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TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD)
BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE Meeting Agenda
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency March 11, 2011 128 Market Street
9:00 a.m. Stateline, NV 89449
Item Action Requested Page A. Review and Acceptance of the
Districts Financial
Statement of Operations for July 1, 2010 through January 31,
2011
Recommend Acceptance
55
B. Approval of Task Order for PBS&J to Produce Collateral
Briefing Materials for the Tahoe Regional Bike and Pedestrian
System Projects
Recommend Approval 58
C. Approval of Purchase Orders for BlueGo Transit Operational
Needs
Recommend Approval 60
TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD) TAHOE TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION (TTC)
Meeting Agenda Tahoe Regional Planning Agency March 11, 2010 128
Market Street 9:30 a.m. Stateline, NV 89449
All items on this agenda are action items unless otherwise
noted. I. CALL TO ORDER AND GENERAL MATTERS
A. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum of TTD/TTC B. Approval
of Agenda for March 11, 2011 C. Approval of Minutes of February 11,
2011
II. PUBLIC INTEREST COMMENTS
At this time, members of the public shall have the opportunity
to directly address the Board. All comments are to be limited to no
more than five minutes per person. The Board is prohibited by law
from taking immediate action on or discussing issues raised by the
public that are not listed on this agenda.
III. BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT IV. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION (TTC) BUSINESS ITEMS
Item Action Requested Page A. Report on Draft Transportation
Monitoring
Program - Status and Trends for the Lake Tahoe Region
Transportation System
Informational Only 1
B. Initiate Public Comment Period on Draft Fiscal Year 2011/12
TMPO Overall Work Program (OWP)
Informational Only 52
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V. ADJOURN AS TTC AND RECONVENE AS TTD VI. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT (TTD) CONSENT ITEMS
Item Action Requested Page A. Review and Acceptance of the
Districts Financial
Statement of Operations for July 1, 2010 through January 31,
2011
Acceptance 55
B. Approval of Task Order for PBS&J to Produce Collateral
Briefing Materials for the Tahoe Regional Bike and Pedestrian
System Projects
Approval 58
C. Approval of Purchase Orders for BlueGo Transit Operational
Needs
Approval 60
VII. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD) BUSINESS ITEMS
Item Action Requested Page
A. Approval of Proposed Service Route and Fare System Changes
for the BlueGo Public Transit System
Approval 61
B. Preparation for April 2011 Board Meeting and Workshop
Review and Comment 64
VIII. DISTRICT MANAGER REPORT IX. BOARD, COMMISSION MEMBER AND
STAFF COMMENTS X. LEGAL BRIEFING - CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUSEL EXISTING LITIGATION. MV
Transportation, Inc. v. STATA, et al. Case No. 10-CV-0240. 9th
Judicial District Court.
XI. ADJOURNMENT
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COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS This notice and
agenda has been posted at the TTD office and the following post
offices: Stateline, Nevada and Tahoe Valley, California. The notice
and agenda has also been posted at the North Tahoe Conference
Center in Kings Beach, the Incline Village GID office and the North
Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and on the TTD website:
www.tahoetransportation.org. For those individuals with a
disability who require a modification or accommodation in order to
participate in the public meeting, please contact Judi White at
(775) 589-5502. California Open Meeting Law Compliance Notice of
this meeting was posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting in a
location that is freely accessible to members of the public. In
addition, the Board has caused this agenda and all documents
constituting the agenda packet to be mailed to all persons
requesting such materials, and such mailing occurred at the time
the agenda was posted or upon distribution to all, or a majority of
all, of the members of the Board, which occurred first. Nevada Open
Meeting Law Compliance Written notice of this meeting has been
given at least three working days before the meeting by posting a
copy of this agenda at the principal office of the Board and at
three other separate, prominent places within the jurisdiction of
the Board not later than 9 a.m. of the third working day before the
meeting. Written notice of this meeting has been given by providing
a copy of this agenda to any person who has requested notice of the
meetings of the Board. Such notice was delivered to the postal
service used by the Board not later than 9 a.m. of the third
working day before the meeting for transmittal to the requester by
regular mail, or if feasible for the Board and the requester has
agreed to receive the public notice by electronic mail, transmitted
to the requester by electronic mail sent not later than 9 a.m. of
the third working day before the meeting. Supporting materials were
provided to any person requesting such materials and were made
available to the requester at the time the material was provided to
the members of the Board or, if provided to the members of the
Board at the meeting, were made available to the requester at the
meeting.
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TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
February 11, 2011
TTD/C Board Members in Attendance: Don Morehouse, Washoe County
Steve Teshara, SS-TMA Ron McIntyre, TNT-TMA Norma Santiago, El
Dorado County Nancy McDermid, Douglas County Bruce Grego, City of
South Lake Tahoe Ken Smithson, Carson City Jason Van Havel, NDOT
Jennifer Duran, Caltrans Anjanette Hoefer, U.S. Forest Service
Others in Attendance: Carl Hasty, Tahoe Transportation District
Alfred Knotts, Tahoe Transportation District Joanie Schmitt, Tahoe
Transportation District Derek Kirkland, Tahoe Transportation
District Rhonda Saigh, Tahoe Transportation District Judi White,
Tahoe Transportation District and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Paul Taggart, Esq, Legal Counsel
I. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL
A. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum
Chair Strain and Vice Chair Garner were not in attendance at
this meeting. Mr. Hasty introduced the new Board member, Jennifer
Duran with Caltrans. Mr. McIntyre chaired the meeting with consent
of the Board. The meeting of the Tahoe Transportation District was
called to order by Mr. McIntyre at 9:30 a.m., at the Tahoe Center
for Environmental Sciences. Roll call was taken and it was
determined a quorum was in attendance for the TTD.
B. Approval of TTD Agenda of February 11, 2011
Motion/second by Mr. Teshara/Mr. Grego to approve the TTD agenda
for todays meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
C. Approval of TTD/TTC Meeting Minutes for January 21, 2011
Motion/Second by Mr. Teshara/Mr. Grego to approve the TTD and
TTC minutes. The motion passed unanimously.
II. PUBLIC INTEREST COMMENTS No public interest comments were
made.
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III. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. McIntyre reported the Finance
Committee reviewed the Districts financial statement and requested
it be pulled from the consent calendar to have Ms. Schmitt give a
report on the $113,000 shortfall.
IV. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD) CONSENT ITEMS
A. Review and Acceptance of the Districts Financial Statement of
Operations for July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 This Item was
pulled from consent by Mr. McIntyre. Ms. Schmitt explained the
shortfall was due mostly to transit operations. There were numerous
timing issues of revenue and expenses. Motion/Second by Ms.
Santiago/Mr. Teshara. The motion passed unanimously.
V. TAHOE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (TTD) BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Approval of Request for Proposal Approach for Preparing
Programmatic
Environmental Document(s) for the Regional Transportation
Program, including the Districts Capital Program Mr. Knotts
reviewed this item. Mr. Teshara suggested adding the list of
projects to the draft RFP outline. The Board requested to see a
draft of the RFP. Mr. McIntyre asked when the work is anticipated
to be completed. Mr. Knotts replied the document is scheduled to be
completed in twelve to sixteen months. Ms. McDermid arrived during
this item. Action Requested: Approval Ms. Santiago made the motion
to approve to the Request for Proposal process. Mr. Grego seconded
the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
B. Review of Service Plan Routes, Operations, and Potential
Adjustments to the BlueGo Transit System Mr. Hasty reviewed this
item. A handout of cash flow projections was distributed. Mr.
