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Multi-City Working Group August 28, 2018 Sustainable Mobility Options

RICAPS technical assistance is available through the San Mateo County Energy Watch program, which is funded by California utility customers, administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission and with matching funds provided by C/CAG.

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Panel: School & City Fleet Electrification & Active Modes

School Bus Conversions Tomas Ortiz Energy Analyst, California Energy Commission Safe Routes to School Theresa Vallez-Kelly Safe Routes to School Coordinator, SMCOE Heather Arata Community Health Planner, San Mateo County Health System Vanessa Castro SRTS for Health & Wellness Project Specialist, SMCOE

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Tomas Ortiz

School Bus Replacement Program

Fuels and Transportation Division California Energy Commission August 28, 2018

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School Bus Program Overview

• $75 million in grant funds for

replacement of oldest school buses in CA.

• Eligible applicants: school districts,

county offices of education (COE) and joint power authorities (JPA) in CA.

• Priority given to oldest school buses,
• r buses operating in disadvantaged

communities and schools that have majority of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

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Program Design

Three complementary funding components:

• 1. School bus replacement (2 phases)
• Phase 1: Solicit public school districts/COEs to establish a list of

buses eligible for replacement based on applications received.

• Phase 2: Solicit manufacturers to design, construct, and deliver the

replacement electric buses to school districts and COEs awarded in Phase 1. This phase is a separate solicitation which is planned for release in late 2018.

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• Cont. Program Design
• 2. Provide fueling infrastructure to support awarded school buses.
• 3. Provide workforce training and development opportunities and

resources to support electric school bus maintenance, charging, and operations.

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Source of Funding

School Bus Funds

• $75 million (SB 110 Funds) will fund EV school buses.

 $18.75 evenly distributed between 4 regions (Northern ,Central, LA County, and Southern).

• $3.7 million (ARFVTP Funds) will fund CNG buses.

 $165,000 per bus awarded to the Applicants who have the highest ranked buses in California and have justified their need for CNG bus. Infrastructure Funds

• $13 million (ARFVTP) for EV infrastructure.

 $60k per awarded school bus.

• $2.4 million (ARFVTP) for CNG infrastructure.

 Up to $500k per awardee.

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Emphasizing Electric School Buses

• 1. Benefits Children’s

Health

• 2. Lowered Emissions
• 3. Quieter Smoother Ride
• 4. Charging Overnight
• 5. Lower Maintenance
• 6. Lower Fuel Cost
• 7. Potential Vehicle to Grid

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Distribution of $75 M

• Evenly within four regions
• Approximately $18.75 M

allocated to each region.

• Eligible applicants will

compete for funding within each region.

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Evaluation Criteria

Criterion Possible Points Age of School Bus 70 Free and Reduced Priced Meals (FRPM) 20 Benefits of Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) 10

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Key Dates

Activity Date

School District Solicitation Release May 31, 2018 Applications Due September 20, 2018 (5 p.m.) Post bus list (Initial NOPA) October 2018 Bulk Pricing for Electric Buses Solicitation Release October 2018 Award Manufacturer(s)/Dealer(s) February 2019 Award buses (Final NOPA) February 2019 Install Infrastructure April - December 2019 Begin Delivering Buses Estimated to be October 2019

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Stay Connected

School Bus Replacement Application:

• http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/tran

sportation.html#GFO-17-607 School Bus Website/List Server:

• http://www.energy.ca.gov/transportation

/schoolbus/index.html

• Follow instructions on bottom left

corner Contact: Schoolbusprogram@energy.ca.gov (855) 279-6381

Active Transportation and Schools

San Mateo County Office of Education San Mateo County Public Health

Not all places are created equally

John Daly Blvd, Daly City Chilco Blvd, Menlo Park

What we are doing to help…

How you can help...

• Get to Know Schools in Your City

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Meet Safe Routes to School Coordinator

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18 school districts

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October 17

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Look for opportunities to collaborate

• Safe Routes to School Community Advisory Committee
• Grant Opportunities

THANK YOU!

Heather Arata, PhD Community Health Planner Health Policy and Planning Program San Mateo County Health System harata@smcgov.org 650-573-2737 Vanessa Castro Project Specialist, Safe Routes for Health and Wellness San Mateo County Office of Education vcastro@smcoe.org 650-598-2184 Theresa Vallez-Kelly, MPH Coordinator, Safe Routes to School San Mateo County Office of Education tvkelly@smcoe.org 650-598-2179

Questions for Our Panelists

• How can city and county staff leverage the SRTS approach

(targeting schools, city, and parents/community) for other climate action goals?

