TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: AC Transit's Participation in MTC's Regional Transit Priority Efforts
BRIEFING ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving an update on AC Transit's participation in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC's) regional transit priority efforts.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
Participating in MTC's regional transit priority efforts would help address the District's challenges related to transit speed and service reliability on key corridors where there is congestion and a need for transit priority elements.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
Participation in the transit priority component of MTC's Transit Transformation Action Plan (TAP) will have a positive fiscal impact for AC Transit's transit priority capital needs. Policies developed to support regional transit priority will help set regional funding priorities that could be favorable to the District and the District's involvement in the process provides opportunities to align future funding with the District's needs.
Additionally, the Bus Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery (BusAID) program will fund a number of transit priority projects. In response to this program, AC Transit staff submitted two projects, Park Avenue Transit Signal Priority (TSP) and International Boulevard Transit Lane Delineation. If selected to move forward, AC Transit could receive up to $8.09 million in new grant funds to implement transit priority treatments on these corridors. An award will most likely come with a local match requirement which would require commitment of District funds of up to $2.0 million. The exact amount depends on the amount and source of the funding awarded.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
In July 2021, MTC ado...
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