Measure K > Sponsored Programs

Park and Ride Program

Park and Ride lots are “change of mode facilities” where individuals meet and then group-travel to their destinations via vanpool, carpool or transit. These facilities can be vacant lots where commuters pre-determine to meet, or large intermodal transportation facilities that link individuals to many other modes of transportation, including bus and rail.

San Joaquin County Park and Ride Lots

From a public policy standpoint, the main objective of Park and Ride lots is to reduce single occupant vehicles by creating a place for commuters to meet in a convenient and accessible location. From the user’s standpoint, opportunities to share the cost or burden of driving provide an incentive to use Park and Ride lots.

Park and Ride lots in our region fall into various categories; lease lots, capital lots provided by Measure K, lots provided by Caltrans, developer lots and informal lots.

Lease Lots - The current cost per space for Measure K lease lots is $122 per year. Advantages with these lots:
• Quick implementation
• Parking area and access roadways already exist
• Minor capital investment
• Good for testing demand and success
• Available shopping opportunities at site may encourage ridership and benefit lot owners
• Increased flexibility

Disadvantages with these lots:
• Expansion opportunities may be unavailable
• Problems that may be created when users expand into non-designated spaces
• Placement in remote or other undesirable areas if the contract is not specific
• Traffic may intensify in lots where there is an evening peak hour commercial use
• Owner may wish to terminate the contract necessitating a change of locations
• Long term cost can be higher than capital
• Contract may not be renewed

Capital Lots - The cost per space for the existing capital Measure K Park and Ride lots is $1,687. Using the existing Measure K lots as examples, after fourteen years, lease lots equal the cost of a capital lot. Advantages with these lots:
• Location is permanent
• Lower long term cost
• Maintenance costs usually born by jurisdiction

Disadvantages with these lots:
• More capital investment
• Employment centers may relocate or conditions change (Silicon Valley)
• Take longer to implement
• Provisions must be made to maintain the surface of the lot
• High cost of right-of-way

Over the past five years, there has been a 35% increase in Park and Ride lot usage. Each year, approximately 201,600 vehicle trips are eliminated by commuters using Measure K Park and Ride lots.

SJCOG just finished designing a park-and-ride lot master plan that will serve as a guide to the development of future lots.

• Final Park-and-Ride Master Plan
• Appendix A - Park-and-Ride Lot Locations
• Appendix B - SJRTD Bus Access Requirements

Project Manager:
Donna Aflague, Senior Regional Planner
Phone: (209) 468-3913

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