Transportation Planning:

A Field in Flux

Transportation Planning:

A Field in Flux

Steve Heminger, Executive Director Metropolitan Transportation Commission

April 2004

1.Follow the Money1.Follow the Money

Top 19 Metropolitan AreasAverage Expenditures

1 Transit 35%Operations and Maintenance

2 Transit 15%Expansion

3 Road 28%Operations and Maintenance

4 Road 21%Expansion

5 Other 1%

Source: FHWA, 2002

Regional Transportation Plans

Top 19 Metropolitan AreasOperations and Maintenance vs. Expansion

Regional Transportation Plans

Source: FHWA, 2002

Metro Operations &

Area Maintenance Expansion

New York 69 31 Los Angeles 48 52 Chicago 81 19 Washington D.C. 80 20 San Francisco 74 26 Philadelphia 73 27 Boston 81 19 Detroit 84 16 Dallas/ Ft. Worth 43 57 Houston 53 47 Atlanta 51 49 Miami 64 36 Seattle 45 55 Phoenix 47 53 Minneapolis/ St. Paul 50 50 Cleveland 91 9 San Diego 64 36 St. Louis 43 57 Denver 47 53

Average 63 37

— Percent —

2.We’ve Been

Working on the

Railroad

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.TLC3.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 involvementin Sebastopol

Rendering of Unity Plazain 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 $400-800 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 Traffic4.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 2005-2007

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

TakeTransitsm 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 2004Strategic 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