Gordon Shaw reviewed his memo regarding BlueGo conditions and
options distributed at the meeting. Mr. Teshara requested a re-cap
of the changes proposed. Public Comment: Jan Colyer, TNT-TMA,
commented that electronic fare boxes are a good solution. Action
Requested: Discussion and Direction
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Mr. Grego made the motion to direct staff to endorse a three
prong approach toward revenue changes, including addressing the
fare structure and inefficiencies; cost containments, including
preparing route changes for public hearing; and move toward
removing on-call service. Mr. Teshara seconded the motion. The
motion passed, with Mr. McIntyre abstaining. Ms. Santiago left the
meeting at 10:54 a.m.
C. Competitive Bid Service Contract Options and Alternative
Selection of Request for Proposal Preparation for Contract Services
of BlueGo Transit Operations Mr. Hasty reviewed this item. Action
Requested: Discussion and Direction Mr. Grego made the motion to
direct staff to use Option 3 to prepare the RFP. Mr. Teshara
seconded the motion. The motion passed, with Mr. McIntyre
abstaining. Public Comment: Mr. Curtis Garner, General Manager of
BlueGo Transit, stated there has been a lack of stability in the
system. Ms. Kathy Jordan stated the Board has been doing an
outstanding job discussing all the issues of BlueGo. Ms. Hoefer
left the meeting at 11:22 a.m.
D. Update and Presentation on Nevada Stateline to Stateline
Bikeway Projects Public Draft Feasibility Report and Final Request
for Public Comments Mr. Knotts reviewed this item and gave a
presentation. Action Requested: Review and Comment
E. Nomination and Appointment of Board Representative to the
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Advisory Planning Committee Action
Requested: Nominate and Appoint Mr. Teshara made the motion to
appoint Mr. Ron McIntyre as the Districts Board representative to
the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Advisory Planning Committee. Ms.
McDermid seconded the motion. The motion passed, with Mr. McIntyre
abstaining.
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VI. LEGAL BRIEFING - CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION. MV Transportation, Inc. v. STATA, et
al. Case No. 10-CV-0240. 9th Judicial District Court. The Board
received an update and briefing from counsel on the status of the
MV lawsuit and took no further action.
VII. DISTRICT MANAGER REPORT
Mr. Hasty had nothing further to report.
VIII. BOARD, COMMISSION MEMBER AND STAFF COMMENTS Mr. Grego
noted there has been talk regarding bus shelters and it looks like
the shelters should be installed in the spring/summer period. Mr.
Teshara asked about the status of the East Shore transit planning.
Mr. Hasty explained there have been meetings with NDOT and
anticipates bringing this to the Board at the April meeting. Ms.
Duran explained she works in the Regional Planning Department of
District 3 as a Regional Planner. Ms. Smithson clarified that in
regards to the funding BlueGo receives under 5311, the half fare
program does not apply. Mr. Van Havel commented that TTD staff does
a good job. Ms. Duran left at 12:00 p.m.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted: Judi White Executive Assistant Tahoe
Transportation District
(The above meeting was recorded in its entirety, anyone wishing
to listen to the aforementioned tapes, please contact Judi White,
Clerk to the Board, (775) 589-5502.)
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MEMORANDUM Date: March 8, 2011 To: Tahoe Transportation
Commission From: Transportation Staff Subject: Report on Draft
Transportation Monitoring Program - Status and Trends for the
Lake Tahoe Region Transportation System Requested Action: No
action is required. Staff requests the Commission review the
attached draft report and provide comments as appropriate.
Background: As part of the TMPO transportation planning program,
TMPO staff tracks a wide variety of demographic, traffic, transit
and other relevant trends that provide a snapshot of the
performance of the region in various areas. TMPO circulates this
information to many partners, as a service to maintain consistency
among data sets used for various purposes. This monitoring report
is an attempt to provide the collected data in a useful way and
educate the public and partners of the availability of the data
available. TMPO is always looking for efficiencies and providing a
value added service as a data outlet. Feedback on missing data sets
and other refinements to the currently collected data is welcomed.
On a regular basis, TMPO staff tracks the following trend
information:
Demographic Indicators o Population o School Enrollment o Gaming
Win and Gaming Employment o Room Nights Rented
Mobility Socio Economic Indicators o Travel Mode to Recreation
and Commercial Core Areas o Travel Mode into the Tahoe Region o
Transit Access o Transit Ridership o Inter-Regional Transit
Ridership o Bike Trail Usage
Traffic Volumes o Peak Month, Annual Average Daily Traffic
Volumes o Cordon Station Traffic Volumes o North Shore South Shore
Traffic Volumes o Vehicle Miles Traveled o Traffic Volumes at Park
Avenue
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Air Quality o Carbon Monoxide o Ozone o Particulate Matter
(PM10) o Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Recommendation At this time, TMPO staff would like Commission
members to review the Draft Monitoring Report and provide
recommendations on the format and content of the document. TMPO
staff is currently working with TRPA staff to update the Regional
Plan Update references to reflect the current TRPA direction. In
addition to including the trend indicators currently contained in
the Lake Tahoe Prosperity Plan. Staff is also finalizing the
results of the August 20, 2010 License Plate Survey funded through
the California Proposition 84 Modeling Incentive Grant. Staff will
bring back a final draft to the TTC in April for acceptance.
Additional Information: If you have any questions or comments
regarding this item, please contact Keith Norberg,
[email protected] or 775-589-5289. Attachment:
A. Draft Transportation Monitoring Program Report
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MOBILITY2030for the next
generation
The Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization and Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency conduct on-going monitoring to inform
transportation policy and programs, with the goal of providing a
successful multi-modal transportation system that appeals to users,
supports mobility needs and decreases dependency on the private
automobile. The Mobility 2030: Transportation Monitoring Program
Report brings together the results of performance indicator
monitoring since the early 1970sfrom traffic counts to travel mode
choiceso that transportation trends can be evaluated and applied to
policy-making.
2010
Status and Trends for the Lake Tahoe Basin
Transportation System
December 2010
Mobility 2030: Transportation Monitoring Program
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Contents INTRODUCTION: Mobility 2030
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Acronyms
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Transportation Vision, Desired Conditions and Indicators
Developed through the Pathway Process
(2004-2007).....................................................7
Lake Tahoe Population and Economic Summary
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Chapter 1 - Mobility/Socio-Economic Performance Indicators
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Travel Mode to Recreation
Sites.............................................................................................................................................................................12
Travel Mode to Commercial Core Areas
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Travel Mode into the Tahoe Basin
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Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access to Recreation Areas
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Commercial Core Areas Meeting Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
and Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented Design (PTOD) Standards
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Overnight Population Served by Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian
Facilities
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Chapter 2 - Environmental Impacts Performance
Indicators......................................................................................................................................20
Traffic
Volume.........................................................................................................................................................................................................21
Traffic Volume throughout the
Basin......................................................................................................................................................................22
South and North Shore Traffic Volumes
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Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
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Chapter 3 - Other
Data................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Transit Ridership
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South Shore Transit
Ridership.................................................................................................................................................................................29
North Shore Transit
Ridership.................................................................................................................................................................................30
Inter-Regional Transit Services
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Bicycle Trail System and User Data
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Air Quality
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East Shore Parking Counts
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Chapter 4 - Indicators for Future
Development..........................................................................................................................................................38
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
Glossary of Terms
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References
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INTRODUCTION: Mobility 2030 Mobility 2030 is a vision for the
future of transportation in the Lake Tahoe Basin. This vision
includes walkable, mixed-use town centers functioning as public
gathering places and served by reliable and convenient public
transit. It includes streets that encourage biking and walking as
much as driving. It is a future that provides residents and
visitors with alternative transportation options and supports the
regions economy, communities, and environment. The goals, policies,
and projects necessary to reach this vision are laid out in the
Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan Mobility 2030. The Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP) is a document produced by the Tahoe
Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO) and the Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency (TRPA) in its role as the Regional Transportation
Planning Agency (RTPA) for the State of California. The RTP is
updated every four years. A crucial part of any planning effort is
monitoring and evaluation of the system. The TRPA and TMPO, in
cooperation with other Basin transportation agencies, monitor a
number of performance indicators and also maintain data sets on
other basic transportation information in the Lake Tahoe Region.
