From: Board Secretary Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 2:50 PM To: VTA Board of Directors; VTA Advisory Committee Members Subject: VTA Fall 2017 Take-One is now available VTA Board of Directors and Advisory Committee Members: The Fall 2017 Take-One is now available. Please click on the link below: http://vtaorgcontent.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Site_Content/Take%20One_Final.pdf Thank you. Office of the Board Secretary Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 3331 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95134 408.321.5680 [email protected] Conserve paper. Think before you print. From: Board Secretary Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2017 1:56 PM To: VTA Board of Directors Subject: VTA Information: Ridership Memo for August 2017 VTA Board of Directors: Attached is a memorandum from Chief Operating Officer Inez Evans regarding VTA ridership for August 2017. Thank you. Office of the Board Secretary Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 3331 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95134 408.321.5680 [email protected] Conserve paper. Think before you print. Writer’s Direct Telephone: (408) 321-7005 TO: VTA Board of Directors THROUGH: Nuria I. Fernandez General Manager/CEO FROM: Inez Evans Chief Operating Officer DATE: September 29, 2017 SUBJECT: VTA Ridership for August 2017 August 2017 total monthly system ridership for bus and light rail was 3,185,951, a decrease of 6.4% over August 2016. August 2017 had 23 weekdays, same as August 2016. Core bus routes showed a 4.0% decrease in average weekday ridership. Community bus routes recorded a 3.0% decrease in average weekday ridership. There were two major pre-season football events at Levi’s® Stadium, with a total of 16,630 riders that took VTA to the two events, an average of 8,315 riders per event. August 2016 had 3 major events with 35,830 riders that rode VTA, averaging 11,943 riders per event. August 2017 total monthly ridership showed a 9.1% increase compared to July 2017. July 2017 had 20 weekdays, 3 fewer days than August. Ridership change from July to August typically averages +8.0% since July is one of the travel-heavy months so ridership is usually lighter than August. Most schools opened by mid-August this year. Percent Percent Ridership August-2017 August-2016 July-2017 Change Change Bus 2,432,025 2,542,916 -4.4% 2,196,628 10.7% Light Rail 753,926 860,085 -12.3% 723,744 4.2% System 3,185,951 3,403,001 -6.4% 2,920,372 9.1% Three core routes, 55, 73 and 522 showed an overall average weekday ridership improvement of 6.7% over August 2016 as shown in the table. Line 522 showed an 8.6% improvement over August 2016. Percent Route August-2017 August-2016 Difference change 522 6,467 5,955 512 8.6% 73 2,428 2,287 141 6.2% 55 1,928 1,906 22 1.2% Totals 10,823 10,148 675 6.7% Forty-five of the 69 bus routes, or 65%, did not meet the weekday standards as defined in the Service Design Guidelines. The top five core routes and light rail stations that had the most average weekday ridership declines are shown in the table below: Percent Route August-2017 August-2016 Difference Change 22 10,339 12,209 (1,870) -15.3% 66 5,479 5,759 (280) -4.9% 64 2,857 3,125 (268) -8.6% 26 3,106 3,338 (232) -7.0% 62 1,423 1,570 (147) -9.4% Totals 23,204 26,001 (2,797) -10.8% Percent Station August-2017 August-2016 Difference Change SANTA CLARA STATION 1,659 2,036 (377) -18.5% TASMAN STATION 1,838 2,208 (370) -16.8% CIVIC CENTER STATION 957 1,221 (264) -21.6% SAN ANTONIO STATION 1,553 1,809 (256) -14.2% OHLONE-CHYNOWETH 1,161 1,412 (251) -17.8% Totals 7,168 8,686 (1,518) -17.5% The fiscal year-to-date total system ridership for bus and light rail recorded a 6.7% decrease. Ridership (Current) (Prior) Percent Jul' 17-Aug' 17 Jul' 15-Aug' 16 Change Bus 4,628,653 4,886,438 -5.3% Light Rail 1,477,670 1,657,535 -10.9% System 6,106,323 6,543,973 -6.7% From: Board Secretary Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2017 4:09 PM To: VTA Board of Directors Subject: UPDATE: October 5, 2017, Board Meetings Importance: High VTA Board of Directors: 1) The Board Special meeting scheduled for October 5, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. has been cancelled. The cancellation notice is attached. 