SAN YSIDRO LAND PORT OF ENTRY (LPOE) EXPANSION MOBILITY STUDY April 30, 2009 www.koacorporation.com SAN YSIDRO LAND PORT OF ENTRY (LPOE) EXPANSION MOBILITY STUDY April 30, 2009 Prepared for: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 401 West A Street, Suite 2075 San Diego, CA 92101-7935 Prepared by: KOA Corporation 5095 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 330 San Diego, CA 92123 (619) 683-2933 Fax: (619) 683-7982 Job No.: JA82077 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................1 PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES......................................................................................................................................1 TRANSIT FACILITIES............................................................................................................................................1 BICYCLE FACILITIES ...........................................................................................................................................2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS......................................................................................................................................2 Existing Conditions .......................................................................................................................................2 Near-Term Conditions...................................................................................................................................3 Long-Term Conditions...................................................................................................................................4 Summary of Facility Levels of Service...........................................................................................................5 RECOMMENDATIONS...........................................................................................................................................8 Phase 2 ..........................................................................................................................................................8 Phase 3 ..........................................................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................9 BACKGROUND.....................................................................................................................................................9 REPORT ORGANIZATION .....................................................................................................................................9 PROJECT STUDY AREA......................................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 2 EXISTING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.................................................................................................11 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ...................................................................................................................................11 PEDESTRIAN ORIGIN AND DESTINATION SURVEY RESULTS ..............................................................................12 PEDESTRIAN STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................13 PEDESTRIAN LAND USE ATTRACTORS AND GENERATORS ................................................................................15 PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES....................................................................................................................................16 Pedestrian Facilities....................................................................................................................................16 Walkability Findings ...................................................................................................................................17 Linkage and Connectivity ............................................................................................................................20 Walking Distances.......................................................................................................................................22 PEDESTRIAN FLOWS..........................................................................................................................................23 PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................24 PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE .......................................................................................................................25 CHAPTER 3 EXISTING TRANSIT FACILITIES .......................................................................................................31 TRANSIT SERVICES ...........................................................................................................................................32 Light Rail (Trolley)......................................................................................................................................32 MTS Bus Service..........................................................................................................................................35 Private Transit Service ................................................................................................................................39 TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................42 TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE .............................................................................................................................42 CHAPTER 4 EXISTING BICYCLE FACILITIES.......................................................................................................44 BICYCLE STUDY AREA......................................................................................................................................45 BICYCLE LAND USE ATTRACTORS AND GENERATORS......................................................................................45 EXISTING BICYCLE FACILITIES .........................................................................................................................47 BICYCLE LEVEL OF SERVICE METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................51 BICYCLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.............................................................................................................................52 CHAPTER 5 NEAR-TERM LPOE CONFIGURATION.............................................................................................53 CHAPTER 6 NEAR-TERM PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES............................................................................................55 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ...................................................................................................................................55 KOA Corporation i April 2009 LINKAGE AND CONNECTIVITY ..........................................................................................................................55 WALKING DISTANCES.......................................................................................................................................57 PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE .......................................................................................................................58 CHAPTER 7 NEAR-TERM TRANSIT FACILITIES ..................................................................................................62 TRANSIT RIDERSHIP ..........................................................................................................................................62 TRANSIT FACILITIES..........................................................................................................................................65 TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE .............................................................................................................................66 CHAPTER 8 NEAR-TERM BICYCLE FACILITIES..................................................................................................68 NEAR-TERM BICYCLE CIRCULATION NETWORK ...............................................................................................68 NEAR TERM BICYCLE FACILITIES .....................................................................................................................68 BICYCLE LEVEL OF SERVICE.............................................................................................................................69 CHAPTER 9 LONG-TERM LPOE CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................70 CHAPTER 10 LONG-TERM PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES..........................................................................................72 PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ...................................................................................................................................72 LINKAGE AND CONNECTIVITY ..........................................................................................................................73