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Appendix I: Travel Demand Forecasting Report
5.3 Express Bus Ridership -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
5.4 Passenger Rail Ridership -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32
5.4.1 Daily Ridership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32
5.4.2 Home-Based Work Ridership ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------33
5.4.3 Peak Period Ridership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------35
5.4.4 Shuttle Bus Ridership -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38
5.4.5 Parking Demand--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------39
5.5 Transit Trip Length ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------40
5.6 Vehicle Miles Traveled and Vehicle Hours Traveled ---------------------------------------------------------41
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.1-1 Smart Corridor Study Area---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
Figure 2.2-1 Year 2025 Home Based Work Desire Lines – Sonoma County ----------------------------------5
Figure 2.2-2 Year 2025 Home Based Work Desire Lines Desire Lines – Marin County --------------------6
Figure 2.3-1 Study Area Traffic Analysis Zones-----------------------------------------------------------------------8
Figure 2.5-1 Transit Support Node and Access Link Structure ----------------------------------------------- 10
Figure 3.1-1 Forecast Growth in Population by TAZ, 2000-2025 -------------------------------------------------14
Figure 3.2-1 Forecast Growth in Employment by TAZ, 2000-2025-----------------------------------------------16
Figure 4.2-1 Express Bus Alternative - Location of Express Bus Service Stops ------------------------------20
Figure 4.2-2 Express Bus Alternative - Location of Super Express Bus Service Stops ---------------------21
Figure 5.1-1 Location of Traffic Analysis Zones with High Population and Employment--------------------28
Figure 5.4-1 2025 Peak Period Ridership for Cloverdale to Larkspur Alternative-----------------------------36
Figure 5.4-2 2025 Peak Period Ridership for Windsor to San Rafael Alternative-----------------------------37
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.2-1 Flow of Home Based Work Trips from County to Super Districts in Year 2025----------------7
Table 3.1-1 Forecast Growth in Population, 2000-2025-------------------------------------------------------------13
Table 3.1-2 Forecast Growth in Number of Households, 2000-2025 --------------------------------------------13
Table 3.2-1 Forecast Growth in Employment, 2000-2025 ----------------------------------------------------------15
Table 4.2-1 Frequency Improvements to Bus Routes-----------------------------------------------------------------18
Table 4.3-1 Passenger Rail Alternative - Passenger Rail Stations -----------------------------------------------22
Table 4.3-2 Passenger Rail Alternative - Station-to-Station Distance (Miles)-----------------------------------23
Table 4.3-3 Passenger Rail Alternative - Station-to-Station Travel Time (Minutes)---------------------------23
Table 4.3-4 Traffic Analysis Zones with Access to Parking at Stations------------------------------------------24
Table 5.1-1 High Population and Employment Traffic Analysis Zones ------------------------------------------26
Table 5.1-2 Future Peak Period Transit Travel Times in Minutes-------------------------------------------------27
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit ii Travel Demand Forecasting Report
September 2005