KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 902 W James t, Kent, WA 98032 171 Average weekday transit boardings 719 Parking spaces Owned by King County Metro Agreements in place as overflow parking for howare Center and King County Regional Justice Center The Kent/James t. Park and Ride is located on the western edge of the North District of Kent s Downtown. No buses directly serve the two parcels that make up the Park and Ride, but there is a bus stop pair just north of Kent/James t. that is served by five King County Metro routes. In addition, Kent/ James t. is approximately ½ mile from Kent tation, which is served by ounder commuter rail, two ound Transit Express bus routes, and ten King County Metro routes. Kent/James t. Park and Ride has 719 stalls with a utilization rate that hovers around 25%, meaning that only about 175 stalls are used on any given day. Figure 1: 3-Mile Context Map TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 1
A closer look at the area around the Kent/James t. Park and Ride shows some of the inherent challenges of the site itself. First, it s adjacent to R-167 and a utility right-of-way on the west and east, respectively, and small parcels to the north and south. This creates a sense of removal from the larger downtown context and may contribute to perceptions that the area isn t safe and secure. In addition, Kent/James t. is just far enough away from Kent tation and other points of interests to potentially discourage spillover parking at Kent tation Garage. While challenged as a public park and ride, the Kent/James t. Park and Ride does bring value to the King County Regional Justice Center and the howare Center both of which have agreements to utilize Kent/James t. Park and Ride as overflow parking. Figure 2: Half-mile Context Map 2 KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT
LAND U, POPULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT The area southeast of the Kent/James t. Park and Ride is a PRC-designated regional growth center and the area just north is a PRC-designated manufacturing/industrial center. As a result, current land uses are a mix of commercial, industrial, institutional, and single- and multi-family residential. This composition continues through 2040 with more growth expected in employment than population (it should be noted that most residential areas are just beyond the ½ mile extent examined for this case study). Current Population: 5,300 Current Employment: 8,300 2040 Population: 6,100 (+15%) 2040 Employment:12,800 (+54%) Figure 3: Existing Land Use Figure 4: Future Land Use Recent development in the vicinity of the Kent/James t. Park and Ride include two mixed-use developments with approximately 326 apartment units and 1,600 square feet of commercial space. Figure 5: Mixed-Use Developments near Kent/James t. Park and Ride TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 3
ROADWAY CHARACTERITIC Figure 6 shows the roadway characteristics near the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. Kent/James t. sits just east of R 167, which acts as a barrier between downtown Kent and points west. R 516 and W James treet also have high traffic volumes and relatively faster speeds than other east-west streets in the vicinity of the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. Washington Avenue N is also a high volume street, but this is mostly due to it being the major northsouth connection to the manufacturing/industrial center just to the north. Traffic speeds and volumes on the streets are lower to the east and south as one approaches the core of downtown Kent, which has a more classic grid-based street network. Figure 6: Roadway Characteristics 4 KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT
NONMOTORIZED CONNECTIVITY The nonmotorized environment around Kent/James t. Park and Ride has some positive features and some negative features. Utilizing the Nonmotorized Connectivity Tool developed by King County Metro and ound Transit allows for a more precise analysis of the ease or difficulty of accessing Kent/James t. Park and Ride using nonmotorized modes. Figure 7 shows a 15-minute walkshed from the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. The barrier presented by R 167 is clear from this map, particularly to the north where the only available path is the Interurban Trail. And while points west do seem accessible, there are safety and security perceptions due to having to navigate the R 167 underpasses. The walkshed map also indicates that Kent tation and parts of downtown Kent are walkable from the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. Figure 7: 15-Minute Walkshed Figure 8 shows a 15-minute bikeshed from the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. Many points north and south are within a 15-minute bike ride owing primarily to the proximity of the Interurban Trail. The limitations of east-west travel have largely to do with the fact that Kent/ James t. Park and Ride is in a valley and that east-west travel is made difficult by the large hills on either side of the valley. Figure 8: 15-Minute Bikeshed TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 5