The RTP outlines the transportation performance indicators that
were identified through the public planning process called Pathway.
The performance indicators measure progress toward a Transportation
Vision and Desired Conditions. The Vision, Desired Conditions, and
Indicators that were developed through Pathway are described in
Figure 1. This document reports on those indicators, as well as the
other transportation data sets the TRPA and TMPO track over
time.
Two other sets of indicators that are closely linked to
transportation are air and water quality indicators. The
transportation system plays a large role in the environmental story
told by these indicators. While roads and motor vehicles are not
the only contributors to air and water quality degradation, they
are major contributors, and improvements to the transportation
system can result in improvements in air and water quality. This
transportation monitoring report tracks two TRPA air quality
indicators: vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and traffic volumes and
number of days exceeding the state standards of carbon monoxide,
ozone, and particulate matter. As the TMPO and TRPA have developed
their regional planning documents, the performance indicators
developed through Pathway have in some cases been modified slightly
to make them more understandable to the public, or to integrate
them with subsequent planning processes, such as Place-Based
Planninga planning effort focused on Tahoe Basin communities. Some
of the performance indicators, such as traffic counts, have been
monitored since 1971. Monitoring of other performance indicators,
such as travel mode, have only been initiated since 2006 or
2008.
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The performance indicators tracked in this report are:
Mobility/Socio-Economic Performance Indicators Travel mode to
recreation sites Travel mode to commercial core areas Travel mode
into the Tahoe Basin Transit, bicycle, and pedestrian access to
recreation facilities Commercial core areas meeting
Transit-Oriented
Development (TOD) and Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented (PTOD)
standards
Overnight population (resident and visitor) served by transit,
bicycle, and pedestrian facilities
Environmental Performance Indicators Vehicle-miles traveled
(VMT) Traffic volumes
Some indicators have associated benchmarks (or quantitative
targets) while others do not. These benchmarks, which were proposed
during the Pathway process, have not been formally adopted by the
TRPA or TMPO. The benchmarks are described in each indicator
section. Monitoring frequency is also listed for each indicator.
This represents the ideal monitoring frequency and frequency for
which foreseeable funding exists, but could be affected in the
future by limited budget resources.
Other Data In addition to the performance indicators listed in
the RTP, the TRPA and TMPO collect, maintain and report on other
data, based on resource availability, need, and partnership
opportunities with other agencies. This includes:
Transit ridership Bicycle trail system and user data
East Shore Parking Counts Air Quality Trends
This monitoring program report provides an overview of all
TRPA/TMPO monitoring efforts, and directs readers to in-depth
reports on each indicator for more detail. The report gives readers
an overall picture of how the transportation system in the Lake
Tahoe Basin is being used, and allows planners and interested
public to understand transportation trends and evaluate the success
of transportation projects and programs.
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Acronyms AADTAnnual Average Daily Traffic BMPBest Management
Practice CaltransCalifornia Department of Transportation
CMPCorridor Management Plan COCarbon monoxide EIPEnvironmental
Improvement Program FHWAFederal Highway Administration
GISGeographic Information Systems NDOTNevada Department of
Transportation PMParticulate matter PTODPedestrian and
Transit-Oriented Design RTPRegional Transportation Plan
RTPARegional Transportation Planning Agency TCORPTahoe Coalition of
Recreation Providers TIIMSTahoe Integrated Information Management
System
TMPOTahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization TODTransit-Oriented
Development (or Design) TRPATahoe Regional Planning Agency
USFSUnited States Forest Service VHDVehicle Hours of Delay
VMTVehicle-Miles Traveled VOCsVolatile Organic Compounds
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Transportation Vision, Desired Conditions and Indicators
Developed through the Pathway Process (2004-2007)
Figure 1
Transportation Vision
An innovative multimodal transportation system is in place that
gives priority to viable alternatives to the private automobile,
appeals to users and serves mobility needs, while improving the
environmental and socio-economic health of the Basin.
Desired Conditions
Mobility/Socio-Economic Vitality A multimodal transportation
system that promotes viable alternatives for mobility needs,
encourages alternative mode use, and decreases dependency on the
private automobile.
Environmental Impacts The transportation system is integrated
with environmental goals.
Proposed Indicators
Mobility/Socio-Economic Indicator An index that includes usage
and access indicators such as:
Usage 1. Percentage of Travel to
Recreation Sites via Non-Auto Modes
2. Percentage of Travel to Commercial Core Areas via Non-Auto
Modes.
3. Non-Auto Mode Share within and into the Basin.
Access 1. A Measure or Measures of
Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access to Recreation
Facilities.
2. Number of Commercial Core Areas Meeting Transit-Oriented
Design (TOD) Standards.
3. A Measure or Measures of Overnight Population (Resident and
Visitor) Served by Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Facilities.
Transportation Environmental Impact Indicator The Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT) indicator and standard will be replaced by a Vehicle
Impact indicator and standard. This will be either: an indicator
directly relating vehicle impacts to water quality goals, based on
targets identified by the TMDL; OR a traffic volume or
vehicle-miles traveled indicator, with a standard based on
technically feasible but challenging reductions identified through
the traffic model, which will be ready by the end of 2007. Other
Environmental Indicators for Transportation will be housed in other
environmental resource areas. Specific attention will be given to
the integration with Water Quality, Air Quality, Wildlife,
Vegetation, Noise, Scenic, and SEZ.
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Lake Tahoe Demographics Summary Transportation trends may be
influenced by many demographic factors, including external
influences such as school enrollment hotel-motel occupancies,
employment opportunities, or changes in the nations economy, which
can affect visitation to the Basin. Local population levels, school
enrollment, gaming revenues and hotel-motel occupancies are
important factors that give an indication of local changes that
could impact the transportation system. TMPO modeling estimates
indicate that the Tahoe Regions year-round population has decreased
by approximately 7,700 persons since the 2000 Census Survey (Figure
2). School enrollment records indicate that primary school
enrollment has declined by 3,236 students since 2001. (Figure 3).
As shown in Figure 4 and 5 on the following page, gaming revenues
and the number of gaming employees have decreased as California
Indian Gaming has matured into viable competition. Also indicated
in Figure 6 and 7 on page 10 are the recent decreases in overnight
visitation.
