Orange County Coordinated Public Transit / Human Service Transportation Plan draft plan prepared for Orange County, NY prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. April 20, 2018 www.camsys.com draft plan Orange County Coordinated Public Transit / Human Service Transportation Plan prepared for Orange County, NY prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 38 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10016 date April 20, 2018 Draft Coordinated Public Transit / Human Service Transportation Plan Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 2.0 Context & Profile of Orange County ..................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Geographical Context .................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Transportation Demand: Demographics of Orange County .......................................................... 7 2.2.1 Population Density ............................................................................................................ 7 2.2.2 Population Age .................................................................................................................. 8 2.2.3 Race & Ethnicity .............................................................................................................. 10 2.2.4 Income & Poverty............................................................................................................ 11 2.2.5 Populations with Disabilities ........................................................................................... 13 2.2.6 Demographics & the Demand for Transportation ........................................................... 14 2.3 Transportation Supply: Existing Transportation Services in Orange County .............................. 14 2.3.1 Municipal Dial-A-Buses ................................................................................................... 15 2.3.2 Fixed-Route Transit ........................................................................................................ 17 2.3.3 Paratransit ....................................................................................................................... 19 2.3.4 Transportation Services Provided by Other Agencies & Organizations ......................... 20 2.3.5 Municipal Circulators & Shuttles ..................................................................................... 21 2.3.6 Intra-County & Regional Transportation ......................................................................... 23 2.3.7 Commuter Services ........................................................................................................ 24 2.3.8 Ridehailing & Transportation Network Services ............................................................. 25 2.4 The Balance of Supply and Demand in Transportation ............................................................... 26 3.0 Approach, Public Outreach & the Funding of Transportation ......................................................... 27 3.1 Project Advisory Committee ........................................................................................................ 29 3.2 Public Outreach ........................................................................................................................... 31 3.3 The Funding of Transportation in Orange County ....................................................................... 35 3.3.1 State of New York Transportation Funding .................................................................... 35 3.3.2 Federal Transit Administration Funding Programs ......................................................... 35 3.3.3 Additional Sources of Funding ........................................................................................ 38 3.4 Chapter Review ........................................................................................................................... 38 4.0 Assessment of Transportation Needs ............................................................................................... 39 4.1 Access to Information .................................................................................................................. 39 4.2 Hours of Service .......................................................................................................................... 40 4.3 Intra-County Service .................................................................................................................... 41 4.4 Rural Accessibility ........................................................................................................................ 42 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. ES-1 Draft Coordinated Public Transit / Human Service Transportation Plan 4.5 Additional Transportation Needs ................................................................................................. 43 4.5.1 Physical Accessibility ...................................................................................................... 43 4.5.2 Financial Accessibility ..................................................................................................... 43 4.6 Chapter Review ........................................................................................................................... 44 5.0 Strategy Development ......................................................................................................................... 44 5.1 Primary Strategies ....................................................................................................................... 46 5.1.1 Creation of a Coordination Council ................................................................................. 46 5.1.2 Leverage Existing Funding ............................................................................................. 47 5.2 Secondary Strategies................................................................................................................... 49 5.2.1 Development of a Centralized Information Repository ................................................... 49 5.2.2 Creation of a Mobility Management Program ................................................................. 50 5.2.3 Development of a Standardized Data Format ................................................................ 51 5.2.4 Expand Service Footprint ............................................................................................... 52 5.3 Chapter Review ........................................................................................................................... 53 6.0 Strategy Prioritization & Implementation........................................................................................... 54 6.1 3-6 Months after Plan Adoption: First Coordination Council Meeting .......................................... 54 6.2 6-12 Months after Plan Adoption: Funding Mechanism Discussion ............................................ 56 6.3 1-2 Years after Plan Adoption: Discussion of Secondary Strategies .......................................... 58 6.4 2-3 Years after Plan Adoption: Implementation of Data/Information Materials & Mobility Management Program Development ........................................................................................... 60 6.5 3 Years & Forward after Plan Adoption: Expanding Service Footprints & Re-Assessing Needs ........................................................................................................................................... 61 7.0 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................... 64 Cambridge Systematics, Inc. ES-2 Draft Coordinated Public Transit / Human Service Transportation Plan List of Figures Figure 1: Orange County Base Map ................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2: Orange County Population Density by Census Tract.......................................................................... 7 Figure 3: Orange County Population (1950-2016) ............................................................................................. 8 Figure 4: Current Age Breakdown of Orange County ........................................................................................ 9 Figure 5: 2025 Projection of Orange County Age Breakdown ........................................................................... 9 Figure 6: Spatial Breakdown of Senior Citizens in Orange County .................................................................. 10 Figure 7: Breakdown of Race and Ethnicity for Orange County ....................................................................... 11 Figure 8: Orange County Median Household Income by Census Tract ........................................................... 12 Figure 9: Share of Disabled Population by Census Tract ................................................................................ 13 Figure 10: Coordinated Health & Human Services Transportation Planning Process ..................................... 28 Figure 11: Strategic Planning & Outreach Timeline ......................................................................................... 29 Figure 12: Means of Accessing Information ....................................................................................................