Expanding BART Peak Period Trains Via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop
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Expanding BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop Application to the California State Transportation Agency’s 2016 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Bay Area Rapid Transit District April 2016 blank page Expanding BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop Contents Page 1. Cover Page ..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Project Narrative Document .......................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Title Page ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2. Point of Contact ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.3. Funding Requested ....................................................................................................................... 4 2.4. Eligibility Criteria ........................................................................................................................... 5 2.5. Project Summary .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.6. Detailed Project Description ......................................................................................................... 6 2.7. Evaluation Criteria ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.7.1. Useful Life ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.7.2. Primary Criteria ................................................................................................................ 7 2.7.3. Secondary Criteria ......................................................................................................... 15 2.8. Impacts on Other Projects .......................................................................................................... 23 2.9. Project Implementation and Management ................................................................................ 23 2.10. Project Readiness ....................................................................................................................... 24 3. Statement of Work ...................................................................................................................... 24 3.1. Project Scope .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.1.1. Detailed Project Description .......................................................................................... 24 3.1.2. Project Map ................................................................................................................... 25 3.2. Project Costs ............................................................................................................................... 26 3.3. Project Schedule ......................................................................................................................... 27 3.4. Ongoing Operations and Maintenance ...................................................................................... 29 3.5. Scalability .................................................................................................................................... 29 3.6. Project Programming Request Form .......................................................................................... 29 4. Support Documentation .............................................................................................................. 33 4.1. Cost Estimate Certification ......................................................................................................... 33 4.2. Critical Stakeholder Support ....................................................................................................... 33 4.3. Letter from MPO ......................................................................................................................... 33 4.4. Other Letters of Support ............................................................................................................ 36 4.5. Disadvantaged Communities Benefits ........................................................................................ 36 4.6. Other Support Documentation ................................................................................................... 36 Expanding BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop Figures Figure 1. Log-Log Function Relating Crowding Factor to Passenger Load Factor and Data Points from Research Studies ................................................................................................... 11 Figure 2. Bay Area Transit Operator Map ................................................................................................... 14 Figure 3. Interior of New BART Car, Tripod Poles ....................................................................................... 15 Figure 4. BART Station Access Mode Share ................................................................................................ 18 Figure 5. BART Station Access Investment Priorities .................................................................................. 19 Figure 6. BART System Disadvantaged Community Map ........................................................................... 21 Figure 7. Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop Location ..................................................................... 26 Tables Table 1. Funding Requested for the HMC-VOHRS and Expanded Peak Period Fleet ................................... 5 Table 2. Greenhouse Gas Results .................................................................................................................. 8 Table 3. Passenger Load Factors and Associated Crowding Factors from Research .................................. 10 Table 4. With- and Without-Project Crowding and Perceived Travel Time Calculations ........................... 12 Table 5. Criteria Pollutant Results from Displaced VMT ............................................................................ 20 Table 6. HMC-VOHRS Detailed Project Costs .............................................................................................. 26 Table 7. Project Schedule ............................................................................................................................ 28 Expanding BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop 2. Project Narrative Document 2.1. Title Page Element Project Details Project title Provision of Expanded BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop (VOHRS) Location The Hayward Maintenance Complex VOHRS (HMC-VOHRS) is located in the city of Hayward in Alameda County, California. However, the expanded peak period BART service and associated benefits would be realized throughout BART’s service area, which reaches the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo. Project mode Heavy Rail Project priority Not applicable Lead applicant Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Co-applicant None TIRCP funding requested $50,000,000 Proposed non-TIRCP funding requested $13,476,845 (Low Carbon Transit Operations Program [LCTOP] funding) $312,740,694 (BART capital and operating funds) Result of GHG calculations 0.0027 metric ton carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) per dollar of TIRCP funding requested 0.0021 metric ton CO2e per dollar of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) funding requested 2.2. Point of Contact Todd Morgan, Principal Financial Analyst San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District P.O. Box 12688, Suite 1600 Oakland, CA 94604-2688 Email: [email protected] Phone: (510) 464-6551 2.3. Funding Requested Table 1 presents the total Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) funding requested, the amount of Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) funding requested, the non-TIRCP program matching funds, and the total project cost. The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is requesting $50 million from the TIRCP and $13.5 million from the LCTOP, for a total of $63.5 million from the Bay Area Rapid Transit District 4 2016 TIRCP Application Expanding BART Peak Period Trains via Construction of a Vehicle Overhaul and Heavy Repair Shop Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). All proposed non-GGRF matching funds will be provided by the BART through allocations from its baseline capital (federal, state, local) and operating funds. Table 1. Funding Requested for the HMC-VOHRS and Expanded Peak Period Fleeta $2016 millions Amount of TIRCP funding requested $50.0 Amount of LCTOP funding requested $13.5 Proposed BART capital and operating funding $312.7 Total project cost $376.2 a The HMC-VOHRS will support the expanded peak period fleet, which in turn will deliver the project benefits discussed below. Accordingly, the total project cost reflects both the HMC-VOHRS ($166,217,539) and expanded peak period fleet ($210,000,000) since both are required to achieve the stated project benefits. Note that the new cars are to be fully funded as part of a separate contract.