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Kern County’s Population will More than Double Growth Driven by Spillover from Southern California and Our Kids

Kern County’s Population will More than Double Growth Driven by Spillover from Southern California and Our Kids. Trend: Kern is Aging Persons 55+ will increase from 17 to 22 percent. Source: California Department of Finance, 2007.

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Kern County’s Population will More than Double Growth Driven by Spillover from Southern California and Our Kids

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  1. Kern County’s Population will More than DoubleGrowth Driven by Spillover from Southern California and Our Kids Trend: Kern is AgingPersons 55+ will increase from 17 to 22 percent Source: California Department of Finance, 2007 Trend: Kern’s Changing EthnicityHispanics will increase from 38 to 58 percent Source: California Department of Finance, 2007

  2. Will Building Freeways Eliminate Congestion? Today’s Heavy Traffic Congestion (2005) Olive Dr at 99 Bakersfield RosedaleHwy at 99 Red = Frequent Congestion Orange = Regular Congestion Yellow = Occasional Congestion Future Heavy Traffic Congestion(2045-65 depending on how fast we grow) Shafter Shafter North Beltway Even if we created an eight-lane triple beltway system we still cannot build our way out of congestion with all the development on the books today. Airport outer metro beltway BC inner beltway Downtown crosstown Westside Parkway Bakersfield CSUB West Beltway Lamont Red = Frequent Congestion Orange = Regular Congestion Yellow = Occasional Congestion South Beltway

  3. Metro Bakersfield Bus TransitInterim Step to Light Rail Relief Options for Congested Freeways BC Baker St Downtown Mill Creek Mervyn’s Plaza AMTRAK CSUB • Transportation model results indicated that ridership on light-rail not enough by 2014: • 700 passengers per mile • 2000 needed per mile to operate affordably Metropolitan Bakersfield Major Transportation Investment Study (1996) One Approach: Phased Light Rail The 1996 light rail study for Bakersfield indicated that there would not be enough riders for a system by 2014. The city was not compact enough to operate the service. The study recommended enhancing bus service as an interim step until the community became compact enough to operate a light rail system. Some communities are looking to express bus or bus rapid transit as an interim service until activity around the transit stops are busy and compact enough to support a light rail system. One Light Rail Line Can Carry as Many Passengers as 16-lanes of Freeway(El Toro “Y” in Orange County) Today Bus caught in same traffic as cars Bus Rapid Transit Eugene OR,. Bus Rapid Transit – Dedicated bus lane on arterial streets Metro Bakersfield Light Rail Sketch Plan Light Rail San Diego Trolley

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