St. Augustine Shuttle Update

January 23, 2017

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Nights of Lights Shuttle Map

LOT R-1 County Admin Bldg -

500 San Sebastian Vttm *Hancficap Accessible*

County Health Dept 200 San Sebastian View *Handicap Accessible*

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SR-31

SHUTTLE SERVICE RUNS CONTINUOUSLY, WITH PICKUPS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 20 MINUTES.

RED LINE

1:00 PM - 11 :00 PM

Sat, Dec 17

Sat, Dec 24

Mon - Fri, Dec 26 - 30

Sat, Dec 31

- GREEN LINE

4:00 PM - 11 :00 PM

Sat, Dec 17

Sat, Dec 24

Mon - Fri, Dec 26 - 30

Sat, Dec 31

- BLUE LINE

4:00 PM - 11 :00 PM Sat, Dec 17

Sat, Dec 24

Mon - Fri, Dec 26 - 30

- PURPLE LEG

1:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Sat, Dec 17

Sat, Dec 24

Mon, Dec26

Sat, Dec 31

5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Tues - Fri, Dec 27 - 30

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NQ SHUTTLE SERVICE ON CHRISTMAS DAY & NEW YEARS DAY.

NO BLUE LINE (ISLAND) SHUTTLE ON NEW YEARS EVE. (DUE TO "BEACH BLASTOFF" SHUTTLE OPERATIONS)

Final Nights of Lights

Shuttle Plan

Shuttle PassengerNehicle Count City of St. Augustine Nights of Lights Park & Ride Shuttle passenger/vehicle count

Parking locations Sat Fri Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Mon Tue Wed TI1u Fri Sat and routes 19-Kov 25-::.-.Jov 26-Nov 3-Dcc 10-Dcc 17-Dcc 24-Dcc 26-Dcc 27-Dcc 28-Dcc 29-Dcc 30-Dcc 31-Dcc TOTALS

(Rain)

~orth Route I ,ot R-~ at 301 San Marco 638 576 644 610 642 613 467 4~0 446 488 249 631 429 6,863 Lot R-2 at County Health 515 208 227 622 542 546 121 11 8 42 11 104 27 2,984 Lot R-1 at County Admin 1 37 0 2 Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed dosed Closed Closed Closed Closed 39 Passengers 1190 784 873 1232 1184 1159 588 441 454 530 260 735 456 9,886 Vehicles* 397 261 291 411 395 386 196 147 151 177 87 245 152 3,295

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Passengers

Vehicles*

Island Route 2

Lot B-1 at R.B. Hunt School I .ot B-2 at Alligator Farm I ,ot B-?. at Amphitheatre

Passengers Vehicles*

Totals Pass1:mgers

Vehicles*

1'ote.'ii:

NIA N/A

N/A NIA NIA

N/A NIA

1190

397

NJA NIA

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA

784 261

KIA K/A

K/A KiA Ki A I\/A KIA

873 291

)JIA ~/A

::.-.J/A )J'IA )J/A

::.-.J/A )J/A

1232

411

*Vehicle totals calculated on industry standard of 3 passengers per vehicle

177

59

152 19

Closed

171 57

1532

511

122

41

64 28 82

174 58

1455

485

56 19

26 15 96

137 46

781

260

11 4

14 0

61

75 25

527 176

1 SJC Administration Building lot was closed and used as needed for overflow from SJC Health and Human Services lot

bland parking areas not available on December 31

iWest and faland rou~s did not operate the first four

HIGHLIGHTS 1. City's Inaugural Shuttle Services during Nights of Lights

2. Busy 13 Day Schedule

Saturdays through December, and

Daily between Christmas Day and New Year's Day

3. Francis Field was not used for temporary parking

4. Shuttle drew a grand total of 11,170 passengers and parked 3,723 vehicles in satellite parking lots

5. Total Cost was $71,460

(Continued)

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Shuttle Bus Headways

1. Planned Headways were 20 minutes

2. Actual Headways averaged 13 minutes

2. Peak Traffic Congestion and Peak Passenger Demand was 4:00pm to 8:00pm

3. Old Town Trolleys provided free shuttle buses during initial day on "Light Up Night", November 191h. (Buses not trolleys)

4. Round Trip bus travel time for North Shuttle Loop

a. During Peak Congestion averaged 51 minutes

b. During Off-Peak times averaged 24 minutes

LESSONS LEARNED 1. Initially did not provide enough Shuttle buses.

2. Need bigger buses, especially during peak demand which coincided with peak traffic congestion. (used 30 and 45 passenger buses)

3. Traffic Congestion

a. Terrible Congestion along San Marco Avenue, shuttles avoided.

b. Bad along USl from W. Castillo to SR16

4. Very light traffic along US 1 and San Marco north of SRI 6

5. Light traffic on SR312.

6. Create initial schedule and stick to it.

7. Personnel do not like to work Christmas eve and New Year's eve.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

City of St. Augustine

Mobility Coordinator Xavier Pellicer,

xpellicer@citystaug.com www.CityStAugMobility.com