Ord 2018-019/adopting Transportation Master Plan

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NNW OBJECTIVE - v S, I,' -v: ' + PROPOSED TRANSIT NETWORK A well-designed transit system that connects key areas of the City has the greatest potential to reduce vehicle miles traveled. In May 2014 the City of San Marcos completed a five-year transit plan to make recommendations for restructured and expanded system route service throughout the area. Building on this expansion, the Transportation Master Plan analyzed a conceptual transit framework for the 2035 Future Scenario designed to serve trips between intensity zones identified in the Comprehensive Plan. The intensity zones included were Downtown, Midtown, Triangle, South End, Medical District, Star Park, East Village, Paso Robles and Centerpoint. These centers are expected to grow and place more demand on the surrounding network. The conceptual transit framework was developed to serve areas with higher trips. A proposed service plan suggests five routes emanating from the intensity zones and serving downtown directly and three circulator routes to distribute passengers close to their destinations. Assuming five percent of trips are made using transit, these proposed transit routes have the potential to divert about 4,200 daily trips from automobiles between these intensity zones. In addition, the proposed transit framework will help capture additional non -intensity zone related trips.