April 2020 Strategic Multimodal Transit Implementation Plan The Strategic Multimodal Transit Implementation Plan (SMTIP) is a ten-year strategic plan that provides insight over current and future travel patterns and demand within NCTD’s service area, and identifies service and capital improvements that will support NCTD’s efforts to provide high quality transit services to North County residents and visitors over the long-term. The plan fol- lows a previous study, the Land Use Transit Integration Study (LUTIS), which identified, through technical analysis and input from stakeholders and the community, priority corridors, focus areas, and preferred strategies to improve transit efficiency and overall attractiveness. Started in August 2019, the SMTIP builds upon the findings of the LUTIS for the design of a ten-year strategy. Over the fall of 2019 and winter of 2020, IBI Group and its team of consultants have focused their efforts on the following tasks: • A review of existing plans, policies, and transit data to provide an up-to-date profile of existing conditions as well as track current and future initiatives to consider and integrate into the strategic plan. • A Transfer Survey, where surveyors went to busy intermodal stations to talk to transit riders and document their trips, with a special focus on origin and destination, as well as the modal combinations that compose their everyday trips. • A Location-Based Services (LBS) Travel Demand Analysis, anonymous cellphone-based data was used to identify overall trip characteristics within and around NCTD’s service area to understand the volume, length, and destinations of all trips in the region. • Two Technical Working Group Meetings during which participants heard: (1) a summary of results from the LUTIS analysis and how it will be used as the foundation for the SMTIP, and (2) the key takeaways from the Transfer Study and the LBS Travel-De- mand Analysis. Over the course of the spring and summer of 2020, the IBI Group team will garner the rich data collected over the last year and a half (from the LUTIS until now), to develop service and capital improvement recommendations. These recommendations will also include high-level cost and implementation considerations. They will be prioritized and reviewed under the lens of Title IV Civil Rights requirements to ensure that proposed changes would not disproportionately affect minority groups. These will be at the core of the final plan that is expected to be completed in the fall of 2020. SMTIP also includes several waves of outreach, which include holding quarterly meetings with an expanded Technical Working Group from LUTIS, as well as stakeholder engagement and community outreach. The initial outreach plan included both in-person outreach as well as online engagement. However, due to COVID_19 circumstances, changes to the initial strategies will be neces- sary, as the social distancing measures and overall concerns resulting from the pandemic may affect people’s interests and abilities to participate in the engagement activities that were scheduled to take place in April 2020. For more information, contact NCTD’s Transit Planner Katie Persons at [email protected] or 760.966.6683 about this Study. April 2020 Transportation Strategies and Improvement Areas Transportation Strategies The Strategic Multimodal Transit Implementation Plan will apply the following strategies to priority corridors and focus areas. A. Technology Based Strategy Using technology for a better travel experience Examples: Enhanced user app and real-time traveler information B. Transportation Demand Management Providing amenities for commuters using transit stations Examples: Car charging at park-and-ride lots and priority parking for transit riders C. Active Transportation Strategy D. Commuter Bus Strategy Making the first and last mile of your journey easier to Increasing transit access and frequency to key walk and bike employment and activity centers Examples: Upgraded bike lanes and enhanced Examples: Increased service at peak commuting crosswalks and sidewalks hours and increased direct connections to reduce trip times E. Bus Rapid Transit Strategy Providing enhanced services along busy and developed corridors Examples: Exclusive or dedicated right-of-way for rapid transit and stops at key destinations: shopping centers, employment centers and downtowns F. Rail Strategy Identifying corridors that could be converted to rail to meet future travel demands Planned Transportation Improvement Areas Priority corridors and focus areas are intended to benefit from some or all of the above transportation strategies. Priority Corridors Focus Areas • Route 101 • Vista & Escondido • Mission Ave & Canyon Dr, • Centre City Pkwy, • SPRINTER • East Escondido & Bear Oceanside Escondido • Mission