The Route 15 Corridor

What are the alternatives?

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Summary:

To continue with the effort to secure the Congressional earmarks, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which administers the funds, determined that the project required a comprehensive alternative analysis of the Route 15 Corridor. Route 15 parallels the rail line in the corridor. Therefore, the CCMPO and VTrans performed an Alternatives Analysis study of the Route 15 Corridor from Essex Junction to Burlington.
Initially, the study explored several different scenarios to maintain or improve transportation capacity within the Route 15 Corridor. Those alternatives include:

• No-Build
• Transportation Systems Management (TSM)
• Highway
• Express Bus Service
• Commuter Rail Service

Any federally funded project must consider the impacts on minority and low-income communities. In 1990, the minority population of Chittenden County accounted for 3.1% of the total population of the county. An analysis of the minority population in this Corridor indicates that the minority population is slightly higher than the county at around 4%.

Low-income households accounted for 3.3% of the total population of Chittenden County in 1990. An analysis of the low-income households in this Corridor indicated that a much higher proportion of low income households reside in the Corridor — between 11% and 19%.

Minority and low income populations depend more heavily on public transportation. Therefore, we can conclude that this project will have a positive impact on the minority and low-income populations of the county.

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