Cotton Belt-CS090929 Regional Passenger Rail Corridors
Conceptual Engineering and Funding Study
Station Evaluation Criteria
Criteria Performance Measure
Station Accessibility from roadways and bus transit
Access Station accessibility from other rail transit lines
Station accessibility from bicycle and pedestrian facilities
Acres of Available land for station
Development Potential Acres of Vacant land near station
Potential for inclusion in development district(s)
Employment Current Employment within 1/2 mile of station location
Estimated Employment within 1/2 mile of station location
Local Support Inclusion in Local Comprehensive Plans
Current Zoning consistent with Transit Orientend Development
Population Current Population within 1/2 mile of station location
Estimated Population within 1/2 mile of station location
Proximity to Activity Centers Count of Activity Centers within 1/2 mile of station
Station Spacing Distance(s) to upline station
Distance(s) to downline station
Ridership 2030 Estimated Station Boardings and Alightings
Working Copy Created September 11, 2009
Regional Passenger Rail Corridors
Conceptual Engineering and Funding Study
Corridor Evaluation Criteria
Goal Criteria Performance Measure
Roadways VMT within the study area
VHT within the study area
Daily hours of congestion delay within the study area
Improve Mobility ADT on parallel highway facilities
Transit Estimated Daily passenger rail system ridership
Estimated change in daily transit ridership
Land use and Percentage of stations with compatible and use and zoning
zoning
Demographics Current population within 1/2 mile of stations
Projected population within 1/2 mile of stations
Current employment within 1/2 mile of stations
Projected employment within 1/2 mile of stations
Community Number of activity centers within 1/2 mile of stations
Resources
Number of major employers within 1/2 mile of stations
Community facilities within 1/2 mile of stations
Compatibility with Cultural Number of historic districts within 1/2 mile of stations
the Built
Environment Resources
Number of historic districts within 1/4 mile of rail facility centerline
Number of museums within 1/2 mile of stations
Number of historical markers within 1/2 mile of stations
Number of cemeteries within 1/2 mile of stations
Number of archeological sites within 1/2 mile of stations
Parks and Number of parks and recreational facilities within 1/2 mile of stations
Recreational
Facilities
Hazardous Number of known contaminated sites within 1/2 mile of stations
Materials
Number of potential contaminated sites within 1/2 mile of stations
Air Quality Change in emissions based on VMT. VHT and congestion delay
Noise Noise sensitive and uses within 250 feet of rail facility centerline
Water quality Number of stream crossings by rail facility centerline
Compatibility with Length of stream within 1/2 mile of stations
the Natural Acres of floodplains within rail facility right of way
Environment Acres of wetlands within rail facility right of way
Biological Acres of T &E species habitat within 1/4 mile of rail facility centerline
Number of NDD sites within 1/4 mile of rail facility centerline
Number of NDD sites within 1/2 mile of stations
Working Copy Created September 11, 2009