The Department of Transportation is currently receiving feedback on the Short Range Transit Plan. The Plan includes a modified version of the original Route 10 recommendation. Due to significant public concern regarding the previously proposed 60-minute frequency, and the desire to retain service between business districts, and to PCC and Caltech, a more streamlined route is recommended. The new alignment would maintain connections between Old Pasadena on the west and SMV Station on the east.
Planner Britt Card was a guest on Pasadena Media's On The Move podcast, and discusses the Short Range Transit Plan update process.
This document will provide a plan for changes to the Pasadena Transit and Pasadena Dial-A-Ride service over the next five years. The plan is updated every five years and takes into consideration current transit usage and emerging trends.
Project Timeline
Draft SRTP Contents
The SRTP contains the following sections:
Market Assessment: The Market Assessment analyzes the key characteristics of the physical environment and customer demand such as where people live, work, shop, and play, which all shape the mobility needs of the City.
Pasadena Transit and Pasadena Dial-A-Ride Evaluation: The study includes a comprehensive review of all transit services in the City, with a focus on the Pasadena Transit routes, and Pasadena Dial-A-Ride.
Peer Evaluation: Pasadena Transit and Pasadena Dial-A-Ride are compared against a cohort group of “local” Los Angeles County community transit agencies which are generally smaller in size and scope than the regional operators. Data points analyzed include ridership recovery post-Covid pandemic, cost per revenue hour, boardings per revenue hour, cost per passenger, subsidy per trip and farebox recovery ratio.
Summary of Public Outreach Performed and Feedback Received: Feedback from customers and the community at large was solicited several times during the development of the plan. Over 1,300 survey responses were collected from Pasadena Transit riders, and over 150 survey responses were collected from Dial-A-Ride users. Two rounds of community workshops were held to provide information about the existing services and to solicit feedback on what changes the community wanted to see, as well as to receive feedback on the draft recommendations. Key findings of the outreach are included in the study.
Bus Stop Amenities Recommendations: The City is focused on improving bus stop amenities to ensure a more comfortable and secure environment for passengers waiting for buses. Toward that end, as part of this SRTP, a comprehensive review of existing bus stop amenities was conducted, and bus stop design framework was developed to ensure that infrastructure improvements such as bus stop furniture, passenger information, lighting and other enhancements are applied consistently across the network and tailored to the specific needs and context of each bus stop type defined as Enhanced, Standard, or Basic.
Recommendations: The SRTP culminates in a set of actionable recommendations that balance service quality with fiscal responsibility. These recommendations address route-level performance, service frequency, span of service, and new or modified routes.
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Previous Plans
2019 SRTP and Appendices