MTC Adopts Policy to Enhance Transit Journey Instances and Reliability

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) as we speak adopted the Bay Area Transit Priority Policy for Roadways (Policy) designed to assist Bay Area jurisdictions and businesses within the implementation of transit precedence infrastructure and insurance policies that may assist transit automobiles keep away from visitors congestion, cut back delays at alerts, and transfer extra predictably on all varieties of roads, main to higher journey instances and reliability for riders. 

This first-of-its-kind regional coverage for the Bay Area applies to tasks alongside any public roadway, together with floor streets and access-controlled highways, with public transit service that operates in shared or semi-dedicated right-of-way (i.e., bus, gentle rail and streetcar providers) that search over $250,000 of regional discretionary funding or MTC endorsement. 

Beginning in fall 2023, MTC workers got down to develop a Policy that supposed to assist transit higher serve individuals’s wants and transfer extra individuals within the Bay Area by

• Establishing a typical definition of transit precedence
• Strengthening interjurisdictional coordination and information businesses to think about transit in roadway tasks
• Informing how the area prioritizes funding for transit precedence tasks

The adopted Policy is the results of greater than two years of improvement, dialogue and collaboration with workers working at Bay Area cities, counties, transit businesses, County Transportation Agencies, Caltrans and advocacy organizations, in addition to members of the Regional Network Management Council, Committee and Customer Advisory Group committees.

The Policy aligns with Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint Transportation Element Strategy, which goals to enhance present transit providers all through the Bay Area by offering elevated frequency, improved reliability, and higher capability to cut back wait time, lower journey time, and encourage ridership progress. The Policy additionally fulfills Action 12 recognized within the Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan (2021), which requires the event and adoption of a Transit Priority Policy for enhancing bus pace and reliability on high-transit corridors and arterials.

Next, MTC workers will give attention to finishing the Transit Priority Roadway Assessment, which is able to analyze transit efficiency knowledge to develop a regional Transit Priority Network, and determine key transit roadways that might be prioritized to obtain regional discretionary funding for future transit precedence tasks.