Figure 9 shows the existing nonmotorized connectivity index using the Nonmotorized Connectivity Tool. The areas with poor nonmotorized connectivity largely appear around high-volume, high-speed arterials where there are inadequate crossings for nonmotorized modes, particularly along Washington Avenue N/R 181 and parts of R 167. It should be noted that the large hills to the east and west of Kent/James t. Park and Ride will affect nonmotorized connectivity. Figure 9: Current Nonmotorized Connectivity Index There are not many future projects as part of the Nonmotorized Connectivity Tool in the vicinity of the Kent/James t. Park and Ride. One that does appear is the addition of a bike lane on W Meeker treet. This is part of a larger effort by the City of Kent to improve the nonmotorized experience on this street. Figure 10: Analyzed Future Projects The relative lack of projects in the vicinity of Kent/James t. Park and Ride means that the future connectivity index shown in Figure 11 remains similar to current conditions. In addition, because much of the lower nonmotorized connectivity stems from poor crossings of high-volume, high-speed arterials and because there are very few new signals or crossing improvements, places with poor nonmotorized connectivity remain poor. Figure 11: Future Nonmotorized Connectivity Index 6 KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT
TRANIT RVICE Route ervice Period Peak Headway Off-Peak Headway Travel Time Average Weekday Ridership Destinations erved KCM 150 All-day 15 15 65 7,000 Downtown eattle, outhcenter, Kent KCM 158 Peak 15 - ~45 600 Downtown eattle KCM 159 Peak 15 - ~45 500 Downtown eattle KCM 166 All-day 30 30 50 2,200 Highline College, Des Moines, Burien KCM 180 All-day 30 30 35 5,000 Auburn, eatac Airport, Burien Figure 12 shows boardings at the bus stop pair just north of Kent/ James t. Park and Ride. While more than half of the boardings took place in the AM peak, this amounts to only 79 total boardings at a park and ride that has more than 700 stalls. The Kent/James t. Park and Ride is served by five King County Metro routes. Metro routes 150, 166, and 180 are all-day routes that serve downtown eattle, Highline College, and eatac, respectively. Metro routes 158 and 159 are peak routes serving downtown eattle and collectively provide a 15 minute headway. All of these routes serve Kent tation as well. Prior to the construction of the Kent tation Garage, Kent/James t. Park and Ride was the primary location of peak period transit service in the City of Kent. 160 140 120 100 80 60 7 4 15 47 Overnight Late 4% Evening PM Peak 3% 12% Midday 29% Total Avg. Daily Boardings: 171 AM Peak 52% 40 79 Transit service at Kent tation (ounder commuter rail, two ound Transit Express bus routes, and ten King County Metro routes) is of a much higher quality than that of Kent/James t. Park and Ride (five Metro routes). Figures 13 and 14 show how far riders can travel from Kent/James t. and Kent tation in the AM peak. Transit service at Kent tation gets people to more places and faster than the transit service at Kent/James t. 20 0 WB James Figure 12: Daily Boardings by Route and Time of Day (Kent/James t.) Figure 13: Transit Travelshed (Kent/James t.) 6 3 10 EB James Figure 14: Transit Travelshed (Kent tation) TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 7
21T AVE W AUBURN WAY N 196TH 2 PARKING CHARACTERITIC Figure 15 shows the total capacity and utilization rate of Kent/ James t. Park and Ride as well as Kent tation. It is clear from this chart that there is much greater parking demand at Kent tation than at Kent/James t. ATTLE BURIEN Lot " P umner cale: Leased TACOMA " " " P P Red 0.5 Eagles Lot Lot Apple " " PP Puyallup tation BONNEY Mi. Puyallup Red Lot P LAKE Map date: 3/15 Puyallup PUYALLUP Bonney Lake Red Lot Park & Ride This map is accompanied outh by no warranites. Hill Park " P and Ride Figure 16: Kent tation " License Plate urvey (2015) Tukwila tation " P ATAC NORMANDY PARK Legend: DE Home address, P&R user MOINE Kent tation " P P " ubject Facility MAPLE P " Other facility KENT COVINGTON VALLEY Kent tation Park and Ride statistics urvey date: Februrary 2015 Federal Way Facility capacity: 996 spaces Transit " Federal Center P Way Center # WA-registered vehicles Plaza OUTIDE OUND FEDERAL at time of survey: 1148 TRANIT WAY Auburn # / % of plates geocoded: " P tation DITRICT 1085 / 95% BLACK OUND TRANIT