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STAFF REPORT SUBJECT: Travel Trends MEETING DATE: December 6, 2007 AGENDA ITEM: 6 RECOMMENDATION: Review and recommended approval of the 2007 Travel Trends

Report STAFF CONTACT: Andrew Orfila, Bill Yim, Michael Powers SUMMARY SBCAG staff has prepared a report that summarizes emerging travel patterns on the regional transportation system in Santa Barbara County. The 2007 Travel Trends Report (attached) details historical trends that have emerged in the last few years related to travel modes chosen to get to work, vehicle miles traveled, travel demand and congestion on the regional roadway system, and ridership and operational data for transit, rail, and air systems. Some of the major findings from the report are described below.

• Between 1996 and 2001, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased approximately 18%. Between 2001 and 2006, VMT increased by less than 1%.

• Travel demand on the South Coast corridor of U.S. 101 has slowed since 2000. At the

Santa Barbara-Ventura County line, daily traffic volumes have leveled off since 2002. Another emerging trend was gauged from the hourly traffic volume data at the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line. The data shows increases in hourly volumes before the A.M. peak commute period (before 7:00 A.M.) and after the P.M. peak commute period (after 6:00 P.M.), which indicates that commuters from Ventura County may be leaving earlier for work and leaving for home later in the evening.

• In the North County, traffic volumes at the U.S. 101 count station north of the Clark

Avenue interchange have been increasing steadily at a rate of 3% per year. Approximately 4,700 vehicles per day were added to this segment of U.S. 101 between 2003 and 2005. At the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo County line, daily traffic volumes have increased at a rate of about 2.5% per year since 1996. More recently, daily traffic volumes have been declining at this count station (between 2004 and 2006).

• Route 246 has experienced the fastest rate of traffic growth in the County over the last

ten years, particularly in the Buellton and Solvang areas of the Santa Ynez Valley. The growth in tourist traffic is evident east of Solvang, where peak hour volumes have not grown, but weekend volumes have increased by over 12% between 2003 and 2005.

• Ridership on Countywide transit services has increased by approximately 14% since FY

2001/02. Ridership on Santa Maria Area Transit fixed-route buses increased 56% for the five-year period between FY 2001-02 and FY 2005-06 (an average annual increase of 9%). This is impressive given that SMAT has the second-highest ridership levels in the County. Ridership on regional transit services (the Clean Air Express and Coastal Express) has increased dramatically, due to increased congestion on the South Coast portion of U.S. 101 and the increasing cost of gasoline. The data shows that ridership on the Coastal Express, which runs between Ventura County and the South Coast of Santa Barbara County, has nearly tripled since FY 2001-02.

• Rail ridership levels are increasing at Amtrak stations in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara,

Goleta, and Guadalupe, largely due to increased ridership on the Pacific Surfliner.

• At the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, enplanements have increased, while operations have decreased, since 2002. At the Santa Maria Public, airport enplanements have declined at the airport over the last ten years. Aircraft operations increased between 1996 and 2002, but have leveled off since then.

Staff will entertain any questions or comments on the report. Staff recommends that TTAC approve release of the draft report for consideration by the SBCAG Board.

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2007 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

SUPERVISORS Member Supervisorial District

SALUD CARBAJAL FIRST DISTRICT

JANET WOLF SECOND DISTRICT

BROOKS FIRESTONE (Vice-Chair) THIRD DISTRICT

JONI GRAY FOURTH DISTRICT

JOE CENTENO FIFTH DISTRICT CITIES Member Alternate

BUELLTON RUSS HICKS DIANE WHITEHAIR Councilmember Mayor CARPINTERIA JOE ARMENDARIZ AL CLARK Councilmember Councilmember GOLETA JONNY WALLIS (Chair) MICHAEL T. BENNETT Councilmember Councilmember GUADALUPE LUPE ALVAREZ JULIAN ARISTON Mayor Councilmember LOMPOC DICK DEWEES ANN RUHGE Mayor Councilmember SANTA BARBARA MARTY BLUM IYA FALCONE Mayor Councilmember SANTA MARIA LARRY LAVAGNINO BOB ORACH Mayor Councilmember SOLVANG JIM RICHARDSON LINDA JACKSON Councilmember Councilmember

EX-OFFICIO (NON-VOTING) MEMBERS

CALTRANS DISTRICT 5 RICH KRUMHOLZ 15th SENATE DISTRICT ABEL MALDONADO 19th SENATE DISTRICT TOM MCCLINTOCK 33rd ASSEMBLY DISTRICT SAM BLAKESLEE 35th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT PEDRO NAVA

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PROJECT STAFF

Jim Kemp Executive Director Michael Powers Deputy Director, Planning Andrew Orfila Transportation Planner William Yim Transportation Planner

Travel Trends Report iii December 2007

The 2007 Travel Trends report represents an opportunity to look back and observe travel patterns that have emerged on Santa Barbara County’s regional roadway system over the last five to ten years. The report includes a summary of trends observed in travel mode, vehicle miles traveled, travel demand, congestion, transit and rail ridership and airport enplanement and operational data. The previous Travel Trends Report was prepared back in 2001, therefore, many of the trends out-lined in the report look at changes for the five-year period between 2002 and 2006. Some of the major findings from the report are described below.

• Between 1996 and 2001, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased approximately 18%. Be-tween 2001 and 2006, VMT increased by less than 1%.

• Travel demand on the South Coast corridor of U.S. 101 has slowed since 2000. At the Santa

Barbara-Ventura County line, daily traffic volumes have leveled off since 2002. Another emerging trend was gauged from the hourly traffic volume data at the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line. The data shows increases in hourly volumes before the A.M. peak commute period and after the P.M. peak commute period, which indicates that commuters from Ven-tura County may be leaving earlier for work and leaving for home later in the evening.

• In the North County, traffic volumes at the U.S. 101 count station north of the Clark Avenue

interchange have been increasing steadily at a rate of 3% per year. Approximately 4,700 vehicles per day were added to this segment of U.S. 101 between 2003 and 2005. At the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo County line, daily traffic volumes have increased at a rate of about 2.5% per year since 1996. More recently, daily traffic volumes have been declining at this count station (between 2004 and 2006).

