Central Coast Network Integration Study San Luis Obispo--Moorpark Prepared for: Santa Barbara County Association of Governments DRAFT July 2021 LA19-3070.01 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1 Project Goals and Purpose ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Summary of Existing Services .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Challenges to Integrating Existing Services ....................................................................................................................... 3 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Existing Intercity Transit Service ................................................................................................. 6 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Regional and Intercity Transit Operators in the Study Area ....................................................................................... 8 Defining Regional and Intercity Transit Service for Network Integration............................................................10 Summary of Study Area Intercity Routes ..........................................................................................................................11 Local Bus Service ........................................................................................................................................................................21 Fare Structures ............................................................................................................................................................................24 Intercity Service Needs and Market Assessment ..................................................................... 27 Policies and Plans Review Summary ...................................................................................................................................27 Other Central Coast/Regional Network Integration Studies ....................................................................................35 Travel Market Analysis for Intercity and Intraregional Travel ...................................................................................37 Challenges in Coordinating Intercity Bus and Rail Services ................................................... 44 Existing Transfer Points Between Intercity Services ......................................................................................................45 Connecting Other Urban Centers ........................................................................................................................................47 Existing Schedule Connections Between Intercity Buses ...........................................................................................48 Other Challenges in Connecting Intercity Services.......................................................................................................54 Opportunities for Network Integration .................................................................................... 58 Intercity Bus Concepts: Expand Trips from Existing Services ....................................................................................59 Long-term Intercity Bus Concepts: Improving Connectivity with New Service .................................................67 Intercity Rail Concepts .............................................................................................................................................................74 Governance and Oversight of Regional Integrated Services ................................................ 104 Existing Governing Bodies ................................................................................................................................................... 105 Addressing the Challenges .................................................................................................................................................. 108 Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 111 Appendices................................................................................................................................. 113 Sources and References ....................................................................................................................................................... 113 Stakeholder Input and Comments ................................................................................................................................... 115 List of Figures Figure 1 SBCAG Network Integration Study Area ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2 Study Area detail along US-101 and parallel rail corridor ........................................................................................................ 7 Figure 3 Study Area Rail and Transit Service................................................................................................................................................ 12 Figure 4 Study Area Detail of Northern Segment ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 5 Study Area detail of Central Segment .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 6 Study Area Detail of South Segment............................................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 7 Santa Maria and Lompoc Connections......................................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 8 Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley Connections ............................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 9 Ventura County Connections ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 10 Local Bus Service Coverage in the Study Area ........................................................................................................................ 21 Figure 11 Southern California Service (2027 Vision) - 2018 California State Rail Plan ................................................................. 28 Figure 12 Rural and Intercity Bus Study Corridors ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Figure 13 Proportion of Local and Regional Trips ..................................................................................................................................... 38 Figure 14 Traffic Volumes on US-101 Through Santa Barbara County .............................................................................................. 39 Figure 15 Daily Traffic Distribution by Time ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Figure 16 Comparison of Key AM Peak Period Travel Patterns ............................................................................................................ 40 Figure 17 Home Cities of North County to Santa Barbara Commuters ............................................................................................. 42 Figure 18 Santa Maria Intercity Connections ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Figure 19 Santa Barbara and Goleta Connections ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Figure 20 Southbound Intercity Service Stringline .................................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 21 Northbound Intercity Service stringline ..................................................................................................................................... 52 Figure 22 Near-term Expanded Southbound Intercity Bus Opportunities ....................................................................................... 63 Figure 23 Near-term Expanded Northbound Intercity Bus Opportunities ....................................................................................... 64 Figure 24 New Southbound Intercity Bus Opportunities ........................................................................................................................ 68 Figure 25 New Northbound Intercity Bus Opportunities .......................................................................................................................