Park and Ride PresentationPark and Ride Presentation

Jared Forte- AGM LexTranJared Forte- AGM LexTranMarch 15, 2011March 15, 2011

What we will discuss

• "Never let what you cannot do stop you from doing what you CAN do!"— Stephen Pierce:

• LexTran Facts• Successful Park and Rides• Unsuccessful Park and Rides• Temporary Park and Rides• What we have learned• New efforts

LexTran • Serving total population of

282,114 (2008)• Service area- 67 square miles• # employees-190• # fixed routes- 28• # vehicles- 78 fixed route buses• # bus stops- 930 +• # bus shelters- 83

LexTran ARRA

Bus sheltersBenchesBusesUpgraded information/security technology: Scheduling software Security cameras AVL/GPS system Electronic fareboxes Radio system

Wal-Mart Park and Ride• Route: 27 Nicholasville

Express • Monday Through Friday• 2 AM trips starting • at 6:30 A.M.• 2 PM trips starting at

4:30 P.M• 23 Parking Spaces

How we got started

• It started with a vision• 2007 Strategic Plan• GOAL #1: IMPROVE COMMUNITY'S

AWARENESS OF LEXTRAN AND ITS BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY

• COA completed in 2008

Lexington Mall• From: Zynda, Zane

Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:56 PMTo: Jared ForteSubject: RE: Proposal for Park and Ride at Lexington Mall location

Jared,

At this time we respectfully decline, until we can solidify our plans for the redevelopment of the project.

Zane Zynda, CSMRegional Property ManagerSoutheast DivisionSaul Centers, Inc.

From: Dave Riggins Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:33 PMTo: Joseph DavidSubject: Park and Ride Locations

Joey, Rocky asked me to contact you regarding assistance with park and ride locations.

Specifically, we are trying to determine protocol and contacts for park-and-ride commuter lots. We have been attempting to identify locations near major interstate intersections.

One that comes to mind is a large area at the entry/exit ramp to I-75/64 Paris Pike. I believe someone told me that it is owned by the state and has the potential to be used as a park and ride commuter lot? Are there areas along interstate intersections that are designed with this potential purpose? How do we go about making contacts to discuss the potential? Any ideas or input would be helpful.

Broadway I -75 North

I-75 South exit 113 Paris Pike

I-75 South exit 120 Horse Park

Temporary Park and Ride Locations

• Red Mile• UK Campus• Legends Ball Park• Transit Center

Coldstream• From: Dave Riggins• Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:27 AM• To: 'Carpenter, Tina R'• Cc: Rocky Burke; Tracy Sewell; Jared Forte; Carlos Rowland• Subject: RE: Coldstream Park and Ride• Dear Tina,• Thank you for your recommendation for revised operating hours inside Coldstream.

Based on your request, LexTran will operate on the following schedule:• LexTran will service Coldstream on these am trips:• 6:16 • 6:46 • 7:16 • 7:46 • 8:16 • 8:46• • LexTran will service Coldstream on these pm trips:• 4:16 • 4:46 • 5:16 • 5:46 • 6:16 • 6:46 • We anticipate making these changes effective Monday, November 17.• We will continue to monitor ridership along the route and make adjustments as

necessary. Thanks for your willingness to collaborate with us and we look forward to the possibility of expanding in the future.

• Sincerely,• Dave Riggins• Director, Community Affairs

Coldstream

From: Tracy Sewell Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:56 AM

To: 'Rocky Burke'Cc: 'Jared Forte'Subject: Lakeview Golf Course

Rocky, I am please to announce that Mr. Jerry Hancock has given us approval to use

Lakeview Golf Course as a Park N Ride location. Have a great day! Tracy Sewell

Lakeside Golf Course• Route: 27 Richmond

Rd. Express (discontinued)

• Monday Through Friday• 3 AM trips starting • at 6:30 A.M.• 2 PM trips starting at

4:30 P.M.• Approximately 15 spots• Ended 2/4/2011

Challenges

• Location • Location • Location• How to let people know• My Car is faster• Perception of the bus• Cost (Richmond Road cost of route• Where should we go• Ridership

Lessons Learned

• Need a generator• Need partners• Stop location needs to be convenient• Stop location needs to show an advantage• No other cars there (Wal-Mart had inherent

security)

Zoning Ordinance

Ms. Mattingly & Mr. Burke,I have recently received the hard copy of LexTran’s formal request

for an amendment to our local “Big Box Design Guidelines” so that additional Park & Ride facilities can be provided, or at least encouraged, here in Lexington-Fayette County.

As you may or may not be aware, these Guidelines are reviewed in

light of development plans filed for consideration by the Urban County Planning Commission for buildings that are to be larger than 80,000 square feet in size, and which are to be located in many of our commercial zoning districts. As such, developments like the Wal-Mart on Nicholasville Road at Man o’ War Boulevard are subject to review and comparison with these adopted Guidelines.

Zoning Continued• With your request, the Planning Services staff will begin drafting an amendment to

the 15 current Guidelines to incorporate your proposed addition. Once that is completed and reviewed in-house (hopefully in a matter of a few weeks), we will be in a position to introduce this to the Planning Commission at one of their monthly Work Sessions. The next two that are scheduled are on April 15 and May 20. I would encourage you, or any representative from LexTran, to attend that work session, and we can even inform the Commission’s Chair that you would like to comment on the proposal. By your attendance, you can learn along with us of any issues, concerns or questions of the 11-member Planning Commission. With their blessing, we can then place this item on one of their meeting agendas for consideration. Regardless, we can let you know of any meeting the Commission sets to consider amending their Guidelines.

• • If you have any questions about the “next steps” in this process, please feel free to

contact me or any member of the Planning Services staff.• • Bill Sallee• Planning Manager• Planning Services Section• LFUCG Division of Planning• (859)258-3171

Zoning ContinuedMax & Jared,I wanted to personally thank you for your support of our

efforts and for being present yesterday at the PC Work Session to do so. I hope to ask the Commission to initiate the text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance at the conclusion of next Thursday afternoon’s meeting. If they do so, there will likely be a public hearing before that body in late September or October. We will let you know of the date and time for that scheduled public hearing (on the pink sheet proposal and the Design Guidelines change) when they are known.

Thanks again, and I hope you have a great weekend! Bill

Addition to the existing Zoning Ordinance

• 16-10(b) ALLOWABLE TRANSIT STOP REDUCTIONS - Sites located within three hundred (300) feet of a transit stop with a shelter may be allowed a ten percent (10%) reduction of the minimum required parking. Sites located within three hundred (300) feet of a transit stop without a shelter may be allowed a five percent (5%) reduction of the minimum required parking. If the site is located within three hundred (300) feet of more than one transit stop, the maximum reduction allowed will be ten percent (10%) for this specific parking reduction. Provision of a transit stop shall not count against the otherwise required minimum for the calculation of the maximum parking allowed.

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