Inyo County Regional Transportation Plan 2015 Final Prepared for the Inyo County Public Works Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. Inyo 2015 Regional Transportation Plan FINAL Prepared for the Inyo County Transportation Commission 168 N. Edwards Street Independence, CA 93526 Prepared by LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. P.O. Box 5875 2690 Lake Forest Road, Suite C Tahoe City, California 96145 530 583-4053 September 22, 2015 LSC #147440 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 Plan Development Requirements and Process ......................................................................... 1 RTP Process ............................................................................................................................. 2 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS .................................................... 15 Regional Characteristics .......................................................................................................... 15 Transportation Land Use Integration ....................................................................................... 23 Roadway Transportation System Description ......................................................................... 23 Transit Services ....................................................................................................................... 40 Non-Motorized Facilities ........................................................................................................ 44 Aviation ................................................................................................................................... 52 Goods Movement .................................................................................................................... 53 Transportation System Operations and Management .............................................................. 56 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................... 56 Climate Change ....................................................................................................................... 57 3 POLICY ELEMENT .................................................................................................................... 59 Regional Transportation Needs and Issues ............................................................................. 59 Local and Regional Issues and Needs .................................................................................... 60 Goals, Policies, and Objectives .............................................................................................. 61 4 ACTION ELEMENT .................................................................................................................... 69 Plan Assumptions .................................................................................................................... 69 Transportation Safety .............................................................................................................. 70 Transportation Security / Emergency Preparedness ................................................................ 70 Funding Strategies ................................................................................................................... 71 Transportation System Improvements ..................................................................................... 71 Environmental Mitigation ....................................................................................................... 92 Inyo County Strategies to Reduce GHG Emissions ................................................................ 93 5 FINANCIAL ELEMENT ............................................................................................................. 95 Roadway Improvement Funding ............................................................................................. 95 Transit Improvement Funding ............................................................................................... 103 Aviation ................................................................................................................................. 105 Projected Revenues ............................................................................................................... 105 Appendix A ..................................................................................................................................... Acronyms Appendix B ................................................................................................................................. RTP Process Appendix C ................................................................................................... Public Involvement Procedures Appendix D .................................................................................................................. Correspondence/Input Appendix E .......................................................................................................................... LOS Description Appendix F ..................................................................................................................................... Accidents Inyo 2015 Regional Transportation Plan LSC Transportation Consultants Inc. Page i Appendix G ............................................................................................... US 395 10 Year Collision History Appendix H .......................................................................................................................... Bridge Inventory Appendix I ........................................................................................................ Tribal Transportation Needs Appendix J ................................................................................................................ Response to Comments LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1 Participation Process During RTP Development ............................................................................ 4 2 Inyo County Median Household Income ....................................................................................... 12 3 Inyo County 2013 Demographic Estimates ................................................................................... 15 4 Inyo County Population Projections ............................................................................................... 17 5 Inyo County Population Forecasts by Age ..................................................................................... 17 6 Eligibility for Free Reduced School Lunches .................................................................................. 21 7 Inyo County Commute Pattern Data .............................................................................................. 22 8 Inyo County Annual Average Daily Traffic Volumes on State Highways .................................... 28 9 Inyo County Peak Month Average Daily Traffic Volumes on State Highways .............................. 29 10 Traffic Counts in Death Valley National Park ................................................................................ 30 11 Inyo County State Highway Peak Hour Roadway Level of Service ............................................... 31 12 Truck Traffic on Inyo County State Highways ............................................................................... 32 13 RTP Program Level Performance Measures ................................................................................... 72 14 Project Selection Criteria ................................................................................................................. 74 15 Recently Completed Transportation Improvement Projects in Inyo County .................................. 74 16 Inyo County 2015 Ten Year SHOPP Projects ................................................................................. 77 17 Top Priority Funded Roadway and Bridge Projects ........................................................................ 78 18 Inyo County Mid-Term Regional Roadway Projects ...................................................................... 79 19 Inyo County Long-Term Regional Roadway Projects .................................................................... 80 20 Inyo County Regional Highway Bridge Program Projects .............................................................. 81 21 Inyo County Financially Unconstrained Roadway Projects ............................................................ 82 22 Inyo County Regional Public Transit Projects ................................................................................ 83 23 Inyo County Active Transportation Projects ................................................................................... 84 24 Inyo County Long-term Regional Bicycle Facility Projects ........................................................... 85 25 Inyo County Financially Unconstrained Regional Bicycle Facility Projects .................................. 87 26 Inyo County Short-term Regional Airport Capital Improvement Projects ...................................... 91 27 Inyo County Long-term Regional Airport Capital Improvement Projects ...................................... 92 28 RTP Forecast Revenue Summary .................................................................................................