DIAMOND ound Transit district: # / % of valid addresses of users DITRICT in the T District: 868 / 80% ALGONA # / % of outh King subarea AUBURN addresses: 783 / 72% W 204TH T BROADWAY 9TH T J T G T 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% TACOMA AV PACIFIC AV ACIFIC AV 0% EAT DOCK T W DOCKTON E 11TH T E 48TH T W NORPOINT WY NE IDE DR NE EELL T E 56TH T E 72ND T DAH PORT OF TACOMA E PORTLAND AV FAU POI NT H OYT 45TH AV NE W 72ND T E 35 W BARTON T M ARINE VIEW WAY W W ROXBURY T W 107TH T W 116TH T W 320TH T PACIFIC HWY E W 108TH T W 160TH T W 356T H T Plate survey statistics # / % of addresses within Tacoma city of Dome Kent: 627 / 58% # / % tation of address within distance: 0-1 " P mile: 42 / 4% Tacoma 1-2 miles: Dome 193 / 18% tation FIFE 2-3 miles: 221 / 20% 3-4 miles: 188 / 17% 4-5 miles: 111 / 10% 5+ miles: 330 / 30% 0 1 93% 94% 22% 26% DR TAYLOR WY E RIVER E CANYON E 16TH AVE 108TH T 1T AVE 8TH AVE 156TH T 160TH T 174TH T 216TH PL EL 312TH T 320TH T 1T WAY VALLEY 85% 19% CLOVEALE T PACIFIC HWY 200TH T 216TH T MILITARY MILTON AV E W PIONEER 156TH WAY 16TH AVE 324TH T 336TH T ENCHANTED PKWY TIB Leased TUKWILA 188TH T PACIFIC HWY 259THPL 288TH T 28TH AVE MILITARY 51T AVE EDGEWOOD RIVER AIR CARGO MERIDIAN EAT MARGINAL WAY N MERIDIAN 36TH AVE VE RENTON AVE BANGOR T INTERURBAN 17 8 THT KENT-DE JOVITA BLVD E E PIONEER 96% 96% 97% 97% 97% 15% Tukwila International Blvd tation ORILL IA 272ND OUTH CENTER PKWY AVE PACIFIC ILAND 212TH T W MEEKER T M O INE WAY ANDOVER PARK W 228TH T WET VALLEY HWY WE T 68TH AVE N HWY VALLEY WET 1 mile TEWART A T ELLINGON 84TH AVE LIND AVE W LAKE M T UMNER R162 E W UN T BLV D 196TH T 15TH T W 18% Figure 15: Kent/James t. and Kent tation Park and Ride Utilization VA L LEYH WY 277TH T 15TH T NE ORTING HWY E OAKEDALE AVE W 83 AVE RAINIER AVE N 3 miles HWY EAT VALLEY 2 miles 4TH AVE N T APP N 30TH T 2ND T 3 T CARR E JAME T 240TH T CANYON DR CENTRAL AVE 4 miles 8TH T NE BENON D R NEWCATLE 88TH T 8 KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE HOUR WAY 108TH AVE BENON 104TH AVE PARK AVE N RENTON 256TH T PKWY E P UGET D R 116TH AVE 208TH T 116TH AVE 274TH T M T NE 24% N 192ND T 124TH AVE 312TH T AUBURN WAY 132ND AVE R410 E 132ND AVE UNION AVE NE NE 4TH T 204TH WAY 27% 28% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 MAY VALLEY RENTO N-I AQUA H 156TH AVE PETROVITK Y 272ND T 240TH T AUBURN-BLACK DIAMOND 128TH T KENT-BLACK DIAMOND CO AUBURN-ENUMCLAW RENTON MAPLE VALLEY 152ND AVE 5 miles LAKE HOLM WAX AVE 400TH T UMNER-BUCKLEY HWY 234TH AV E 180TH AVE RENTON- IAQUAH PETROVITKY VINGTON-AWYER E MAY VALLEY 212TH WAY RENTO N-MAPLE VALLEY 212TH AVE Kent/James t Park & Ride (719 spaces) Kent tation Garage (996 spaces, 0.7 mile away from Kent/James t.) 232ND T 216TH AVE 218TH AVE 224TH AVE 436TH T E UNT WAY R D CEDAR GR OVE IAQUAH-H OBART E MAPLE VALLEY-BLACK DIAMOND 244TH AVE ENUMCLAW BUCKLEY 216TH T ROBER DR NE 3 AVE T DR GRIFFINAVE R410 4 Vanpools using Kent/James t. Park and Ride 14 Vanpools using Kent tation 7.25 Average vanpool occupancy In addition to fixed route transit users, 4 vanpool groups use Kent/James t. as a meetup location while 14 vanpool groups use Kent tation, though it s uncertain how many people park at either location to meet up with their vanpool groups. ound Transit conducted a license plate survey of Kent tation users in February 2015, which is depicted in Figure 16. It demonstrates that many Kent tation users are arriving from points east, with 30% of vehicles coming from more than 5 miles away. Unfortunately, a similar survey is not available for Kent/ James t. Park and Ride. TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT
FINDING In consultation with City of Kent staff and the Transit Access Working Group that oversaw and provided guidance on this Transit Access Assessment, the following findings organized by Urban Form, Transit ervice, and Parking were reached regarding transit access at Kent/James t. Park and Ride. Urban Form Transit ervice A more urban context with some compatible growth occurring Valley location limits extent of nonmotorized connectivity R-167 is a barrier though there are plans to address connections Major destinations in proximity to Kent/James t. Park and Ride Transit service hub is located at Kent ounder tation Only two peak period routes stop near Kent/James t. Park and Ride Modest transit demand but uncertain if people are driving to access that service Parking Heavy transit parking demand at Kent tation Excess capacity at Kent/James t. Park and Ride Additional 450 stalls and pedestrian bridge at Kent tation as part of ound Transit 2 afety and security perceptions may exist at Kent/James t. Park and Ride Figure 17: Kent/James t. is the Carnival Location during Kent Cornucopia Days TRANIT ACCE AMENT: DRAFT KENT/JAME T. PARK AND RIDE 9