Senate Select Committee on California Infrastructure – Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair

1. Senate Select Committee on California Infrastructure – Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair December 7, 2005 Therese W. McMillan, MTC Deputy Executive Director, Policy

2. Traffic Congestion Persists • Bay Area drivers made an estimated 21 million trips • Length of average trip increased 25.6 minutes in 1990 to 29.4 minutes in 2000 • Recent dip in traffic congestion is recession-related

3. Commuters Crisscross Region Top 3 corridors with increase in daily trips: • 116% increase in daily trips over I-680/Sunol Grade between Alameda and Santa Clara counties • 90% increase on I-580 corridor between Alameda and Central Valley counties • 68% increase on Routes 12 & 29 from Napa and Solano counties

4. Making the Down PaymentProjected 25-Year Revenues for Financially Constrained Element • $118 billion spending plan is primarily focused on maintaining and operating the existing transportation system

5. More Potholes Ahead • $16.7 billion in roadway maintenance costs • $10.6 billion in revenues available as down payment • Results in $6.1 billion shortfall • Strengthen Prop. 42 • Strengthen Prop. 42 to ensure gasoline tax revenues are directed to transportation • The Problem is Bigger than Prop. 42 Alone. • Years of neglect have left our transportation system in a state of disrepair.

6. Keep Trains and Buses Humming • $16.7 billion in transit capital costs • $13.4 billion in revenues available as down payment • Results in $2.8 billion shortfall • Strengthen Prop. 42 • Strengthen Prop. 42 to ensure gasoline tax revenues are directed to transportation • Promote efficiency • Consider institutional and functional transit consolidation measures that improve efficiency

7. State Highways Showing Their Age • $14 billion in State highway maintenance costs • $7 billion in revenues available as down payment • Results in $7 billion shortfall • MTC Supports more SHOPP Funding • Delays in maintenance will increase cost of roadway repairs • However, directing more funding to SHOPP addresses repair needs, but leaves less State funding for expansion projects • SB 1024 would bring money into the STIP and repay past loans

8. Squeezing Better Mileage from Existing Network • Use Technology to Improve the Commute • Install and operate traffic monitoring systems, ramp metering and traffic signal timing to improve traffic flow • Implement real-time communications systems to clear incidents quickly • Provide commuters travel-time reliability to make their lives better • $742 million needed to deploy Regional Operations Program • $329 million in revenues available as down payment • Results in $413 million shortfall

9. HOT Network Delivers Carpool Lanes and Congestion Insurance • HOV lanes shave 15-20 minutes off peak commutes, offering commuters a way to beat congestion • Express buses use HOV lanes to bypass traffic and provide faster, more reliable service • HOT lanes introduce pricing element into highway use by giving solo drivers option to pay to bypass congestion • Regional HOT Lane Network • I-680 Smart Carpool Lane implementation set for 2009 start-up • MTC and Caltrans to lead Regional HOT Lane Analysis beginning of 2006

10. Moving Goods to Market • I-880 Corridor Improvements • Deploy ITS and operational strategies • I-580 Corridor Improvements • Truck climbing lanes; inland rail/barges; truck toll lanes • I-80 Corridor Improvements • I-80/680 interchange • US 101 Peninsula • Operational improvements • Southern Gateway • SR 152/156 improvements • Over 37 percent of Bay Area economic output is manufacturing, freight transportation, and warehouse and distribution businesses • 80 percent of freight movement occurs on freeway corridors, especially I-880, U.S. 101 and I-80 corridors, followed by rail and air cargo • Port of Oakland facilitates maritime freight movement, but is increasingly constrained due to congestion problems

11. Resolution 3434: Bay Area’s Vision for Transit Expansion • MTC Resolution 3434 identifies nine new rail extensions, express buses, ferry service, and enhancements to existing rail and bus corridors • Success of these transit investments depends on many factors, including supportive land uses • Transit Expansion Needed to Meet Regional Population and Job Growth Projections • MTC adopted TOD policy in July 2005 • MTC also committed $2.5 million to support partners in station area planning efforts

12. Enhancing Livability by Connecting Transportation And Land Use • Nearly 2 million people and 1.4 million jobs to be added to Bay Area • Partnerships amongst regional and local agencies needed to facilitate integration of transportation and land use • Joint Policy Committee formed to coordinateregional planning efforts and pursue implementation of the Smart Growth Vision, which was adopted in 2002 • Provide More Land-Use Planning Funds to Partners • MTC provides local planning funds through T-PLUS • The key to effective transportation is adequate housing in the right places.

13. Senate Select Committee on California Infrastructure – Senator Tom Torlakson, Chair Copies of this presentation can be downloaded from MTC’s website at:http://www.mtc.ca.gov