4.0 DRAFT 2014 COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT – HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR IMPERIAL COUNTY This page intentionally left blank IN ASSOCIATION WITH: i TRANSIT MARKETING | MOBILITY PLANNERS | PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION SOLUTIONS DRAFT 2014 COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT – HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR IMPERIAL COUNTY 2014 Public Transit—Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan for Imperial County Table of Contentsi Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... viii This Coordinated Plan’s Purposes .............................................................................................................. viii Context for the Coordinated Plan .............................................................................................................. viii Transportation Resources ............................................................................................................................. x Mobility Needs and Gaps ............................................................................................................................ xii Strategies of Response and Prioritizing These to Move Forward ............................................................... xv 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Federal Statute and Requirement........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 This Document’s Purposes ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Key Themes of Imperial County’s 2008 Coordinated Plan ...................................................................... 2 1.4 Public Transit Improvements Since 2008 Coordinated Plan ................................................................... 5 2.0 Context for the Coordinated Plan ............................................................................................. 7 2.1 Imperial County Target Populations ....................................................................................................... 7 Population Changes among Target Populations....................................................................................... 7 Vehicle Access by Imperial County Residents .......................................................................................... 11 2.2 Distribution of Target Populations within Imperial County .................................................................. 12 2.3 SCAG Projections of Growth and Employment ..................................................................................... 15 2.4 Summary Discussion of the Context for Coordinated Transportation Projects ................................... 15 6.0 3.0 Transportation Resources .............................................................................................. 17 3.1 Public Transit in Imperial County .......................................................................................................... 17 Imperial Valley Transit ............................................................................................................................ 17 Local and Regional Zoned Routes ........................................................................................................... 17 Express Routes (Express, Direct, and FAST) ............................................................................................. 18 Remote Zone Routes ............................................................................................................................... 19 City Circulators ........................................................................................................................................ 21 IVT Fixed-Route Fares .............................................................................................................................. 21 Yuma County Area Transit ...................................................................................................................... 22 Public Demand Response Services .......................................................................................................... 22 Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom Projects ................................................... 24 CalVans Transportation Authority .......................................................................................................... 25 3.2 Human Service Transportation Programs ............................................................................................. 25 Directly Operated Transportation ........................................................................................................... 26 IN ASSOCIATION WITH: ii TRANSIT MARKETING | MOBILITY PLANNERS | PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION SOLUTIONS DRAFT 2014 COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT – HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR IMPERIAL COUNTY Subsidized Transportation....................................................................................................................... 28 3.3 Private Transportation Providers .......................................................................................................... 28 3.4 Transportation Resource Inventory ...................................................................................................... 29 3.5 Summary Discussion of Transportation Resources .............................................................................. 30 4.0 Market Research - Mobility Need and Gap Findings ..................................................... 33 4.1 Key Stakeholder Interview Outreach .................................................................................................... 33 Transportation Disadvantaged Populations ........................................................................................... 33 Older Adult Mobility Topics ..................................................................................................................... 35 Persons with Disabilities Mobility Topics ................................................................................................ 37 Mobility Device, Securement, and Safety Concerns ................................................................................ 37 College Students ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Veterans in Imperial County .................................................................................................................... 40 Border Pedestrian Crossings and Prospective Transit Users ................................................................... 41 Medical Trip Needs ................................................................................................................................. 43 Fort Yuma Indian Reservation and Quechan Tribe Transportation Topics ............................................. 45 Transit Information Topics ...................................................................................................................... 48 Transportation Facilities Topics .............................................................................................................. 48 Existing Coordination Projects and Interests in Imperial County ............................................................ 49 4.2 Consumer Intercept Survey .................................................................................................................. 50 About the Respondents ........................................................................................................................... 50 Transportation Used and Needed ........................................................................................................... 53 4.3 Agency E-Survey Findings ..................................................................................................................... 58 About the Responding Organizations ..................................................................................................... 58 About the Constituents They Serve ......................................................................................................... 59 Transportation Topics and Needs Reported ............................................................................................ 61 Reported to Barriers to Accessing Transportation .................................................................................. 63 4.4 Workshop with SSTAC Members .......................................................................................................... 64 4.5 Summary Discussion of Mobility Needs and Gaps ................................................................................ 67 About Existing Imperial Valley Transportation Services ......................................................................... 67 About the Transportation Infrastructure and Capital Improvements ..................................................... 69 Overlap with Private Sector Transportation ........................................................................................... 70 Additional Services for Long-Distance Trip Needs ..................................................................................