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Appendix I: Travel Demand Forecasting Report
TABLE 5.4-4
2025 TOTAL HOME-BASE WORK RIDERSHIP FOR SMART PASSENGER RAIL:
WINDSOR TO SAN RAFAEL
Commuter Rail Station Stop
Drive
Peak
Walk
Off-Peak
Walk
Total
Ridership
Boardings 183 161 54 397
Windsor
Alightings 183 161 54 397
Boardings 278 64 48 389
Santa Rosa - Jennings Ave.
Alightings 278 64 48 389
Boardings 376 117 68 561
Downtown Santa Rosa
Alightings 376 117 68 561
Boardings 229 59 21 308
Rohnert Park
Alightings 229 59 21 308
Boardings 159 43 20 221
Cotati
Alightings 159 43 20 221
Boardings 145 29 2 176
Petaluma - Corona Road
Alightings 145 29 2 176
Boardings 157 78 47 281
Downtown Petaluma
Alightings 157 78 47 281
Boardings 69 56 6 130
North Novato
Alightings 69 56 6 130
Boardings 46 11 32 89
South Novato
Alightings 46 11 32 89
Boardings 84 76 94 253
Marin County Civic Center
Alightings 84 76 94 253
Boardings 80 52 157 288
Downtown San Rafael
Alightings 80 52 157 288
Boardings 1,804 742 546 3,092
GRAND TOTAL
Alightings 1,804 742 546 3,092
Source: MTC Model, Parsons Brinckerhoff
5.4.3 Peak Period Ridership
Figures 5.4-1 and 5.4-2 display schematic representations of AM peak period boardings and alightings
for each SMART passenger rail alternative. Peak boardings and peak alightings represent the sum of
peak drive access and peak walk access ridership at each rail station during the morning (AM) commute
peak period. In the figures, on and off indicate boardings and alightings respectively, at each station
stop. The numbers between station stops indicate total segment volumes (or loads) in the direction of
travel. As seen from the figures, the ridership is heavier in the southbound direction of travel than in the
northbound direction of travel during the morning peak period; the reverse takes place in the PM peak
period.
In the Cloverdale to Larkspur Alternative, illustrated in Figure 5.4-1, the peak period load point is in the
southbound direction between the Santa Rosa-Jennings Avenue Station and the Downtown Santa Rosa
Station with a load of 750 riders. In the southbound direction at both Windsor and Santa Rosa-Jennings
Avenue stations it is estimated that there will be over 250 boardings during the AM peak period. In the
northbound direction the AM peak period load point is about 300 and occurs between Rohnert Park and
Downtown Santa Rosa stations.
Similar to the Cloverdale to Larkspur Alternative, the MOS Alternative’s peak load point in the
southbound direction is between the Santa Rosa stations; however the load is less with approximately
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit 35 Travel Demand Forecasting Report
September 2005