TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Quick Build Program Update and Next Steps
BRIEFING ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving report on the strategy and next steps for Quick Build transit projects. [Requested by Director Walsh - 2/10/21]
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Infrastructure Modernization
The Quick Build program would help to address increasingly slow bus speeds by building transit priority infrastructure throughout the District, improving the customer experience by reducing delay and improving schedule reliability.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Staffing the Quick Build program in the near-term would be done by assigning staff currently transitioning between projects and would have no fiscal impact other than the continuation of one full time equivalent position. However, to have a long-term, sustainable program, the District should consider a dedicated program manager responsible for improving the speed and reliability of transit service.
Projects planned and developed through the Quick Build program would be funded through the District's Capital Budget through available grant and program funds for small-scale transit performance improvements.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The Quick Build concept is intended to help the District rapidly implement small-scale projects that improve transit operations and help to achieve long-term speed and reliability goals. Projects like "red carpet" bus lanes, queue-jump lanes, temporary features or pilot projects could be deployed throughout the District to provide benefits to bus riders and help overcome transit rider hesitancy. These could take the form of stand-alone projects at bottlenecks or be part of a larger corridor-wide effort. Staff has begun to identify possible projects with staff in Oakland and Berkeley and to advocate for these types of projects with funding agencies.
The District has subm...
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