TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Broadway Transit Lanes
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider the adoption of Resolution No. 23-018 authorizing the Alameda County Transportation Commission to appropriate $2 million of the $10 million dedicated toward College/Broadway Corridor Transit Priority in the Measure BB Transportation Expenditure Plan to the City of Oakland for sole use on construction of District approved transit priority elements under the City's Reconnecting the Town: Safe, Reliable and Equitable Access Project, particularly the construction of the extension of dedicated transit lanes on Broadway to Jack London Square.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
Chris Andrichak, Chief Financial Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
The appropriation of these funds toward the City's Reconnecting the Town Project provides a mechanism for the District to extend transit priority treatments along its most used corridor, enabling service on Broadway to be more reliable for our operations and our customers.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
While there is no budgetary/fiscal impact to the District's operating budget, the proposed appropriation of $2 million would come from Alameda County Measure BB funds programmed for College/Broadway Corridor Transit Priority for the purpose of improving transit performance along the corridor. The $2 million would supplement the City of Oakland's 2021 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant award of $14.5 million for its Reconnecting the Town Project which includes the dedicated transit lanes extension along Broadway to Jack London Square among other transit improvements in the project area. The City intends to fund the project with multiple funding sources ...
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