Final Report Route 110 BRT Study July 2010 Prepared for Town of Babylon Prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. Final Report Acknowledgements TOWN OF BABYLON Steven Bellone, Town Supervisor Ann Marie Jones, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Development Vanessa Pugh, Director, Office of Downtown Revitalization Ekta Gupta, Associate Director of Urban Design, Office of Downtown Revitalization Susan George, Assistant Director, Office of Downtown Revitalization Jonathan Keyes, Project Manager for Affordable Housing, Office of Downtown Revitalization Danielle Oglesby, Program Manager, Office of Downtown Revitalization SUFFOLK COUNTY Robert Shinnick, Director of Transportation Operations, Department of Public Works, Transportation Division Gilbert Anderson, PE, Commissioner, Department of Public Works NEW YORK STATE DOT Kevin Scott, Transportation Analyst CONSULTANT TEAM Parsons Brinckerhoff in association with Greenman-Pederson, Inc. Saccardi & Schiff, Inc. Herbert S. Levinson route 110 BRT study i Final Report Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 1 STUDY GOALS & OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 WHY BRT FOR ROUTE 110? ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 5 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 TRANSIT SERVICES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 LAND USE AND ZONING ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 ROADWAYS – WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO ROUTE BRT? ....................................................................................................... 21 BRT ROUTING ALTERNATIVES ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 EVALUATION OF BRT ROUTING CONCEPTS .................................................................................................................................. 33 COMMON ELEMENTS OF A BRT SOLUTION ................................................................................................................................... 35 TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS FOR ROUTE 110........................................................................................................................ 40 SIMULATION OF TRANSIT PRIORITY TREATMENTS PROPOSED ALONG ROUTE 110 ....................................................................... 40 TOD TIE-IN ........................................................................................................................................................... 49 POTENTIAL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITES ................................................................................................................. 49 FUNDING FOR TRANSIT ...................................................................................................................................... 57 FEDERAL FUNDING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 57 PRIVATE FUNDING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 57 CONCLUSIONS/NEXT STEPS ............................................................................................................................... 59 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 59 NEXT STEPS................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 route 110 BRT study [i] i Final Report Tables Table 1: LIRR Station Passenger Counts ................................................................................................................................... 8 Table 2: Average Weekday Bus Boardings .............................................................................................................................. 11 Table 3: Transit Nodes in Study Area ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 4: Roadway Evaluation Matrix ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Table 5: Route 110 BRT Concepts Evaluation Matrix ............................................................................................................ 36 Table 6: Average Travel Times by Class .................................................................................................................................. 46 Table 7: Average Travel Times by Direction ........................................................................................................................... 46 Table 8: Travel Time Delay by Direction ................................................................................................................................. 46 Table 9: Travel Speed by Class.................................................................................................................................................. 46 Table 10: Travel Speed by Direction .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Table 11: Vehicular Queue Lengths ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Table 12: Federal Funding Programs ......................................................................................................................................... 58 Figures Figure 1: Primary Study Area ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2: Secondary Study Area ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 3: Transit Service in Study Area..................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 4: Existing Land Use (North) ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 5: Existing Land Use (South) ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 6: Existing Zoning (North) ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 7: Existing Zoning (South) ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 8: Operating Concept 1 ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 9: Operating Concept 2 ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Figure 10: Operating Concept 3 ................................................................................................................................................... 29 Figure 11: Operating Concept 4 ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Figure 12: Visualization of TOD .................................................................................................................................................. 39 Figure 13: Existing Roadway Conditions .................................................................................................................................... 41 Figure 14: BRT Treatments – Potential .....................................................................................................................................