Figure 3 Source: Lake Tahoe Unified School District;
Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District
Figure 2 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census; TRPA Transportation
Model
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Figure 4
Source: Gaming Revenue Report, Nevada State Gaming Control
Board; Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index Inflation
Calculator: http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm.
Figures are shown in 2008 dollars.
Figure 5
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Chapter 1 - Mobility/Socio-Economic Performance Indicators
Mobility refers to the degree of ease with which people move from
place to place. Factors that influence mobility are the quality and
types of transportation services available, surrounding land uses,
and the cost of different transportation options. Pathway
participants identified a Desired Condition for
Mobility/Socio-Economic Vitality: A multimodal transportation
system that promotes viable alternatives for mobility needs,
encourages alternative mode use, and decreases dependency on the
private automobile. In order to determine success of this Desired
Condition, it is important to look at the availability of
multi-modal transportation options to popular locations, as well as
the amount of use these different transportation modes receive.
Travel mode, transit ridership and bicycle trail user data
illustrate the level of use distributed across different modes
(usage indicators), both through raw numbers, as well as on a
percentage basis. Access indicators inventory the transit, bicycle
and pedestrian routes and supportive land uses available to assist
people in using non-auto modes to reach popular destinations. The
combination of these usage and access indicators draw a complete
picture of the condition of the transportation system as well as
how it is being used by residents and visitors.
The Travel Mode indicators described in this section show the
percentages of people using the different transportation modes
available at Lake Tahoe to reach their destinations. Recreation and
commercial core areas were chosen as survey locations for these
indicators because they represent areas to which the majority of
travel is made. Commercial core areas generally cover large areas
of land that capture many businesses and employment establishments.
This indicator does leave out certain types of trips, such as trips
to churches (unless the church is in a commercial area), and trips
to friends houses. Since the results of these indicators are
presented as a percentage of overall travel, external factors such
as low visitation to the Basin should not affect them in the same
way that they would affect traffic or transit counts. If the
multi-modal transportation system is well-designed, a travel mode
indicator will show proportionally high use of non-auto modes such
as transit, bicycling, and walking, regardless of the overall
number of people in the Basin that year. Since the travel mode
monitoring program is relatively new, strong conclusions cannot yet
be drawn from the data. However, these travel mode indicators are
important because they demonstrate, over time, where there is a
shift among residents and visitors out of their cars and into other
travel modes.
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Travel Mode to Recreation Sites Figures 8 and 9 illustrate the
percentage of people entering selected recreation sites via
different travel modes during the summer months and winter months.
This indicator gathers survey data by intercepting and surveying
residents and visitors as they enter recreation sites around the
Basin. Since summer and winter travel mode share could vary
substantially, this indicator is measured and reported on
separately for both the winter and summer. Benchmark: No
quantitative benchmark or goal was developed for this indicator
through the Pathway process, although a qualitative goal of an
increase in the percentage of non-auto mode travel over time has
been stated.
Monitoring Frequency: Every four years.
These survey reports are available on the Tahoe Integrated
Information Management System (TIIMS) website, www.tiims.org.
Figure 9
Figure 8
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Travel Mode to Commercial Core Areas Commercial core areas have
relatively high commercial activity. This indicator measures the
percentage of people entering or using commercial core areas via
different travel modes. There are 19 commercial core areas measured
as part of this indicator. Commercial core areas are defined as the
17 largest TRPA Community Plan areas, plus two other commercial
core areas (Sierra Tract and Dollar Hill). Benchmark: No
quantitative benchmark or goal was developed for this indicator
through the Pathway process, although a qualitative goal of an
increase in the percentage of non-auto mode travel over time has
been stated. Monitoring Frequency: Every four years. Results from
these surveys completed in 2006 and 2010 are shown in Figure 10 and
Figure 11.
Figure 11
Figure 10
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Travel Mode into the Tahoe Basin This indicator shows what
travel mode people use to enter the Lake Tahoe Basin. This
indicator is important because the choice of travel mode into the
Basin is a highly influential factor in what modes people will
choose to use to travel around within the Basin once they arrive.
If visitors have a private vehicle available to them, they will be
more likely to use their private vehicle than they would if they
entered the Basin by transit. We have two measurements of Travel
Mode into the Basinsummertime cordon measurements at entry points
(Figure 12), and the TRPA Winter Travel Mode Share Survey 2008
(Figure 13). As shown in Figure , private vehicles were the highly
dominant travel mode (97.8%) for people entering the Tahoe Basin in
summer 2010. Data from a summer 2007 cordon survey was very
similar, with private vehicle travel estimated at 97 percent.
Winter travel into the Basin was slightly less dominated by car,
with 9 percent of travelers reporting using transit or private
shuttle to enter the region. The travel mode split for individual
entry points may be found in the TRPA Non-Auto Mode Share into the
Basin data, available at http://www.tiims.org.
Benchmark: No quantitative benchmark or goal was developed for
this indicator through the Pathway process, although a qualitative
goal of an increase in the percentage of non-auto mode travel over
time has been stated. Monitoring Frequency: Every two years.
Figure 13 Source: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Winter Travel
Mode Share Survey 2008.
Figure 12 Source: Video License Plate Survey, August 20th
2010.
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Transit, Bike, and Pedestrian Access to Recreation Areas This is
a very basic indicator that uses GIS mapping of existing transit
and bicycle routes and compares their proximity to Lake Tahoe
recreation areas. The Transit Access to Recreation indicator counts
the number of recreation areas that have a transit stop within mile
of the entrance. The Bicycle Access to Recreation Areas counts the
number of recreation areas that have a bicycle path, lane, or route
within mile of the entrance. By making these indicators simple
enough to easily measure, some nuances are lost such as quality of
path or frequency of service. However, these indicators are meant
to give only a basic understanding of available services and
facilities. Input from the Pathway process also indicated that
pedestrian access should be evaluated, but due to resource
constraints this evaluation has not been completed to date. The
section Indicators for Future Development describes the progress
made on the pedestrian access indicator so far.
Recreation areas considered in this indicator are based off an
existing TRPA
list of 183 sites. The list includes: all state park and state
recreation areas, all public and private campgrounds, all US Forest
Service (USFS) beaches and visitor centers, all designated sites
maintained by a regional recreation provider, downhill and
cross-country ski areas, and public marinas. These indicators are
measured through GIS analysis. Benchmarks: The following numeric
goals were developed through the Pathway process: -Percentage of
Rec Areas Accessible by Transit (including Dial-a-Ride): 75%
-Percentage of Rec Areas Accessible by Bicycle (bike path, lane, or
route): 90%
Monitoring Frequency: Every four years.
As shown in Figure and Figure as of 2006, 64 percent of
recreation areas in the Tahoe Basin are within mile of a transit
stop (including Dial-a-Ride), with 62 percent within mile of some
kind of bicycle facility.
Figure 14 All recreation facilities with a transit stop within
mile of a main access point, with transit that operates during all
seasons that the recreation area operates. Source: TRPA GIS
data.
Figure 15 Any recreation facility with an entrance within mile
of a bicycle facility is included. Source: TRPA GIS data.
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Commercial Core Areas Meeting Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
and Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented Design (PTOD) Standards A
critical facet of shifting residents and visitors out of their cars
is to design land uses in such a way that they are easily
accessible by transit, walking, and bicycling. This can be
accomplished through mixed-use development with high density
residential uses within close proximity to transit, and is most
often called Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). The Pathway
participants indicated that measuring the number of commercial core
areas that meet TOD standards is a useful indicator of success in
meeting transportation goals. The TOD criteria listed below are not
meant to translate directly into regulations, but rather to serve
as a benchmark of mobility. Basic criteria for TOD have been
developed using standards and definitions from other areas1, and
modifying them to meet the specific circumstances of Lake Tahoe.