• Route 246 has experienced the fastest rate of traffic growth in the County over the last ten

years, particularly in the Buellton and Solvang areas of the Santa Ynez Valley. The growth in tourist traffic is evident east of Solvang, where peak hour volumes have not grown, but week-end volumes have increased by over 12% between 2003 and 2005.

• Ridership on Countywide transit services has increased by approximately 14% since FY

2001/02. Ridership on Santa Maria Area Transit fixed-route buses increased 56% for the five year period between FY 2001-02 and FY 2005-06 (an average annual increase of 9%). This is impressive given that SMAT has the second-highest ridership levels in the County. Rider-ship on regional transit services (the Clean Air Express and Coastal Express) has increased dramatically, due to increased congestion on the South Coast portion of U.S. 101 and the increasing cost of gasoline. The data shows that ridership on the Coastal Express, which runs between Ventura County and the South Coast of Santa Barbara County, has nearly tri-pled since FY 2001-02.

• Rail ridership levels are increasing at Amtrak stations in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta,

and Guadalupe, largely due to increased ridership on the Pacific Surfliner.

• At the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, enplanements have increased, while operations have decreased, since 2002. At the Santa Maria Public Airport, enplanements have declined over the last ten years. Aircraft operations increased between 1996 and 2002, but have leveled off since then.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOW DO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EMPLOYEES GET TO WORK?..........................................2 VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.............................................................................................................3 TRAVEL DEMAND ON THE COUNTY’S REGIONAL ROADWAY NETWORK.................................4 U.S. 101 ........................................................................................................................................4 State Route 246 ............................................................................................................................7 Other State Highways and Local Roads .......................................................................................7 CONGESTION....................................................................................................................................9 COMMERCIAL TRUCK ACTIVITY ...................................................................................................15 TRANSIT...........................................................................................................................................16 RAIL ..................................................................................................................................................19 AIR....................................................................................................................................................20 APPENDIX........................................................................................................................................21 A. Notes on Traffic Count Data Collection .................................................................................21 B. Traffic Volume Data...............................................................................................................38 C. Commercial Truck Data.........................................................................................................63 D. Enplanements, Operations, and Based Aircraft at County Airports.......................................66 E. List of Commonly Used Acronyms and Data Definitions .......................................................68

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 American Community Survey Commuter Mode Split for Santa Barbara County............2 Table 2 Population, Employment, and Vehicle Miles Traveled ...................................................3 Table 3 Santa Barbara County Transit Ridership......................................................................16 Table 4 Santa Barbara County Rail Ridership by Station..........................................................19 Table A-1 Caltrans Count Schedule for Regionally-Significant State Highways...........................23 Table A-2 Even Year Screenline and Cordon Count Schedule (FY 2007-08) ..............................26 Table A-3 Odd Year Screenline and Cordon Count Schedule (FY 2008-09)................................27 Table B-1 Caltrans Control Stations Average Daily Traffic (ADT) Comparison ............................39 Table B-2 Caltrans Control Stations ADT Comparison for Even Years ........................................40 Table B-3 Caltrans Control Stations ADT Comparison for Odd Years..........................................41 Table B-4 ADT on South Coast Screenlines.................................................................................42 Table B-5 ADT on North County Screenlines and Cordons..........................................................43 Table C-1 Truck Volumes on the State Highway System in Santa Barbara County .....................64 Table D-1 Airport Operational Data—1996 to 2006 ......................................................................67

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Santa Barbara County Region and Roadway Network................................................................................. 1 Figure 2 Average Daily VMT Countywide................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3 Ten-Year Traffic Trends on the South Coast U.S. 101 Corridor ................................................................... 5 Figure 4 Ten-Year Traffic Trends on the North County U.S. 101 Corridor.................................................................. 6 Figure 5 Ten-Year Traffic Trends on the State Route 246 Corridor............................................................................ 8 Figure 6 Level of Service at Regionally-Significant Intersections in the Santa Maria Valley..................................... 10 Figure 7 Level of Service at Regionally-Significant Intersections in the Lompoc Valley ........................................... 11 Figure 8 Level of Service at Regionally-Significant Intersections in the Santa Ynez Valley ..................................... 12 Figure 9 Level of Service at Regionally-Significant Intersections in the Goleta Area................................................ 13 Figure 10 Level of Service at Regionally-Significant Intersections in the Santa Barbara and Carpinteria Area .......................................................................................................... 14 Figure 11 Vehicle Fleet Mix on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange ......................................................... 15 Figure 12 Commercial Truck Classification on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange.................................. 15 Figure 13 MTD Ridership Growth ............................................................................................................................... 17 Figure 14 Ridership Growth on Other Major Transit Services .................................................................................... 17 Figure 15 Ridership Growth on Regional Transit Services ......................................................................................... 18 Figure 16 Comparison of Ridership Growth Rates with Population Growth Rates ..................................................... 18 Figure 17 Airport Operational Data—1996 to 2006 .................................................................................................... 20 Figure A-1 State Highway Count Stations—North County ........................................................................................... 24 Figure A-2 State Highway Count Stations—South Coast............................................................................................. 25 Figure A-3 West 101 Screenline .................................................................................................................................. 28 Figure A-4 North Santa Maria Screenline .................................................................................................................... 29 Figure A-5 Santa Maria Screenline .............................................................................................................................. 30 Figure A-6 Orcutt Screenline........................................................................................................................................ 31 Figure A-7 Lompoc and Vandenberg Cordons............................................................................................................. 32 Figure A-8 North and South Goleta Screenlines .......................................................................................................... 33 Figure A-9 Santa Barbara Airport Screenline............................................................................................................... 34 Figure A-10 Arroyo Burro Screenline ............................................................................................................................. 35 Figure A-11 Downtown Screenline................................................................................................................................. 36 Figure A-12 Westmont Screenline ................................................................................................................................. 37 Figure B-1 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 at the Ventura- Santa Barbara County Line ........................................................................................................................ 44 Figure B-2 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange ................................................................................................................... 45 Figure B-3 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 South of State Route 1 ......................................... 46 Figure B-4 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 South of Clark Avenue ......................................... 47 Figure B-5 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 North of Betteravia Road...................................... 48 Figure B-6 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on U.S. 101 at the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo County Line............................................................................................. 49 Figure B-7 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 135 South of Rice Ranch Road ......................................................................................................................... 50 Figure B-8 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 135 South of Main Street................................. 51 Figure B-9 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 1 West of U.S. 101 .......................................... 52 Figure B-10 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 1 (H Street) North of State Route 246 (Ocean Avenue)................................................................................................. 53 Figure B-11 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 1 at VAFB Main Gate ...................................... 54 Figure B-12 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 1 North of Route 166 ....................................... 55 Figure B-13 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 246 East of Route 1......................................... 56 Figure B-14 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 246 West of the Avenue of the Flags ................................................................................................................ 57 Figure B-15 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 246 West of Route 154.................................... 58 Figure B-16 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 154 North of U.S. 101 (Santa Barbara) ............................................................................................................. 59 Figure B-17 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 192 East of Route 154..................................... 60 Figure B-18 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 192 East of Hot Springs Road......................... 61 Figure B-19 Comparison of Hourly Weekday Volumes on State Route 192 East of Linden Avenue ............................. 62 Figure C-1 Hourly Distribution of Trucks on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange........................................ 65

