TCRP H-52 Task 3. Mini Case Studies 36 Transit Agencies Image Source: Free Clip Art Reading Tips • This document is designed to print on both sides of a sheet of paper. • The Table of Contents page contains hyperlinks. You can click a transit agency’s name to navigate to its mini case study. Whenever you would like to go back to the Table of Contents page, just click the transit agency’s name at the very top of the page. Table of Contents United States California Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Foothill Transit (GCRTA) Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation Oregon District (GGBHTD) Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation of Oregon (TriMet) Authority (Metro) Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain) Pennsylvania San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Port Authority of Allegheny County Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Texas Colorado Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) (Capital Metro) Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Connecticut Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Connecticut Department of Transportation (METRO) (ConnDOT) Sun Metro Illinois Utah Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra) Virginia Pace - Suburban Bus Division (Pace) Fairfax County Department of Transportation (Fairfax Connector) Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Washington, D.C. (MBTA) Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Minnesota Metro Transit Washington Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority New Jersy (Sound Transit) New Jersey Transit (NJ TRANSIT) Clark County Public Transportation Benefi t New York Area Authority (C-TRAN) MTA Metro-North Railroad (Metro-North) Intercity Transit King County Metro Transit Division (King County North Carolina Metro) Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Kitsap Transit Ohio Pierce County Public Transportation Benefi t Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) Snohomish County Public Transportation (Community Transit) (Canadian transit agencies continued on the next page) Canada Alberta Calgary Transit (CT) British Columbia South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) Foothill Transit West Covina, CA Park-and-Ride Passenger Amenities Unsure/ All Some None NA Covered waiting area ☐ ☐ ☐ Enclosed waiting area ☐ ☐ ☐ Background Restroom, temporary ☐ ☐ ☐ Launched in 1988 in response to service cuts and fare Restroom, permanent ☐ ☐ ☐ increases announced by the Southern California Rapid On-site station personnel ☐ ☐ ☐ Transit District, Foothill Transit assumed responsibility for Concession, vending ☐ ☐ ☐ bus operation in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, Elec. veh. charging ☐ ☐ ☐ including Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles. The Real-time info. ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Foothill Transit Joint Powers Authority Board is comprised Ticket machines of 22 member cities and the County of Los Angeles, divided into five regional clusters. Regional representatives Park-and-Ride Security Unsure/ are elected annually to serve on a five-member executive All Some None board. Foothill Transit is mainly funded by Los Angeles NA ☐ ☐ ☐ County Proposition A and C funds, the California State On-site – all-times On-site – spec. hours ☐ ☐ ☐ Transportation Development Act, and State Transit Roaming security ☐ ☐ ☐ Assistance funds. Twenty-five percent of the transit Monitored cameras ☐ ☐ ☐ agency’s funding in generated through farebox revenues. Recording cameras ☐ ☐ ☐ Physical – fences, gated ☐ ☐ ☐ There are 330 buses in Foothill Transit’s fleet, operating 36 entry, etc. local and express bus routes in a 327 square mile service area. Shared Use of Park-and-Ride Facilities Region of Operation: West Foothill Transit owns some park-and-ride facilities and enters into formal lease/rental agreements for park-and-ride Operating Environment: Very Large Urban facilities. Between 51–75 percent of Foothill Transit’s Between 1,000 and 2,999 Parking Spaces park-and-ride facilities are provided by entities other than Foothill Transit. The transit agency operates park-and-ride Operating Context service from shared-use parking lots, as well as from park- In the last five years, Foothill Transit has significantly and-ride facilities provided by municipalities, other local or modified park-and-ride facilities by adding structured regional public agencies, and the state department of parking to increase capacity. transportation, Caltrans. Some park-and-ride facilities have a kiss-and-ride drop-off Parking Charges as of January 2016 area, parking to join transit agency sponsored vanpools, and informal ridesharing. All park-and-ride facilities have Foothill Transit