Presentation Name

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PSRC Regional Passenger-Only Ferry Study
BACKGROUND AND STATUS REPORT
PSRC Executive BoardJanuary 22, 2009
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POF-RELATED STUDIES AND PLANS

• 2005
• King County Waterborne Transit Policy Study
• 2006
• Joint Transportation Committee Task Force
• King County POF Business Plan
• Kitsap Transit POF Investment Plan
• Ferry Finance Study
• WSF Long-Range Plan
• PSRC Transportation Policy Board weighs in

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PSCR INTEREST IN THE POF ISSUE

• State mandate to exit the POF business
• Ferries are on MTS (regionally significant)
• POF are defined as High Capacity Transit
• DESTINATION 2030 does not adequately address POF
• Forecast growth vs loss of service
• Need for a regional approach
• Opportunity to coordinate efforts

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RELATED ISSUES

• Integrate POF with transit, roads, and
  non-motorized
• Guide ferry-oriented development
• Address impacts in ferry terminal communities
• Improved technical capabilities (forecasting,
  travel demand modeling)

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WORK TASKS

• Synthesis
• Issues Trends
• Policy Regl Roles
• Demand Forecasts
• Travel Demand Modeling
• Comparisons
• Regional POF Strategy
• Landside integration

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INITIAL ROUTE SCREENING

• 32 ROUTES WERE IDENTIFIED BY
• Previous planning processes
• PAC members
• Community members
• Market analysis
• INITIAL ROUTE SCREENING
• Prepare Demand Forecasts
• Run Travel Demand Model
• Daily Ridership Threshold 200
• Retain all KCFD Routes

RESULT 14 Routes Retained for Further Evaluation
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DAILY RIDERSHIP FORECASTS (2030)
Average Weekday Demand (one way)

• Existing Kitsap Transit Foot Ferry operated by
  Kitsap Transit
• Existing POF service operated by King County
  Ferry District

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BREMERTON-SEATTLE ROUTE
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ROUTE EVALUATION FINDINGS

• IMMEDIATE TERM (next 3 yrs)
• Maintain enhance existing routes
• Seattle - Vashon Island
• Seattle - West Seattle
• Bremerton - Port Orchard
• Bremerton - Annapolis
• Most viable new cross-sound routes (crossing
  times)
• Bremerton Seattle (30 min.)
• Kingston Seattle (37 min.)
• Southworth Seattle (22 min.)

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ROUTE EVALUATION FINDINGS (2)

• MEDIUM TERM (4-10 yrs)
• Viable based on market demand, require
  demonstration testing, improved landside
  connections
• Seattle - Port Orchard
• Bainbridge - Des Moines
• Kirkland - U of W

• LONG TERM (beyond 10 yrs)
• Require demonstration testing, market analysis,
  terminal siting, landside connections
• Seattle - Suquamish
• Kenmore - U of W
• Renton - Leschi
• Seattle - Des Moines
• Seattle - Shilshole

• TOURISM AND RECREATION FOCUSED ROUTES
• Viable in short/medium term service more likely
  by private operator
• Seattle - Port Townsend
• Seattle - Vancouver, B.C.

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Resolution EB-09-01

• Supports Passenger-Only Ferry Study Findings
• Supports work of local ferry operators
• Directs staff to integrate Passenger-Only Ferry
  Study into Transportation 2040
• Asks staff to engage in regional coordination to
  implement Passenger-Only Ferry service
• - Funding
• - Boat, dock, and terminal design and siting
• - Shared use facilities, fare integration, etc.
• - Landside connections (transit, bike/ped.,
  etc.)
• - Planning for water-oriented development
• - Integrate Passenger-Only Ferries with WSF
  ferry system
• - Passenger-Only Ferry role in emergency
  response

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CONTACTS
Passenger-Only Ferry Study www.psrc.org/projects/f
erry/index.htm Charlie Howard, Transportation
Planning Director 1-206-464-7122,
choward_at_psrc.org Stephen B. Kiehl, principal
planner 1-206-971-3290, skiehl_at_psrc.org