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An important factor in travel demand is which mode people choose to get to where they need to go. The primary mode choice for Santa Bar-bara residents is the automobile. Table 1 sum-marizes historical mode choices for commute trips in Santa Barbara County, using American Community Survey data from the Census bu-reau. Comparing the Census data from 2000 and 2005, single-occupancy vehicle travel is down slightly (1.8%), while all alternative transportation categories have increased slightly (1-2%). These trends mirror those seen in Traffic Solu-tions Commuter Profile Surveys. Also, Santa Barbara County employees are more likely to utilize alternative transportation modes when compared with other areas of the state and the United States as a whole, with the exception of transit, where there is significantly higher transit use, particularly in larger urban areas such as the Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas. While single-occupancy travel has declined slightly since 2000, it remains the most utilized means of travel to and from work for Santa Bar-bara County residents. The decreasing share of “drive alone” vehicle trips is encouraging, how-ever, the number of vehicles registered in the County is at an all-time high (approximately 260,000 vehicles registered in 2005, up 3.9% from 2000), signaling a continuing trend of auto usage.

Public transit use increased slightly between 2000 and 2005. Each of the major transit agen-cies in the County have implemented many new services and routes over the past five years, at-tracting new riders utilizing the bus to get to and from work. Workers utilizing carpools and vanpools in-creased about 1.1%. The percentage of workers utilizing carpools and vanpools is significantly higher when compared with state- and nation-wide averages. The recently completed Com-muter Profile Survey (Traffic Solutions, March 2007), which sampled approximately 1,050 em-ployees living in Santa Barbara County, found that Hispanics who primarily spoke Spanish have a significantly higher carpool utilization rate than other survey respondents.. The 2005 American Community Survey indicates an increase of 1.8% in workers who chose to walk to work. The number of employees working from home is a trend that is rising locally (the Traffic Solutions Commuter Profile Survey showed a 3% increase in “telework” between 2002 and 2005) and nationally. As technology improves, office employees may increasingly utilize telecommute options into the future.

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Single-occupant vehicle 69.7% 67.9% 74.0% 77.0% Carpool/Vanpool 15.8% 16.9% 12.5% 10.7% Public Transit 2.4% 3.2% 4.7% 4.7% Walk 2.2% 4.0% 2.5% 2.5% Other (incl. bike) 1.1% 3.8% 2.0% 1.6% Work at Home 3.4% 4.3% 4.3% 3.6%

HOW DO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EMPLOYEES GET TO WORK?

Table 1 American Community Survey (ACS) Commuter Mode Split for Santa Barbara County


Primary influences on travel demand include population growth and the relationship between where people live and where people work. Ta-ble 2 summarizes the historical trends in popu-lation and jobs in the County since 1995. The rate of growth in population has been fairly steady over the last ten years, while employ-ment and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) has

slowed relative to the growth seen in the late 1990s. The VMT trend is illustrated in Figure 1. Job growth has an influence on VMT. As job growth has slowed over the last five years, growth in VMT has been slowed as well. Also, as shown in the previous section, use of alter-native transportation modes is increasing, which also reduces VMT.

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Jobs (a) 160,000 178,400 188,000 11.5% 5.4%

VMT (millions) (b) 8,539 9,771 10,208 14.4% 4.5%

Source: SBCAG Regional Growth Forecasts Source: California Motor Vehicle Stock, Travel and Fuel Forecast, Caltrans, 2006.

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Figure 2 Average Daily VMT Countywide 1995-2006


Over 64% of the VMT in Santa Barbara County is experienced on State freeways and highways. For the last decade, traffic growth on State facilities in Santa Barbara County has remained relatively steady. Travel demand trends on some of the County’s major regional roadways are discussed below. Ten-year traffic trends for all Caltrans count stations are contained in the Appendix. U.S. 101 U.S. Highway 101 is the most heavily-traveled fa-cility in the County and serves as a vital north-south connection between Northern and Southern California. Diagrams and charts summarizing 10-year travel demand growth on selected segments are shown in Figures 3 and 4. The South Coast portion of U.S. 101 is character-ized by heavy congestion during the morning and evening weekdays and on weekend afternoons, particularly on the four-lane segment between Mussel Shoals (in Ventura County) and the Milpas Street interchange. Travel demand on the South Coast corridor has slowed in the last few years, compared to the period 1995-2000. At the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line, daily traffic volumes have leveled off since 2002, after significant in-creases in 2001 and 2002. Traffic volumes at the count stations north of the Las Positas Road inter-change have not increased significantly since 1999-2000. Despite these decreases, the heavy congestion and significant travel delays during the morning and evening commute times and weekend afternoons

remain on the four-lane segment between the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line. Those areas which show the higher decreases in daily traffic vol-ume (such as in the Carpinteria area and the Sum-merland area) also have parallel surface streets, such as Via Real and Carpinteria Avenue, which would suggest that motorists may be exiting the freeway and using surface streets to avoid conges-tion. Another interesting trend is the rising traffic volumes on U.S. 101 at the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line occurring just outside of traditional peak morn-ing and evening commute hours, despite the overall “leveling off” of daily traffic volumes. The charts at the bottom of the page summarize the morning and evening hourly volumes on U.S. 101 at this location in the peak directions. This data indicates that com-muters from Ventura County may be leaving for work earlier and returning home later in the eve-ning. In the North County, traffic volumes at the station north of the Clark Avenue interchange have been increasing steadily at a rate of approximately 3% per year. Approximately 4,700 vehicles per day were added to this segment of U.S. 101 between 2003 and 2005. At the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo County line, daily traffic volumes have in-creased at a rate of about 2.5% per year since 1996. However, daily traffic volumes have been declining at this count station since 2004. Interest-ingly enough, volumes during the A.M. peak period have increased during this same period, which may indicate increased commuting and commercial traf-fic activity.

