BART s Transbay Core Capacity Project Duncan Watry, Principal Planner Bay Area Rapid Transit Oakland, CA dwatry@bart.gov Donald Emerson, Principal Consultant WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff San Francisco, CA emerson@pbworld.com 2016 Rail Conference June 22, 2016
BART System Ridership Exceeds Capacity 2
Share of Weekdays Over/Under Capacity Over capacity 4% Share of Weekdays Over/Under Capacity Westbound in AM Peak Hour 20% 57% Under capacity 96% 80% 43% 2012 2013 2014 Draft - Confidential 6/27/2016 3
Project Overview Objective Increase Transbay capacity to 28 ten-car trains per hour in each direction (31% capacity increase) Secure Section 5309 Core Capacity funding from FTA Project elements New Vehicles New Vehicle Storage Transbay Core Capacity Project Communication-based Train Control Added Traction Power These elements emerged from a several planning studies 4
Planning Study Considered 6 Project Packages Package #1 All In Package #2 Big 3 Systemwide Throughput Package #3 Limited Systemwide Throughput Package #4 Stations Orientation Package #5 Corridor Infrastructure* Package #6 Hybrid Train Control Train Control Train Control Train Control Hayward Maint. Complex Phase 2 Hayward Maint. Complex Phase 2 Hayward Maint. Complex Phase 2 Hayward Maint. Complex Phase 2 306 Vehicles 306 Vehicles 75 Vehicles 75 Vehicles 306 Vehicles 306 Vehicles Traction Power Traction Power Traction Power Traction Power Crossovers / Turnbacks Downtown SF Platform Expansions Elevators, Escalators Crossovers / Turnbacks Downtown SF Platform Expansions Elevators, Escalators Crossovers / Turnbacks Crossovers/ Turnbacks Elevators Platform Doors Platform Doors Platform Doors 5
Corridor Boundaries based on Segment Ridership Exceeding Capacity Capacity based on FTA guidance: 5.7 square feet per passenger in the peak hour HMC FTA has confirmed that this Y shaped zone qualifies as a corridor 6
Current Square Feet per Passenger Downtown San Francisco Square Feet per Passenger, May 2015, AM Westbound Peak 5.0 Embarcadero Oakland Wye To Richmond 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.9 West Oakland Mac Arthur 19 th Street 12 th Street 5.0 Lake Merritt 5.6 Overall Average Square Feet per Passenger 5.3 To Pittsburg/ Bay Point Fruitvale Coliseum East Bay To Fremont To Dublin/ Pleasanton Color Legend: Currently at or over capacity Will be at capacity within 5 years Below capacity 7
306 Added Cars are Needed to Operate 28 Ten-Car Trains per Hour Contract Tranche No. of Cars Running Total Bombardier (funded) Replace Current Fleet 669 669 Capacity train length 13 682 WSX (opens 2016) 33 715 SVBX (opens 2017) 60 775 Funded but not part of Bombardier contract Capacity train length 75 850 Capacity more frequent service 231* 1081 BART is proposing that 252 cars qualify for Core Capacity funding 8
Phase 2 of Hayward Maintenance Complex will Provide Storage 9
Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) is Being Advanced for 8 Zones Richmond Pittsburg/ Bay Point Dublin/ Pleasanton San Francisco Fremont Millbrae Zones 1 through 4 and part of 5 are needed to increase Transbay Corridor capacity Berryessa 10
Five New Traction Power Substations Needed to Increase Capacity BART is also replacing & upgrading existing traction power system as state-of-good-repair program 11
Project Status Project was initially scoped in 2014 to meet new funding opportunity created in MAP-21 FTA accepted project into Project Development August 2015 BART and FTA are discussing detailed project scope/eligibility NEPA to be addressed with categorical exclusions BART is developing financial plan and PMP Approval into Regional Transportation Plan anticipated summer 2017 Local funding depends on November 2016 referendum and contributions from counties 12
Take-aways Statute and FTA guidance put limits on Core Capacity funding eligibility Planning and project development can involve significant effort Separating core capacity investments from state of good repair investments can be complicated Program is new - FTA and grantees are still learning 13