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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