Description
Enhancing transit facility amenities, such as providing real-time information, security cameras, and lighting, improves safety and comfort for transit users. Improving the safety and comfort can make transit a more attractive and convenient option for users.
Implementation Details
- Install real-time displays, lighting, and security cameras at stops.
- Retrofit transit shelters with solar lighting, shade, and ADA-compliant seating, prioritizing stops.
- Improve pedestrian connections to transit stops by integrating sidewalk gap closures and crosswalk enhancements.
Mitigation Potential
Improving transit amenities will subsequently improve the access, safety, and comfort of transit stations. The perception of a safer and more convenient mode of transportation will encourage people to rely less on private vehicles. The impact on VMT will vary on the methods of improvement.
For more details, see CAPCOA, T-46. Provide Transit Shelters, pg. 220-223 for VMT reduction quantification.
Linked Strategies
Equity Considerations
Prioritize investments in transit shelters, bike racks, and shade structures in communities with high percentages of zero-vehicle households, seniors, and youth populations. Ensure ADA accessibility and include culturally relevant wayfinding or art. Coordinate with community-based organizations to identify gaps in comfort, safety, and accessibility, especially at stops in mobile home parks and rural unincorporated areas.
Funding Sources
Requires significant initial funding to construct capital improvements, plus continued funding for maintenance and operations. Funding sources include Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Grants or the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program from the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
Implemented in TAM Area
Current TDM Implementation
Marin Transit completed the State of Good Repair Bus Stop Improvement project, which upgraded signage at all bus stops and made improvements to 12 stops throughout the county, which included new shelters and accessibility improvements.
TDM Benefit Locations
This TDM measure will be particularly effective at high ridership bus stops, locations with high heat and rain exposure, and equity priority areas like the Canal neighborhood.