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BETTER BART BETTER BAY AREA BETT BETTER ER BAR ART T / / BETT BETTER ER BAY Y AREA AREA 2 2 BAR ART T SY SYSTE STEM THE THEN A N AND NO ND NOW The decision of the people to build a 3 -county Bay Area rapid transit system

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BETTER BART BETTER BAY AREA

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BETT BETTER ER BAR ART T / / BETT BETTER ER BAY Y AREA AREA

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BAR ART T SY SYSTE STEM—THE THEN A N AND NO ND NOW

1974 Today

“The decision of the people to build a 3-county Bay Area rapid transit system is one of the most courageous and promising acts in modern American municipal history…” —San Francisco Examiner, November 9, 1962

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Antioch Station Pittsburg Center Station
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MAKING A BETTER BAY AREA

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SLIDE 5 5 *One “person” = 500 people. 2014 Caltrans and BART peak direction totals for peak hour, based on an average of non-holiday Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Assumes 71% of vehicles use SOV lanes with average occupancy of 1.15 persons/car, and 29% of vehicles use HOV lanes with average
  • ccupancy of 2.65 persons/car, based on 2014 Bay Area Toll Authority data and 2012 Caltrans Bay Area Managed Lanes report.

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BAY Y BRID BRIDGE GE RUSH USH HO HOUR UR TRAFFIC TRAFFIC

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1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000

MAN MANAGEMENT GEMENT & S & STEWARDSHIP TEWARDSHIP

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Reliability is Improving Mean Time Between Service Disruption—Vehicle Caused

HOURS BETWEEN SERVICE DISRUPTION

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

BART WMATA NYCT Caltrain CTA MARTA Muni FAREBOX RECOVERY RATIO

Revenue Accountability is High BART has historically had one of the highest farebox ratios of all U.S. heavy rail

*National Transit Database (NTD) data, the source of these figures, excludes certain operating expenses, such as building leases, legal settlements, and Other Post Employment Benefits.
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BUILDING A UILDING A BETTE BETTER R BAR ART

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LAB LABOR RELA OR RELATION TIONS

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BAR ART T TO O OAK AK AIRPOR AIRPORT

  • 3.2-mile extension from Coliseum Station to the

Oakland International Airport

  • Automated, driverless people-mover system
  • Service opened November 2014

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OAKLAND SUCCESS STORIES

  • Mixed use transit-oriented development on

surface parking lots at MacArthur station

  • Parking garage opened September 2014
  • 90 Units of Affordable Housing complete
  • Next phase: plaza redesign & 516 units of

market rate housing

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MA MACAR CARTHUR THUR TRANSIT TRANSIT VILLA VILLAGE GE

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OAKLAND SUCCESS STORIES

Multiple improvements underway:

  • 20th St Canopy
  • 17th St Alley (partnership with Oakland)
  • 19th Street Bike Station (partnership with Oakland)

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STREET REET ST STATION TION IMPR IMPROVEMENT VEMENTS

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EAR EARTHQU THQUAKE SAFETY AKE SAFETY

Talking Points Seismic retrofits (safety) Funding Progress: % completion on budget and timeline

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$1 Billion Investment

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

95%

  • f track way made

earthquake safe

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THE THE PR PROBLE OBLEM

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8 16 24 32 150,000 300,000 450,000

Aging Fleet

CARS—AVERAGE YEARS IN SERVICE

Escalating Ridership

AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKDAY RIDERS

THE THE PR PROBLE OBLEM

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NUT NUTS S & & BOL BOLTS TS

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Damaged S Speed Signals = = Slower T Trains

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THE THE SOL SOLUTION UTION

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Continuou Continuous R s Rein einvestmen estment

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FUNDING FUNDING SCEN SCENARIO ARIO

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Approximately 50% Funded

$3.5B

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CAPIT CAPITAL AL FUNDING FUNDING SHOR SHORTF TFALL ALL

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  • POTENTIAL $3.5B BOND MEASURE TO VOTERS IN

BART COUNTIES IN 2016*

  • POTENTIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
  • Upgrade or replace systems
  • Train control, traction and electrical power, mechanical,

communications, fare collection

  • Guideways
  • Track, structures, grounds
  • Facilities
  • Stations, elevators, escalators

“FIX IT FIRST” BOND

* BART Bond Can’t Fund Moveable Assets (train cars) or Salaries

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SUMMAR SUMMARY Y OF OF INVEST INVESTMENTS MENTS

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THE THE R ROAD AHEAD AD AHEAD

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CONSEQUE CONSEQUENCES OF IN NCES OF INACTION CTION

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CONSEQUENCES CONSEQUENCES OF IN OF INACTION CTION

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Hwy 4 Pittsburg to 1-80 I-680 to Hwy 13 Bay Bridge Corridor I-880 Fremont to Oakland I-680 W. Creek to Fremont I-580 Livermore to Oakland I - 80 Hercules to Emeryville

Delay (Hours) With BART Without BART

Traffic Impact Analysis: Effects of the absence of BART service on major East Bay corridors
  • J. Lavel, M. Cassidy, and J.C. Merrera, Oct. 2004

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Freeway Delay Times with and without BART

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YOUR OUR PRIORITIES? PRIORITIES?

FIX AND MODERNIZE BART

  • Repair and upgrade tracks to

enhance safety

  • Replace old train cars to

improve reliability

  • Fix and modernize stations to

boost rider experience

  • Improve access to stations
  • Increase bike parking
  • Improve transit connectivity

INCREASE CAPACITY

  • Run more cars, increase

ridership and take additional cars off the road

  • Replace train control system

with 21st century technology to run trains more frequently

  • Increase station capacity at

the busiest stations to support regional business centers

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OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE BART TO DO?

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HELP HELP BUILD UILD A BETT A BETTER ER BAR ART

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THANK YOU!

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