• Is the private sector also undertaking bus conversions, for

example for employee commutes?

Panel: Transportation Demand Management

Alternative Commute Incentives Kayla Gordon & Gwen Buckley, Sustainability Coordinators, San Mateo County Office of Sustainability Commute.org John Ford Executive Director, Commute.org Countywide Programs John Hoang Program Director, C/CAG Sara Muse Transportation Planner & Programs Specialist, C/CAG

San Mateo County Congestion Management Agency (CMA)

RICAPS Multi-City Working Group Meeting August 28, 2018

C/CAG Efforts

• Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Policy
• Land Use Guidelines and Compliance Monitoring
• San Mateo County Congestion Relief Plan

Traffic Impact Analysis Policy

• Purpose
• Preserve acceptable performance
• Provide uniformed procedures to analyze cumulative traffic impacts on the CMP

Network

• Project Types
• Roadway Modification
• General Plan and Specific Plans
• Land Use Development Projects
• Elements
• Determine Near-term and Long-term impacts
• Mitigations

Guidelines for Implementing Land Use Component

• Purpose
• Analyze impacts of land use decisions made by local jurisdictions
• Criteria
• Projects generates a net 100 or more peak hour trips on CMP Network
• Mitigation Options
• Reduce Scope
• Impose Traffic Mitigation Fees
• Implement TDM Programs to receive “Trip Credits”
• Monitor TDM Programs

San Mateo County Congestion Relief Plan (CRP)

• Purpose
• Countywide effort to address deficiencies on CMP Network
• Remove responsibilities from cities to correct deficient roadways
• Programs
• Employer-based shuttle programs and Local Transportation Services
• Countywide Travel Demand Management
• Countywide ITS/Traffic Operational Improvements
• Climate Action Plan Activities

Goals

• Reduce number of single occupancy vehicles on the road and increase usage of

carpooling and ridesharing in San Mateo County during peak commute periods

• Encourage residents and employees of San Mateo County to consider

carpooling/ridesharing as an alternative to driving alone when commuting to and from work

Objectives

• Initiate the C/CAG Countywide Carpooling Incentive Pilot Program
• Provide incentives to offset the cost of carpooling trips
• Enable Program to be available to all 20 cities and County residents and worker
• Collaborate with private sector with Dynamic Ridesharing/Carpooling Application

(App) for real-time ride-sharing services to support the Program

How the Program Worked

• Applied to trips within peak AM and PM periods, M-F
• Applied to trips that begins or ends in San Mateo County
• Targeted users – for residents of San Mateo County or for workers who work in the

County

• Incentive established at $2 per trip per person (rider/driver)
• Offered up to $1 million to subsidize the cost of the program over a one (1) year period
• r until funds are exhausted
• Roll out in July 24, 2017 with Scoop, Officially launched August 1, 2017,

completed June 30, 2018

Incentives Model

Scoop

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Rider Pa Pays ys C/CAG Pa Pays ys Driv iver R Rec ec Scoop

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ets No Incentive $6 $0 $5 $1 With Incentive $4 $4 $7 $1

Examples of how the incentive pricing is applied to one (1) trip for Scoop: 1 Trip = Rider or Driver

Carpool Trips With Incentive

Impa pact t to d date:

• 150,000+

000+ carpool trips taken

• 22%

22% increase in carpool trips between February and March

8,157 34,593 33,156 39,006 34,998 26,066 39,799 38,163 46,660

• 5,000

10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000

Thank You!

John Hoang Sara Muse jhoang@smcgov.org smuse@smcgov.org

Present ntation O Overview

Agency Overview TDM Program Areas Technology & TDM Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program

Agen ency cy Ov Over erview

Fo Focus: Reduce SOVs traveling to, from or through San Mateo County Struc ucture: JPA – 18 members (+2 applications pending) Board – elected officials Staff – 8 full-time, 2 AmeriCorps fellows Fundi Funding P Partners: C/CAG San Mateo County Transportation Authority BAAQMD (TFCA thru C/CAG) Private Sector Employers

Michael Lempres Davina Hurt Clifford Lentz** Atherton Belmont Brisbane Emily Beach Rae Gonzalez Glenn Sylvester Burlingame Colma Daly City Carlos Romero Sam Hindi Harvey Rarback East Palo Alto Foster City Half Moon Bay Shawn Christianson Gina Papan Sue Digre Hillsborough Millbrae Pacifica Jeffrey Gee* Rico Medina Mark Olbert Redwood City San Bruno San Carlos Eric Rodriguez Richard Garbarino David Canepa San Mateo South San Francisco County of San Mateo * Chair ** Vice Chair

