City of Sarasota Downtown Circulator Feasibility Study lindale April 2015 ~ Oliver Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction and Background ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1‐1 1.1: Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1‐1 Section 2: Baseline Conditions and Rider Market Assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.1: Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2‐1 2.2: Overview of Study Area .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2‐1 2.3: Demographics/Socioeconomic Characteristics ........................................................................................................................................................... 2‐3 2.4: Land Use Framework ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2‐10 2.5: Existing/Planned Transit ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2‐18 2.6: Summary Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2‐25 Section 3: Transit Demand Assessment ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.1: Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3.1 3.2: Transit Rider Market Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3‐1 3.3: Activity Center Assessment ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3‐1 3.4: Traditional Market Assessment .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3‐4 3.5: Discretionary Market Assessment .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3‐4 3.6: Potential Ridership Estimates ................................................................................................................................................................................... 3‐10 3.7: Summary Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3‐16 Section 4: Engineering and Technology Assessment .................................................................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.1: Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4‐1 4.2: Engineering Assessment ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4‐4 4.3: Identification of Alternative Routes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4‐7 4.4: Rolling Stock Options .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4‐7 4.5: Conceptual Cross Sections ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4‐16 4.6: Travel Time and Number of Vehicles ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4‐30 City of Sarasota Downtown Circulator Feasibility Study ‐ April 2015 Page i Section 5: System Costs and Potential Revenues ......................................................................................................................................................... 5‐1 5.1: Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5‐1 5.2: Capital Costs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5‐1 5.3: Operating Costs ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5‐3 5.4: Potential Operating Revenues .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5‐5 5.5: Capital Funding Sources .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5‐6 5.6: Summary Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5‐9 Section 6: Economic Benefits of a Downtown Circulator .............................................................................................................................................. 6‐1 6.1: Introduction and Methodology .................................................................................................................................................................................. 6‐1 6.2: Economic Development Impacts of Rubber‐Tire Circulator vs. Streetcar .................................................................................................................. 6‐1 6.3: Base Case and Streetcar Case Scenarios ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐1 6.4: Study Area Overview................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐2 6.5: Study Area Results .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐13 6.5.1: Circulator A Alignment Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐13 6.5.2: Circulator B Alignment Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐15 6.5.3: Circulator C Alignment Summary .................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐16 6.5.4: Cross‐Comparison of the Alignments .............................................................................................................................................................. 6‐17 6.6: Economic Impact Summary Results .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6‐18 Section 7: Organizational Business Model ................................................................................................................................................................... 7‐1 7.1: Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................