| Mode |
Market/Project |
Est. Cost over 25
years $mil *
|
Maximize Alternative
to Driving Alone
|
Reduce Hwy101
Congestion
|
Reduce Local
Congestion
|
Maximize Mobility
for Seniors, Youth & Disadvantaged
|
Maintain
Environmental Quality of Life
|
Maintain Flexibility
|
Overall Benefit
|
|
Regional /
Interregional
|
|
Hwy
|
Narrows
Novato-
Petaluma
|
$300.0
Should be $485
|
HIGH Improves all high capacity modes.
|
HIGH Relieves key bottleneck; may save an estimated 492 daily
person hours in delay.
|
MED Relieves congestion on freeway access routes in Novato.
|
LOW Provides no new alt., but allows transit to be more
efficient.
|
LOW Environmental impact on-going. Keeps traffic
moving which has positive effect on air quality -Correct. May have other impacts.
|
MED Allows for future bus improvements through Narrows.
Should be HIGH
|
MED
|
|
Rail
|
Commuter Rail
|
$115.2
Should be $200
|
HIGH Provides new alternative; projected 5,100 daily riders initially.
|
HIGH May take 1,900 trips off Hwy 101 in morning peak.
|
MED Changes travel patterns around stations; reduces overall driving
trips.
|
MED Provides new transit option; but primary focus is commuters.
|
MED Environmental impact assessment on-going. Reduces auto
travel - WRONG but may have other impacts.
|
HIGH Future phases already planned, service levels can vary.
SB LOW
|
HIGH
|
| Freeway |
Add Freeway lane from Santa Rosa to San Rafael |
$390
excl. narrows |
HIGH
8,100 more autos from 6am to 9am |
HIGH
Why is this option missing? |
HIGH |
HIGH |
HIGH |
HIGHEST of them all |
HIGH |
|
Express bus |
Marin-Sonoma Express Bus
|
$78.8
|
HIGH Projected 1,350 new daily express bus riders.
|
MED May take 610 trips off Hwy 101 in morning peak.
|
MED Changes travel patterns around stops; reduces overall driving trips.
|
MED
Provides new transit option; but primary focus is
commuters.
|
MED No environmental impact assessment. Reduces auto travel; but may have
other impacts.
|
HIGH Routes and service levels can change over time.
|
MED
|
|
Ferry
|
Ferry
|
TBD
|
HIGH Substantial but unknown ridership potential.
|
HIGH Proven mode, but potential still being studied.
|
MED Changes travel patterns around terminals; reduces overall driving
trips.
|
MED Provides new transit option; but primary focus is commuters.
|
MED Environmental impact assessment on-going. Reduces auto travel; but
may have other impacts.
|
MEDTied to landside infrastructure, but routes and services can vary.
|
MED
|
|
Loc Bus
|
Intermodal Connections
|
$10.0
|
HIGH Projected to carry 1,400 daily riders, reducing auto connections to
regional transit.
|
MED May eliminate about 600 daily auto trips from Hwy 101 in morning
peak.
|
HIGH Reduces auto access needs at local stations.
|
MED Provides new transit option; but primary focus is commuters.
|
HIGH Improves environment around station area. Reduces cold starts by
eliminating auto connections.
|
HIGH Routes and service levels can change over time.
|
HIGH Local Commute Projects
|
|
Local Commute Projects
|
|
Hwy
|
Highway Interchanges Perhaps the most cost-effective congestion solution
|
$236.0
|
LOW Some help to transit operations, but primarily for traffic. MED less bus delays
|
HIGH May save approximately 1,050 daily person hours of delay.
|
HIGH Reduces spillover congestion on local streets.
|
LOW Primary benefit is to drivers. sb
HIGH, maximizes mobility for all
|
MED Reduces stopped and delayed traffic, but may have other impacts to be
studied. congestion causes Air Pollution
|
LOW Fixed capital investment.? sb
HIGH, caters to buses too
|
MED sb HIGH
|
|
Loc. Bus
|
Transit Junctions/Pads
/Stops,
Technology and Admin. |
$31.0
|
HIGH Capital investment required to generate an estimated 16,000 new
transit riders.
|
HIGH Capital investment may allow elimination of over 1,000 daily trips on
Hwy 101 with enhanced service.
|
HIGH Capital investment may increase overall transit ridership.
|
HIGH Local transit is primary option for dependant riders.
|
HIGH Increases transit use with minimal impacts.
|
HIGH Can be altered over time.
|
HIGH
|
|
Loc. Bus
|
Intercommunity Transit
|
$129.0
|
HIGH Could serve 13,500 daily riders.
|
MED
May reduce Hwy 101 traffic by approximately 2,250 daily trips; approx.
560 peak.
|
HIGH May reduce local traffic by over 6,000 daily trips; approx 1,500 peak
trips County-wide.
|
HIGH Local transit is primary option for dependant riders.
|
HIGH Increases transit use with minimal impacts.
|
HIGH Can be altered over time.
|
HIGH
|
|
Loc. Bus
|
Local Express Bus (Hwy 101)
|
$21.0
|
HIGH Could serve 3,700 daily riders.
|
MED May reduce Hwy 101 traffic by approximately 900 daily trips; 250 in
peak.
|
LOW
Primary focus is highway trips, some local improvement for access.
|
HIGH Local transit is primary option for dependant riders.
|
HIGH Increases transit use with minimal impacts.
|
HIGH Can be altered over time.
|
HIGH
|