2) The Board Regular meeting scheduled for October 5, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. is still on. Please note we have several important business items on the agenda. A few notes: a. Agenda Item #6.3 – 2016 Measure B Program and Category Guidelines The supplemental staff memo for this item is attached; it requests approval of staff recommendations noted in #6.3 of your packet plus a change in the Transit Operations Category Guidelines. b. Agenda Item #7.4 – Phase II Options for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension Project Item will be removed from the Agenda under Orders of the Day. It is being removed for the following reasons: i. To ensure consistency with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Board decision on the options analyzed in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/SEIR) will be deferred until after the Board has received and reviewed all of the information contained in the Final SEIS/SEIR, which will be presented to the Board at the January 2018 Board meeting for certification. ii. BART and VTA have agreed to conduct a peer review by transit agencies of single and twin bore tunneling methodologies focused on operations and an industry peer review of twin bore construction. Staff will present the findings of the peer reviews to the Board in December 2017. iii. In early December, staff will be releasing the Final SEIS/SEIR in which it will make recommendations on the project options. iv. In January 2018, the Board will review and certify the Final SEIR and will approve the project. 3) A Board Office team member will call/text you to confirm receipt of this email. Thank you. VTA Office of the Board Secretary Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 3331 North First Street, Building B-1 San Jose, CA 95134-1927 Phone: 408-321-5680 Conserve paper. Think before you print. From: Baltao, Elaine Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 3:20 PM To: VTA Board of Directors; VTA Advisory Committee Members Cc: Childress, Brandi Subject: Joint Statement of the BART and VTA General Managers about BART Silicon Valley regarding collaboration on peer review for Phase II Extension VTA Board of Directors and VTA Advisory Committees: Attached is VTA and BART General Managers’ statement about the peer review for the Phase II of VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension Project. For Phase II project related questions, please contact Brandi Childress, Community Outreach and Public Engagement Manager, at 408-464-7877 or by email: [email protected]. Thank you. Board Secretary’s Office Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 3331 North First Street, Building B San Jose, CA 95134-1927 Phone 408-321-5680 [email protected] ------------------------------------------- VTA Contact: Brandi Childress BART Contact: Jim Allison 408-464-7810 510-464-7110 Joint Statement of the BART and VTA General Managers about BART Silicon Valley regarding collaboration on peer review for Phase II Extension October 4, 2017 VTA and BART are planning to conduct a peer review of single-bore and twin-bore tunnel methodologies for the 5-mile tunnel of the planned extension of BART into Silicon Valley. The peer review, which will commence this month and take several weeks, will be conducted by public transit agencies currently operating rail subway systems. There are two tunneling methodologies under consideration. The first methodology is a deep, 45- foot diameter single-bore tunnel incorporating both the trackway and the stations within it. The second methodology is a twin-bore tunnel that includes two, 20-foot diameter tunnels with stations and a wide center platform. BART Silicon Valley Phase II is an extension of the regional BART system that will further expand the system from the nearly completed Berryessa Station in northeast San Jose and add three stations in San Jose and an end-of-line station in Santa Clara. VTA is the designer, funding agency, and builder of BART Silicon Valley; BART will operate the system once built. VTA and BART entered into a comprehensive agreement in 2001, relating to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the BART extension in Santa Clara County. The project is currently in the state and federal environmental analysis process and is on track to receive the final federal environmental clearance in March 2018 to deliver the project by 2026. The project’s draft environmental impact document, released for public comment in December 2016, includes options for the Diridon and Downtown San Jose Stations and tunnel methodology. The final state and federal document is expected to be released in early December 2017. To ensure consistency with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a Board decision on the project options analyzed will be made in January after the Board has received and reviewed all of the information contained in the final environmental document and reviewed the conclusions of the peer review. The $4.7 billion project will be funded through a combination of local, state and federal funding.