October 17,2019 Northern Virginia Transportation Commission Advancing Transit in Northern Virginia Presentation to the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance Kate Mattice, Executive Director Northern Virginia Transportation Commission Transit Moves 6 90 Our Bus Systems Miles of Commuter Rail 275K 81.5M Region daily transit annual transit 25 200+ trips trips in Northern Virginia in Northern Virginia Virginia Metrorail Local and Express Bus during FY2019 during FY2019 Stations Routes 65% 846K $600M households are jobs are within a in state revenues within ¼ mile of ¼ mile of transit generated transit In Northern Virginia each year by the jobs and households in Northern Virginia supported by Metrorail and VRE www.novatransit.org 2 Transit Serves our Communities Northern Virginia Transit Coverage www.novatransit.org 3 NVTC is the Transit Commission for Northern Virginia Funds and provides oversight of WMATA and Virginia Railway Express NVTC manages Manages state and regional funding $300M/yr for six local bus systems in regional transit Administers the Commuter Choice funding program (I-66 ITB+ I-395/I-95) Facilitates regional transit coordination NVTC Jurisdictions’ Transit Systems 4 NVTC is the Transit Commission for Northern Virginia Funds and provides oversight of Regional Transit Coordination WMATA and Virginia Railway Express Mobile ticketing / fare NVTC box technologies manages Manages state and regional funding Bus service optimization $300M/yr for six local bus systems in regional Envision Route 7 BRT transit Administers the Commuter Choice program (I-66 ITB+ I-395/I-95) funding Transit performance measures Facilitates regional transit coordination Metro station shutdown response NVTC Jurisdictions’ Transit Systems 5 NVTC members are the WMATA funders in Virginia NVTC’s Priorities for WMATA: Regional Voice to WMATA Board ✓ Demonstrate accountability to Virginia’s investment Reports on Trustees of ridership and Regional Funding performance for WMATA ✓ Control operating costs NVTC’s (<3% annual growth) Oversight ✓ Increase system ridership/revenue and Stewardship Recommends 1. Maximize use of 8-car trains actions to control Monthly reporting cost and improve on WMATA Board 2. Improve weekend rail service operational actions 3. Develop parking pass products efficiency Annual Report on 4. Optimize parking facilities WMATA Conditions and 5. Expand fare products Performance Source: NVTC’s 2019 Report on WMATA Conditions and Performance www.novatransit.org 6 NVTC’s Commuter Choice Program Reinvests Toll Revenues Since 2017, NVTC has invested $42M (37 projects) on I-66 commuter projects ✓Taking 8,300 cars off the road daily ✓Connecting 20 activity centers across Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia ✓To date, removed 1 million annual hours of delay from commuters • Nine new express bus routes • Additional service on seven bus routes • New Park and Ride Lot • Capital Bikeshare near Metro • Four county-wide TDM programs • ADA/bus stop upgrades 7 www.novatransit.org I-395/95 Commuter Choice to Launch Next Month Inaugural I-395 Program 10 projects ($19.0 million) ✓ 3 new bus services ✓ 5 enhanced bus services ✓ 2 TDM/Education efforts Moves 700 more people through the corridor each morning 8 www.novatransit.org Northern Virginia Transportation Commission [email protected] www.novatransit.org |@novatransit 2300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 230 www.novatransit.org Arlington, Virginia 22201 @novatransit.