Ave & Santa Fe Valley Pkwy • Vista Village Dr & Santa Fe • Rock Springs Rd & Borden Ave • Vista-Fallbrook Ave, Vista Rd • El Camino Real • Oceanside Transit Center • N Ash St & Valley Pkwy • Palomar Airport Rd & San • I-15 & W Valley Pkwy, • N Escondido Blvd & Valley Marcos Blvd Escondido Pkwy • San Marcos Blvd & Grand • San Marcos Civic Center Ave For more information, contact NCTD’s Transit Planner Katie Persons at [email protected] or 760.966.6683 about this Study. ATTACHMENT 14B NCTD Strategic Multimodal Transit Implementation Plan Task 3.1 Plan Review Prepared for North County Transit District by IBI Group September 11, 2019 IBI GROUP TASK 3.1 PLAN REVIEW Prepared for North County Transit District Document Control Page CLIENT: North County Transit District PROJECT NAME: NCTD Strategic Multimodal Transit Implementation Plan REPORT TITLE: Task 3.1 Plan Review IBI REFERENCE: 121412 VERSION: V5 DIGITAL MASTER: J:\121412_NCTDsmtip\6.0_Technical\Task 3-1 Plan Review ORIGINATOR: Patricia Vasquez Cabrera REVIEWER: Debbie Leung, Catherine Thibault, Steve Schibuola AUTHORIZATION: CIRCULATION LIST: Katie Persons, NCTD V1 Internal Draft V1.1 Revised Draft HISTORY: V2-4 Internal Draft V5 Draft for Submittal V6 September 11, 2019 IBI GROUP STRATEGIC MULTIMODAL TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TASK 3.1 PLAN REVIEW Prepared for North County Transit District TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Project Introduction and Document Purpose ............................................................ 3 2 Active Transportation Plans ........................................................................................ 9 2.1 City of Solana Beach Comprehensive Active Transportation Strategy (2015) .. 9 2.2 San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan – Appendix U.16: Active Transportation Implementation Strategy (SANDAG) (2015) ............................. 9 2.3 County of San Diego Active Transportation Plan Draft (2018) .......................... 9 2.4 San Marcos Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (2015) ................................ 10 3 Bike Master Plans ....................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Carlsbad Bikeway Master Plan (2007) ............................................................ 10 3.2 City of Encinitas Bikeway Master Plan (2005) ................................................. 10 3.3 Escondido Bicycle Master Plan (2012) ............................................................ 11 3.4 City of Oceanside Bicycle Master Plan (2008) ................................................ 11 3.5 Riding to 2050: San Diego Regional Bike Plan (SANDAG) (2010) ................. 11 4 Comprehensive Operating Analyses (COA) ............................................................ 12 4.1 Riverside Transit Agency Comprehensive Operational Analysis (2015) ......... 12 4.2 San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Transit Optimization Plan (2017) ............................................................................................................... 12 5 General Plan Circulation/Transportation Elements ................................................ 12 5.1 Del Mar Community Plan – Transportation (1976, amended in 1985) ............ 12 5.2 Carlsbad Circulation Element (amended 2013) ............................................... 13 5.3 Encinitas Circulation Element (amended 2003) .............................................. 13 5.4 Oceanside General Plan Circulation Element (2017) ...................................... 13 5.5 Solana Beach General Plan Circulation Element (2017) ................................. 14 5.6 Vista 2030 General Plan Circulation Element (2011) ...................................... 14 6 General Plan Mobility Elements ................................................................................ 15 6.1 Carlsbad Master Plan – Mobility and Beautification Chapter (2018) ............... 15 6.2 Escondido General Plan Mobility Element (2012) ........................................... 15 6.3 San Marcos General Plan Mobility Element (2012) ......................................... 15 7 Pedestrian Master Plans ............................................................................................ 16 7.1 Pedestrian Master Plan Prepared for City of Carlsbad (2008) ........................ 16 7.2 Oceanside Pedestrian Master Plan (2009) ...................................................... 16 7.3 City of San Diego Final Draft Pedestrian Master Plan (2015) ......................... 17 8 Projects ........................................................................................................................ 17 8.1 Lomas Santa Fe Corridor Improvement Project (Ongoing) ............................. 17 1 IBI GROUP STRATEGIC