A New Regional Vision

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A New Regional Vision Bay Area Infrastructure
Breakfast Forum October 7, 2008 Steve Heminger,
MTC Executive Director
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Aging Pains
Transportation 2035 Plan Expenditures by Function
(Total revenues 223 Billion)
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Aging Pains
Maintenance Needs, Funding, Shortfalls (In
billions of escalated dollars)
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Growing Pains

• Nearly 2 million more people
• 1.8 million new jobs
• Need for over 700,000 new homes
• A tripling in freight volumes

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Growing Pains
C H A L L E N G E S
Growth in Interregional Commuting 20002030

• Longer distances
• Increasing delay

103 Increase in Delay20002030
103 Increase in Delay, 2000 - 2030
800
600
Daily Delay
(000s of hours)
400
200
2000
2030
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Making a Difference

• Reduce congestion 20 below todays levels

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Freeway Performance Ramp Metering

• Freeway Performance Initiative
• Regionwide Ramp Metering 700 m (10 years)
• Traffic Operations System (TOS)
  Maintenance/Replacement 900 m (25 years)
• Arterial Coordination/Management 40 m (25
  years)
• Performance Monitoring 10 m (25 years)

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Regional HOT Network

• Completion of network 20 to 40 years faster.
• Reduce congestion and emissions.
• Advantages of regional approach
• Traffic forecasts are higher when a full network
  is in place as travel is not limited to county
  boundaries.
• Viable financing plan using bridge toll backstop.
• Consistent Caltrans design exceptions.
• Common tolls across a full network avoids
  confusion.

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Priority Development Areas
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Making a Difference

• Reduce CO2 40 below 1990 levels

Note Trend assumes current state laws and
regulations, including fuel efficiency standards
called for under state law passed in 2002,
though currently in litigation (AB 1493, Pavley,
2002)
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Transportation 2035 Plan Expenditures by Mode
(Total revenues 223 Billion)
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MTC Resolution 3434
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How do we close the greenhouse gap?

• Vehicle emissions
• Increase fuel economy of new vehicles to 54
  miles per gallon
• Increase share of zero-emission vehicles to 55
• Vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
• Increase telecommuting from 3 to 10 market
  share
• Other employer strategies like parking cash-out

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Changes in attitude and behavior

• Breakthroughs are possible!

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Unfinished Business

• Eliminate 40B shortfall for highway, transit and
  local road repair
• Improve transit performance smarter service,
  fewer systems
• Reform federal transportation law as recommended
  by National Surface Transportation Policy and
  Revenue Study Commission
• Vote YES on Proposition 1A High Speed Rail