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38 CHAPTER 2 | PROPOSED BUS ROUTE MODIFICATIONS IRWINDALE STATION The Irwindale station will be located north of Avenida Padilla, and east of Irwindale Avenue. One existing bus route operates in the immediate vicinity of the station, as shown in Figure 2-14. Foothill Transit Route 185 This local bus route carries nearly 2,000 passengers per weekday on a predominantly north-south alignment between Hacienda Heights and Azusa via West Covina and Irwindale. It passes one block west of the Irwindale Station site along Irwindale Avenue at Montoya Street and the I-210 Freeway. To the south, Route 185 provides a 20-minute connection to the Plaza at West Covina Transit Center and continues through West Covina, La Puente and Industry to Puente Hills Mall via Sunset Avenue, Glendora Avenue and Hacienda Boulevard. To the north, Route 185 continues to Foothill Boulevard and turns east toward downtown Azusa, overlaying Route 187 between Irwindale Avenue and Alameda Avenue. The results of the bus rider survey conducted for this study indicate that 68 percent of existing Route 185 riders are likely to use the Gold Line Extension, and that 30 percent consider Irwindale Station as the preferred point of access, followed by Azusa-Alameda (21 percent), Azusa-Citrus (18 percent), Monrovia (11 percent), and Duarte (9 percent). The concurrent survey of current Gold Line riders indicated that Irwindale Station is the least preferred among the six new stations as the initial point of access to the rail line. Detailed ridership data for Route 185 were not available for this analysis, making defi nitive recommendations more diffi cult. Truncation at Irwindale Station could be considered when ridership data become available, given service redundancy with Route 187 on Foothill Boulevard east of Irwindale Avenue and to improve opportunity for schedule coordination with Gold Line trains. In the immediate term, it is recommended that Route 185 divert from Irwindale Avenue to Irwindale Station in both directions when the Gold Line Extension opens. Northbound buses would turn right from Irwindale Avenue onto Adelante Street, where a new traffi c signal is planned, and continue north on Avenida Padilla to a new bus stop located on the north side of Montoya Street, southwest of the station. Ideally customers should have a line-of-sight visual connection to buses from the rail platform. Departing buses would continue west on Avenida Padilla, pass under the Irwindale Avenue bridge and turn left, running parallel to Irwindale Avenue until the traffi c light at Adelante Street and Irwindale Avenue, where the existing routing would be resumed. Buses running in the southbound direction would turn left at the intersection of Irwindale Avenue and Adelante Street, follow the same itinerary as described for northbound service and then continue south after the traffi c light at Adelante Street/Irwindale Avenue. Proposed changes are shown in Figure 2-15. Foothill Extension Bus Interface Plan
E 1st St F185 N Irwindale Ave Irwindale Station F 187 F 690 F 494 CHAPTER 2 | PROPOSED BUS ROUTE MODIFICATIONS W Foothill Blvd Foothill Extension Bus Interface Plan Figure 2-14: Existing Bus Routing at Irwindale Station LEGEND M F Existing Bus Route Proposed Bus Route Proposed Discontinued Bus Route Proposed New Layover Location Gold Line Foothill Extension Proposed Station Gold Line Foothill Extension Proposed Alignment Metro Bus Route Foothill Transit Route North 0 300 600 Feet 39
Page 1 and 2: OVERVIEW This chapter presents the
Page 3 and 4: CHAPTER 2 | PROPOSED BUS ROUTE MODI
Page 5 and 6: RECOMMENDATIONS BY STATION ARCADIA
Page 7 and 8: Foothill Transit Route 187 This is
Page 9 and 10: MONROVIA STATION The Monrovia Stati
Page 11 and 12: Foothill Transit Route 494 This rel
Page 13 and 14: DUARTE STATION The Duarte Station w
Page 15: Buena Vista St F 272 E Huntington D
Page 19 and 20: AZUSA-ALAMEDA STATION The Azusa-Ala
Page 21 and 22: E 11th St N San Gabriel Ave F 280 N
Page 23 and 24: F 494 E Alosta Ave F 187 Azusa-Citr
Page 25 and 26: F 494 E Alosta Ave F 187 Azusa-Citr
Page 27 and 28: Foothill Extension Bus Interface Pl
Page 29 and 30: TABLE 2-3 Gold Line Extension: Pasa
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