Building Better Connections, Creating a Better Transit Experience

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Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), in collaboration with Auburn Transit, Placer County Transit (PCT), Roseville Transit, and the western Placer region's local jurisdictions and other stakeholder partners, is proud to publish the  Placer Bus Stop Facilities Assessment and Improvement Plan (Plan).

 Purpose of the Plan

The Plan was developed as a countywide planning effort to enhance the comfort, safety, aesthetic appearance, and accessibility for all fixed route bus stops currently in or planned for future service in western Placer County. The project mutually complements the preceding PCTPA and Roseville Transit Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA) and subsequent joint Short-Range Transit Plan (SRTP) planning efforts, which established guiding framework for enhancing the attractiveness and coordination of public transit services operated by western Placer County’s three public transit providers. Existing bus stop facility conditions across the three transit operators’ service areas were thoroughly assessed, and the Plan establishes a prioritized list with respective order of magnitude costs for stop-level improvements throughout the transit network. Additionally, local jurisdictions can utilize the Plan to support efforts to acquire available grant funding for bus stop and adjacent bike and pedestrian facility improvements identified by the Plan.

What the Plan Delivers

• An inventory assessing the current facility and surrounding accessibility conditions for each presently active and/or future planned bus stop within western Placer County 
• Unified design standards and facility specifications for the Placer region's bus stops and their amenities 
• A prioritized, stop-level program to upgrade and improve the Placer region's bus stops with proposed passenger amenities and other facility features that help improve access, comfort, safety, and overall attractiveness for the respective bus stop
• Cost estimates and funding strategies to support future stop improvement investments

Key Takeways

The Plan considers both internal and external stakeholder input gathered throughout the project's development. Stops are assigned one of four typologies, with some stops receiving a sub-category overlay, to determine the level of amenities for those respective stops based on surrounding land use types, densities, and development, service levels and utilization, and potential user types. A prioritized list of recommended, preferred, and optional stop-level improvements, with an order of magnitude cost range estimate for those respective improvements, is provided for each transit operator's fixed route service network.  Potential federal, state, and local funding sources are identified that could support the overall costs anticipated for implementing all proposed improvements to the Placer regional transit network's 294 bus stops, which is estimated to cost between approximately $24.4 to $49.2 million.

Supporting Resources

The following technical memos and tables have been prepared to support development of the Plan and are referenced within the Plan document accordingly.

• Existing Document and Standards Review Memo
• Bus Stop Inventory Matrix Memo
• Bus Stop Inventory Matrix Table
• Boarding and Alightings Data Matrix Memo
• Transit Agency and Driver Survey Summary Memo
• Passenger Survey Summary Memo
• General Stop Design and Improvement Criteria Memo
• Bus Stop Improvement Recommendations Memo
• Bus Stop Improvement Recommendations Tables
• Bus Stop Improvements Cost Estimates Tables
• Potential Funding Sources Tables

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