They include:
Total density (including dwelling units and tourist units (DU))
of at least 1500 DU within 1/4 mile of a transit stop (this is
equivalent to 12 DU per acre, assuming all land around transit stop
is developable).
Served by transit with a frequency of at least 15 minute
headways year-round, connecting the TOD with other major
destinations in the sub-region (North Shore sub-region and South
Shore sub-region).
1 General description of TOD can be found at the Victoria
Transport Policy Institute website, Caltrans Mass Transportation
webpage, and Transit Cooperative Research Program. See
references.
A mix of land uses should be provided. At a minimum, a TOD
should consist of residential/lodging and retail/employment uses.
Preferably, recreational and public uses would also be
provided.
A pedestrian path or system of paths, maintained year-round,
with lighting, that connects the transit stop to major housing and
retail areas.
Shelters and bike parking/lockers at major transit stops. Policy
to exclude auto uses. Policy related to parking space limits.
Benchmark: By 2027, a minimum of five commercial core areas
should meet TOD standards. This benchmark was set based on the fact
that five commercial core areas currently meet or exceed half of
the density required (1500 dwelling units within mile of a transit
stop) to be considered PTOD. Currently, zero commercial core areas
meet the TOD standards listed above, but several meet the required
density standards.
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Monitoring Frequency: Every four years. Figure shows the five
areas that are considered target areas for TOD development. It also
shows the density needed to meet the TOD standards, and the density
needed to be considered a target area. The five target TOD areas
are the major transit stop in:
Stateline, NV Heavenly Village (South Lake Tahoe) Bijou
neighborhood (South Lake Tahoe) Mid-Incline Village Incline
Village--Southwood Blvd.
The TRPA Regional Plan Update also supports this type of
mixed-use, higher density development, but with a greater emphasis
on walking. The Regional Plan Update is calling this Pedestrian and
Transit-Oriented Development (PTOD). The TRPA Regional Plan Update
is examining commercial plan areas to identify focus areas for
meeting PTOD goals. Nine areas have initially been identified as
potential PTOD target areas based on criteria that are somewhat
different than those listed above for TOD. The criteria for
identifying target PTOD areas included (but were not limited to):
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Significant opportunities exist for implementation of Best
Management Practices (BMPs) and Environmental Improvement Program
(EIP) projects
Restoration opportunity and water quality improvements through
area-wide planning and design
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Underutilized commercial space Priority area for
reinvestment
COMMUNITY Proximity to existing or potential populations of
residents
FEASIBLITY Political feasibility Financial feasibility Market
feasibility
Figure 16 Source: TRPA GIS data
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The nine commercial plan areas that were initially identified
are: Incline Village Commercial Kings Beach Commercial Meyers
Community Plan South Stateline Commercial North Stateline
Commercial South Y Commercial Ski Run Tahoe City
Four of the areas identified for TOD fall into the commercial
plan areas identified for PTOD, namely South Stateline, Heavenly
Village, Mid-Incline and Incline-Southwood, which are both part of
the Incline Village Commercial area. Bijou, which is identified for
TOD, was not identified as a target area for PTOD.
Over time, as the PTOD indicator is further developed through
the Regional Plan, it may be merged with the TOD indicator.
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Overnight Population Served by Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian
Facilities Like the Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to
Recreation Areas indicator, this indicator is a rough measure of
how many people in general are close to transit, bicycle and
pedestrian facilities. Using GIS, the total number of dwelling
units (including tourist units) that are within mile of a transit
stop, or are within mile of a bicycle path, lane or route are
calculated. As with the recreation access indicators, many nuances
related to good access that may be important to cyclists or transit
users are not accounted for, such as frequency of service or
quality of path. Pathway participants also indicated that the
percentage of overnight population in pedestrian-friendly
neighborhoods should be measured, but due to resource constraints
this analysis has not yet been completed. See the section
Indicators for Future Development. Benchmarks: -Percentage of
Overnight Population served by Transit (including Dial-a-Ride): 80%
-Percentage of Overnight Population served by Bicycle (path, lane,
or route): 95% Monitoring Frequency: Every four years. As of 2006,
76 percent of the overnight population in the Tahoe Basin was
located within mile of a transit stop or Dial-a-Ride (Figure 17),
while 78 percent of the overnight population was located within
mile of some type of bicycle facility (Figure 18).
Figure 17 Source: TRPA GIS data.
Figure 18 Source: TRPA GIS data.
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Chapter 2 - Environmental Impacts Performance Indicators One of
the primary issues associated with transportation is its impact on
the environment. The most significant and most commonly cited
impacts are on air and water quality; however transportation
systems affect other resource areas as well, including wildlife,
fish, vegetation, scenic quality, soils, and noise. Pathway
participants identified a Desired Condition for Environmental
Impacts: The transportation system is integrated with environmental
goals. Two indicators that have traditionally been used to track
the environmental impact of transportation are the Vehicle-Miles
Traveled (VMT) and traffic counts indicators. The VMT threshold was
instituted as a way to meet water and air quality goals.
Vehicles emit nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM) and
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) when travelling at normal or high
speeds. Moving vehicles grind road salts and sands into fine
particles and contribute to pollutant runoff. The traffic counts
indicator was originally instituted as an indicator of carbon
monoxide (CO) emissions, as idling vehicles emit high levels of CO,
which can have adverse environmental and human health effects.
While neither VMT nor the traffic counts indicator are perfect
measures of environmental impact, there is a large amount of data
available for these indicators and they are relatively easy to
track. Other indicators that would convey important transportation
impacts on the environment are Vehicle Hours of Delay (VHD) and a
more nuanced vehicle miles travelled indicator. These are currently
under discussion for development.
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Traffic Volume Traffic volume is measured by automatic counters
placed in the roadway. Within the Lake Tahoe Basin there are 20
count stations. These stations are owned and managed by the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Nevada
Department of Transportation (NDOT), who share the data from the
count stations with the TRPA and TMPO. At present, the data from
the count stations must be downloaded periodically, however
upgrades are underway that will make real-time traffic data
available in the Tahoe Basin.
The TMPO tracks several kinds of traffic volumes: Annual Average
Daily Traffic (AADT), Peak Month, and Winter Traffic Volumes at
Park Avenue.
Winter Traffic Counts at Park Avenue One of the TRPA Air Quality
thresholds is traffic volume. This is measured in two ways. The
first is by tracking traffic volume at the intersection of Park
Avenue and U.S. 50 (in South Lake Tahoe) on the Saturday of
Presidents Day Weekend from 4 p.m. to midnight. Because traffic
volumes vary significantly from day to day, TRPA also analyzes the
traffic volumes recorded at Park Avenue and U.S. 50 from 4 p.m. to
midnight for all days during the winter months of November through
February, coinciding with historic amounts of CO standards. Figure
19 shows the traffic volumes on the Saturday of Presidents Day
Weekend, and Figure 20 shows the data averaged for all days during
the winter months. The traffic counter was out of operation from
1998 to 2002 and November and December of 2004, so data for those
times are not available.
