Moorest D Southern New Jersey to Philadelphia Transit Study FINAL REPORT October, 2005 Delaware River Port Authority Southern New Jersey to Philadelphia Transit Study Final Report Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................ES-1 1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 STUDY DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................................1-1 1.1.1 STUDY AREA.....................................................................................................................................1-2 1.2 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT.....................................................................................................................1-2 2 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AGENCY COORDINATION ........................................................................2-1 2.1 PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES............................................................................................................................2-1 2.2 TARGETED OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS ........................................................................2-3 2.3 ELECTED OFFICIALS BRIEFINGS .............................................................................................................2-4 2.4 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION FORUM ....................................................................................................2-5 2.5 ASSESSMENT STEERING GROUP AND ASSESSMENT ADVISORY GROUP ....................................................2-6 2.6 SUMMARY OF COMMENTS ......................................................................................................................2-6 2.6.1 COMMENTS RECEIVED ......................................................................................................................2-6 3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ..................................................................................................................3-1 3.1 LAND USE ..............................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.....................................................................................................................3-2 3.3 DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................3-3 3.3.1 POPULATION ....................................................................................................................................3-3 3.3.2 HOUSEHOLD SIZES ...........................................................................................................................3-5 3.3.3 EMPLOYMENT ...................................................................................................................................3-6 3.4 AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP .....................................................................................................................3-6 3.4.1 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ...........................................................................................................3-8 3.5 PLANNED AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.............................................................................................3-16 3.5.1 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS ................................................................................................3-16 3.5.2 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................................................................3-17 3.6 PREVIOUS STUDIES..............................................................................................................................3-17 3.7 STATEMENT OF NEEDS.........................................................................................................................3-19 4 ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT.......................................................................................................4-1 4.1 LONG LIST OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................4-3 4.1.1 SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ALTERNATIVES ...........................................................................................4-3 4.1.2 CAMDEN WATERFRONT ALTERNATIVES ...........................................................................................4-13 4.1.3 PHILADELPHIA MARKET WEST ALTERNATIVES.................................................................................4-17 4.1.4 PHILADELPHIA WATERFRONT ALTERNATIVES..................................................................................4-22 4.2 REDUCED LIST OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................................4-30 5 SHORT LIST ALTERNATIVES AND NEXT STEPS ...............................................................................5-1 5.1 FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVES..............................................................................................................5-1 5.2 COMMUNITY IMPACTS............................................................................................................................5-2 5.3 COST EFFECTIVENESS............................................................................................................................5-3 5.3.1 RIDERSHIP POTENTIAL .....................................................................................................................5-3 5.3.2 OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ............................................................................................5-4 5.3.3 ORDER OF MAGNITUDE CAPITAL COSTS............................................................................................5-7 5.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF ALTERNATIVES ....................................................................................................5-8 5.4.1 ALTERNATIVE NJ-1: NJ ROUTE 42 AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY ................................................5-9 5.4.2 ALTERNATIVE NJ-2: NJ ROUTE 42 AND NJ ROUTE 55 .......................................................................5-13 5.4.3 ALTERNATIVE NJ-3: CONRAIL RIGHT-OF-WAY .................................................................................5-17 5.4.4 ALTERNATIVE PA-1: NEW STREETCAR/TROLLEY TO FRANKLIN SQUARE ...........................................5-22 5.4.5 ALTERNATIVE PA-2: EXTENSION OF SUBWAY-SURFACE LINES .........................................................5-26 5.5 CONCLUSIONS .....................................................................................................................................5-30 5.6 NEXT STEPS.........................................................................................................................................5-32 STV Incorporated i October, 2005 Southern New Jersey to Philadelphia Transit Study Final Report Tables TABLE 2-1: PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS.........................................................................................................2-1 TABLE 2-2: PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS......................................................................................................2-3 TABLE 2-3: STAKEHOLDER GROUP SESSIONS ....................................................................................................2-4 TABLE 2-4: ELECTED OFFICIAL BRIEFINGS ........................................................................................................2-5 TABLE 2-5: AAG MEETINGS ...............................................................................................................................2-6 TABLE 3-1: PHILADELPHIA ACTIVITY CENTERS ..................................................................................................3-2 TABLE 3-2: SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ACTIVITY CENTERS ...................................................................................3-2 TABLE 3-3: POPULATION ESTIMATES ................................................................................................................3-3 TABLE 3-4 :HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLD SIZES ............................................................................................3-5 TABLE 3-5: EMPLOYMENT ESTIMATES ...............................................................................................................3-6 TABLE 3-6: AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP ..............................................................................................................3-8 TABLE 3-7: MAJOR HIGHWAY FACILITIES ..........................................................................................................3-9 TABLE 3-8: MAJOR TRANSIT FACILITIES AND SERVICE ....................................................................................3-13 TABLE 3-9: DAILY ONE-WAY TRIPS..................................................................................................................3-15 TABLE 3-10: MAJOR PLANNED HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS..........................................................3-16 TABLE 3-11: SUMMARY OF PLANNED MAJOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS .....................................................3-17 TABLE 3-12: PREVIOUS STUDIES SUMMARY.....................................................................................................3-18 TABLE 4-1: SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ALTERNATIVES - LONG LIST SUMMARY ....................................................4-12