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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06211994 - TC.4 TCA TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - Contra FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE « Costa DATE: JUNE 21, 1994 County SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE EAST CONTRA COSTA INTERMODAL TRANSIT ACCESS PROJECT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Accept status report on the East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project. FISCAL IMPACT None. Subsequent Board actions may be necessary to commit local share matching funds for the PVEA grant. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS California State Senate Bill No. 314, approved by the Governor in October 1993 , designates Contra Costa County as the recipient of a $200, 000 grant from the Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) to plan improved rail and bus transit access, transit connections, and transfer points to the east county area. In May 1994, the Community Development Department initiated the first step in securing the PVEA fund grant with submittal of a project proposal entitled "East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project" (attached as Exhibit "A") . The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a comprehensive intermodal transit access program for eastern Contra Costa County. When the new Bay Point BART Station opens, residents in eastern Contra Costa County will be served by the BART system, a 100-mile rail transit network serving the urban core of the Bay Area. According to BART forecasts, more than 90% of the patrons will access this new station via private automobile. The intermodal transit access program is intended to improve and coordinate bus feeder services, develop complementary park-n-ride facilities, .and plan pedestrian and bicycle enhancements to provide East County commuters with easier, convenient alternative modes of access to the Bay Point BART Station. In addition, this program would examine the improving CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: xx YES RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER low /Z�g so,- SIGNATURE(S) : Supervisor Gayle Bishop, Chair Supervisor Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON P-I APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _W-- OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: P. Roche, CDD (646-2835) ATTESTED ,- ,"` a-I 199 cc: State Senator Dan Boatwright PH4 BATCHEL . CLERK RVIS OF Tri-Delta Transit THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SF BARTD AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TRANSPLAN Committee BY�,. �,Q.n . D�„„ �, DEPUTY Page Two East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project 6/21/94 intermodal transit connections at other locations in East County. The project would be implemented in conjunction with the opening of the Bay Point BART Station in 1997. The project proposal was prepared in consultation with staff from Tri-Delta Transit and BART. It is anticipated that activities described in this grant proposal will involve direct participation by the transit operators, such as Tri-Delta Transit and BART, and the local jurisdictions. The TRANSPLAN Committee has been suggested as the appropriate body to provide policy guidance in the development of this intermodal access program. Once the project proposal has been approved by U.S. DOE and Caltrans, the Transportation Committee will return to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation on the following actions: 1) approve a formal PVEA funding agreement with Caltrans; 2) allocate $50,000 in Navy Mitigation Funds (Port Chicago Hwy. closure) as the local match to the project; 3) seek participation by transit operators and local jurisdictions, and secure agreement with TRANSPLAN Committee to act as policy advisory group. This may occur as early as August or September. ATTACIDIENT A East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project zu,yv!C!T SBC IPTI This project is to develop a comprehensive intermodal trans .t access program for eastern Contra Costa County to enCourale transit as an alternative transpoa t tion mode. The Petroleam Violation Escrow (PVS) funds will b; Used to hire a consultant ;o develop strategies to; improve access to urban and interci y commuter rail services, link rail and bus services, connect locE bus operations to future urban and intercity rail services, coordinate transit connections for transf4rability, and develop intermodal transit and park-and-rLde facilities to serve East County residents. UQUO CQUA Local: State: Other Funds (U.S. WAVY Mitigat � '_ n Fund) S 50, 000 Miscellaneous PVE: Total. $2500000 Petroleum violation Escrow funds w�ll be used for a maximum ?f five percent for administrative costs for this project. bXJTCTPJLTZ2 ZNzgr.Y SAVTHQS IXLQRHL= Daily Patronage 675 Annual Energy Savings 720, 