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ReportoftheIntermodalPassenger
TransportationSubcommittee
CitizensAdvisoryCommitteeTransportationFundingTaskForce
July21,2008
ReportoftheIntermodalPassengerTransportationSubcommittee
PublicAct221of2007,createdtheTransportationFundingTaskForcetoreviewtheadequacyofsurfacetransportationandaeronauticsserviceprovisionandfinanceinMichigan.Thetaskforcesmissionappliestoroads,transit,&aviationItissupportedbyMichiganDepartmentofTransportation(MDOT)staffandassistedbyCitizensAdvisoryCommittee(CAC).Theprimaryfocusofthetaskforceistoexaminealternativestotheportionoftransportationfundingthathasfueltaxesasasourceandtosuggestorrecommendalternativerevenuecollectionsystemsfundedthroughuserpaymethodsormethodsotherthanuserpaymethods.Thetaskforceshallincludeananalysisofthefeasibilityofalternativemethods.Thetaskforcemaymakerecommendationsforimplementationofpilotprogramstotestfeasiblealternativestoreplacetheportionoftransportationfundingthatcomesfromfueltaxes.ThetaskforceshallmakeapreliminaryrecommendationonpilotprogramsbyOctober31,2008.ThefollowingmembersoftheCitizensAdvisoryCommitteetotheTransportationFundingTaskForceservedontheCACIntermodalPassengerSubcommittee:
LindaM.AtkinsonGeneralPublicChanning,MI
GretchenD.Driskell,CACChairMichiganMunicipalLeague
Saline,MI
SylvesterPayne,IntermodalPassengerSubcommittee,ChairMichiganPublicTransitAssociation
Freeland,MI
KirkT.SteudleMichiganDepartmentofTransportation
Lansing,MI
EXECUTIVESUMMARY ____________________________________________________________ 1
Introduction ________________________________________________________________________ 1
OverallSummaryofResults ___________________________________________________________ 2
SECTIONONE:LOCALTRANSIT,INTERCITYBUSANDPASSENGERRAIL ______________ 6
SystemOverview(existing) ____________________________________________________________ 6
LocalTransit ........................................................................................................................................... 6
IntercityBus............................................................................................................................................ 7
IntercityPassengerRail......................................................................................................................... 7
CurrentTrends______________________________________________________________________ 8
EconomicandOtherLifeBenefits _______________________________________________________ 9
EconomicBenefits.................................................................................................................................. 9PublicTransportationinMichiganasanEconomicDevelopmentTool_________________ 9AttractingMillennialKnowledgeWorkers ________________________________________ 11LocalBusSystemBenefits ______________________________________________________ 12LocalRailSystemBenefits ______________________________________________________ 12
IntercityPassengerRailBenefits ...................................................................................................... 15
QualityofLifeBenefits ...................................................................................................................... 16
EnvironmentalBenefits...................................................................................................................... 16
CongestionMitigation ....................................................................................................................... 17
LeveragingAdditionalFederalFunds.............................................................................................. 17
CurrentStateFunding _______________________________________________________________ 18
ComprehensiveTransportationFund .............................................................................................. 18
StateTransitFundingThroughouttheU.S. ..................................................................................... 18
InvestmentScenarios ________________________________________________________________ 19
AssumptionsforInvestmentScenarios ............................................................................................ 20
StateversusLocalRevenues .............................................................................................................. 21
InvestmentScenariosOverview ........................................................................................................ 22
CurrentInvestmentLevel(i.e.,DoNothing)................................................................................... 23
GoodInvestmentLevel....................................................................................................................... 25
BetterInvestmentLevel ...................................................................................................................... 26
ModebyModeAnalysis:LocalTransit,IntercityBusandPassengerRail ______________________ 28
LocalTransit ......................................................................................................................................... 28
ReportoftheIntermodalPassengerTransportationSubcommittee
CurrentLocalTransitInvestment________________________________________________ 29GoodLocalTransitInvestment__________________________________________________ 31BetterLocalTransitInvestment _________________________________________________ 32$692.9MillionStateRevenues,LeveragingBetween$189.9Millionand$496.9MillioninFederalFunds. _______________________________________________________________ 32
INTERCITYBUS.................................................................................................................................. 34CurrentIntercityBusInvestment ________________________________________________ 35$2.2MillioninStateRevenuesLeveragingupto$2.2MillioninFederalFunds _____________ 35GoodIntercityBusInvestment __________________________________________________ 36$8.7MillioninStateRevenues;Leveragingupto$2.5MillioninFederalFunds _____________ 36BetterIntercityBusInvestment__________________________________________________ 37
INTERCITYPASSENGERRAIL........................................................................................................ 37CurrentPassengerRailInvestment ______________________________________________ 39GoodPassengerRailInvestment ________________________________________________ 40BetterPassengerRailInvestment ________________________________________________ 41
ConclusionsLocalBus,IntercityBusandPassengerRail __________________________________ 43
SECTIONTWO:CARPOOLPARKINGLOTPROGRAMANDBICYCLEANDPEDESTRIANTRANSPORTATION _______________________________________________________________ 44
CarpoolParkingLotProgram__________________________________________________________ 44
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 44
InvestmentScenarios........................................................................................................................... 44CurrentCarpoolParkingLotInvestmentLevel ____________________________________ 45GoodCarpoolParkingLotInvestmentLevel ______________________________________ 45BetterCarpoolParkingInvestmentLevel _________________________________________ 46BestCarpoolParkingLotInvestmentLevel _______________________________________ 46
LocalAgencyCapitalNeedsBicycleandPedestrianTransportation __________________________ 48
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 48
InvestmentAssumptions.................................................................................................................... 48
InvestmentScenarios........................................................................................................................... 49CurrentBicycleandPedestrianInvestmentLevel(i.e.,DoNothing) __________________ 50GoodBicycleandPedestrianInvestmentLevel ____________________________________ 50BetterBicycleandPedestrianInvestmentLevel____________________________________ 52BestBicycleandPedestrianInvestmentLevel _____________________________________ 52
APPENDIXA: TheComprehensiveTransportationFundAPPENDIXB: LocalBus,IntercityBusandPassengerRailMapsAPPENDIXC: PublicTransportationinMichigan:AnEconomicDevelopmentToolWhose
TimeHasCome
ExecutiveSummaryES1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction AsdirectedbytheMichiganTransportationFundingTaskforce,theIntermodalPassengerSubcommitteeoftheCitizensAdvisoryCommitteemetoverthepastseveralmonthstosolicitinformationfromMichigansbusinesses,organizations,citizenry,governmentalentities,transitproviders,andvariousstakeholdergroupsonMichigansintermodalpassengertransportationsystem.Overthistimeperiod,fivepublicmeetingswereheldtoresearchandcollectdataontheneedsineachofthefollowingareas:
IntercityBus Intercity/InterstatePassengerRail LocalTransit CarpoolLots BicycleandPedestrianTransportation.
Thepurposeofthisreportistodescribethecurrentstateinvestmentlevelinthesefivepassengertransportationmodesanddescribetheneedsassociatedwithagoodandbetterlevelofinvestment.SectionOneprovidestheresultsforthefollowingpassengertransportationmodes,whicharesupportedwithstatefundingfromtheComprehensiveTransportationFundandfederaltransitfunds,primarilyawardedbytheFederalTransitAdministration.
IntercityBus Intercity/InterstatePassengerRail LocalTransit
BothappendicespertaintoSectionOne.AppendixAprovidesinformationabouttheComprehensiveTranspor