does not charge for parking at bicycle parking. Foothill Transit has different policies for park-and-ride facilities. weekend use at park-and-ride facilities, and the transit agency allows the facilities to be used for special event Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) parking. Foothill Transit has standard operating procedures (SOPs) for management, facility maintenance, safety and security Modes Operated at park-and-ride facilitates, and asset management. Motor Bus (MB) ☐ Streetcar Rail (SR) ☐ Trolley Bus (TB) ☐ Heavy Rail (HR) Contracted Parking Management ☐ Commuter Bus (CB) ☐ Commuter Rail (CR) The transit agency contracts with a private vendor specifically to provide park-and-ride management. ☐ Bus Rapid Transit (RB) ☐ Ferry (FB) ☐ Light Rail (LR) ☐ Vanpool (VP) Maintenance and State-of-Good-Repair Excludes demand response modes. Foothill Transit has SOPs for facility and asset management. Park-and-ride facilities are integrated into Parking by Mode Foothill Transit’s asset management plan. Modes Stations/Lots Spaces Bus 11 2,838 Planning, Estimating and Managing Rail 0 0 Demand for Parking Ferry 0 0 Foothill Transit has a formal process to plan for park-and- Total 11 2,838 ride facilities. The transit agency regularly measures park- Source: APTA 2014 Infrastructure Database and-ride facility utilization, but does not use a specific Foothill Transit West Covina, CA demand estimation model or methodology to estimate TCRP H-52 References demand for park-and-ride facilities for public National Transit Database (NTD), 2013 transportation. American Public Transit Association (APTA) Foothill Transit has no park-and-ride facilities where Infrastructure Database – 2014 Edition demand for parking regularly exceeds the supply of TCRP Project H-52: Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan parking spaces available. The transit agency’s H-52 and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public response explained that, despite not exceeding demand, Transportation Foothill Transit provides a list of other park-and-ride facility locations owned and operated by the state or Transit Agency References municipalities in case customers need to park elsewhere Foothill Transit http://foothilltransit.org/ (due to congestion or closure). Within the last five years, at least one of the transit agency’s park-and-ride facilities has experienced low demand on a regular basis. Foothill Transit manages low demand by offering free parking or promotional fares, and modifying transit service to encourage use of available parking. Design Features Foothill Transit has coordinated park-and-ride facility design features to complement adjacent developments or neighborhoods. The transit agency did not provide examples. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Foothill Transit has financially participated in at least one TOD on or adjacent to a park-and-ride facility for public transportation; however, the transit agency did not provide information about this TOD experience. Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) According to the transit agency’s H-52 response, Foothill Transit has not participated in a public-private partnership associated with park-and-ride facilities. Challenges A specific challenge facing the transit agency is monitoring parking spaces. Foothill Transit is building a new shared- use parking structure that will be shared with Los Angeles Metro (to provide access to that transit agency’s Gold Line light rail) and a municipality. Although proper signage will be installed, the transit agency is concerned the commuters using light rail will use Foothill Transit’s dedicated parking spaces for bus service. As of December 2015, the transit agency did not have plans or budget to hire a parking attendant to monitor the parking spaces. However, Foothill Transit may need to budget for this position in the future if parking availability becomes an issue for Foothill Transit customers. Innovation As of 2013, Foothill Transit’s bus fleet is comprised entirely of CNG and all-electric vehicles. In 2014, the transit agency began operating the first fast-charge electric bus line in the United States, Line 291 between La Verne, CA, and Pomona, CA. Last Updated: February 2016 Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (GGBHTD) San Francisco, CA Park-and-Ride Passenger Amenities Unsure/ All Some None NA Covered waiting area ☐ ☐ ☐ Enclosed waiting area ☐ ☐ ☐ Restroom, temporary ☐ ☐ ☐ Restroom, permanent ☐ ☐ ☐ On-site station personnel ☐ ☐ ☐ Concession, vending ☐ ☐ ☐ Background Elec. veh. charging ☐ ☐ The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation Real-time info. ☐ ☐ ☐ District (GGBHTD) was created under the Bridge and Ticket machines ☐ ☐ ☐ Highway Act of 1923. GGBHTD operates and maintains