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Highway Capacity Transit System Plan - Final Report June 2009 Development of Updated HCT System Plan 6.3 DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES Section 6.3 defines a baseline alternative and analyzes two system alternatives. The two system alternatives are based on the HCT alternatives that were recommended in Task 5 (Section 5.0) for more detailed analysis. The project team notes that the alignments, station locations, ridership forecasts, vehicles, and other characteristics of the system alternatives described in this section are anticipated to be finalized during the preparation of an FTA Alternatives Analysis and/or during project development (preliminary engineering and final design). The Alternatives Analysis and project development processes will address specific issues such as whether or not streetcar tracks will be placed in curbside lanes, medians, or other locations; how HCT vehicles will turn around at endpoints; and how new BRT and streetcar services will interface with the Tucson Modern Streetcar. More information about the FTA Alternatives Analysis and project development can be found in Section 7.0. 6.3.1 Baseline System Alternative The baseline system alternative includes transit improvements and transit‐related roadway improvements that are already planned or programmed in the region. A baseline alternative evaluation will be required should the project apply for FTA funding. At the time that the system alternatives analysis was conducted in January of 2009, planned and programmed improvements for the baseline alternative were identified. Since that time, all of these improvements have been implemented with the exception of the High Capacity Modern Streetcar System. The planned and programmed improvements in the baseline alternative as of January 2009 are the following: • Broadway Boulevard. Euclid Avenue to Country Club Road will be widened from five lanes to six lanes plus two dedicated transit lanes with a raised median. The roadway widening is expected to be completed by 2015. • Broadway Boulevard. Camino Seco to Houghton Road will be widened from three and five lanes to a four‐lane divided roadway. The widening is expected to be complete by 2020. • Weekday evening bus service expansion. Sun Tran service will be extended to 11 p.m. on Routes 1‐3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21‐23, 26, 27, 29, and 34 to midnight on Routes 4, 8, and 16. • Weekend bus service expansion. Buses will operate from approximately 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday on Routes 1‐4, 6‐11, 15‐17, 19‐23, 26, 27, 29, 34, and 37. • Bus service frequency and service area expansion. Frequencies will be improved from 15 minutes to 10 minutes on Routes 4, 6 (Park Avenue/1st Avenue leg), 11, 15, and 16 (Oracle Road/12th Avenue leg). Frequencies will be improved from 30 minutes to 15 minutes on Routes 6 (Park Avenue/Bilby Road leg), 7, 9, 10, and 16 (Ina Road leg). Routes 4, 8, 9, 11, 124
Highway Capacity Transit System Plan - Final Report June 2009 Development of Updated HCT System Plan 16, and 27 will be extended. A new route will be introduced on Houghton Road. A new northwest‐area bus maintenance facility will be constructed to accommodate the expanded fleet. • Enhancement of existing express bus service. Existing Sun Tran express bus routes (Routes 81 (Tanque Verde), 83 (Golf Links), 103 (Old Father), 105 (Sunrise), 106 (Swan), and 180 (Aero Park) will be upgraded to a minimum of six trips. • New express bus service. From 2009‐2010, six new express routes will be added during weekday peak hours. Stylized buses (which look more futuristic than the current Sun Tran bus shown in Figure 61 and may incorporate additional advanced technology features) will be used for all routes. New express routes will include: • On Oracle Road, from Tangerine Road in Oro Valley to Downtown Tucson/UA. Express service in this corridor may build a market for future HCT service. • From Tangerine Road in Oro Valley to the Raytheon plant at Nogales Highway and Valencia Road. • On I‐10, from Cortaro Road in Marana to Downtown Tucson. • On I‐19/Nogales Highway/6th Avenue, from Green Valley/Sahuarita to Raytheon and Downtown Tucson. • On I‐10, from Rita Ranch (UA Science and Technology Park) to Downtown Tucson. • On 6th Avenue, from Laos Transit Center to Downtown Tucson/Ronstadt Transit Center. Express service in this corridor may build a market for future HCT service. • New park‐and‐rides. Local and express bus service will be supported by new park‐and‐ride centers located in Oro Valley (Tangerine Road near Oracle Road), in Marana (Cortaro Road near I‐10), in Green Valley (Continental Road near I‐10), in the Valencia Road/Casino del Sol area, in the Rita Ranch area, in the Houghton Road/Broadway Boulevard area, and at Sahuarita Town Hall. • New community circulator service. New transit circulator services will be provided in Oro Valley, Marana, Green Valley, and Ajo. • Expansion of special needs transit service. Tucson’s Sun Van and Pima County’s Pima Transit paratransit services will be expanded. • High‐Capacity Modern Streetcar System. A new fixed‐guideway transit system will link densely populated activity centers along a 4‐mile corridor in central Tucson between UA and downtown Tucson. The system is intended to serve an existing weekday population of 100,000 within the corridor as well as encourage future transit‐supportive development and economic investment for future urban residents and workers. Over 1.4 million trips are estimated annually. The modern streetcar will make use of a new 4th Avenue underpass at the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). The streetcar will generally operate onstreet and will be double‐tracked. This project is currently under design. 125
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