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State Route 246 Route 246 has experienced the fastest rate of traffic growth in the County over the last ten years. Growth derived from traffic counts at selected locations are illustrated in Figure 5. As shown in Figure 5, the highest growth on the Route 246 corridor has been in the Buellton and Solvang areas of the Santa Ynez Valley. Daily volumes on Route 246 in Buellton have increased approximately 3% per year, indicat-ing increased mainline traffic to and from trip generators in Solvang and the eastern Santa Ynez Valley. The growth in tourist traffic is evi-dent east of Solvang, where peak hour volumes have not grown, but weekend volumes have increased by over 12% between 2003 and 2005. East of Lompoc, daily traffic volumes on Route 246 have grown 4% per year. There has been an increase of approximately 2,200 vehicles per day on Route 246 east of Route 1 since 2003. Other State Highways and Local Roads South Coast Daily traffic volumes have increased signifi-cantly in the last ten years on the segments of Patterson Avenue (2.4% per year) and Storke Road (6.0% per year) south of U.S. 101. The increase on Storke Road can be attributed to the Camino Real Marketplace and nearby resi-dential development constructed in the late 1990’s. However, since 2003, daily traffic vol-umes on Storke Road south of U.S. 101 have decreased, indicating a general leveling off of growth at this location. On Route 217, daily traffic volumes have actually been declining over the last ten years, at a rate of -1.6% per year. This can probably be attributed to diver-sion of trips that would, in the past, travel to commercial/retail areas in Old Town and east Goleta. Many of these trips have likely been diverted to the newer commercial/retail areas in west Goleta.

Santa Ynez Valley Traffic volumes on Route 154 east of the U.S. 101 juncture in Los Olivos have been increasing by approximately 5% per year over the last ten years. Taken in combination with the traffic volume in-creases on Route 246, an emerging trend is the regional draw of the Santa Ynez Valley and its tourist destinations such as the Chumash Casino Resort. Lompoc Valley The major regional facility in the Lompoc Valley is State Route 1. Traffic counts on Route 1 indicate very little growth over the last ten years (less than 1% per year). There are even some areas where traffic volumes were lower in 2006 than they were ten years ago, such as the segments south of the Vandenberg Air Force Base main gate, north of Santa Lucia Canyon Road, and south of Route 246. This is also the case on the segments of Central Avenue and Ocean Avenue east of Flora-dale Avenue, where daily traffic volumes were less in 2006 than what they were in 1995. Santa Maria Valley In the Santa Maria Valley, traffic volumes on the north and south junctures of Route 135 (in Santa Maria and Los Alamos) have grown at a rate of about 3.5% and 7.2% per year, respectively. On Route 166, the highest increase in daily traffic vol-umes was observed on the segment east of Route 1, in Guadalupe (25% between 2002 and 2006). For the corridor east of U.S. 101, daily traffic vol-umes have increased 11-15% in the mountainous areas west of the Cuyama Valley. Daily traffic vol-umes have not changed on the segment of Route 166 through the towns of New Cuyama and Cu-yama. At the San Luis Obispo-Santa Barbara County line, daily traffic volumes grew 13% on Route 1 between 2002 and 2006. Other areas of Santa Maria where traffic volumes have increased at higher rates are recently devel-oped areas, such as Betteravia Road, west of U.S. 101 (where daily traffic volumes have grown 5.3% per year since 1995) and Blosser Road north of Betteravia Road (daily traffic volumes have increased here by 5.4% per year since 1996).

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Traffic congestion continues to be a major issue in certain areas of the County. As discussed previously, it is most prevalent on the South Coast segments of U.S. 101 during the morning and evening peak periods and on weekends. Another area that is seeing increasing levels of congestion during the P.M. peak hour is Route 154, concentrated between the San Marcos Pass and the south juncture of U.S. 101. Con-gestion on this segment of Route 154 is primar-ily experienced in the northbound direction, go-ing up-hill towards the Santa Ynez Valley. Of-tentimes, slower moving vehicles will create

slow moving queues in areas where there are limited opportunities for passing. A good gauge of congestion on the County’s local roads is the intersection congestion monitoring that is done through SBCAG’s Congestion Man-agement Program (CMP). The charts below sum-marize overall congestion levels on some of the County’s regionally-significant intersections. Maps on Figures 6 through 10 illustrate P.M. peak hour level of service (using the CMP Intersection Capacity Utilization methodology) at each of the CMP network intersections.

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Route 225-Las Positas Road interchange. The figures shown below compare the vehicle fleet mix and truck fleet mix at this location on a typi-cal Spring weekday in 2001 and 2007. Figure 11 shows that the vehicle fleet mix has remained relatively unchanged since 2001, with a slight increase in pickup trucks and SUVs. Figure 12 shows increases with the smaller unit trucks and decreases with the larger semi-trucks. In addition, commercial truck travel has increased during the morning (between the hours of 6:00 and 10:00 AM) at this location since 2001.

COMMERCIAL TRUCK ACTIVITY

Figure 11—Vehicle Fleet Mix on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange

Figure 12—Commercial Truck Classification on U.S. 101 at the Las Positas Road Interchange

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Use of transit is increasing, as shown in the ta-ble below. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is the largest transit op-erator in the County, accommodating 81% of total transit riders Countywide. Figure 7 shows that MTD saw a slight decrease in riders in fis-cal year 2001-02, but ridership has increased 5.6% since that time. Other major transit operators continue to boost ridership levels year-to-year, as shown on Figure 8, particularly Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT). Ridership on SMAT fixed-route buses increased 56% for the five-year period between FY 2001-02 and FY 2005-06 (an average annual increase of 9%). This is impressive given that SMAT has the second-highest ridership levels in the County. Ridership on City of Lompoc Transit (COLT) and Santa Ynez Valley Transit (SYVT) has increased by an average annual rate of 8% and 4%, respec-

tively. Ridership on regional transit services (the Clean Air Express and Coastal Express) has increased dramatically, as shown in Figure 9. Due to in-creased congestion on the South Coast portion of U.S. 101 and the increasing cost of gasoline, many commuters are choosing to utilize regional transit services. The data shows that ridership on the Coastal Express, which runs between Ventura County and the South Coast of Santa Barbara County, has nearly tripled since FY 2001-02. The County’s growth rates in transit ridership have outpaced the County’s population growth rates for six of the last eight years. Therefore, the solid increases in transit ridership are not attributable to increases in population. The indication is that lo-cal residents are choosing to ride the bus more often.