Benchmark: Reduce traffic volumes on the U.S. 50 Corridor by 7
percent during the winter from the 1981 base year between 4 p.m.
and 12 p.m. A 7 percent reduction from the 1981 values is equal to
an average traffic volume of 14,000 vehicles per day.
Monitoring Frequency: Annually.
Figure 19 Source: Caltrans; NDOT. Note: traffic counter was out
of operation from 1998 - 2002.
Figure 20 Source: Caltrans; NDOT. Note: 2004-2005 data is not
included because November/December data was not collected that
year.
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Traffic Volume throughout the Basin
The TRPA/TMPO also tracks Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
and Peak Month (August) Traffic Volume throughout the Region on
state maintained roadways. Figure 21 shows the counts summed across
20 count stations.
Figure 21. Source: Caltrans; NDOT
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South and North Shore Traffic Volumes Traffic at individual
count stations can also be tracked. Figure 22 and Figure 23 show
traffic counts at South Shore and North Shore count stations,
respectively. Figure 24 shows traffic counts for Basin entry
points.
Figure 22 Source: Caltrans; NDOT
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Traffic counts have also been collected by the El Dorado County
Department of Transportation on those roadways maintained by the
county within the Tahoe Region. Based on this information collected
over the last seven years, traffic counts have decreased by 20
percent as indicated in Figure 25.
Figure 25 Source: Caltrans; NDOT
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Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) VMT is a computed value that
measures the extent of travel characteristics for a given area.
Since 1981, the TRPA has used a series of progressively more
sophisticated models to estimate VMT. In 1981, TRPA estimated the
VMT was 1,649,000 for a Friday day in August. As the models improve
and old software becomes obsolete, it is not possible to update
previous VMT estimates to be comparable with more recent estimates.
Using their current TransCAD model which includes a detailed street
network and tour-based model approach, VMT was estimated at
2,079,849 in 2005 for a Friday in August. The new TransCAD model
uses a tour-based modeling approach in order to account for the
propensity of many drivers to link their trips. In order to
determine
compliance with the TRPA water quality and air quality
visibility threshold indicator to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled
(VMT) by 10 percent from the 1981 estimate and to determine
compliance on an annual basis, August traffic counts are used to
gauge vehicle activity and compliance with the VMT threshold. Based
on these annual changes in traffic count volumes TRPA estimates
that VMT for 2009 is 1,412,155 indicating a 15 percent decrease
from the 1981 VMT estimate threshold standard. (Figure 26)
Benchmark: Reduce VMT to 10 percent below 1981 values (or reduce to
1.48 million VMT per day). Monitoring Frequency: Annually.
Figure 26 Source: TRPA Transportation Model
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Chapter 3 - Other Data The TRPA/TMPO maintains other data sets
that were not identified as performance indicators. These data
provide valuable information about transit ridership, bicycle
trails, and parking.
Transit Ridership Transit ridership is an important indicator of
the success of the transit system. While overall numbers can be
influenced by external factors such as a low visitation year to the
Basin or changes in population, in general transportation planners
and transit operators look for increases in ridership as indicators
of a well-functioning system. The Lake Tahoe Basin has a variety of
services on the North Shore, South Shores, and West Shore. The
South Shore services are
consolidated under the "BlueGo" System and managed by the Tahoe
Transportation District (TTD), while the services on the north and
west shores are managed by both Placer County (TART) and the
Truckee-North Tahoe Transit Management Association. Figure 27 shows
the combined totals of all in-Basin transit services. It includes
fixed-route services within the Basin but does not include
inter-regional services such as the South and North Tahoe Express
Airport shuttles.
Figure 27 Source: South Tahoe Area Transit Authority;
Truckee-North Tahoe Transit Management Association.
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South Shore Transit Ridership Figure 28 shows transit ridership
in the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. The services shown are now
consolidated under the Tahoe Transportation District (TTD), also
called BlueGO. South Shore ridership has experienced a downward
trend since 2003. This corresponds with a decrease in traffic
counts over the same period, indicating an overall reduction in
visitation and year-round population in the Basin.
Figure 28 Source: South Tahoe Area Transit Authority. Note:
Prior to 2003, casino service was managed by individual casinos,
and data is not available for those years.
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North Shore Transit Ridership Figure 29 shows North Shore Tahoe
Area Regional Transit (TART) transit ridership. As shown, ridership
has shown increased over the past four years, with the exception of
FY 2009-2010 ridership estimates.
Figure 29 Services shown: TART, Tahoe Trolley, Winter Night
Service, Emerald Bay Shuttle, NorthStar Shuttle. Source:
Truckee-North Tahoe Transit Management Association and Placer
County. Data is for a July 1 June 30 fiscal year, ending June 30,
2007. Summer services are included in the fiscal year in which the
summer service ended (i.e. Summer 2006 is in FY 2007).
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Inter-Regional Transit Services Just as with Non-Auto Mode Share
into the Basin, transit ridership into the Basin can be used as an
indicator of the likelihood that visitors will continue to use
transit once they arrive. There are currently four transit routes
that provide service into Tahoe from outside the Tahoe-Truckee
area:
Amtrak California Thruway (Sacramento to South Lake
Tahoe/Stateline) (data from 2002 shown) BlueGO Kingsbury Express
(Carson Valley to Stateline. Started January 2008) (new serviceno
data shown) South Tahoe Express (Reno-Tahoe International Airport
to Stateline) (data from 2002 shown) North Lake Tahoe Express
(Reno-Tahoe International Airport to North Lake Tahoe and Truckee)
(began service in 2007)
Total ridership for the inter-regional transit services are
shown in Figure 30. For proprietary reasons, individual ridership
is not shown.
Figure 30 Source: California State Rail Plan 2005-06 2015-16;
Amador Stage Lines; Truckee-North Tahoe Transit Management
Association.
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Bicycle Trail System and User Data Data on bicycle trail use and
miles of trail is maintained to track progress in creating an
effective, complete bicycle trail network that helps residents and
visitors access work, shopping, and recreation by bicycle or by
foot. As the system is improved and missing links are built, it
is
expected that use of the network will increase.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure While the Tahoe Basin has
an extensive system of regional bikeways, the system is incomplete
in many areas. Additional construction is needed to connect the
existing segments and improve them.
There are approximately 33 miles of existing Shared Use Paths
(Class I), 26 miles of Bike Lanes (Class II), and 16 miles of Bike
Routes (Class III) in the Tahoe Basin (TMPO Bicycle and Pedestrian
Master Plan). Figure shows the differences in bicycle route
classifications used in the Tahoe Basin. The majority of these
facilities are located in the urbanized areas of South Lake Tahoe,
Tahoe City, and Incline Village, with a few major facilities
located in other portions of Placer County, El Dorado County, and
Douglas County.
Figure 31 Existing Bicycle Facilities
Figure 32
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Bike Trail Surveys Bike trail user surveys were first conducted
Basin-wide in July of 1997 (Tahoe Coalition of Recreation Providers
(TCORP) and also in 2007 and 2009 (TCORP/TRPA). As shown in Figure
33 below, recorded bike trail user counts were the highest per hour
at the Camp Richardson survey location in all survey years. The
survey results also indicate that the majority of bike trail users
start their trip from home rather than driving to a trail location.
In order to determine the primary purpose behind their trip, the
question on the TCORP surveys asked respondents to identify the
primary reason for their trip. As shown in Figure 35 Recreation
Trip Purposes represent an average 73 percent of the collected
surveys with Non-Recreational representing 26 percent. Additional
survey information shown in Figure 34 illustrates where their trip
orginated.
