BART WSX DSEIR DRAFT TECHNICAL REPORT - TRANSPORTATION Prepared for Jones & Stokes By DKS Associates 1956 Webster Street, Suite 300 Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 763-2061 March 19, 2003 DKS Associates TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SETTING AND EXISTING CONDITIONS ..........................................................1-1 1.1 Regional Roadway Access...............................................................................1-1 1.1.1 Interstate Highways......................................................................................1-1 1.1.2 State Routes..................................................................................................1-3 1.1.3 Arterials........................................................................................................1-3 1.2 Transit Services................................................................................................1-6 1.3 Adequacy of Roadway Network......................................................................1-7 1.4 Pedestrian Facilities........................................................................................1-15 1.5 Bicycle Facilities............................................................................................1-16 1.6 Parking Facilities............................................................................................1-16 2. 2010 – NO PROJECT..............................................................................................2-1 2.1 Description.......................................................................................................2-1 2.2 Approved Projects............................................................................................2-1 2.3 Network Changes.............................................................................................2-2 2.3.1 Grade Separation Project..............................................................................2-3 2.4 Impacts.............................................................................................................2-3 2.4.1 Trip Generation............................................................................................2-3 2.4.2 Trip Distribution...........................................................................................2-4 2.4.3 Intersection Analysis....................................................................................2-4 2.4.4 Metropolitan Transportation System Roadways..........................................2-8 2.4.5 Transit...........................................................................................................2-9 2.4.6 Parking.......................................................................................................2-19 3. ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY..............................................................................3-1 3.1. List of Scenarios...............................................................................................3-1 3.2. Travel Demand Model......................................................................................3-1 3.2.1. Description of Model....................................................................................3-2 3.3. Model Assumptions..........................................................................................3-5 3.3.1. Pricing Assumptions ....................................................................................3-6 3.3.2. Travel Behavior Assumptions......................................................................3-6 3.3.3. Demographic Assumptions ..........................................................................3-7 3.3.4. Network Coding...........................................................................................3-7 3.4. Model Constraints............................................................................................3-7 3.5. Validation Goals...............................................................................................3-7 3.6. Model Calibration............................................................................................3-9 3.7. Productions / Attractions versus Origins / Destinations.................................3-10 BART WSX DSEIR i March 19, 2003 Draft Technical Report – Transportation DKS Associates 3.8. Park-and-Ride / Kiss-and-Ride Analysis .......................................................3-10 3.9. Intersection Analysis......................................................................................3-12 3.10. MTS Analysis.................................................................................................3-12 3.10.1. MTS Roadway Analysis.............................................................................3-13 4. LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA ....................................................................4-1 5. WARM SPRINGS STATION AREA......................................................................5-1 5.1 Roadway Access ..............................................................................................5-1 5.2 Parking.............................................................................................................5-1 5.3 Bicycle Access and Storage .............................................................................5-1 5.4 Pedestrian Circulation......................................................................................5-2 5.5 Transit Service..................................................................................................5-2 5.5.1 Paratransit & Shuttle Service .......................................................................5-3 5.5.2 Taxi Service..................................................................................................5-3 5.6 Kiss-n-Ride.......................................................................................................5-3 5.7 Emergency and Maintenance Vehicle Access .................................................5-3 6. OPTIONAL IRVINGTON STATION AREA.........................................................6-1 6.1 Roadway Access ..............................................................................................6-1 6.2 Parking.............................................................................................................6-1 6.3 Bicycle Access and Storage .............................................................................6-2 6.4 Pedestrian Circulation......................................................................................6-2 6.5 Transit Service..................................................................................................6-3 6.5.1 Paratransit & Shuttle Service .......................................................................6-3 6.5.2 Taxi Service..................................................................................................6-3 6.6 Kiss-n-Ride.......................................................................................................6-3 6.7 Railroad Lines..................................................................................................6-3 6.8 Emergency and Maintenance Vehicle Access .................................................6-4 7. 2010 PROPOSED PROJECT...................................................................................7-1 7.1. Description.......................................................................................................7-1 7.2. Impacts.............................................................................................................7-1 7.2.1. Trip Generation............................................................................................7-1 7.2.2. Trip Distribution...........................................................................................7-2 7.2.3. Intersection Analysis....................................................................................7-2 7.2.4. Metropolitan Transportation System Roadways..........................................7-4 7.2.5. Transit...........................................................................................................7-6 7.2.6. Parking.......................................................................................................7-17 8. 2010 PROPOSED PROJECT WITH OPTIONAL IRVINGTON STATION ........8-1 8.1 Description.......................................................................................................8-1 BART WSX DSEIR ii March 19, 2003 Draft Technical Report – Transportation DKS Associates 8.2 Impacts.............................................................................................................8-1 8.2.1 Trip Generation............................................................................................8-1 8.2.2 Trip Distribution...........................................................................................8-1 8.2.3 Intersection Analysis....................................................................................8-1 8.2.4 Metropolitan Transportation System Roadways..........................................8-4 8.2.5 Transit...........................................................................................................8-5 8.2.6 Parking.......................................................................................................8-17 9. 2010 PROPOSED BUS ALTERNATIVE...............................................................9-1 9.1. Description.......................................................................................................9-1