Park and Ride Presentation
Jared Forte- AGM LexTran
March 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 shelters
 Benches
 Buses
 Upgraded 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 PM
To: Jared Forte
Subject: 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, CSM
Regional Property Manager
Southeast Division
Saul Centers, Inc.
From: Dave Riggins
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:33 PM
To: Joseph David
Subject: 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
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Red Mile
UK Campus
Legends Ball Park
Transit Center
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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
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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
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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
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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 Continued
Max & 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.
Questions