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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element Ryanwood shopping center, Target, Lowes, Home Depot, the Wal-Mart Superstore and Sam's Club. South Vero Square and Oslo Plaza shopping centers were located in the southern part of the county. North County retail centers included the Riverwalk Shopping Center, the Sebastian Wal-Mart Superstore and the downtown Sebastian area. Through its Indian River Transit division, the Senior Resource Association operates a fixed route transit system six days per week. The fixed route service, which in 2007 became formally known as the GoLine, is free and available to all riders. There are currently eleve -fifteen routes that operate countywide. These routes are depicted in Figures 4.5A 4.5K. ,Five of those routes have limited service on Saturdays. - • w -; •, ' , .. ••n ' .. • • .. • •. • • In April 2017, the Main Transit Hub moved into its new permanent facility, located in Vero Beach on the south side of 16th Street adjacent to the FEC Railroad. Seven GoLine routes connect at the Main Transit Hub, and the hub facility is used by approximately 800 passengers each day. Since the county's transit system was established, ridership has increased each year. In 2006, • I1 - ,. • .. E e - .` ; • w , ... , - - •• s.; :. From 2010/11 to 2015/16, passenger trips increased from 895,462 per year to 1,156,034 per year, an increase of nearly 30%over five years To enable a wider user group to access the transit system, the SRA offers complementary dial-a-ride service for those persons who live more than 1/4 mile from a bus stop and wish to use the fixed route service. In 20082013, the county performed a transit quality level of service (TQLOS) analysis as part of its Transit Development Plan (TDP) major update. As shown on Table 4.3B, two TQLOS indicators, Transit Frequency and Hours of Operation, were both at LOS E and LOS F. In terms of the Travel Time level of service measure, there were variations between different routes on the system, ranging from "B" on routes with little traffic and few-a couple of stops to "D" for routes in the Vero Beach area; the average system-wide score was LOS B. The other components of TQLOS are: Passenger Loading of transit vehicles, which was at ranged from LOS A to LOS C; Reliability, which was at LOS CLOS A. and Service Coverage, which was at LOS A. • . \, '. • ! .0 .n w • e , -, • •. w w • • • • ens - w• • • • 0 • • • w • ... • -• .• - -- •. .. •. • • n • t-Stfeeh-betweenPd 0 - • .* Community Development Department Indian River County 36 APPENDIX A—Transportation Amendments