Table 3 Santa Barbara County Transit Ridership

TRANSIT

Fiscal Year % Change 2001-02 to

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% Operator Share

Transit System 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2001-02 2005-06 MTD * 6,903,482 7,005,474 7,004,009 7,169,752 7,305,879 5.8% 1.1% 86.5% 80.8% SMAT ** 691,951 754,035 712,309 840,048 1,081,384 56.3% 9.3% 8.7% 12.0% COLT 196,976 210,375 248,446 286,080 306,651 55.7% 9.3% 2.5% 3.4% Clean Air Express 110,458 116,272 113,608 127,435 163,891 48.4% 8.2% 1.4% 1.8% Coastal Express 46,293 66,089 91,030 102,967 152,717 229.9% 27.0% 0.6% 1.7% SYVT 31,023 33,061 32,244 32,660 35,617 14.8% 2.8% 0.4% 0.4% TOTAL 7,980,183 8,185,306 8,201,646 8,558,942 9,046,139 Source: 2007 Transit Needs Assessment Note: Ridership estimates do not include paratransit, Cuyama & Los Alamos services * Includes Valley Express ridership for FY 05/06 ** Includes Guadalupe Shuttle riders and Breeze ridership for FY 05/06

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Table 4 Santa Barbara County Rail Ridership by Station

Options for rail travel in Santa Barbara County are limited to Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, which runs between Seattle and Los Angeles, and the Pacific Surfliner, which runs between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. According to data from the Caltrans Division of Rail, ridership lev-els are increasing at the stations in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Guadalupe, largely due to increased ridership on the Pacific Sur-fliner. Ridership for each rail hub in the County is summarized in Table 4. According to the LOSSAN North Corridor Stra-tegic Plan (IBI Group, October 2007), the Pa-cific Surfliner is the second busiest rail route in the Amtrak system. Ridership reached 2.65 million in fiscal year 2006. Since 2001/02, on-time performance for the Pacific Surfliner has been approximately 87%. The issue of freight traffic is significant between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, where the corridor is mostly

single track and many sidings are not long enough to accommodate longer freight trains. According to the California State Rail Plan (Caltrans, December 2005), the average run-ning time for the route between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara is 2 hours-45 minutes, with an overall average speed of 37 mph. The aver-age running time between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo is 2 hours-43 minutes, with an overall average speed of 44 mph. Due to increased freight traffic and track main-tenance issues, on-time performance for the Coast Starlight has suffered in recent years. According to Amtrak, the Coast Starlight has delivered only 2% of its passengers to their destinations on time since October 2006. Rid-ership decreased 26% on the route between 1999 and 2005.

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FY 2001/02 FY 02/03 FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FYs 01/02 to 04/05 Avg. Annual

Santa Barbara 244,469 284,976 294,358 270,080 10.5% 2.5% Goleta 24,452 30,299 45,666 66,531 172.1% 28.4% Carpinteria 12,539 14,086 17,211 15,880 26.6% 6.1% Santa Maria ** 7,398 7,810 8,408 8,701 17.6% 4.1% Guadalupe 5,408 6,537 6,362 6,981 29.1% 6.6% Surf/Lompoc 7,646 7,034 3,961 5,067 -33.7% -9.8% Solvang ** 4,545 4,421 3,071 2,922 -35.7% -10.5% Lompoc ** 4,418 3,017 1,982 1,582 -64.2% -22.6% Buellton ** 220 344 350 321 45.9% 9.9% Source: California State Rail Plan 2005/06 to 2015/16, Caltrans, December 2005. * Ridership totals include train and Amtrak bus riders. ** Bus service only at these stations.


AIR

The Santa Barbara County region has five public airports (Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Santa Maria Public Airport, Lompoc Airport, Santa Ynez Valley Airport and Cuyama Airport) and one military airport (Vandenberg Air Force Base). The most significant measure of air car-rier demand for airport services is the number of boarding passengers, referred to as enplane-ments. This figure is the sum of the passengers with connecting flights and those originating at the airport. A table summarizing operating sta-tistics and characteristics of the airports is pre-sented in the Appendix. At the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, en-planements have increased, while operations

have decreased, since 2002. Airport staff have attributed this to reduced general aviation ac-tivities (fewer small planes and fewer flight schools). At the Santa Maria Public, airport enplane-ments have declined at the airport over the last ten years. Aircraft operations increased be-tween 1996 and 2002, but have leveled off since then. Aircraft operations at the Lompoc Airport de-clined in 1998 due to the transfer of Arctic Air to the Santa Maria Airport. According to airport staff, operations and based aircraft have re-mained relatively unchanged since 2000.

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APPENDIX A

NOTES ON TRAFFIC COUNT DATA COLLECTION


NOTES ON TRAFFIC COUNT DATA COLLECTION

SBCAG maintains a traffic count program, working closely with Caltrans and local agency public works staff to keep traffic volume data up to date on the County’s regionally-significant roadways. Portions of the 2007 Travel Trends Report include data compiled from the SBCAG Traffic Count Program, which includes actual count samples collected from Caltrans and the local jurisdictions. In general, a total of four one-week samples (one week within each sea-son) are collected at specific control stations, screenlines, and cordons. The counts are con-ducted annually, biennially, or triennially de-pending on the facility type, location, and juris-diction where the sample site is located. Caution should be taken when interpreting data in this report. Factors such as equipment fail-ures, weather, and roadway improvement pro-jects may have an impact on statistical results. Data which appears inaccurate is noted to the extent possible. SBCAG staff estimates average daily traffic (ADT) by averaging the total number of actual count samples collected at specific control sta-tions. This may differ from Caltrans estimates of average annual daily traffic (AADT) at certain locations because these estimates are often based on counts at adjacent upstream and downstream locations. Therefore, differences may be observed between the ADT data pre-sented in this report and the AADT data from Caltrans published in their traffic volume manu-als and website.

