Printed on Recycled Paper CAMDEN COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Jeffrey L. Nash, Freeholder Director Annette Castiglione-Degan, Freeholder Deputy Director Scott M. Goldberg, Freeholder, Department of Public Works (Divisions of Engineering and Planning) Riletta Cream Edward T. McDonnell Bernard A. Platt Frank Spencer CAMDEN COUNTY PLANNING BOARD Jeffrey L. Nash, Freeholder Director Scott M. Goldberg, Freeholder Frank Spencer, Freeholder Barry Malesich, Board Chairperson Carole Miller, Board Vice-Chairperson Robert E. Kelly, P.E., County Engineer Thomas Quackenbush William J. Controvich William J. Snyder Margaret A. Young Joseph Forte George Jones Michael Brennan, Esquire, Board Solicitor CAMDEN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: Dominic J. Vesper, Jr., Director George C. Fallon, Supervisor of Roads DIVISION OF ENGINEERING: Robert E. Kelly, P.E., County Engineer DIVISION OF PLANNING: 1. Douglas Griffith, P.P., AICP, Planning Director Thomas B. Chamberlin, Supervising Planner Land Development and Review Gail Elbert, Supervising Planner Ronald Jernegan, Data Processing Technician Louise M. Sawchuk, Principal Clerk Typist DELA W ARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLICATION ABSTRACT Title Date Published: December 1997 Adopted on March 23, 1995 by the Camden CAMDEN COUNTY County Board of Chosen Freeholders PuBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN Publication No. 97020 Geographic Area Covered: Camden County, N ew Jersey Key Words: master plan, population, employment, growth, socio-economic characteristics, auto ownership, means of travel to work, traffic congestion, land use, air quality, multi-use development, park and ride lots, transportation centers, public transportation, ridership, transit routes, non­ traditional transit services, bus, truck, train, bike, car, pedestrian, ride-share, community-based transit, transportation management associations, travel demand management, transportation improvements ABSTRACT The Camden County Public Transportation Plan examines operations and planning issues surrounding public transit services provided by NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and PATCD. As a complement to these larger operatrrs, non-traditional services such as the Echelon Shuttle Bus and the Cross County Connection TMA were also explored. In preparing this analysis, emphasis was given to the mandates of the Intermodal Surface TransportationEfficiency Actof 1991 (ISTEA) and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). Specific measures which have beenadvanced to conform with the intents of the legislation include: improving existing carrier performance; identifying potential future markets; promoting concentrated, mixed use developments; focussing future development at multi-modal transportation centers; constructing park and ride lots; establishing community-based transit systems, and; imposing traffic demand management strategies. This report, together with the Camden County Highway Circulation Plan (DVRPC, Draft July 1993, Final Report # 97019) is intended to serve as the transportation element of the County Comprehensive Plan. For more information contact: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Regional Information Services Center The Bourse Building 21 South 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 592-1800 This report, prepared by the Transportation Planning Division of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, was financed in part by the Federal Transit Administration. The authors, however, are solely responsible for its finding and conclusions, which may not represent the official views or policies of the funding agencies. Created in 1965, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (D VRPC) is an interstate, intercounty and intercity agency which provides continuing, comprehensive and coordinated planning for the orderly growth and development of the Delaware Valley region. The region includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties as well as the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey. The Commission is an advisory agency which divides its planning and service functions among the Office of the Executive Director, the Office of Public Affairs, and four line Divisions: Transportation Planning, Regional Information Services Center, Strategic Planning, and Finance and Administration. DVRPC's mission for the 1990s is to emphasize technical assistance and services and to conduct high priority studies for member state and local governments, while determining and meeting the needs of the private sector. The D VRPC logo is adapted from the official seal of the Commission and is designed as a stylized image of the Delaware Valley. The outer ring symbolizes the region as a whole while the diagonal bar signifies the Delaware River flowing through it. The two adjoining crescents represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. The logo combines these elements to depict the areas served by DVRPC. Camden County Public Transportation Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. i INTRODUCTION . 