**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Statewide Expansion of Bicycle Facilitie**  **s**

**RACM Analysis**

Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 1 **Control Measure:** This project covers the expansion of existing bicycle facilities and the creation of entirely new facilities throughout th e state . This will encourage bicycle use for work and other trip purposes, replacing some motorized trips and lead ing to a reduction in emissions **Description:** Counties throughout the state of New Jersey have a number of programmed (funded) and proposed bicycle facilities. These new and expanded facil ities will help to attract shorter distant trips away from autos an d will have a corresponding reduction in emissions. Both commuter trips and recreational trips will be attracted to these new facilities. **Methodology :**  The NJ

-AQONE software package, specifically the “Bicycle Improvements” project type, was used in the evaluation of the impact of the proposed bike trails. S eparate run s were done for each county to reflect local conditions. One of the major inputs into the analysis was the length of the existing bicycle facilities and the total length of new facilities to be created. The GIS based inventory data supplied with the NJDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Planning Phase Two CD ROM was used for this Information

. The se bicycle facility inventory databases contain the follow information for both on and off road facili ties: 1) A list of know, existing facilities 2) A list of programmed (funded ) future facilities 3) A list of proposed (unfunded) future facilities For the purposes of this analysis, the total amount of existing bike trails was set equal to the total on

- road and off

- road recorded in the database. For the length of the future (2009) bicycle trails, all of the programmed and 10% of the proposed trails were included. The service area captured by the proposed bike trails was assumed to be a 1 mile wide band along the total length of new the trails. **Inputs/A ssumptions:** 

 The length of the existing and future bicycle trails was obtained from the NJDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan Phase 2 Facility Inventory and is summarized in Table 1

 Project impacts were estimated usi ng the NJ

-AQONE Bicycle Improvements methodology . This methodology estimates the total number of commuter and recreational trips that the proposed facility would attract currently us ing auto**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Statewide Expansion of Bicycle Facilitie**  **s**

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 2  The length of the additional trails was assumed to include all p rogrammed (funded) facilities and 10% of proposed facilities. The relatively low 10% figure was based on the assumption that most of the proposed trails, if built at all, would not be completed within the next 4

-5 year (the timeframe of the RACM analysis)

 For the remaining inputs, the default values supplied by the NJAQONE software were used

 The service area (an input required by the software) was approximated by multiplying the total length of the new facilities by 1 mile, yielding an estimate of the tota l service area

 Each county was analyzed separately and results totaled statewide and by non - attainment area (both Ozone and PM 2.5) . Output from the software is found at the end of this documentation. **Table 1: Inventory of Existing, Programmed and Propos ed Bike Trails in New Jersey**  **County Existing** 

**(M iles)**  **Programmed**

**(M iles)**  **Proposed**

**(M iles)**  **10% of**

**Proposed (M**  **iles) Total** 

**Effective Future**  **(M iles)**  **Estimated**

**Service Area**  **(M iles)**  Atlantic 38.78 14.90 191.44 19.14 34.05 36.05 Bergen 15.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Burlington 88.95 0.00 158.00 15.80 15.80 17.80 Camden 26.66 10.14 35.94 3.59 13.73 15.73 Cape May 23.05 12.22 2.73 0.27 12.49 14.49 Cumberland 0.67 0.00 80.08 8.01 8.01 10.01 Essex 40.46 20.48 5.53 0.55 21.04 23.04 Gloucester 4.43 3.65 9.30 0.9 3 4.58 6.58 Hudson 3.22 2.68 2.31 0.23 2.92 4.92 Hunterdon 120.99 3.63 182.03 18.20 21.84 23.84 Mercer 78.34 2.21 3.68 0.37 2.58 4.58 Middlesex 30.81 21.47 205.09 20.51 41.98 43.98 Monm outh 118.82 8.62 33.36 3.34 11.95 13.95 Morris 292.95 6.52 263.95 26.39 32.92 34.92 Ocean 21.98 4.61 21.90 2.19 6.80 8.80 Passaic 40.16 11.14 1.76 0.18 11.32 13.32 Salem 8.04 0.00 105.71 10.57 10.57 12.57 Som erset 52.38 23.28 0.00 0.00 23.28 25.28 Sussex 64.87 5.70 41.35 4.13 9.84 11.84 Union 14.15 0.00 16.41 1.64 1.64 3.64 Wa rren 5.94 1.57 1.32 0.13 1.70 3.70**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Statewide Expansion of Bicycle Facilitie**  **s**

