TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Service to Priority Development Areas
BRIEFING ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving report on the cost of providing service to Priority Development Areas (PDA) at standard service level required by the Plan Bay Area 2040. [Requested by Director Peeples 4/8/2015]
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BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this informational report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Overview
Under Plan Bay Area, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission set 20 minute service as minimum PDA service standard during peak hour. In response to the Board request, staff estimates the annual cost to upgrade the current service in nine (9) PDAs to meet the PDA minimum service standard of 20 minutes frequency would be approximately $20,000,000.
Priority Development Areas--Background
The PDA program was initiated by ABAG in 2012. ABAG asked cities and counties to name and map transit-served areas that the cities and counties deemed appropriate for housing and (later) job growth. Plan Bay Area 2040 projects that most new jobs and housing in the East Bay and the Bay Area will be developed within PDAs. The One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) program from MTC is focused on 200 PDAs across the nine County Bay Area. MTC and ABAG have indicated that they plan to review the PDA program as part of the next Plan Bay Area process.
PDAs within the AC Transit District
Jurisdictions in the AC Transit service area have designated 44 PDAs. Twelve of the thirteen cities in the District (all except Piedmont) named at least one PDA, while Alameda and Contra Costa County named PDAs within the unincorporated areas. In addition, every BART station in the District has been nominated as a PDA (except North Berkeley, which is adjacent to the University Avenue PDA). Newark nominated a site for PDA that currently has no AC Transit service; however...
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