Roster as of 8/2018

Boar ard o d of D Directors

TDM P Program am A Areas as

Employer Programs Commuter Programs Shuttle Program Transportation & Technology Partnerships

Commu mmute.org Shuttle P Program

Cities/Routes/Ridership

• Brisbane, Burlingame, Foster City, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, SSF
• 20 routes (+6 being merged)
• 2,400 average daily riders
• Funding
• Funding Agreements with TA for 13 routes
• Consortium partners (70)
• New Admin/Marketing funds
• Shuttl

tle A Administr trati tion

• Route management optimization
• Hiring CSR/Operations staff
• Route and Schedule Mods
• Technology Enhancements
• Dedicated shuttle marketing

Aver erage Da e Daily S y Shuttle R Rider ership

(July 2 2010 010-2018 018)

1,299 299 1,531 531 1,687 687 1,803 803 2,087 087 2,237 237 2,449 449 2,358 358 2,381 381

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000

20 2010 10 20 2011 11 20 2012 12 20 2013 13 20 2014 14 20 2015 15 20 2016 16 20 2017 17 20 2018 18

Commuter P Pro rogra rams

STAR Platform launched in September 2016

• Challenges/Incentives/Rewards
• GRH program platform
• STAR store introduced in 2017

Extend functions/features in FY 2018-2019

• App-based trip logging
• Carpool incentive program integration
• Legacy incentives integration

STAR P Platform T Trip P Planner

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Data Dr Driven F n Feedbac ack

STAR Impact Report

Program ams, I Inc ncentives, s, and and Techno hnology

Programs connected for commuters – Automatic Trip logging now available

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Executive Director PH: 650/588-8170 john@commute.org

San Mateo County Commute Alternatives Program

Kayla Gordon kmgordon@smcgov.org

Sustainability Coordinator

San Mateo County Commute Alternatives Program

• 20 Years +
• Largely unchanged, participation stable
• Measure A Transportation funds, GF
• Focus on public transit and bike/walk

TDM Strategies – Existing Scenario

• SMC Commuter Bus
• $75 Transit Subsidy
• $20 Bike, Walk, Carpool

Subsidy

• Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits

(New!)

• Vanpool
• Emergency Ride Home

175 riders 980+employees 150+employees

TDM Strategies to Consider

New employee

• rientation

material Expand Work from home Transit Agency Partnerships On-site bike repair Transportation Management Platform Subsidized Ridematching Parking Cash Out Paid Parking Time-Off Incentive Pilot

San Mateo County CAP (future)

Development of Final Transportation Demand Management Strategic Plan Consolidated resources for County employees (just launched!) Continuation/Expansion of Commuter Bus pilot Targeted outreach for existing programs & services

San Mateo County Commuter Bus Program

2015 Innovation Summit 2016 - 2017 1st Year – former vendor 2017 - 2018 2nd Year – Chariot September 2018 Commuter Bus RFP 2019-2021(?) Continued Service

San Mateo County Commuter Bus Program

• Size: 14 seats
• Features: Wi-fi, bike racks, ADA accessible
• n request
• Data: ridership collected electronically
• Passes: $50 Monthly prorated
• $25 10-ride
• $2.50 single fare
• System: order through Chariot account
• Deadline: On-demand
• Distribution: electronically via Chariot app
• r web account

2017-2018 - Chariot

San Mateo County Commuter Bus Program

Challenges:

• ADA compliance
• On-Demand
• Full buses (It’s a good problem!)

Improvements:

• Riders can rate their drivers!
• Riders can provide feedback

directly to Chariot!

• Staff has robust data to analyze

performance and make informed adjustments

Overview: BIKE and PED

San Mateo County is participating in the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project from September 11th – 16th, 2018. This nationwide effort follows a standardized protocol. The resulting data can be used:

• By planners
• By decision-makers
• To guide investment decisions around sustainable transportation

Count Locations

Count locations in purple were counted in 2016 and 2017. Count locations in yellow are new locations in 2017. Counts in green are 2016 only.

For more information visit smcsustainability.org/livable- communities/active-transportation/ Please direct all questions to bikepedcountsmc@gmail.com OR call (650) 599-1420.

Questions for Our Panelists

• How can cities best utilize and encourage adoption of TDM tools?
• What are some aspects of the county commute alternatives

program that can be implemented on the city level?

Small Group Discussions

• Active Transportation
• TDM
• Electrification

What are cities doing? What resources are needed?

Next Steps

September 25th Webinar: Climate Adaptation