City of Reston BikeReston Share Bike Feasibility Share Feasibility Study Study Fairfax County Final Report FinalJune Report2011 PREPAREDJune 2014 BY: Alta Planning + Design PREPARED BY: AltaPREPARED Planning FOR: + Design Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments PREPAREDon behalf of FOR: MetropolitanFairfax County Washington Department Council of Transportation of Governments on behalf of Fairfax County Department of Transportation TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................... 1 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3 2 WHAT IS BIKE SHARING? ............................................................................................................... 5 2.1 DEVELOPMENT OF BIKE SHARE TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................... 5 2.2 SYSTEM ELEMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 LOCAL BIKE SHARE SYSTEM .................................................................................................................. 8 2.4 FUNDING AND PRICING OF BIKE SHARE SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 9 3 BIKE SHARING IN RESTON ........................................................................................................... 10 3.1 BACKGROUND AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK .................................................................................. 10 3.2 VISION AND GOALS FOR RESTON BIKE SHARE SYSTEM ............................................................................ 10 4 RESTON IN REVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 RESTON’S TRAILS, PATHS AND ROADWAYS ........................................................................................... 12 4.2 MAPS AND WAYFINDING ................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 LOCAL BICYCLING CULTURE ................................................................................................................ 14 4.4 PLAN AND POLICY REVIEW ................................................................................................................. 16 4.5 EMPLOYMENT .................................................................................................................................. 17 4.6 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS ..................................................................................................... 19 4.7 RESTON CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT NETWORK...................................................................................... 20 4.8 PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT ....................................................................................................... 21 5 RESTON PROGRAM DEFINITION .................................................................................................. 24 5.1 SERVICE AREA .................................................................................................................................. 24 5.2 POTENTIAL MARKET SEGMENTS........................................................................................................... 26 5.2.1 Potential Users and Trip Types in Reston ............................................................................. 27 5.2.2 Connecting Transit Nodes and Major Employers ................................................................. 27 5.3 PROGRAM REFINEMENT AND POTENTIAL SITES ..................................................................................... 28 5.4 EQUITY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................. 29 5.5 STATION DENSITY ............................................................................................................................. 34 5.5.1 Minimum System Size .......................................................................................................... 34 5.5.2 Proposed Station Plan .......................................................................................................... 35 6 USER DEMAND AND FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ............................................................................ 39 6.1 SYSTEM COSTS ................................................................................................................................. 39 6.1.1 Cost Reduction ...................................................................................................................... 40 6.2 FUNDING ........................................................................................................................................ 41 6.2.1 Federal Funding Sources ...................................................................................................... 42 6.2.2 State Funding Sources .......................................................................................................... 45 6.2.3 Private Foundations ............................................................................................................. 45 6.2.4 Local Public Funding and Contributions ............................................................................... 45 6.2.5 Private and Corporate Sponsorships .................................................................................... 46 6.2.6 Station Purchase .................................................................................................................. 47 6.2.7 User-Generated Revenue ..................................................................................................... 48 6.2.8 Funding Community Membership Subsidies ........................................................................ 51 6.3 RESTON FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................ 51 6.3.1 Forecast Validation .............................................................................................................. 53 7 RESTON DESIGN AND LAYOUT .................................................................................................... 55 7.1 STATION PLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 55 7.2 SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS................................................................................................... 57 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................... 62 8.1 LOCATING BIKE SHARING IN RESTON ................................................................................................... 62 8.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM AND OPERATION ................................................................................................... 62 8.3 REGIONAL OPERATION WITH CAPITAL BIKESHARE .................................................................................. 63 8.4 LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS .................................................................................... 63 8.5 FUNDING STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................... 64 8.6 TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................................ 64 8.7 SUMMARY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES .................................................................................. 65 8.7.1 Opportunities ....................................................................................................................... 65 8.7.2 Challenges ............................................................................................................................ 66 8.8 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................... 67 APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................................... 68 APPENDIX A: PUBLIC MEETING ARTICLE .......................................................................................................... 69 APPENDIX B: STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS ......................................................................................................... 72 APPENDIX C: HEAT MAP INPUTS .................................................................................................................... 78 APPENDIX D: STATION OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS ANALYSIS ................................................................... 81 APPENDIX F: FEDERAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES .......................................................... 88 APPENDIX G: TYPICAL STATION DETAILS .......................................................................................................... 94 Figure 2-1: Elements of a Fourth Generation Bike Share System ....................................................................................... 7 Figure 5-1: Composite Suitability Analysis for Reston .......................................................................................................