Chittenden County Park and Ride and Intercept Plan Public Meeting February 17, 2010

1 AGENDA  Introductions  Project Overview & Purpose of Meeting  Existing Conditions – Preliminary Findings  Next Steps – Example Goals  Questions and Comments

2 Plan Purpose and Major Steps  Build off Previous Plans  2004 and 1999 Chittenden County Park and Ride Prioritization  1993 Colchester-Essex-Burlington P&R Studies  Develop Plan Guided by Overall Program Goals and Objectives  Include P&Rs in Chittenden County Commuter Shed  Identify Upgrades to Existing Facilities and Locations for New Facilities  Update Prioritization Methodology  Develop Implementation Plan

3 How the Plan Fits In  Document Existing Conditions  Inventory of Existing Facilities  Analysis of Travel Demand Characteristics  Develop Goals and Objectives  Identify and Prioritize Projects  Develop Implementation Plan  Final and Draft Plan PLAN PRIORITIZE PROJECT DEFINITION BUILD ENGINEERING, PERMITS, ROW OPERATE

4 Plan Management and Public Involvement  Park and Ride Advisory Committee  CCMPO  VTrans  CCTA  CATMA  Local Motion  Municipal Staff/Officials  Survey & Employer Interviews  Public Meetings  Initial to Gather Issues  Location Specific Meetings TBD  Review and Comment on Draft Plan  CCMPO Board Review and Adoption

5 Planning Framework – Service Areas  Core  South  Southeast  East  Northeast  North

6 Facility Type INTERCEPT PARK & RIDE

7 Park and Ride Facility Inventory  Physical Characteristics  Number of spaces  Type of Facility  Surface, striping and lighting  Shelter, bike rack, transit service  Ownership  General Performance Assessment  Accessibility  Safety  Congestion  Multi-Modal Access

8 Capacity and Ownership VTransMunicipalPrivate

9 Other Park and Ride Facilities  CATMA Intercept Facilities (Car to Shuttle)  Gilbane (included in inventory)  North Avenue (included in inventory)  Winooski Garage  Fanny Allen  CCTA Park and Ride (Car to Express Transit)  St. Albans Link Express — Highgate Commons — Collins-Perley Sports Center – St. Albans Link  Middlebury Link Express — Charlotte CITGO Station — Exchange Street Storage  Montpelier Link Express — VT Department of Employment & Training  Milton Commuter (Starting Soon) — Milton Town Offices

10 Performance Issues  General Accessibility  Gilbane and North Avenue  Waterbury/Exit 10  Bristol  Safety  Seven of Nineteen facilities located near High Crash Locations  Congestion Issues  Waterbury/Exit 10  Richmond/Exit 11  St. Albans/Exit 19  Berlin/Exit 9

11 Performance: Multi-Modal Access

12 Travel Characteristics: Worker Flows IN-BOUNDOUT-BOUND

13 Commuter Flows by Corridor - Verification

14 Travel Characteristics: Mode Share  Transit’s mode share has probably increased  Transit accounts for about 30% of Park and Ride demand Source: 2000 Census Transportation Planning Package

15 CATMA Mode Shares – A Target for Chittenden County

16 Demand versus Supply

17 Preliminary Observations  Inventory & Performance  Limited intercept facilities  Good visibility except: — Exit 10/Waterbury, Bristol, Gilbane, North Ave  Safety (7 of 19 are near HCLs)  Minimal congestion except: — Exit 10/Waterbury, Richmond, Exit 19/St. Albans, Exit 7/Berlin  Good multi-modal access  Location with high occupancies and minimal room for expansion — Exit 11/Richmond, Exit 19/St. Albans, Exit18 Georgia  Travel Characteristics  Overall – 64% of Chittenden County employees live in the County  Significant in-bound commuter flows  Transit riders are an important user of park-and-rides (30%)  Higher car-pool mode shares than rest of state  North Corridor houses the largest number of employees & has the highest percentage of car-poolers  Biggest gap between car-poolers and spaces occurs in the North  Park and ride facilities need to be better located to better serve demand

18 NEXT STEP: Goals and Objectives  EXAMPLES….  Locate facilities to meet demand  Locate and design facilities consistent with local land use plans  Serve multiple uses  Address safety and congestion issues at existing locations  Design and locate facilities to provide seamless transitions between all modes  Incorporate technology (traveler information)  Incorporate landscaping and public art  Minimize capital and operating costs  Seek public and private funding

19 Questions and Comments  Do you have any issues and concerns about existing facilities?  What types of services or amenities are important?  Do we need more park and ride facilities? If yes, do you have a location in mind?  What goals should be included into the plan?