Figure 33
Figure 34
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Air Quality Carbon Monoxide Monitoring Since 1999 carbon
monoxide (CO) has been monitored at only one location in the Lake
Tahoe Basin: off the south wall of the Harveys parking garage in
Stateline, NV. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
(NDEP) is responsible for this station and collection and analysis
of CO data. Figure 36 and 37 below illustrate the monitored 1-hour
and 8-hour carbon monoxide concentrations for the Lake Tahoe Basin
in relation to the Federal and States standards.
Figure 36 Figure 37
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Ozone Monitoring Ozone has been monitored at varied locations in
the Lake Tahoe Basin. Results taken from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agencys AQS web site indicate that in 2004, ozone was
monitored at a site at Lake Forest Road in Tahoe City and at a site
at Sandy Way in South Lake Tahoe. Those sites were discontinued
after 2004. From 2005 through 2009, ozone was monitored at the
South Lake Tahoe airport site. Figures 38 and 39 below illustrate
the trend in highest value 1-hour ozone and 8-hour concentrations
in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 2004 through 2009.
Figure 38 Figure 39
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Mobile GHG and Particulate Matter
On September 23, 2010, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
approved a seven and five percent reduction target in mobile
CO2
emissions in the years 2020 and 2035 for the California portion
of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The targets shown on Figure 40 are
intended to comply with California Legislation SB-375 and are
designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning
through the development of a Sustainable Communities Strategy
(SCS). Figure 41 illustrates the highest PM
10 concentrations measured in the Lake Tahoe
Basin during the years 2004 through 2009. As shown the trend is
positive with one exceedance of the California state standard
recorded in
2009. The Lake Tahoe Basin is in attainment with the Federal and
Nevada Standards for the 24-hour PM10 standard.
Figure 41 Figure 40
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East Shore Parking Counts In 1996, the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) designated the major travel route around the
east side of Lake Tahoe (from South Stateline to North Stateline)
as the East Shore Drive National Scenic Byway. The TRPA, US Forest
Service, Nevada Division of State Parks, NDOT, Carson City, Washoe
County, and Douglas County came together to form an inter-agency
team to create the East Shore Drive Corridor Management Plan (CMP).
One of the main purposes of the Corridor Management Plan was to
guide management activities in the corridor so as to support the
Scenic Byway designation. One major issue related to the scenic
quality of this corridor is the balance between providing parking
access to popular beaches in this area while preserving the scenic
quality of the corridor by limiting roadside parking. Part of the
action/implementation section of the CMP included annual parking
counts to measure the amount of parking demand for the
east shore corridor, and to monitor the effects of any changes
in parking policies or other transportation improvements over
time.
Parking counts are taken annually the first Saturday and
following Wednesday of August. Counts are collected hourly
beginning 10 a.m. and ending after 5 p.m. The east shore corridor,
from Incline Village to the intersection of State Route 28 and US
Highway 50, is split into 12 segments and parking lots, each of
which receives an individual count of parked cars and motorcycles
each hour. The data reported in Figure 42 and 43 shows the maximum
number of parked cars reported in any one hour (Max) and the
average of all the hourly counts across the day (Average). Complete
and detailed counts may be downloaded from the TIIMS server at
www.tiims.org.
Figure 42 Figure 43
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Chapter 4 - Indicators for Future Development Several indicators
were identified by the Pathway process as important to measure, but
they have not been fully developed or monitored to date. These are
described below. Travel Mode within the Basin Although this
indicator is basically captured by the Travel Mode to Recreation
and Commercial Sites indicators, it may also be possible to come up
with a modeled version of this indicator. The model would use
actual vehicle, transit, and bike trail user counts to determine an
estimated mode share for a period of time, and would capture all
trips, not just those to recreation and commercial areas.
Vehicle-Hours of Delay (VHD) In combination with vehicle miles
traveled, vehicle delay is the other main contributor to air
quality degradation. Idling vehicles and stop-and-start traffic
emit increased levels of carbon monoxide which is a human health
hazard. It can also give an accurate picture of road congestion.
This indicator is relatively inexpensive to measure using traffic
counts provided by existing automatic counters installed along
roadways. Pedestrian Access to Recreational Areas and Overnight
Population An on-site evaluation method for pedestrian access to
recreation areas is still under development; however an initial
method was established and tested in summer 2006. The method
evaluated pedestrian access to recreation areas based on the
following criteria: existence of separated pedestrian walking area,
automobile traffic (including speed and frequency of traffic
and
sight distance), terrain (including surface texture, grade and
weatherability), safe crossings and connections, scenic quality,
access for people with disabilities, and lighting. In summer of
2006, 24 recreation areas distributed around the Basin were
evaluated. Eighty-three percent were considered to have very good
or good pedestrian access (Transportation Monitoring in the Tahoe
Basin, Tahoe-Baikal Institute/Tahoe Regional Planning Agency,
2006).
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Conclusion On-going monitoring is an important component of
transportation planning. A continuous monitoring program allows
planners to evaluate the success of transportation projects, and
provides valuable direction for future investments. Many of the
trends in this report suggest that traffic and the impact of the
private automobile are indeed going down, in particular on the
South Shore. Projects that may have contributed to this are the
Heavenly Village re-development project, and increases in
coordination and addition of new transit services. This trend may
also reflect changes in the economy. On the North Shore, since the
mid-nineties, traffic has decreased about 9 percent while transit
ridership has increased at an extremely high rateapproximately 75
percent over the last 10 years. This suggests a shift toward use of
transit on the North Shore, generated in part by an expansion of
services. However, on the South Shore, both transit ridership and
traffic counts have shown parallel declines. This suggests that
overall visitation and population numbers have been declining,
rather than a shift from driving to transit. One area that is
indicated for future planning emphasis is travel into the Basin.
Data shows that entry point traffic counts are increasing steadily,
while the non-auto mode share into the Basin continues to be highly
dominated by the private vehicle. Looking forward, new performance
indicators such as travel mode, used in combination with traffic
and transit ridership counts, will help clarify these
transportation trends. These new performance indicators are still
in the early evaluation stages but will eventually be able to show
trends over the long-term. For more information on the TMPO and
TRPAs transportation monitoring programs, visit the TMPO website:
http://www.trpa.org (go to Transportation Planning), and the Tahoe
Integrated Information Management Systems website:
http://www.tiims.org.
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Glossary of TermsBicycle Facilities as used in this document are
shared use paths, bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, or bicycle routes.
