Metropolitan Transportation Commission & Bay Area Toll Authority

January 19, 2006

Steve HemingerExecutive DirectorMetropolitan Transportation Commission

Bay Area Transportation Basics

• More than 4.5 million cars

• Some 25 transit agencies with 4,500 buses, railcars and ferries

• 20,000 miles of local streets and roads

• 1,400 miles of highway

• 300 miles of carpool lanes

• Eight toll bridges

• Adopted in February 2005

• New Investment Commitments

• Transportation and Land Use

• Lifeline Transportation

• Walk and Roll

Transportation 2030: The Bay Area’s New 25-year Regional Transportation Plan

Transportation 2030: Investment Plan

• Most of $118 billion

budget are local

funding sources

Transportation 2030: Investment Plan

Transportation 2030: Funding

Connecting Transportation and Land Use

• $27 million annual commitment to

Transportation for Livable Communities/Housing

Incentive Program (TLC/HIP)

• New Transit-Oriented

Development (TOD) Policy

includes funding station-

area plans

2030 Investment Commitments

Transportation 2030: Funding

Providing a Transportation Lifeline

• New $216 million Lifeline Transportation

Program for Bay Area’s low-income communities

• Patterned after MTC’s successful LIFT program

• MTC has asked county

CMAs to take lead

• Call for Projects antici-

pated in March 2006

2030 Investment Commitments

Walk and Roll!

• $200 million for bicycle and pedestrian

improvements throughout the region

• In June 2005, MTC allocated first

installment worth $8 million

for 11 bike lane, sidewalk and

school safety projects

Transportation 2030: Funding

2030 Investment Commitments

MTC-ABAG-BAAQMD Joint Policy Committee Key Priorities

• MTC Resolution 3434 Transit-Oriented

Development Policy

• Report to the Legislature

on the consolidation of

ABAG and MTC functions

• Regional Blueprint

Planning Grant

• Electronic Payment

Systems

• 511 Traveler

Information

Services

Intelligent Technology Solutions

Electronic Payment Systems

TransLink® Smart Card

for Transit Fare Payment

FasTrakTM Electronic

Toll Collection

TransLink® Smart Card

Deployment

Schedule

• Spring 2006

• AC Transit

• Golden Gate Transit

• Late 2006

• SF Muni

• BART

FasTrak™ Deployment

Golden Gate Bridge and State operated two separate systems prior to 2002.

• Transponders interoperable on all bridges

• FasTrak™ in peak period

• GG Bridge: 70%

• State: 30%

• Successful launch of new

customer service center

(June 2005)

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Web

Main Processing Center (mail, fax, phone)

Walk-In

511 Traveler Information

• Traffic conditions,

transit, ridesharing,

bicycle information

• Driving times service

• Transit Trip Planner

• Fastrak™ toll tag readers

as data source

• 511 system well used

today

• Over 600,000 visits to

511.org

• Over 400,000 calls to 511

• Over 300,000 uses by ISPs

511 Driving Times Coverage

• MTC and RM2 Grant Recipients San Francisco Muni, AC Transit, Caltrain/SamTrans,

VTA, Golden Gate Transit, WestCat, LAVTA,

Emery Go-Round

• The program will collect real-time transit

arrival predictions from all partner agencies

into a central, regional data repository.

• The repository will disseminate the

information to the 511 phone and web

systems, regional signage, and interested

transit partners.

• Currently, the 511 phone system provides a

demo for Muni’s light-rail and historic streetcars.

• Plan to incorporate information from other agencies as

available.

Real Time Transit Information

What is BATA?

• The responsibility for the administration, operation and upkeep of the seven state-owned bridges that span the Bay is shared by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), in its role as the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

• The seven state-owned bridges are the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay and San Mateo-Hayward bridges.

Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program

• Assembly Bill 144 by Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley)

was signed by the Governor on July 18, 2005

• AB 144 outlines a funding agreement to complete the

Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program, and calls for raising

Bay Area bridge tolls by $1 (to $4 for autos) starting

January 1, 2007.

• AB 144 allows construction to move forward on the

single tower, self-anchored suspension (SAS) span of the

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

BATA’s Expanded Responsibilities

In August 2005 the California Legislature expanded BATA’s responsibilities to include administration of all toll revenue and joint oversight of the toll bridge construction program with Caltrans and the California Transportation Commission.

Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Projects

Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit ProjectsSeismic Safety

Status

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — East Span Replacement

Construction

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — West Approach Replacement

Construction

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — West Span Seismic Retrofit

Complete

San Mateo-Hayward Bridge — Seismic Retrofit Complete

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge — Seismic Retrofit Complete

Eastbound Carquinez Bridge— Seismic Retrofit Complete

Benicia-Martinez Bridge — Seismic Retrofit Complete

San Diego-Coronado Bridge — Seismic Retrofit Complete

Vincent Thomas Bridge — Seismic Retrofit Complete

RM1 Projects

RM1 ProjectsOpen to Traffic

Status

New Benicia-Martinez Bridge Construction

1927 Carquinez Bridge Demolition Construction

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Deck Overlay Design

Interstate 880/State Route 92 Interchange Reconstruction

Design

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trestle, Fender and Deck Joint Rehabilitation

Open

Westbound Carquinez Bridge Replacement Open

San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Widening Open

State Route 84 Bayfront Expressway Widening Open

Richmond Parkway Open

Key Information Resource MTC Website

www.mtc.ca.gov