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 3 **Results: Statewide**  **Summer Day /A** **nnual Benefits**  Total VT Reduced = **992** trips/day Statewide Total VMT Reduced = **2,591** miles/day Statewide **Emission Reductions (Statewide) :** 

**Pollutant Ty**  **pe An**  **aly sis Year 20**  **0 9** 

Tons/Day Tons/Year **VOC** 0.002 7
- **NOx** 0.00 18 0. 47 **PM2.5**

- 0.0 2 **SO 2**  - 0.01

**Ozone A naly** **sis**
**– Daily**  **Benefits in New Jersey** 

**Benefits (Reductions)**  **Ozone Non**  **- At** **tainment Ar** **ea**

**New York -**  **N. New Jersey** **- Long Island,**  **NY -**  **NJ -** **CT Philadelphia**  ****

**Wilmin gton**  **- Atlanti**  **c City PA** **- NJ**  **- MD**  **- DE**  **VT** 839 153 **VMT** 2 , 193 398 **VOC (Tons/Day** **)** 0.0023 0.0043 **NOx (Tons/Day** **)** 0.0015 0.00029
**PM2.5 A naly** **sis**
**– An**  **nual Benefits in New Jersey** 

**Benefits (Reductions)**  **PM 2.5**  **Non -** **At tainment A** **rea**

**New York -**  **N. New Jersey** **- Long Island,**  **NY -**  **NJ -** **CT Phi**  **ladelphia**   ** Wilmin** **gton PA** **- NJ**  **- DE**  **VT** 204,500 534,000 **VMT** 19,500 50,750 **NOx (Tons/Year)**  0. 38 0.041 **PM2.5 (Tons/Year)**  0.0 17 0.0016 **SO 2**  **(Tons/Year)** 0.0 10 0.0010**NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Statewide Expansion of Bicycle Facilitie**  **s**

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 4 **Cost/Benefit A naly** **sis** Total costs were estimated as follows: For Off

- Road Facilities : Capita l Cost: $150,000/Mile over 15 Years Operating/Maintenance: $6,000/Mile/Year Total Annual cost : $16,000/Mile/Year For On

- Road Facilities $4,500/Mile over 5 years = $900/Mile/Year Total cost for the various non - attainment areas are as follows:
**County Esti**  **mated Cost For Each A Q Region** 

**Ozone PM 2.5**  **NY -**  **NJ -** **CT PA** **- NJ**  ****

**DE -**  **MA NY** **- NJ**  **- CT**  **PA -**  **NJ**   ** DE** Atlantic $0 $30,642 $0 $0 Bergen $0 $0 $0 $0 Burlington $0 $151,138 $0 $151,138 Camden $0 $74,948 $0 $74,948 Cape May $0 $148,908 $0 $0 Cumberland $0 $24,809 $0 $0 Essex $59,084 $0 $59,084 $0 Gloucester $0 $49,182 $0 $49,182 Hudson $2,624 $0 $2,624 $0 Hunterdon $24,157 $0 $0 $0 Mercer $0 $41,237 $41,237 $0 Middlesex $348,920 $0 $348,920 $0 Monmouth $111,905 $0 $111,905 $0 Morris $432,186 $0 $432,186 $0 Ocean $0 $103,530 $0 $0 Passaic $104,893 $0 $104,893 $0 Salem $0 $9,514 $0 $0 Somerset $110,063 $0 $110,063 $0 Sussex $145,873 $0 $0 $0 Union $1,477 $0 $1,477 $0 Wa rren $3,531 $0 $0 $0 **Total $1,344,712**  **$633,907 $1,212,388**  **$275,268 NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **Statewide Expansion of Bicycle Facilitie s** 

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Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Page 5 **Cost/Benefit Resul ts** 

**Pollutant Cost/Benefit for Each Pollutant**  **Ozone******* **PM 2.5 NY** **- NJ**  **- CT**  **PA -**  **NJ -**  **DE**  

** MD** **NY -**  **NJ -** **CT PA** **- NJ**  **- DE**  VOC ($/Ton/Day) $2,345,969 $5,898,172

- - NOx ($/Ton/Day) $3,485,440 $8,847,258

- - NOx ($/Ton/Year)

- - $3,190,496 $6,660,958 PM2.5 ($/Ton/Year)

- - $69,788,164 $171,040,616 SO2 ($/Ton/Year)

- - $116,387,456 $287,033,677 *Daily Costs used in calculation of cost/benefit ratio are Annual costs divided by 250