Caltrans District 5 Count Program There are approximately 50 count stations for which Caltrans collects hourly volume data on its facilities throughout the County. Traffic counts at these stations are submitted on either an annual basis or once every three years (triennially). Within each year, SBCAG re-quests that the count be completed for one week within each season. There are some lo-cations where data is collected monthly (U.S. 101 at the Las Positas interchange, for exam-ple) and some where data is collected only three times a year (US. 101 south of Route 1, for example). The Caltrans count schedule is illustrated on Table A-1. Caltrans count station locations are illustrated on Exhibits A-1 through A-2. Trends on State Highways are determined by developing “Average Daily Traffic” (ADT) esti-mates from the count station data. Staff typi-cally estimates two ADT values for each station; a “7-day” ADT, which is the average volume for the seven-day period Monday-Sunday, and a “Weekday” ADT, which is the average volume for the Tuesday through Thursday period.


Table A-1 Caltrans Count Schedule for Regionally-Significant State Highways

ID # Location Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug SepCONTROL STATIONS - ANNUAL501 Route 101 n/o Route 150 X X X X X X X X X X X X502 Route 101 n/o L. Positas X X X X X X X X X X X X503 Route 101 s/o Route 1 X X X514 Route 154 e/o Camino Cielo Rd. X X X517 Route 1 w/o Route 101 X X X X518 Route 1 n/o Route 246 X X X X519 Route 1 n/o Black Rd. X X X X533 Route 135 s/o Main St. X X X X539 Route 1 VAFB Main Gate X X X XW3 Route 101 e/o Salinas St. X X X XSM4 Route 101 n/o Betteravia Rd. X X X X X X X X

CONTROL STATIONS - Year ONE (2008/09) 504 Route 101 n/o Rte 166 X X X X102 Route 192 e/o Route 154 X X X104 Route 192 e/o Mountain Dr. X X X106 Route 192 e/o Hot Springs Rd. X X X108 Route 192 e/o Freehaven Dr. X X X110 Route 192 e/o Linden Ave X X X111 Route 192 w/o Linden e/o H.School X X X120 Route 101 s/o Glen Annie-Storke X X X X122 Route 154 e/o Route 101 (north junction) X X X124 Route 154 n/o Route 101 (south junction) X X X126 Route 217 at UCSB entrance X X X X431 Route 101 n/o Stowell Rd. X X X X

CONTROL STATIONS - Year TWO (2009/10)203 Route 246 w/o H St. X X X X205 Route 246 e/o Route 1 X X X X X X X207 Route 246 w/o Avenue of the Flags X X X X209 Route 246 e/o Avenue of the Flags X X X X211 Route 246 w/o Route 154 X X X X X X X217 Route 135 n/o Route 1 X X X X219 Route 101 n/o Clark Ave. X X X X222 Route 135 s/o jct new Rte 1 X X X X223 Route 1 n/o Vandenberg Access Rd X X X X281 Route 150 e/o Route 101 X X X286 Route 1 Lompoc/Casmalia Old Rte 1 X X X X288 Lompoc/Casmalia Rd n/o Santa Lucia Cyn Rd X X X X503 Route 101 s/o Route 1 X X X

CONTROL STATIONS - Year THREE (2007/08)116 Route 225 s/o Modoc Rd. X X X118 Route 101 s/o Route 154 (north junction) X X X128 Route 1 n/o Route 166 X X X X130 Route 166 e/o Rte 1 X X X X132 Route 166 e/o Lincoln St. X X X X213 Route 135 w/o Route 101 (south junction) X X X X215 Route 135 s/o Route 1 X X X X225 Route 135 w/o Route 101 (north junction) X X X X290 Route 1 VAFB Main Gate X X X X292 Vandenberg Rd s/o Route 135 jcn X X X X229 Route 166 EB Jct Rt 33 (74.72B) X X X231 Route 33 NB Jct Rt. 266 Cuyama (2.80A) X X X233 Route 33 NB Jct Rt. 266 Cuyama (2.78B) X X X503 Route 101 s/o Route 1 X X X

STATIONS REQUIRING COORDINATION W/ CALTRANSProf. Rt1 s/o SY River (PM22.52, B Leg, Profile) D5 t tp provide a list and schedule2095 Rt 246 Betw BUE & LPC X X X X202 Route 246 w/o Arguello Gate X X X X282 Route 246 e/o Arguello Gate X X X X

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Local agency Public Works staff are encour-aged to conduct traffic counts on the regionally-significant streets and roads within their jurisdic-tion on a rotating odd-year/even-year cycle, de-pending on which designated screeline or cor-

don these locations are classified into. The lo-cal streets count schedule and screenline/cordons are outlined in Table A-2 and illustrated on Exhibits A-3 through A-12.

Local Streets Count Program

Table A-2 Even Year Screenline and Cordon Count Schedule (FY 2007-08)