Commercial Core Areas are areas of relatively high commercial
activity. For the purposes of travel mode indicator, the boundaries
are those of the largest TRPA Community Plan areas, plus two other
commercial core areas (Sierra Tract and Dollar Hill). Geographic
Information Systems are computer software programs that display and
analyze spatial information in a map format. Intercept survey is a
survey format in which surveyors are stationed at a location and
approach users of that location, asking them to take a survey. Mode
share refers to the percentage of people using a particular means
of travel to make a trip. Examples of modes are bicycle mode,
transit mode, walking mode. Non-auto mode refers to all travel
modes that are not private vehicle--mainly bicycle, walk, and
transit. Non-auto mode share refers to the proportion of trips made
by non-auto transportation modes (walk, bike, transit, private
vehicle, etc.). Pathway a multi-agency and public planning process
that took place from 2004 to 2007 to update major long-term
planning documents in effect in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Pedestrian Facilities as used in this document are shared-use
paths or sidewalks. Performance Indicators are measures that
provide answers to questions, in this document questions about the
performance of the transportation system. Place-Based Planning was
a planning effort, part of Pathway, which invited the public to
share their visions and ideas for local changes that could be made
to enhance their communities. Recreation Sites are sites chosen
from among the 183 sites identified as recreation areas in the TRPA
database. They include beaches, trail heads, vista points, indoor
recreation centers, ski resorts, and golf courses, among other
types of recreation areas. Regional Plan the Regional Plan is the
document that directs the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in
environmental threshold attainment. It includes Goals and Policies,
the Code of Ordinances, Community Plans, Plan Area Statements, and
the Regional Transportation Plan as well as other plan components.
Traffic Volume is the number of vehicles passing a monitoring point
over a specified period of time. Vehicle-Miles Traveled as used in
this document, is the total number of miles traveled by private
vehicle in a typical summer day in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
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Gordon Horsley, July 22, 2008.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index Inflation
Calculator. http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm.
Accessed
August 12, 2008.
3. Cahill, Thomas, et al. 2000. Lake Tahoe Air Quality Scoping
Document: Determining the Link between Water Quality, Air Quality,
and
Transportation; U.C. Davis, July, 2000.
4. Caltrans. Statewide Transit-Oriented Development Study:
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Survey 2004 Summary of Results. April 2004.
http://www.tiims.org.
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17. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 2005. Household Travel
Survey 2005. November 2005. http://www.tiims.org.
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Contributors:
Keith Norberg, TRPA Senior Transportation Planner
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DATE: March 8, 2011 TO: Tahoe Transportation Commission FROM:
Transportation Staff SUBJECT: Initiate Public Comment Period on
Draft Fiscal Year 2011/12 TMPO Overall Work
Program (OWP) Requested Action: Staff requests the Commission to
review and provide comments on draft 2012 OWP document and initiate
public comment period for public comments. Background: The TMPO is
required to annually submit an Overall Work Program (OWP), also
known as a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), for authorizing
the use of federal transportation planning funds. This is the tenth
OWP developed by the TMPO following MPO recognition in 1999. The
OWP provides a detailed accounting of work tasks to be completed by
transportation planning staff in the 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011
through June 30, 2012). An Executive Summary of the 2012 OWP
briefly summarizes each Work Element and provides a budget overview
(Attachment A). Major endeavors in the 2012 OWP include the update
to the Regional Transportation Plan: Mobility 2030; continuing to
evolve the partnership with the TTD; and providing technical
assistance integrating TMPO and TRPA policies through the TRPA
Regional Plan Update. Discussion: TMPO will host the annual OWP
meeting of Federal and State partners on April 15, 2011 to provide
input on the TMPO OWP and report on new initiatives and efforts at
the Federal and State levels. Comments on the draft document are
requested by April 18, 2011 and comments received will be
considered in a Final Draft 2012 OWP. A brief update on the final
draft OWP and a report on the annual meeting will be provided at
the April TTC meeting. The period between the April and May TTC
meetings will be reserved for working with partners to include
comments in the Final Draft 2012 OWP for presentation to the TTC at
the May 13, 2011 Board meeting for a recommendation of approval to
the TMPO Governing Board. Upon a recommendation by TTC, the final
draft document will be presented to the TMPO Governing Board for
approval at the May 25, 2011 meeting. The draft 2012 OWP and
subsequent final draft 2012 OWP will be available at
www.TahoeMPO.org. Please note that due to the size of Attachment B-
2011 OWP - March 1, 2010 Draft, it is not included in the packet.
It may be downloaded or viewed on the TahoeMPO.org site or the
Tahoe Transportation District website -
http://www.tahoetransportation.org/board.html Additional
Information: Please direct any questions or comments regarding this
item to Nick Haven at [email protected] or 775-589-5256.
Attachments:
A. Executive Summary B. 2012 OWP - March 1, 2011 Draft - (Not
included)
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Tahoe Basin Transportation Overall Work Program FY 2012
Executive Summary Introduction
The Overall Work Program (OWP) defines the continuing,
comprehensive, and coordinated regional transportation planning
process for the Lake Tahoe Basin. It establishes transportation,
air quality, and other regional planning objectives and associated
funding for Fiscal Year 2011/12. The OWP also serves as a
management tool for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and
Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO) through the
identification of work elements containing tasks and products to be
provided during the year, including mandated metropolitan planning
requirements and other regional transportation planning activities.
The OWP presents an annual outline for the TRPA and TMPOs use of
resources. The 2012 OWP has been developed with the consideration
of federal requirements from the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU). Work Elements The OWP is organized by functional
areas and work elements combining similar activities, and products
in one place. Below is a list of the work elements with a brief
description of each: Outreach and Administration
WE 101 Transportation Development Act The Transportation
Development Act (TDA) is a major source of regional transit
operational funding. This work element represents the
administration and management of the TDA funding coming into the
Lake Tahoe Region.
WE 102 Overall Work Program This work element includes tasks
necessary for the development, adoption and on-going management of
the annual budget and work program for transportation planning and
programming for the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization.
WE 103 Boards, Stakeholders, and Tribal Coordination This work
element includes tasks to support the TRPA and TMPO Governing
Boards, the TTC and TTD Board of Directors, and other public agency
committees. Tasks also include integrating transportation planning,
programming and project activities of the TRPA, TMPO, and TTD with
those of other Basin transportation stakeholders, as well as
neighboring jurisdictions, state agencies, and tribal
governments.
WE 104 Public Outreach This work element includes tasks to
support the planning, project implementation, air quality, land
use, and other regional collaborative programs by providing
information to the public and soliciting input from interested
parties.
Regional Intermodal Planning WE 105 Regional Intermodal
Planning
This work element contains a variety of transportation planning
activities that include transportation planning support of the TRPA
Regional Plan Update, the update of the Regional Transportation
Plan: Mobility 2030, multimodal planning, and other statutorily
required MPO planning activities.
WE 106 Intelligent Transportation Systems Planning This work
element addresses Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Planning
activities specifically within the overall transportation planning
program, and the development of a Lake Tahoe Traveler Information
Portal to help travelers make better travel decisions.
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WE 107 Air Quality Planning and Analysis This work element
includes activities for the development of air quality conformity
determinations for transportation plans and programming documents
(including amendments), and coordination in the development of the
State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Region.
WE 108 Transit Planning and Coordination This work element
provides planning support and regional and intra-regional
coordination opportunities for Lake Tahoe transit operators through
direct staff support and other planning activities to foster
regional coordination. Activities include the update the North
Shore Transit (TART) Systems Plan.
WE 109 Transportation Data Collection and Forecasting This work
element includes regional transportation data collection and
modeling efforts to provide support for transportation data needs
of Pathway 2007 and the Regional Transportation Plan update and
various data requests from staff, other partners, and the general
public. This element also includes the administration and
maintenance of the TMPO traffic model, including providing various
data sets via www.TahoeMPO.org.
Programming & Tracking WE 110 Regional Programming and
Project Tracking
This work element supports the selection of transportation
projects for state and federal funding and documenting funded
projects in the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP)
and Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP). Integration
of the project selection and financial planning activities with the
Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) is a goal of this work
element