El Camino Real BRT Phasing Plan Existing Conditions Report - FINAL Prepared for: SamTrans July 2014 SF13-0692 El Camino Real BRT – Existing Conditions Report July 2014 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Background of This Study ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Purpose of the Existing Conditions Report ............................................................................................... 6 1.3 Introduction to the Corridor ........................................................................................................................... 6 2.0 DEMOGRAPHICS & LAND USE ........................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Population and Employment .......................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Socioeconomic Characteristics ................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Land Use .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.3.1 Existing Land Use ............................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.2 Key Destinations ................................................................................................................................ 20 2.3.3 Planned Land Use .............................................................................................................................. 23 2.4 Travel Characteristics ...................................................................................................................................... 24 3.0 ROADWAY FACILITIES .......................................................................................................................28 3.1 Inventory of Lanes ........................................................................................................................................... 28 3.1.1 Cross-Sections .................................................................................................................................... 32 3.2 Signal Coordination and Corridor Transit Signal Priority Capability ........................................... 34 3.2.1 caltrain and Signal Pre-Emption .................................................................................................. 34 3.3 Exclusive Right Turn Lanes ........................................................................................................................... 36 3.4 Traffic Volumes ................................................................................................................................................. 37 3.4.1 Annual Average Daily Traffic Volumes ...................................................................................... 37 3.5 Intersection Level of Service ........................................................................................................................ 39 3.6 On-Street Parking ............................................................................................................................................ 44 4.0 TRANSIT ...............................................................................................................................................45 4.1 SamTrans ............................................................................................................................................................. 45 4.1.1 Routes Serving the Corridor .......................................................................................................... 46 4.1.2 Cross Corridor Routes ...................................................................................................................... 50 El Camino Real BRT – Existing Conditions Report July 2014 4.1.3 Ridership Along the Corridor ........................................................................................................ 53 4.1.4 Corridor Performance ...................................................................................................................... 58 4.1.5 Service Quality and Customer Experience ............................................................................... 65 4.2 SFMTA (Muni) .................................................................................................................................................... 66 4.3 VTA ......................................................................................................................................................................... 66 4.4 Caltrain ................................................................................................................................................................. 68 4.5 BART ...................................................................................................................................................................... 69 4.6 Shuttles................................................................................................................................................................. 70 4.7 Interagency Connectivity .............................................................................................................................. 71 5.0 BICYCLE FACILITIES ............................................................................................................................74 6.0 PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ....................................................................................................................81 El Camino Real BRT – Existing Conditions Report July 2014 List of Figures Figure 1-1 El Camino Corridor ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 2-1 Population Density ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 2-2 Employment Density .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 2-3 Distribution of Household Income ....................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 2-4 Median Age ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 2-5 Race of Residents ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 2-6 Land Use Along El Camino Corridor .................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 2-7 Existing Land Use ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 2-8 Key Destinations (North) .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 2-9 Key Destinations (South) .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 2-10 Commute Mode Split .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 2-11 Commute Trip Time ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 2-12 Work Based Travel Patterns in San Mateo County ...................................................................................... 26 Figure 2-13 Work and Non-Work Based Travel Patterns in San Mateo County ...................................................... 27 Figure 3-1 Belmont Cross-Section .............................................................................................................................................. 32 Figure 3-2 San Carlos Cross-Section ......................................................................................................................................... 33 Figure 3-3 Redwood City Cross-Section .................................................................................................................................. 33 Figure 3-4 Traffic Volumes............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Figure 3-5 AM Intersection Level of Service ........................................................................................................................... 42 Figure 3-6 PM Intersection Level of Service ..........................................................................................................................