Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Planning

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Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Planning
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10 Worst Congestion Locations in 2000
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Fastest-Growing Bay Area Travel Markets,
20002020
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Total Population GrowthPercentage change
2000 2040
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233 Increase
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Regional Daily Trips by Mode in 2025
Work and Non-Work Trips
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How Does the Draft RTP Purpose to Spend the
87.4 Billion
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How Much Money Will Be Available?
Total 87.4 Billion
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How Does the Draft RTP Spend the 8.6 Billion in
Track 1?

• MTC/Regional Priorities (3.6 billion)
• Transit maintenance shortfalls 1.2 billion
• Regional roads maintenance shortfalls 0.1
  billion
• Regional Transit Expansion Agreement 1.4 billion
• MTC regional programs 0.9 billion
• Transportation for Livable Communities
• Housing Incentive Program (HIP)
• TransLink smart card
• Freeway Service Patrol/call box network
• TravInfo (817-1717) traveler info system

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What are the Key Bay Area Trends Over the Next 25
Years?
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Metropolitan Transportation CommissionsTransport
ation Land Use InitiativesTLC, HIP and Smart
Growth
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TLC Program Overview

• Grants for community based transportation
  projects (mixed-use, affordable housing)
• Typical projects pedestrian/transit-oriented
  streetscapes and developments (transit
  villages)
• Encourage innovative thinking and community
  partnership
• Grassroots projects encouraged

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TLC Program Quick Facts

• TLC encompasses a range of programs
• Planning grants for conceptual design
• Capital grants for construction
• Housing Incentive Program
• 54 million in federal funds over six years for
  capital and housing programs
• 475,000 per year for planning grants subject to
  annual MTC budget
• 107 projects funded to date (46 million)

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Relationship of TLC to Other MTC Activities

• Implementation tool for land use criteria in
  MTCs Transit Expansion Policy (Res. 3434)
• Considering identifying areas around new transit
  expansion stations as top priority when awarding
  funds.
• Foundation for future programs currently being
  considered
• Specific Plan Grant Program
• Air Quality Plan - Integration with other housing
  and transportation incentive programs (HUD
  grants, tax credits, statewide housing bond
  measure)
• Possibly lead to other new incentive programs
  recommended by Regional Smart Growth Project

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16th Street BART Community Design Plans, San
Francisco

• Existing conditions of BART station, southwest
  plaza (left) and conceptual redesign (below)

Planning Grant 25,000 Capital Grant 1.7
million Local Match 260,000
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Ohlone-Chynoweth Commons Eden Housing, City of
San Jose, Valley Transportation Authority
Capital Grant 575,000 Local Match 100,000
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Housing Incentive Program

• Focus on dense housing walkable to transit
• New program, based on San Mateo model
• Transportation funds awarded to local
  jurisdictions helping implement compact,
  transit-oriented housing
• Grant funds 9 million annually
• Transportation funds for transportation projects
  consistent with TLC goals

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Rationale for HIP Program

• Incentives provide resources to local
  jurisdictions attempting to implement transit
  focused housing
• Smart growth and infill development are more
  expensive, risky, and difficult to implement than
  development on greenfields on the urban fringe
• Housing often perceived as a cost to local
  jurisdictions
• New projects often meet resistance from local
  community
• Incentives reduce the financial barriers to
  infill development

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Project Eligibility HIP

• Projects submitted in the planning process
• Housing projects are within 1/3 of a mile
  (1,800) walk to the transit stop
• Transit service has 15 minute headways during
  peak period commute hours
• Applicant for funds is a city or county
  department/agency

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Density Thresholds Awards

• More funds for more density
• Bonus for affordable housing
• 25 units per acre 1,000 per bedroom 500 per
  affordable bedroom
• 40 units per acre 1,500 per bedroom 500 per
  affordable bedroom
• 60 units per acre or more 2,000 per bedroom
  500 per affordable bedroom

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First Call For Projects

• 16 cities submitted applications representing 22
  million
• 15 million in applications were found eligible
  and 9 million available for 5,323 units
• Bedrooms 5,411 market rate and 2,060 affordable

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HIP Lessons Learned

• Projects take time to implement
• Community involvement
• Connection to larger development project
• Institutional relationships (local jurisdiction,
  transit agency, non-profit organizations,
  community groups, funding agencies)
• Complex funding arrangements
• Annual call for projects awkward approach given
  development and planning process
• Confusion about eligible uses of funds

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Bay Area Regional Smart Growth

• Sponsorship by 5 Bay Area regional agencies
• ABAG, MTC, BAAQMD, BCDC, RWQCB
• Commitment of almost 1.5 million in cash
• Participation by Board members
• Staff time for planning, analysis and support
• Also sponsored by Bay Area Alliance
• Coalition of 45 community and business groups
• Represent the 3 Es Economy, Environment and
  Social Equity
• Further support by local jurisdictions/agencies

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Smart Growth and Livability

• Region expected to grow by 1 million people and 1
  million jobs over next 20 years
• Current trends result in
• 265,000 people commuting daily into the region
• Worsening housing shortage and expense
• Worsening congestion and air quality
• Development of over 80,000 acres of greenspace

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Smart Growth goals

• Bring future jobs and housing closer together,
  and close to transit
• Increase transportation choices
• Improve air quality
• Reduce congestion
• Improve housing affordability
• Strengthen existing cities
• Protect valuable open space

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First phase of workshops

• 9 county level workshops
• Participation of 1,000 people whole day
  Saturday sessions
• GIS used to electronically map proposals during
  workshops participants could see results in
  progress
• Definition of 3 Smart Growth Alternatives

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Smart Growth Alternatives

• Central Cities
• Focus development in the regions biggest cities,
  and biggest city or cities in each county
• Network of Neighborhoods
• Develop in biggest cities as above, but less
  dense, plus additional compact, mixed use
  development along transportation corridors
• Smarter Suburbs
• Growth in locations above but at lower densities.
  Additional growth at the regions edges,
  balancing jobs to housing and housing to jobs

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Analysis of Impacts3 Alternatives and Base Case

• Environment (new land used, air, water quality)
• Transportation (proximity of jobs and housing to
  transit, levels of transit and non-auto modes)
• Housing (match of numbers and incomes to housing
  costs by area)
• Social and Economic Equity (impacts on
  impoverished communities)
• Development Feasibility

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ABAG Consideration Action Plan
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Development of Action Plan Incentives and
Regulatory Changes

• Focus on regional, State, Federal actions
• Fiscal Reforms
• Issues of property tax, sales tax, tax sharing
• Financial Incentives
• Possible funding of smart zones, joint school
  community facilities, prioritizing housing and
  transportation funding
• Regulatory Changes
• Consideration of CEQA modifications, construction
  defect legislation, livable wage

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For more information

• TLC Ashley Nguyen ANguyen_at_mtc.ca.gov
• HIP Trent Lethco Tlethco_at_mtc.ca.gov
• Smart Growth Valerie Knepper VKnepper_at_mtc.ca.gov
  
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission
• 101 Eighth Street
• Oakland, CA 94607
• 510.464.7700
• Slides may be downloaded from
• http//www.mtc.ca.gov