Transportation Planning: A Field in Flux Steve Heminger, Executive Director Metropolitan Transportation Commission April 2004

1.Follow the Money

Top 19 Metropolitan Areas Average Expenditures 1Transit 35% Operations and Maintenance 2Transit15% Expansion 3Road28% Operations and Maintenance 4Road21% Expansion 5Other 1% Source: FHWA, 2002 Regional Transportation Plans

Top 19 Metropolitan Areas Operations and Maintenance vs. Expansion Regional Transportation Plans Source: FHWA, 2002

2.We’ve Been Working on the Railroad

Resolution No. 1876

Map of Projects Resolution No. 3434

 140 new route miles of rail  600 new route miles of express bus  58% average increase in service levels for existing corridors  38.6 million new riders per year (estimated for fully funded projects)  Average cost effectiveness of $20.35 per new rider (estimated for fully funded projects) Service Characteristics Resolution No. 3434

3.TLC

Overview of TLC Program Purpose  Link transportation investments with land-use decisions  Forge partnerships with a diversity of community stakeholders  Create transit-, bicycle-, and pedestrian-oriented projects  Support livable communities Stockton Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown

Plans for Guadelupe River Park Trail in San Jose Rendering of Coliseum BART station area revitalization project Mixed-use Dublin Transit Center with high-density housing and retail TLC offers three kinds of funding assistance Planning Grants  Planning Grants  Capital Grants  Housing Incentive Program (HIP) Projects funded to date  49 planning projects at $1.7 million  59 capital projects at $48.6 million  31 HIP projects at $9 million Overview of TLC Program (continued)

Planning Grant Program Funds community planning, outreach, and conceptual design for transportation projects related to community development Grants range from $5,000 to $75,000 Local match is required Project criteria emphasize community outreach, concept designs/plans that promote walking, bike, and transit trips, and connections to housing and mixed-use development Grant Cycle: $500,000 in planning funds available per cycle Community planning in Richmond Public involvement in Sebastopol

Rendering of Unity Plaza in downtown Vallejo Coggins Square walkway to Pleasant Hill BART Capital Grant Program  Funds design and construction of streetscape and transit-, bike-, and pedestrian-oriented projects that are part of a larger community development effort  Grants range from $500,000 to $3 million  Local match of 11.5% of total TLC project cost is required  Project criteria emphasize community involvement, connections to housing and mixed-use development, and quality of project design  Grant Cycle: $18 million in federal STP, CMAQ, and TEA funds available for programming per cycle

New multi-family housing in the east Bay Area Housing at the proposed Dublin Transit Center HIP grants awarded to local agencies that plan and build compact, transit-oriented housing Proposed housing must be within 1/3 mile of major transit station with service intervals of 15 minutes or less during peak commute times Number of units per acre determines total grant award:  20 units/acre: $1000 per bedroom  30 units/acre: $1,500 per bedroom  40 units/acre: $2,000 per bedroom  60 units/acre: $2,500 per bedroom HIP funds are spent on TLC capital projects anywhere within the applicant’s jurisdiction Grant Cycle: $9 million in federal STP, CMAQ, and TEA funds available for programming per cycle Housing Incentive Program * Additional $ per bedroom awarded to affordable units New multi-family housing in the east Bay Area Housing at the proposed Dublin Transit Center

4.Playing in Traffic

System Management Objectives  Make transit more convenient and accessible  Boost highway and local road efficiency  Provide timely, accurate information to travelers

 Every day, 1.5 million people ride Bay Area buses, rail and ferry services provided by 20+ different transit agencies  Focus on improving connections between systems and modes  Highest customer priority — single fare card Make Transit More Convenient and Accessible

TransLink ®

 Successful pilot in 2002  Region wide implementation  Multi-agency governance  Phase 2 Approved  Installation  Coordinate with parking, electronic tolls, non-transportation uses TransLink ® (continued)

511.org Transit Page  Convenient seamless transit information for the public  Features a regional transit trip planner, schedules, routes, fares and more  TakeTransit sm Trip Planner: Over 8,100 itineraries per weekday; 32% growth in last year

Boost Highway and Local Road Efficiency  FasTrak  Electronic Toll Collection System  Incident Management — Freeway Service Patrol/Call Box  Arterial Management and Signal Timing  Region wide communications network for freeways and major arterials

FasTrak   Electronic toll collection on 7 state- owned bridges and Golden Gate Bridge  325,000 Tag holders  Used for 35% of Total Trips  Caltrans management through 2003  MTC assumed management January 2004 Strategic Objectives  Consolidate all bridges under a single operation – 2005  Increase usage with dedicated lanes and toll discounts  Coordinate with TransLink ®, other electronic payment  Potential HOT lane applications in future

Provide timely, accurate information to travelers…  Combines traffic, transit and rideshare information on the phone and on the web  Phone number operational since December 2002  136% growth in phone calls since shift to 511  Driving times feature using toll tag data

511 Web Portal  Rideshare and Bicycle Pages December 2002  Transit Page November 2003  Traffic Page March 2004