Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Capital Projects
CM/ ACM: Mario Canizares
Date: August 7, 2017
SUBJECT
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Receive a report, hold a discussion, and make a recommendation to City Council to authorize the Traffic Engineer to restrict parking in front on Bus Stops within City limits.
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BACKGROUND
Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) completed a Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA) in late 2016 in an effort to improve bus service provided within DCTA member cities of Lewisville, Highland Village and Denton. The goal of the analysis was to develop service recommendations that would maintain the strongest areas of existing service, strengthen the weaker areas, fill existing service gaps and ensure all significant transit markets are well served. DCTA began implementing the recommendation described in the COA earlier this year. The recommendations included changes to the overall operation of its bus services which comprised of new bus routes, modification of old bus routes, frequency/headway, and changes to origins/destinations.
These changes included installation of new bus stops (with and without shelters) along new and modified bus routes throughout the City. Some of the bus stops were installed along roadway segments that allowed on-street parking. As such, residents/patrons continued to use the parking area in front of the new bus stops which resulted in impeding the access between the bus stops and the buses. Parked vehicles in front of the bus stops not only obstruct access for passengers boarding or alighting the buses but it also impacts the traffic movement along the street. Additionally, at locations where the bus stops are obstructed by parked vehicles, DCTA is not able to service passengers with disabilities, as the buses are not able to drop the ADA ramps or lower the bus entrance to the curb level.
City staff recommends addressing this issue by establishing parking restriction in front of the bus stops that are impacted...
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