Responsible | 2007 | 2008ID # Location Agency | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | SepARROYO BURRO SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |011 Route 192 e/o Barger Canyon Rd. City of S.B. | X | | | | | | X | | | | |012 State St. e/o Hope Ave. City of S.B. | X | | | | | | X | | | | |013 Calle Real w/o Hope Ave. City of S.B. | X | | | | | | X | | | | |014 Modoc Rd. w/o Calle de Los Amigos City of S.B. | X | | | | | | X | | | | |502 Route 101 n/o Los Positas Caltrans | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X| | | | | | | | | | | |WESTMONT SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |W1 Route 192 e/o Eucayptus Hill Rd. City of S.B. | | | | X | | | | | | X | |W2 Old Coast Highway e/o Salinas St. City of S.B. | | | | X | | | | | | X | |W3 Route 101 e/o Salinas St. Caltrans | | | | X | | | | | | X | |W4 Route 225 w/o Channel Drive City of S.B. | | | | X | | | | | | X | || | | | | | | | | | | |SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |001 Cathedral Oaks Rd. e/o Los Carneros Rd. Goleta | X | | | | | | X | | | | |002 Calle Real e/o Los Carneros Rd. Goleta | X | | | | | | X | | | | |003 Route 101 n/o Los Carneros Rd. Caltrans | X | | | | | | X | | | | |004 Hollister Ave. e/o Aero Camino Rd. Goleta | X | | | | | | X | | | | |126 Route 217 at UCSB entrance Caltrans | X | | | X | | | X | | | X | || | | | | | | | | | | |NORTH GOLETA SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |NG1 Turnpike Road n/o Calle Real County | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NG2 Patterson Ave n/o Calle Real County | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NG3 Fairview Avenue n/o Calle Real Goleta | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NG4 Los Carneros Road n/o Calle Real Goleta | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NG5 Glen Annie Road n/o Calle Real Goleta | | | | | X | | | | | | X || | | | | | | | | | | |SANTA MARIA SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |SM1 Blosser Rd. n/o Betteravia Rd. Santa Maria | | | | X | | | | | | X | |SM2 Route 135 n/o Betteravia Rd. Santa Maria | | | | X | | | | | | X | |SM3 Miller St. n.o Betteravia Rd. Santa Maria | | | | X | | | | | | X | |SM4 Route 101 n/o Betteravia Rd. Caltrans | | | | X | | | | | | X | || | | | | | | | | | | |NORTH SANTA MARIA SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |NSM1 Blosser Road n/o Main Santa Maria | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NSM3 SR135 (Broadway) n/o Main Santa Maria | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NSM4 Miller Street n/o Main Santa Maria | | | | | X | | | | | | X |NSM5 College Drive n/o Main Santa Maria | | | | | X | | | | | | X || | | | | | | | | | | |SANTA YNEZ CORDON | | | | | | | | | | | |514 Rte 154 e/o Camino Cielo Caltrans | | | X | | | X | | | X | | |122 Rte 154 e/o Rte. 101 (no. jct.) Caltrans | | | X | | | X | | | X | | || | | | | | | | | | | |


Table A-3 Odd Year Screenline and Cordon Count Schedule (FY 2008-09)

Responsible | 2008 | 2009ID # Location Agency | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | SepSOUTH GOLETA SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |SG1 Turnpike Road s/o 101 County | | | X | | | | | | X | | |SG2 Patterson Avenue s/0 101 Goleta | | | X | | | | | | X | | |SG3 Route 217 s/o 101 Caltrans | | | X | | | | | | X | | |SG4 Fairview Avenue s/o 101 Goleta | | | X | | | | | | X | | |SG5 Los Carneros Road s/o 101 Goleta | | | X | | | | | | X | | |SG6 Storke Road s/o 101 Goleta | | | X | | | | | | X | | || | | | | | | | | | | |LOMPOC CORDON | | | | | | | | | | | |L1 Route 1 at Santa Ynez River Lompoc | | | X | | | | | | X | | |L2 Route 1 s/o Route 246 Lompoc | | | X | | | | | | X | | |L3 Ocean Ave. e/o Floradale Ave. Lompoc | | | X | | | | | | X | | |L4 Central Ave. e/o Floradale Ave. Lompoc | | | X | | | | | | X | | |205 Route 246 e/o Route 1 Caltrans | | | X | | | | | | X | | || | | | | | | | | | | |VANDENBERG CORDON | | | | | | | | | | | |V1 Lompoc Casmalia Rd. s/o railroad crossing County | | | | | X | | | | | | X |292 Vandenberg Rd s/o Route 135 junction Caltrans | | | | | X | | | | | | X |288 Lompoc Casmalia Rd. n/o Santa Lucia Cyn. Rd. Caltrans | | | | | X | | | | | | X |V2 Pine Canyon Rd. n/o Santa Lucia Canyon Rd. County | | | | | X | | | | | | X |V3 Ocean Ave. at Point Arguello gate County | | | | | X | | | | | | X || | | | | | | | | | | |ORCUTT SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |OS1 Route 1 n/o Solomon Rd. Caltrans | | | | X | | | | | | X | |OS2 Route 135 n/o Foxenwood Drive Caltrans | | | | X | | | | | | X | |OS4 Bradley Rd. n/o Amethyst Drive County | | | | X | | | | | | X | |219 Route 101 n/o Clark Ave. Caltrans | | | | X | | | | | | X | || | | | | | | | | | | |WEST 101 SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |W1 Donovan Road w/o 101 Santa Maria | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW2 Alvin Avenue w/o 101 Santa Maria | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW3 Rt. 166 (Main St.) w/o 101 Santa Maria | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW4 Stowell Road w/o 101 Santa Maria | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW5 Betteravia Road w/o 101 Santa Maria | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW6 Santa Maria Way w/o 101 County | | | | | | X | | | | | | XW7 Clark Avenue w/o 101 County | | | | | | X | | | | | | X| | | | | | | | | | | |DOWNTOWN SCREENLINE | | | | | | | | | | | |D1 Haley St. e/o Bath Santa Barbara | | X | | | | | | X | | | |D2 Carrillo St. e/o Bath Santa Barbara | | X | | | | | | X | | | |D3 Micheltorena St. e/o Bath Santa Barbara | | X | | | | | | X | | | |D4 Mission St. e/o Bath Santa Barbara | | X | | | | | | X | | | |D5 Arrellaga St. e/o Bath (optional) Santa Barbara | | X | | | | | | X | | | |D6 Cabrillo Blvd. w/o State St. Santa Barbara | | X | | | X | | | X | | | X || | | | | | | | | | | |

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APPENDIX C

COMMERCIAL TRUCK DATA


Table C-1 Truck Volumes on the State Highway System in Santa Barbara County

Route Description

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AADT Total

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1 Jct. U.S. 101 I/C 7,400 747 10.1 7,700 778 10.1 1 Jct. Rte. 246 North 14,000 560 4 16,000 640 4 1 Lompoc/Casmalia Rd. 19,000 925 5 20,000 1,000 5 1 Vandenberg AFB 16,000 698 4.5 16,100 741 4.6 1 Casmalia Rd. 1,850 77 4.18 2,400 100 4.18 1 Jct. Rte. 166 East (Guadalupe) 5,900 336 5.7 6,200 353 5.7

