BETTER BART BETTER BAY AREA BETTER BART / BETTER BAY AREA 2 2 BART SYSTEM—THEN AND NOW “The decision of the people to build a 3-county Bay Area rapid transit system is one of the most courageous and promising acts in modern American municipal history…” —San Francisco Examiner, November 9, 1962 Pittsburg Center Station Antioch Station 1974 Today 3 3 MAKING A BETTER BAY AREA 4 4 BAY BRIDGE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC *One “person” = 500 people. 2014 Caltrans and BART peak direction totals for peak hour, based on an average of non-holiday Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Assumes 71% of vehicles use SOV lanes with average occupancy of 1.15 persons/car, and 29% of vehicles use HOV lanes with average occupancy of 2.65 persons/car, based on 2014 Bay Area Toll Authority data and 2012 Caltrans Bay Area Managed Lanes report. 55 5 MANAGEMENT & STEWARDSHIP Reliability is Improving Revenue Accountability is High Mean Time Between Service BART has historically had one of Disruption—Vehicle Caused the highest farebox ratios of all U.S. heavy rail 4,000 100% 3,000 80% 60% 2,000 40% 1,000 20% FAREBOX RATIO RECOVERY FAREBOX 0 0% HOURS BETWEEN DISRUPTION BETWEEN SERVICE HOURS BART WMATA NYCT Caltrain CTA MARTA Muni *National Transit Database (NTD) data, the source of these figures, excludes certain operating expenses, such as building leases, legal settlements, and Other Post Employment Benefits. 6 6 BUILDING A BETTER BART 7 7 LABOR RELATIONS 8 8 BART TO OAK AIRPORT • 3.2-mile extension from Coliseum Station to the Oakland International Airport • Automated, driverless people-mover system • Service opened November 2014 9 9 MACARTHUR TRANSIT VILLAGE OAKLAND SUCCESS STORIES • Mixed use transit-oriented development on surface parking lots at MacArthur station • Parking garage opened September 2014 • 90 Units of Affordable Housing complete • Next phase: plaza redesign & 516 units of market rate housing 10 10 19TH STREET STATION IMPROVEMENTS OAKLAND SUCCESS STORIES Multiple improvements underway: • 20th St Canopy • 17th St Alley (partnership with Oakland) • 19th Street Bike Station (partnership with Oakland) 11 11 EARTHQUAKE SAFETY $1 Billion Investment 95% of track way made earthquake safe 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Talking Points Seismic retrofits (safety) Funding Progress: % completion on budget and timeline 1212 THE PROBLEM 1313 THE PROBLEM Aging Fleet Escalating Ridership CARS—AVERAGE YEARS IN SERVICE AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKDAY RIDERS 32 450,000 24 300,000 16 150,000 8 0 0 1414 NUTS & BOLTS Damaged Speed Signals = Slower Trains 1515 THE SOLUTION Continuous Reinvestment 1616 FUNDING SCENARIO $3.5B Approximately 50% Funded 1717 CAPITAL FUNDING SHORTFALL “FIX IT FIRST” BOND • POTENTIAL $3.5B BOND MEASURE TO VOTERS IN BART COUNTIES IN 2016* • POTENTIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS o Upgrade or replace systems . Train control, traction and electrical power, mechanical, communications, fare collection o Guideways . Track, structures, grounds o Facilities . Stations, elevators, escalators * BART Bond Can’t Fund Moveable Assets (train cars) or Salaries 1818 SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS 1919 THE ROAD AHEAD 2020 CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION 2121 CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION Freeway Delay Times with and without BART 4 3.5 3 2.5 With BART 2 (Hours) Without BART 1.5 Delay Delay 1 0.5 0 Hwy 4 I-680 to Hwy Bay Bridge I-880 I-680 W. I-580 I - 80 Pittsburg to 13 Corridor Fremont to Creek to Livermore to Hercules to 1-80 Oakland Fremont Oakland Emeryville Traffic Impact Analysis: Effects of the absence of BART service on major East Bay corridors J. Lavel, M. Cassidy, and J.C. Merrera, Oct. 2004 22 2222 YOUR PRIORITIES? FIX AND MODERNIZE INCREASE CAPACITY BART • Run more cars, increase • Repair and upgrade tracks to ridership and take additional enhance safety cars off the road • Replace old train cars to • Replace train control system improve reliability with 21st century technology to run trains more frequently • Fix and modernize stations to boost rider experience • Increase station capacity at the busiest stations to • Improve access to stations support regional business • Increase bike parking centers • Improve transit connectivity OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE BART TO DO? 2323 HELP BUILD A BETTER BART 2424 THANK YOU! 2525 BETTER BART BETTER BAY AREA.