2019 Solano County Congestion Management Program October 2019 FINAL REPORT Solano County – 2019 Congestion Management Program Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... iv Chapter 1: Defining the CMP System........................................................................................................... 1 1.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2: Purpose of a CMP ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.3: Role of Local and Regional Agencies in CMP Process ........................................................................ 1 1.4: Relationship to Regional Plans ........................................................................................................... 2 1.5: Solano CMP System ........................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Roadway Level of Service Monitoring ....................................................................................... 7 2.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation ...................................................................................................... 7 2.2: LOS Explained ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3: LOS Standards .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.4: 2019 LOS Monitoring Results ............................................................................................................. 9 2.5: Future of LOS: Switch to VMT .......................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 3: System Performance ................................................................................................................ 19 3.1: System Performance Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................. 19 3.2: Performance Measures .................................................................................................................... 19 3.3: Current Transit Operations in Solano County .................................................................................. 19 3.4: Bike and Pedestrian ......................................................................................................................... 28 3.5: Travel Time Reliability ...................................................................................................................... 32 Chapter 4: Transportation Demand Management .................................................................................... 34 4.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................................................... 34 4.2: Air Quality Conformity ..................................................................................................................... 34 4.3: Transportation Demand Management in Solano County ................................................................ 36 4.4: Operational Improvements .............................................................................................................. 41 4.5: Land Use ........................................................................................................................................... 43 Chapter 5: Land Use Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 44 5.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................................................... 44 5.2: Current STA Land Use & Transportation Planning Efforts ............................................................... 44 5.3: Thresholds for Analysis .................................................................................................................... 49 5.4: Upcoming Switch to VMT: How this will affect local governments and STA ................................... 50 Page| i FINAL REPORT Solano County – 2019 Congestion Management Program Chapter 6: Local Conformance & Deficiency Plans ................................................................................... 52 6.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................................................... 52 6.2: Role of Local and Regional Agencies ................................................................................................ 52 6.3: Local Government Conformance Requirements ............................................................................. 52 Chapter 7: Travel Demand Model .............................................................................................................. 55 7.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................................................... 55 7.2: Overview of Model........................................................................................................................... 55 7.3: Role of Model in CMP Process ......................................................................................................... 55 7.4: MTC Modeling Consistency .............................................................................................................. 56 7.5: Model Update Process ..................................................................................................................... 56 Chapter 8: Capital Improvement Program ................................................................................................ 57 8.1: Purpose and Intent of Legislation .................................................................................................... 57 8.2: Relationship to Local and Regional Plans ......................................................................................... 57 8.3: 2019 Solano CMP Capital Improvement Program ........................................................................... 57 Figures Figure 1: Solano County CMP Network ......................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Solano County CMP Network – North County ............................................................................... 5 Figure 3: Solano County CMP Network – South County ............................................................................... 6 Figure 4: 2019 Solano County CMP LOS Monitoring Results – North County ........................................... 13 Figure 5: 2019 Solano County CMP LOS Monitoring Results – South County ........................................... 14 Figure 6: LOS Results Compared with Established Standard – North County ........................................... 15 Figure 7: LOS Results Compared with Established Standard – South County ........................................... 16 Figure 8: SolanoExpress Route Map ........................................................................................................... 20 Figure 9: SolanoExpress Ridership Prior to Service Changes ...................................................................... 22 Figure 10: Vallejo-San Francisco Ferry Ridership: July 2016 to March 2019 .............................................. 27 Figure 11: Travel Time Reliability on I-80 .................................................................................................... 33 Figure 12: Map of Solano County Priority Development Areas – North County ........................................ 46 Figure 13: Map of Solano County Priority Development Areas – South County ........................................ 47 Tables Table 1: Level of Service Standards .............................................................................................................. 7 Table 2: Segment Level LOS Determinations Using HCM Method .............................................................. 8 Page| ii FINAL REPORT Solano County – 2019 Congestion Management Program Table 3: 2019 Solano County CMP State Highway LOS Monitoring Results with Historical Comparison .... 9 Table 4: 2019 Solano County CMP Local Roadway LOS Monitoring Results with Historical Comparison ... 9 Table 5: 2019 Solano County CMP Intersection LOS Monitoring Results with Historical Comparison ..... 11 Table 6: SolanoExpress Routes .................................................................................................................. 21 Table 7: SolanoExpress Ridership by Route ............................................................................................... 21 Table 8: SolanoExpress Farebox Recovery by Route; 2018-19 Q1-Q3 ....................................................... 22 Table 9: Other Intercity Bus Routes serving Solano County ...................................................................... 23 Table 10: Recent Bike and Pedestrian Counts ........................................................................................... 30 Table 11: 2019 CMP Intersection Bicycle Counts ......................................................................................