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Phase 2: Identify Potential Solutions (completed)
 Overview
Phase 2 identified and evaluated transportation strategies, and then created project alternatives (combinations of strategies) in an effort to address the project Need and Purpose Statement. Phase 2 activities included:
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Identified a long list of potential transportation strategies for the corridor based on planned and programmed project alternatives, public input and suggestions, input from federal, state and local agencies, as well as project team recommendations
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Evaluated strategies to determine their potential to meet the project Need and Purpose
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Developed project alternatives (combinations of strategies) using strategies with the best potential to meet project needs. The alternatives for study have been identified as:
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No Build
Transportation System Management
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Operational Improvements
BRT, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
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Express Bus and Operational Improvements
Express Bus, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Operational Improvements
LRT, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
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Prepared Strategy Screening and Alternatives Development Process and Initial Screening Results
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Click on a phase to learn more about it.
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 From Corridor Strategies to Alternatives
First, a multitude of strategies (list to the right) were evaluated against the Purpose and Need Statement. Through existing conditions information, previous studies, agency input, public input, and project team analyses, it was determined that no strategies alone could support the project Need and Purpose Statement. However, a combination of strategies might. Those strategies with the best potential to meet Purpose and Need, or to serve as design/support options, were advanced to the alternatives analysis phase. Strategies advanced for detailed analysis included:
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BRT as fixed-guideway transit (designed not to preclude future LRT)
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Express Bus
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Operational Improvements
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Managed lanes
The above strategies were then combined to create the alternatives for full development and review in Phase 3. They were combined with the following criteria in mind. Each alternative should:
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Meet the Project Purpose and Need;
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Not combine more than three strategies due to engineering constraints and to minimize competing services; and
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Utilize only strategies that passed initial screening.
The alternatives meeting this criteria were:
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1. No Build
2. Transportation System Management
3. BRT and Operational Improvements
4. BRT, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
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5. Express Bus and Operational Improvements
6. Express Bus, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
7. LRT and Operational Improvements
8. LRT, Operational Improvements, and Managed Lanes
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For extensive details on this phase, view this document: Strategy Screening Results and Alternatives Development Process Results
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No Build (i.e. leave the corridor as it is)
Transportation System Management (TSM)
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planned projects outside the corridor
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minor improvements within the corridor
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management techniques
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upgraded bus transit service
Transportation Demand Management
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carpool/vanpool
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pricing management
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truck restrictions
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ITS/ATMS
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teleworking
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incident management
Transit
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automated guideway transit
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heavy rail
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light rail transit
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bus rapid transit
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maglev
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monorail
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express bus
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Highway Capacity Improvements
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general purpose lanes
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managed lanes
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express lanes
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high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes
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truck only lanes
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toll lanes (trucks, high-occupancy, express)
Operational Improvements
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collector/distributor lanes
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interchange improvements (ramp metering, ramp redesign, general capacity)
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ITS/ATMS
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elimination of access points (i.e. close exit/entrance ramps)
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improved signage
Surface Street Improvements (new and existing roadways)
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alternate/parallel routes
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new connections
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