1. Steve Heminger Executive Director Metropolitan Transportation Commission May 2010 Financing California’s Transportation System

2. 2 “We’ve run out of money. Now we’ll have to start thinking.” -Anonymous

3. 3 1. What Should the Feds Do?

4. 4 Protect Ike’s Legacy Interstate Highway System

5. 5 Move the Goods Article 1, Section 8 “To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states…”

6. 6 Keep the Engines Primed Key IndicatorMetro Areas > 1 million 1Share of U.S. Population58% 2Share of GDP61% 3Share of Traffic Congestion97% 4Share of Transit Ridership92% 5 Share of Population Exposure to Criteria Pollutants 88% Sources: U.S. Census, Texas Transportation Institute, U.S. Conference of Mayors, EPA

7. 7 Enhance Energy Security Annual Petroleum Trends in the U.S. 1949-2006 Source: Energy Information Administration

8. 8 2. What Should the State of California Do?

9. 9 Transportation Paradigms  Interstate Era  Build Highways  Post-Interstate Era  Build Anything BUT Highways  Post-Post-Interstate Era  Manage What You’ve Built

10. 10 Average Daily Person Travel, State of California Source: Caltrans, HPMS

11. 11 Operations Projects Benefit/Cost Ratio (avg.) Freeway Ramp Metering14:1 Incident Response 8:1 Arterial Signal Timing35:1 Region-Wide ITS Deployment 9:1 Capital Projects New HOV Lanes 2:1 New Mixed Flow Lanes1.2:1 Interchange Improvements1.2:1 Auxiliary Lanes 5:1 Truck Climbing Lanes1.3:1 Source: MTC, Caltrans, and FHWA Cost/Benefit of Operations and Capital Projects

12. 12 Traffic Congestion Caltrans Budget

13. 13 3. What Should the Metros Do?

14. 14 Price the System Change in Motion Create an 800-mile Regional High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) Network on Bay Area freeways 14

15. 15 Change in Motion $400 million for Lifeline Transportation Program $1 billion for Regional Bicycle Network $2.2 billion for Transportation for Livable Communities Program TOD Policy for Transit Expansion Program 15 Leverage Land-Use Changes

16. 16 Meet the Climate Challenge RTAC Target Recommendation: X% CO 2 per capita reduction between 2005 and 2020/2035

17. 17 www.mtc.ca.gov