Commuter Rail Extension Alternatives Analysis - Transportation ...

CALTRAIN EXTENSION TO MONTEREY COUNTYALTERNATIVES ANALYSISboard at San Francisco Bay Area stations and ride south to Monterey County. These commutingpatterns appear to hold true as of 2005/2006, and are assumed for 2010 opening year conditions.Year 2030 boardings are forecast as 2,056 riders per day traveling in each direction (4,000passenger trips).The physical components of the Caltrain Extension Alternative are described and detailed in theCaltrain Extension to Monterey County Project Study Report, dated February 21, 2006. The projectstudy report is a “Project Initiation Document” which provides sufficient project detail and costestimates to allow a project to be included in the State Transportation Improvement Program at thediscretion of the California Transportation Commission. The Caltrain Extension to MontereyCounty Project Study Report is included with this Alternatives Analysis by reference as thephysical definition of the Caltrain Extension Alternative. See Table 9-1 for the Caltrain ExtensionAlternative capital cost estimates expressed in FY 2007 and year of expenditure (YOE) dollars.Table 9-1 identifies a cost allowance of $8.8 million for vehicles. This rolling stock is not required toaccommodate peak passenger loads, and is included as a risk element for comparison with theExpress Bus Alternative. This potential cost is not reflected in the year of expenditure funding plan.Table 9-1Caltrain Extension Alternative Capital Cost Estimate ($1,000 FY 2007)Work DescriptionUPRRMainLineGilroyYardPajaroStationCastrovilleStationSalinasStationSalinasBusSalinasYard2007TotalsYOETotalsParking and access — — $ 1,805 $ 2,085 $ 2,244 $1,526 — $7,660 $8,426Pedestrian structures — — — 900 — — — 900 990Platform and station— — 1,602 1,953 2,555 1,298 — 7,408 8,149amenitiesTrack and signal5,000 2,088 3,937 3,251 1,103 — 3,718 19,097 20,099improvementsSpecialty items — — 179 — 227 — 202 608 669Mobilization — 209 753 729 613 282 392 2,978 3,276Contingencies — 804 2,897 3,122 2,360 1,087 1,509 11,779 12,957Construction Total $5,000 $3,101 $11,173 $12,040 $ 9,102 $4,193 $5,821 $50,430 $54,566Soft cost — 1,023 3,687 3,973 3,004 1,384 1,921 14,992 15,756Right-of-way — — 2,170 430 7,750 4,250 4,000 18,600 19,346Subtotal $5,000 $4,124 $17,030 $16,443 $19,856 $9,827 $11,742 $84,022 $89,668Vehicles (risk element) — — — — — — — 8,800 9,616Unallocated contingency 9,282 9,871Total $5,000 $4,124 $17,030 $16,443 $19,856 $9,827 $11,742 $102,104 $109,155Express Bus AlternativeIn the Caltrain Extension to Monterey County project, the Express Bus Alternative entails express busservice from Salinas to the San Francisco Bay Area. This alternative would attempt to provideequivalent travel time savings, comfort and convenience for transit users as compared with theCaltrain Extension Alternative. Monterey–Salinas Transit (MST) express bus service would beparsons CHAPTER 9: SUMMARY 222