Transit Sustainability Project Silicon Valley Leadership Group Transportation Policy Committee April 4, 2012

2 Project Context

Challenge for Bay Area Transit System Projected Deficits Transportation 2035

Bay Area seeks to focus growth around transit Plan Bay Area forecast growth in Priority Development Areas: 74% new housing 67% new jobs More intense development near high quality transit Opportunity for Bay Area Transit System

5 What is Important for Transit’s Success?  Improve financial position: Contain costs, cover a greater percentage of operating and capital costs with a growing share of passenger fare revenues; secure reliable streams of public funding.  Improve service for the customer: Strengthen the system so that it functions as an accessible, user-friendly and coordinated network for transit riders, regardless of mode, location or jurisdiction.  Attract new riders to the system: Strengthen the system so that it can attract and accommodate new riders in an era of emission- reduction goals, and is supported through companion land use and pricing policies. 5

6 Efforts to Strengthen the Bay Area Transit System  Financial Position: Significant efforts by transit management and labor to stem cost increases in last several years  Customer Service:  Focused service performance efforts in areas of the region  Coordination and collaboration yield benefits for customers  Attracting new riders:  Plan Bay Area calls for land use patterns that rely heavily on transit service  Pricing policies

7 How can the Bay Area Continue to Improve?  Control costs  Reinvest savings in service  Build public confidence  Attract additional revenue  Invest strategically to improve customer experience and attract more passengers  Interagency initiatives focused on the customer and cost reductions

8 Financial Performance Goal – Strengthen the system so that it can cover its operating and capital costs with a growing share of passenger fare revenues as well as reliable streams of public funding.

Bay Area Large Operators: Percent Change in Cost and Performance Indicators (1997 – 2008) Source: National Transit Database, “Big 7” only. Excludes ferry, cable car and paratransit.

10 Establish Performance Framework  Financial targets would be set compared to the highest cost per hour experienced by each agency between 2008 and Note that 5% would include savings from labor agreements since  Based on evaluation and possible savings in areas including:  Fringe Benefits  Work Rules and Business Model  Administrative Costs 10

11 Some Operators are on Track: Cost per Hour 11 1)Data from TDA submittals; except SamTrans FY (audited actuals), Caltrain from CAFRs and NTD reports 2)FY data will be revised to reflect audited final numbers

12 Some Operators on Track: Cost Per Passenger 1)Data from TDA submittals; except SamTrans FY (audited actuals), Caltrain from CAFRs and NTD reports 2)FY data will be revised to reflect audited final numbers

Operators to Chart Performance Roadmap  Existing and new operating and capital funds administered by MTC may be linked to progress towards target FY 2013Year 1  Agencies develop strategic plan for meeting targets  Boards adopt strategic plans and submit to MTC FY 2014Year 2  Report progress to Boards and MTC FY 2015Year 3  Report progress to Boards and MTC FY 2016Year 4  Report progress to Boards and MTC FY 2017Year 5  Report progress to Boards and MTC FY 2018Analyze data  Report to MTC for next year’s allocations FY st year of Compliance and after  Funds may be allocated or withheld based on progress towards target

14 Potential New Revenues  Regional Gas Tax  Subject to 2/3 voter approval, MTC may impose a gas tax not to exceed 10 cents per gallon (10 cent gas tax = ~$250 million/year)  Regional Gas Tax Poll underway - results available in March  Support Local Measures that are consistent with TSP goals and objectives (e.g. Alameda County Reauthorization – proposed $3.7 billion for transit)

15 Service Performance Goal – Strengthen the system so that it functions as an accessible, user-friendly and coordinated network for transit riders, regardless of mode, location or jurisdiction.

16 Establish the Transit Performance Initiative Propose an investment and incentive approach to achieve improved service performance Investment 1. Regional investment in supportive infrastructure to achieve performance improvements in major transit corridors - $30 million pilot program of projects scheduled for approval with April TSP adoption Incentive 2. Reward agencies that achieve improvements in ridership and service productivity

17 Institutional: Collaboration and Coordination

18 Functional Consolidation: Capital Planning and Resource Sharing  Expand regional capital project planning/design to include sharing existing expertise (e.g., BRT) and facilities (e.g., maintenance shops)  Formalize joint procurement of services and equipment through regional resource centers  Reduce number of contracts  Achieve economies of scale 4. Proposed Institutional Recommendations Examples: SANDAG, Toronto, Metrolinx Examples: Metrolinx Bay Area Transit System: 3,200 Buses 1,200 Rail Cars 1,200 miles of rail

19 Functional Consolidation: Service Planning 4. Proposed Institutional Recommendations  Use county or subregion-level SRTPs to promote interagency strategic planning  Include performance metrics/targets  Include institutional elements and timeline  Integrate bus/rail scheduling software to facilitate schedule coordination and customer travel planning  Standardize schedule changes for service planning  Automatically update transit operators’ information and traveling public’s access to most recent information

20 Strengthen Coordination Among Small Operators Fare Capital & Service Planning Customer Service Coordination Opportunities Strategy Areas Uniform eligibility/fares for transfers, discounts County-based SRTPs/joint purchase requirements Joint call centers/marketing Possible Coordination Concept Milestone Timeframe Short-Term (1-2 years) Medium- Term (3-5 years) Standard Fare Policy A. Joint Fare Structure X B. Clipper Roll-out X X County/Subarea SRTPs X Joint Purchasing XX Joint Call Centers/Marketing X

21 Institutional Consolidation Complete existing consolidations: SolTrans Ferries (Vallejo, Alameda-Oakland, and Harbor Bay) Apply lessons learned from consolidation of transit services in Solano and Napa in considering benefits of institutional consolidation among smaller operators elsewhere. Consider integration of multiple transportation functions such as transit operating, planning and sales tax authority when appropriate (e.g. VTA, ACTC) 4. Proposed Institutional Recommendations

22 Transit Sustainability Project Recommendations 1.Financial – Establish performance framework to reduce Operating Cost per Service Hour* by 5% within 5 years and no growth beyond CPI thereafter 2.Service – Transit Performance Initiative 1.Investment 2.Incentive 3.Institutional 1.Functional Consolidation 2.Strengthen coordination among small operators 3.Institutional Consolidation - complete work in progress and apply lessons learned to future decision making *Operators may choose Op Cost per Passenger or Op Cost per Passenger-Miles for performance metric