Yuba Sutter Short Range Transit Plan Final Plan Prepared for the Yuba Sutter Transit Authority Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority Short Range Transit Plan Prepared for the Yuba Sutter Transit Authority 2100 B Street Marysville, CA 95901 530 742-2877 Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. P.O. Box 5875 2690 Lake Forest Road, Suite C Tahoe City, California 96145 530 583-4053 June 5, 2015 LSC #147390 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page Executive Summary 1 Introduction and Key Study Issues ............................................................................... 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 Study Issues ................................................................................................................ 1 2 Existing Community Conditions .................................................................................... 3 3 Review of Existing Transit Services ............................................................................ 23 Yuba Sutter Transit Authority .................................................................................... 23 Transit Capital Assets ............................................................................................... 70 Other Transit Providers in Yuba-Sutter Counties ...................................................... 72 4 Outreach Efforts and Survey Summaries ................................................................... 73 Study Outreach ......................................................................................................... 73 5 Transit Demand ............................................................................................................. 91 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 91 Existing Transit Need and Demand ........................................................................... 93 Summary of Transit Demand .................................................................................... 94 Future Trends in Transit Demand ............................................................................. 94 6 Service Alternatives ...................................................................................................... 97 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 97 Local Fixed Route Alternatives .................................................................................. 97 Commuter Routes ................................................................................................... 117 Rural Routes ........................................................................................................... 119 Performance Analysis of Fixed Route Service Alternatives .................................... 122 Dial-A-Ride Services ............................................................................................... 131 7 Capital Alternatives ..................................................................................................... 137 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 137 Passenger Facilities ................................................................................................ 137 Transit Vehicles ....................................................................................................... 140 Technology .............................................................................................................. 148 8 Institutional/Management Alternatives ..................................................................... 155 9 Financial Alternatives ................................................................................................. 161 10 Yuba-Sutter Short Range Transit Plan ...................................................................... 169 Service Plan ............................................................................................................ 169 Capital Improvements ............................................................................................. 173 Management Plan ................................................................................................... 175 Financial Plan .......................................................................................................... 176 Implementation Plan ................................................................................................ 180 Yuba Sutter SRTP LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. Page i Appendix A—Bus Stops Appendix B—Yuba-Sutter Local Fixed Routes Survey Appendix C—Yuba College Transit Survey Appendix D—Yuba-Sutter Transit Dial-A-Ride Survey Appendix E—Yuba Sutter Transit Foothill Route Survey Appendix F—Yuba-Sutter Transit Live Oak Route Surveys Appendix G—Yuba-Sutter Transit Commuter Survey LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1 Historic and Projected Populations of Yuba and Sutter Counties ................................... 5 2 Population Characteristics of Yuba and Sutter Counties ................................................ 7 3 Study Area Historical Trends for Transit Dependent Groups ........................................15 4 Population Projections by Age Groups for Yuba and Sutter Counties ............................17 5 Major Employers in the Study Area ............................................................................19 6 County to County Commute Patterns for Yuba and Sutter Counties .............................21 7 Yuba-Sutter Transit Historical Ridership and Service Levels .........................................31 8 Yuba-Sutter Transit Short-Term Historical Ridership and Service Levels by Service Type ........................................................................34 9 Yuba-Sutter Transit Ridership by Month .....................................................................36 10 Local Route, Rural Route and DAR Average Daily Ridership by Day of Week ................38 11 Sacramento Routes Ridership by Day of Week ...........................................................38 12 Sacramento Route Ridership by Run ..........................................................................39 13 Yuba-Sutter Local Fixed Route Passenger Boardings by Type ......................................42 14 Dial-A-Ride and Rural Route Boardings by Type .........................................................43 15 Yuba-Sutter Transit Sacramento Routes Boardings by Type ........................................43 16 Top 20 Boarding Locations for All Routes ...................................................................44 17 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 1 Boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................45 18 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 2 Boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................46 19 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 3 Boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................47 20 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 4 Boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................49 21 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 5 Boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................50 22 Yuba-Sutter Transit Route 6 boarding and Alighting Summary-Weekday ......................51 23 Yuba-Sutter Transit Sacramento 99 Route Boarding and Alighting Summary ................52 24 Yuba-Sutter Transit Sacramento 70 Route Boarding and Alighting Summary ................53 25 Yuba-Sutter Transit Sacramento Mid-Day Route Boarding and Alighting Summary ........53 26 Yuba-Sutter Transit Fiscal Year 2013-2104 Expenses and Cost Allocation .....................54 27 Yuba-Sutter Transit Revenues—FY 2013-14 Projected Year End ..................................56 28 Yuba-Sutter Transit Operation Statistics and Performance—FY 2013-14 .......................58 29 Yuba-Sutter Transit On-Time Performance Summary by Route and Run-Weekday ........66 30 Local Route-On-Time Performance by Stop ................................................................67 31 Yuba-Sutter Transit Transit Performance Peer Review ................................................67 32 Yuba-Sutter Transit Goals and Performance Measures ................................................69 33 Yuba-Sutter Transit Vehicle Fleet...............................................................................71 Yuba Sutter SRTP Page ii LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. 34 Crosstabs by Rider’s Current Route to Transfer To/From Routes .................................75 35 Customer Service Requests by Community Residence .................................................88 36 Yuba-Sutter County Employee Transit Demand ..........................................................92 37 Yuba-Sutter Transit Demand Ratios ...........................................................................93 38 Summary of Yuba-Sutter Counties Transit Demand ....................................................95 39 Local Route Service Alternatives .................................................................................... 98 40 Demographic Characteristics of Potential New Service Areas with Yuba City Local Route Reconfiguration .................................................................................................. 104 41 Weekday Evening Service Alternatives Service Quantities .......................................... 115 42 Commuter and Rural