Post on 17-Jan-2016
Steve HemingerExecutive Director,MTC
AMPO Annual ConferenceWashington, D.C. – October 23, 2003
Playing in Traffic: A New Look at Management
and Operations
Playing in Traffic: A New Look at Management
and Operations
Bay Area at a Glance
• Nine counties
• 101 municipalities
• Total area: over 7,100 square miles
• Population: nearly 7 million (2000 census)
• Employment: 3.7 million jobs (2000 census)
0 20 40 60 80 100
Key Bay Area trends over the Next 25 years?
Projected Growth from 2000-2025
Population
Jobs
Auto Trips
22%
40%
27%
43%
27%
RTP provides for:
% % % % %%
77%Out-of-Region Work Trips
Transit Trips
Transit Capacity (seat miles/hour)
Road Capacity (lane miles)5%
MTC Responsibilities for Regional Operations
Planner• Incorporate System Management and Operations
into the Regional Transportation Plan• Evaluate system performance
Funder• Implement flexibility of ISTEA/TEA 21• Commit funding for regional system management
programs
Operator/Coordinator of Regional Programs• TransLink® Fare Collection System• 511 Traveler Information• FasTrak™ Electronic Toll Collection• Freeway Service Patrol• Regional Rideshare Services
Flexible Funds Foster a Diversity Of Projects
Objectives
• Make transit more convenient and accessible
• Boost highway and local road efficiency
• Provide timely, accurate information to travelers
System Management
• Every day, 1.5 million people ride Bay Area buses, rail and ferry services provided by 20+ different transit agencies
• Focus on improving connections between systems and modes
• Highest customer priority – single fare card
Make Transit More Convenient and Accessible
TransLink®
• Successful pilot in 2002
• Region wide implementation• Multi-agency governance
• Phase 2 Approved
• Installation 2004-2006
• Coordinate with parking, electronic tolls, non-transportation uses
TransLink® (continued)
511.org Transit Page
• Convenient seamless transit information for the public
• Features a regional transit trip planner, schedules, routes, fares and more
• TakeTransitsm Trip Planner: Over 8,100 itineraries per weekday; 32% growth in last year
Boost Highway and Local Road Efficiency
• FasTrak Electronic Toll Collection System
• Incident Management — Freeway Service Patrol/Call Box
• Arterial Management and Signal Timing
• Region wide communications network for freeways and major arterials
FasTrak
• Electronic toll collection on 7 state-owned bridges and Golden Gate Bridge
• 325,000 Tag holders
• Used for 35% of Total Trips
• Caltrans management through 2003
• MTC assumes management 2004
Strategic Objectives• Consolidate all bridges under
a single operation – 2005• Increase usage and dedicated
lanes• Coordinate with TransLink®,
other electronic payment• Potential HOT lane applications in future
Provide timely, accurate information to travelers…
• Combines traffic, transit and rideshare information on the phone and on the web
• Phone number operational since December 2002
• 136% growth in phone calls since shift to 511
511 Web Portal
• Rideshare and Bicycle Pages December 2002
• Transit Page November 2003
• Traffic Page November 2003
• Driving times feature using toll tag data
Lessons Learned
• Partnerships are only as strong as the weakest link
• Some technology still in adolescence
• Keys to funding success:
• who controls money and
• who runs program
• Incentive-based contracts a mixed bag
Metropolitan Transportation Commission