000 Gallons Annual Fuel user Savings $892, 800 The energy savings estimates are; derived from two source : projections on mode of arrival at ithe Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station in year 2000 prepared by th San Francisco Bay Area Rap�d Transit District (BART) and foreca is made by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on automo ile fuel efficiency and fuel prices in the year 2000 . it is nticipated that the maximum energy savings will be realized in She year 2000 when the progrim, has been fully implemented. See autachmenz- for more detail. The overall goal of this Project is -o encourage transit and other alternatives mode of transportation to access the new Bay Poirt BART Station. With the opening lof Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station in 29.07, the residents of eastern Contra Costa County will be able to access 10Q mile of hea,)y urban rail transit network operated by the SF Say Area Rapid Transit District . In order to access the transit network, BART forecasts that 32% of the patrons by the year 2000 will access this new station via priv4e automobile . To encourage Commuters to use other alternative transportation modes, the internodal transit access plan will improve and coordinate bus feeder : system to facilitate easie;r, convenient transfer to the region 'I urban rail network - BART. The project would be implemented il Conunctionwith the openiag of the Bay Point BART Station in 1097 . 7 . Anticiphted fuel savinas will result when romm-,.iters shift from private automobiles to buses Car BART to access the new station. Fol4owing axe four specific objectives of the project: (1) Plan Ud ImplAment StrAtpgrit-Tr nRit Spryine 1 'nk bus routes and schedules In Prepare strategic service plan to East Contra Costa County with the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station serving as the focal point. This V;ill involve a survey of East County transit patron travel pattern, the re-design and/or the reschedule of existing bus routes, and a plan for future bs routes to connect new residential neighborhoods in Pittsbur�, Antioch, Oakley, Discovery Bay and Brentwood to the Bay Point BAT station and to future BART stations n East County; (2) Into-atar-e- Tr �Cgjt i ni�en r)ei tTc%A a n t ?, !t Develop a set of land use plans ani design guidelines to provide better future access co transit iservice and transferabili7Ly between transit modes for new 'residential ard commerCiail development in East Contra Costa CouTty; 1 (3) Pjao_And Design Tntermo I Statlg�n JmnXovAmAntg Maximize the intermodal transit center by improving access a d linkage to other facilities/services within and adtacent to t e Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station; (4) Plan and- De igD Suncbrting and Spi-viner, Plan and design in central locaticns thvoughout eastern conga Costa County intermodal facilities and services that enable residents and transit patrons to ea I ily transfer be-;.ween the BA16T system and other mass transit modes, including : local a�d regional bus service, taxis and Nratransit, intercity bus a6d rail, and potential commuter rail s I vice. With these improvements, transit rid rship is expected to increa e from improved access to the BART sy tem or buses, and frons east 4 transferability between various tr nsit modes . This will al;o provide East County residents with a viable alternative to drivi4q alone to the new BAR'" station, w',:ich will result in fuel and energy savings, improved mobiliiy, and redticed automobile emissions in eastern Contra Costa County. AR CE MYRYIYLAaX The project will benefit residents of eastern Contra Costa Countly, or those who will travel by transit modes throughout easte n Contra Costa Cou:ity, which include the cities of Antioc , Brentwood and Pit-tsburg and the unincorporated communities of Bray Point, Oakley, Discovery Bay, and Byron, 3 I i I r i EAST CONTRA COSTA INTERMODAL TRANSIT ACCESS PROJECT i Calculation of anticipated energy savings Key assumption: Yr,2000 daily home based work trips Enterirsg Say Point HART Station;by mode of arrival 4a) i %! Trips walk/bicycleji"911 % 19 automobile 59303930 bus 500rail , a total 100% 4,449 DAILY GALLONS SAVED ES TEs DAILY BUS 35% ESTIMATED 1 25,5 AVG, G TRANSIT 500 x INCREASE + 500 675 x IN YR.200 (b) 17,280 MILES AVG.MILES 2,880 'DAILY DIVIDED BY TRAVELED GALLONS 6 MI. (o) SAVED ANNUAL GALLONS SAVED ESTIMATE: 720,000 DAILY 250 GALLONS GALLONS x WORK SAVED SAVED 2,880 DAYS ANNUALLY ANNUAL FUEL USER SAVINGS; ANNUAL YR, 2000(b) GALLONS x $1„24 PER = $892,000 SAVED GALLON 720,000 NOTES: (a) Pittsburg-Antioch BART Extension Alternatives Analys-s: 'Technical Reports I cRC 16,Patronage RuIts And Sensitivity Analysis (1988, HART) (b) Factors for Avg.MING and Cost Per Callon taken from Bay Area Travel Forecast 1990-1996-2010 (Sept, 1993, MTC) (c) Distance'Ict miles from Bailey Rd•i/c to Sontersville Rd.iic used to develop avg. trip length,