1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC OVERVIEW .............................. 3 Population Levels. 3 Population Characteristics. 7 Housing, Income and Auto Ownership ..................... 7 Employment . 7 Means of Travel to Work .............................. 7 TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW ........ 13 Traffic Congestion . 13 Multi-Use Development ............................... 15 Transportation Centers . 17 Park and Ride Lots. .. 19 EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ..... :. 25 NJ TRANSIT . 25 Amtrak .......................................... 52 PATCO .......................................... 52 Echelon Shuttle Bus . 56 Cross County Connection TMA . 57 EXISTING BUS OPERATING CONDITIONS ....................... 61 Guidelines ........................................ 61 Assessment of Existing Bus Operations .................... 63 INTERMEDIATE RANGE FUTURE ............................. 69 Camden's Waterfront. 69 UMDNJ/Kennedy Memorial Hospital . 71 The "Haddon Connection" ............................. 71 Wilton's Corner . 72 LONG TERM FUTURE ..................................... 73 Population and Employment Growth . 73 Trip Making Characteristics. 74 Corridor Treatments . 78 IMPROVEMENT PLAN . .. 81 APPENDICES NJ TRANSIT Commuter and Local Bus Routes Ridership Tables .................................... A-1 Camden County Public Transportation Plan LIST OF TABLES 1. 1980, 1990 AND 2010 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS .... 6 2. SELECTED 1990 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS. 9 3. 1990 INCOME, HOUSING AND AUTO OWNERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS . 10 4. 1980, 1990 AND 2010 EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS ........... 11 5. 1990 MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK CHARACTERISTICS 12 6. CONGESTED ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS .. :................... 13 7. MARKET AREAS FOR POTENTiAL PARK Ar'-lD RiDE LOTS. 21 8. ROUTE GUIDE - EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM .. 26 9. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS - COMMUTER BUS ROUTES. 29 10. SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS - COMMUTER BUS ROUTES ....... 34 11. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS - LOCAL BUS ROUTES. 38 12. SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS - LOCAL BUS ROUTES . 40 13. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS - SEASHORE BUS ROUTES. 45 14. SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS - SEASHORE BUS ROUTES . 47 15. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS - PASSENGER RAIL ROUTES .... 50 16. SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS - PASSENGER RAIL ROUTES. 51 17. PATCO BOARDINGS BY STATION. 53 18. PARKING SUPPLY AND DEMAND AT PATCO STATIONS ........ 54 19. WEEKDAY BUS ROUTE RIDERSHIP STATISTICS .............. 64 20. YEAR 1990 AND YEAR 2010 WORK TRIP DATA. 74 21. WORK TRIPS WITHIN THE NJ ROUTE 73 CORRIDOR (2010) ..... 78 22. CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN - ONGOING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ..................... 83 23. CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN - SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (0 to 2 Years) ........ 84 24. CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN - INTERMEDIATE RANGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (3 to 10 Years) . 86 25. CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN - LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (11 to 20 Years) . 88 Camden County Public Transportation Plan LIST OF FIGURES 1. REGIONAL SETTING ................................. 4 2. CAMDEN COUNTY'S MUNICIPALITIES. 5 3. CONGESTED ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS ...................... 14 4. MULTI-USE LAND AREAS/DEVELOPMENTS ................. 16 5. TRANSPORTATION CENTERS. 18 6. PARK AND RIDE LOTS . .. 23 7. EXISTING COMMUTER BUS SERVICE ..................... 28 8. EXISTING LOCAL BUS SERVICE ......................... 37 9. EXISTING SEASHORE BUS SERVICE ...................... 44 10. EXISTING PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE ............ 49 11. BURLINGTON-GLOUCESTER INITIATIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. 55 12. CROSS COUNTY CONNECTION TMA SERVICE AREA . 59 13. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS DISTRICTS . 75 14. COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS DISTRICTS ........... 76 15. SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS (0 to 2 years) . 85 16. INTERMEDIATE RANGE IMPROVEMENTS (3 to 10 years) .. 87 17. LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS (11 to 20 years) . 89 Camden County Public Transportation Plan page; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Camden County Public Transportation Plan examines operations and planning issues surrounding public transit services provided by NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and PATCO