101 Jct. Rte. 150 66,000 4,422 6.7 67,000 6,479 9.67 101 Sheffield Drive I/C 85,000 6,290 7.4 85,000 3,375 3.97 101 Milpas St. I/C 100,000 5,740 5.74 106,000 4,208 3.97 101 Jct. Rte. 225-Las Positas Road 141,000 6,176 4.38 144,000 5,717 3.97 101 Jct. Rte. 154 138,000 8,694 6.3 138,000 8,694 6.3 101 Jct. Rte. 217 South 121,000 9,075 7.5 119,000 8,925 7.5 101 Storke Road I/C 39,000 3,822 9.8 35,000 3,430 9.8 101 Jct. Rte. 1 29,500 3,245 11.8 31,000 3,658 11.8 101 Jct. Rte. 246 (Buellton) 21,000 2,741 14.2 22,200 3,152 14.2 101 Jct. Rte. 154 East 25,000 3,348 12.4 30,000 3,720 12.4 101 Jct. Rte. 135 (Los Alamos) 26,000 3,640 13 28,500 3,990 14 101 Betteravia Road I/C 40,000 3,600 9 46,000 4,140 9 101 Jct. Rte. 166 East (SB-SLO County Line) 60,000 4,500 7.5 67,000 5,025 8 135 Jct. Rte. 101 (Los Alamos) 4,400 242 5.5 5,500 303 5.5 135 South Jct. Rte. 1 2,800 322 11.5 2,700 311 11.5 135 North Jct. Rte. 1 (Orcutt) 14,500 653 4.5 14,800 666 4.5 135 Jct. Rte. 166 31,000 1,240 4 32,000 1,280 4 135 Jct. Rte. 101 19,300 811 4.2 20,000 840 4.2 150 Jct. Rte. 192 West 3,000 270 9 3,100 279 9 154 Jct. Rte. 101 (Zaca) 9,100 683 7.5 11,100 833 7.5 154 Jct. Rte. 246 13,700 685 5 16,000 800 5 154 Jct. Rte. 192 16,800 538 3.2 18,000 576 3.2 166 Jct. Rte. 1 (Guadalupe) 7,100 511 7.2 9,000 648 7.2 166 Jct. Rte. 135 18,700 1,216 6.5 22,000 1,430 6.5 166 Jct. Rte. 101 15,600 530 3.4 17,500 595 3.4 192 Jct. Rte. 154 13,000 416 3.2 13,500 432 3.2 192 Hot Springs Road 8,300 166 2 9,200 184 2 192 San Ysidro Road 9,200 221 2.4 10,000 240 2.4 192 Jct. Rte. 150 600 38 6.3 750 47 6.3 217 UCSB Entrance 16,200 324 2 17,000 340 2 225 Jct. Rte. 101 (Las Positas Road) 21,300 383 1.8 24,000 432 1.8 246 Jct. Rte. 1 (Lompoc) 8,900 329 3.7 11,000 407 3.7 246 Jct. Rte. 101 (Buellton) 17,000 697 4.1 20,500 841 4.1 246 Jct. Rte. 154 (Santa Ynez) 6,900 338 4.9 8,800 431 4.9

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APPENDIX D

ENPLANEMENTS, OPERATIONS, AND BASED AIRCRAFT AT COUNTY AIRPORTS


AIRPORTS 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Enplaned Passengers Santa Barbara Municipal Airport * 336,700 423,300 414,900 398,900 391,000 366,500 367,200 380,000 415,200 432,800 434,500 Santa Maria Public Airport 49,600 50,100 40,300 42,000 43,100 32,500 30,500 32,700 36,400 35,800 33,700 Lompoc Airport ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Santa Ynez Airport n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 31 8 18 32 n/a

Aircraft Operations

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport 165,600 175,200 158,900 168,500 167,400 160,500 159,800 152,500 151,700 151,700 132,000 Santa Maria Public Airport 61,500 63,800 62,400 77,800 76,400 72,800 80,600 66,300 71,600 71,500 63,500 Lompoc Airport ** 36,000 36,000 36,000 25,000 17,500 17,500 17,500 17,500 17,500 17,500 17,500 Santa Ynez Airport *** n/a 24,000 27,000 27,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Based Aircraft

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport * 195 179 158 182 165 n/a 202 193 182 216 178 Santa Maria Public Airport 197 186 209 209 n/a 198 198 200 198 201 204 Lompoc Airport 55 65 80 53 63 63 71 71 71 71 71 Santa Ynez Airport *** 132 105 134 112 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

* 1996-2001 data source: Santa Barbara Airport Draft aviation Facilities Plan, May 2001; 2002-2005 data source: airport staff.** Lompoc enplanements primarily include medical flights, charters, glider riders, and skydivers. Aircraft operations are airport estimates.*** SY Airport Narrative Report, Nov. 2000.

Table D-1 Airport Operational Data—1996 to 2006


APPENDIX E

LIST OF COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS AND DATA DEFINITIONS


LIST OF COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS

AADT ................................................................................................... Average Annual Daily Traffic ADT.................................................................................................................. Average Daily Traffic ACS..................................................................................................... American Community Survey CAE....................................................................................................................... Clean Air Express CMP............................................................................................Congestion Management Program COLT .............................................................................................................City of Lompoc Transit LOS.......................................................................................................................... Level of Service LOSSAN .......................................Los Angeles, San Diego, San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency MTD ...............................................................................Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District SMAT.........................................................................................................Santa Maria Area Transit SYVT........................................................................................................ Santa Ynez Valley Transit VAFB..................................................................................................... Vandenberg Air Force Base VMT ...............................................................................................................Vehicle Miles Traveled

DATA DEFINITIONS

Average Daily Traffic (ADT): ADT is the number of vehicles that traverse a given segment of road-way over a 24-hour period. In this report, the ADT data is calculated based on averaging several sets of seven-day samples within a single fiscal year. Screenline and Cordon Counts: Screenlines are imaginary lines drawn perpendicular to arterials at specific sites to provide a cross-sectional measure of travel demand within a particular area. Cor-dons are used to define boundaries of an area being studied. Traffic data are generally collected at specific cordon locations to study traffic movements in and out of an urban area (the only cordons used in the SBCAG Traffic Count Program are in the Vandenberg and Lompoc areas). Peak Hour Traffic: In this report, peak hour is defined as any one hour between 7:00 and 9:00 A.M. (referred to as the A.M. peak hour) and 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. However, the peak hour data may not necessarily reflect the highest hour in which the traffic volumes occur at a particular location. Abbreviations: For simplicity, some abbreviations are used in the graphics and tables in the report. This includes n/o (north of), s/o (south of), e/o (east of), and w/o (west of).

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