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BAR ART T SY SYSTE STEM — THE THEN A N AND NO ND 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 Y BRID BRIDGE GE RUSH USH HO HOUR UR TRAFFIC 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. 5 5 5
MAN MANAGEMENT GEMENT & S & STEWARDSHIP TEWARDSHIP 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 HOURS BETWEEN SERVICE DISRUPTION 4,000 100% FAREBOX RECOVERY RATIO 80% 3,000 60% 2,000 40% 1,000 20% 0 0% 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
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LAB LABOR RELA OR RELATION TIONS 8 8
BAR ART T TO O OAK AK AIRPOR AIRPORT • 3.2-mile extension from Coliseum Station to the Oakland International Airport • Automated, driverless people-mover system • Service opened November 2014 9 9
MACAR MA CARTHUR THUR TRANSIT TRANSIT VILLA VILLAGE GE 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
TH ST 19 TH 19 STREET REET ST STATION TION IMPR IMPROVEMENT VEMENTS OAKLAND SUCCESS STORIES Multiple improvements underway: • 20th St Canopy • 17th St Alley (partnership with Oakland) • 19th Street Bike Station (partnership with Oakland) 11 11
EARTHQU EAR THQUAKE SAFETY AKE SAFETY $1 Billion Investment 95% of track way made earthquake safe 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Talking Points Seismic retrofits (safety) 12 Funding 12 Progress: % completion on budget and timeline
THE THE PR PROBLE OBLEM 13 13
THE PR THE PROBLE OBLEM 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 14 14
NUT NUTS S & & BOL BOLTS TS Damaged S Speed Signals = = Slower T Trains 15 15
THE THE SOL SOLUTION UTION Continuou Continuous R s Rein einvestmen estment 16 16
FUNDING FUNDING SCEN SCENARIO ARIO $3.5B Approximately 50% Funded 17 17
CAPIT CAPITAL AL FUNDING FUNDING SHOR SHORTF TFALL ALL “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 18 18
SUMMAR SUMMARY Y OF OF INVEST INVESTMENTS MENTS 19 19
THE THE R ROAD AHEAD AD AHEAD 20 20
CONSEQUE CONSEQUENCES OF IN NCES OF INACTION CTION 21 21
CONSEQUENCES CONSEQUENCES OF IN OF INACTION CTION Freeway Delay Times with and without BART 4 3.5 3 2.5 Delay (Hours) With BART 2 Without BART 1.5 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 22 22
YOUR OUR PRIORITIES? PRIORITIES? FIX AND MODERNIZE INCREASE CAPACITY BART • Run more cars, increase ridership and take additional • Repair and upgrade tracks to cars off the road enhance safety • Replace train control system • Replace old train cars to with 21 st century technology improve reliability to run trains more frequently • Fix and modernize stations to • Increase station capacity at boost rider experience 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? 23 23
HELP HELP BUILD UILD A BETT A BETTER ER BAR ART 24 24
THANK YOU! 25 25
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