Commuter Rail Extension Alternatives Analysis - Transportation ...

CALTRAIN EXTENSION TO MONTEREY COUNTYALTERNATIVES ANALYSISPajaro Valley Park-and-Ride FacilityThe Express Bus Alternative assumes that a park-and-ride facility will be constructed in Pajaro at thesite of the proposed Caltrain station. Given this location along the UPRR Coast line track, the ExpressBus Alternative investment could be used for Caltrain Extension Alternative passenger rail service,when capacity/operations and maintenance cost tradeoffs warrant.In general, the Pajaro park-and-ride facility will include the same elements as the Caltrain ExtensionAlternative minus the Caltrain passenger loading platform and the track, switch and signalingimprovements needed to accommodate Caltrain service. The resulting park-and-ride facility willinclude the following elements:• Station building (provided by others), furniture and fixtures, information displays• Bus, shuttle, and van loading/unloading berths, shelters, information displays• Parking, bicycle facilities, sidewalks, and circulation roadways• Roadway, signing and striping, and roadway median construction• Site drainage, lighting, and landscaping.Surface parking for approximately 410 vehicles will be provided on the west side of the tracks,roughly parallel with Salinas Road. The northwest corner of the site will remain vacant and provide anopportunity for expansion of parking or other future development. The express bus loading and turnaroundarea will be located on the northeast corner of the parking lot.Vehicular traffic will access the station via two driveways on Salinas Road between its intersectionswith Lewis Road and Railroad Avenue.Features included with the Express Bus Alternative are highlighted on Figure 3-9. The estimated costof this facility is $7.8 million expressed in FY 2007 dollars and $8.3 million expressed in year ofexpenditure dollars.Castroville Park-and-RideSimilar to Pajaro, the Castroville park-and-ride facility will be sited adjacent to the UPRR Coast Linetrack, to facilitate conversion to a rail passenger facility at a later date. A smaller parking supply willbe provided at this location compared to the Caltrain Extension Alternative. A companion facility willbe constructed at Marina to provide an equivalent supply of parking. The Castroville park-and-ride willinclude:• Bus, shuttle, and van loading/unloading berths, shelters, information displays• Parking, bicycle facilities, sidewalks, and circulation roadways• Access roadway construction, signing, and striping• Site drainage, lighting, and landscaping• Pedestrian grade separation crossing of the main line and Castroville station tracks• Shoofly track to permit construction of a pedestrian grade separation• Safety fencing to control pedestrian at-grade crossing of the UPRR main line track• Access to the station location via the Monterey branch rail line.• Surface parking for approximately 53 vehicles will be provided to the west of the UPRR track.Local Castroville residents will access the station via Benson Road, which will be connected toSalinas Road, and via a pedestrian undercrossing of the UPRR track.parsons CHAPTER 3: DETAILED DEFINITION OF ALTERNATIVES 79