Presentation made at South Bay Transportation Officials Association meeting on May 9, 2017. Attendees were allowed to vote on presentation topics so the entire slide deck was not presented. See below in comments for polling results on what the attendees wanted to hear.

1. What to Know in Today’s
Rapidly Changing Landscape
of Transportation
Presentation to SBTOA
May 9, 2017

2. Presentation Outline
2
•Inside VTA
•Current Topics
•Implementing Solutions

3. About VTA
3
• A unique organization with
wide-ranging authorities
• Transit Service Provider
• CMA for County
• Countywide Transportation
Plan (VTP)
• Sales Tax Measure Authority
• Tolling Authority (express
lanes)
• Project Delivery for all Modes
• Innovative Delivery Team
with Caltrans (iTeam)
• Innovation Center /
Transportation Technology

4. Inside VTA
4
• VTA Strategic Plan /
Business Plan
• Next Network
• BART Silicon Valley
Extension
• Embracing Technology
• 2016 Measure B / Highway
Interchanges
• Corridor Studies
• Goods Movement
• Innovation

5. VTA Strategic Plan/Business Plan
5
• New Mission and Vision Statements
 Solutions that move you
 To innovate the way Silicon Valley moves
• Framework of Core Values & Business Lines
 Faster, Frequent, Reliable Transit
 Delivering Projects and Programs
 Managing the Whole Transportation System
• Mantra: Create, Collaborate and Lead!
• Business Plan / Linked to VTA’s Two-year Budget
 By end of summer/early fall

6. Rethinking Transit: VTA’s Next Network
6

7. Rethinking Transit: VTA’s Next Network
7
nextnetwork.vta.org

8. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension
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Phase I Berryessa Extension
• 10-mile extension under construction
• Two stations: (Milpitas and Berryessa)
• Forecast opening: 2017
• Anticipated opening day ridership: 23,000
• $2.3 billion
Phase II Extension
• 6-mile extension (5-mile tunnel)
• Four stations (Alum Rock, Downtown San
Jose, Diridon, Santa Clara), and Newhall
Yard maintenance facility
• Anticipated ridership in 2035: 55,000
• $4.7 billion

9. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension
9

10. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension
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First BART train completing a 6 mph
test run in Fremont.
BART train completing 25mph power train run test

11. Embracing Technology at VTA
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Proposed Driverless Shuttle at Palo Alto VA Hospital
Smart Stop Units

12. Embracing Technology at VTA
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Charging Stations for Electric
Vehicles
Solar‐powered Electric Bicycles
Smart Fare Payment

13. Embracing Technology at VTA
13
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sr‐237‐
express‐lanes‐real‐time‐toll‐rates‐vta‐web‐
site‐casey‐emoto?trk=mp‐author‐card

14. Embracing Technology at VTA
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• Smart Tech: Smart Transportation/Smart Transit/Smart Cities
• Applications: Open Data philosophy/policy/portal
• Partnerships: Mobility Partnership, VA Hospital, Caltrans
• Wireless Communications: Digital short range communications
• Safety: Collision avoidance systems on transit vehicles
• Real‐Time Systems: Express Lanes real‐time toll rates
• Pilot Test to Learn: e.g., on‐demand transit FLEX pilot
• Alternative modes and energy: Pilot eBike and solar charging stations
• Autonomous Transportation: Driverless shuttles
• Intermodalism: VTA Trip Planner (https://tripplanner.vta.org/planner)
• Customer‐focused strategies and solutions

15. 2016 Measure B Sales Tax Measure
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Category
$ Amount
(Billions)
BART Phase II $1.50
Bicycle/Pedestrian Program $0.25
Caltrain Capacity Enhancements $0.30
Caltrain Grade Separations $0.70
Expressways $0.75
Highway Interchanges $0.75
Local Streets and Roads $1.20
SR 85 Corridor $0.35
Transit Operations $0.50
Total $6.30

16. 2016 Measure B Sales Tax Measure
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17. 2016 Measure B Sales Tax Measure
17

18. Goods Movement
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Widening &
Intersection
Improvements
(Project B)
Widening &
Interchange
Improvements
(Project A)
Intersection
Improvements
(Project E)
Passing
Lanes
152/156
Improvements
Left Turn Pocket
at Bloomfield
Truck Climbing
Lane
Left Turn Pocket
at Prunedale
Left Turn Pocket
at San Felipe
Road

19. VTA’s Interest in Goods Movement
19

20. Innovation
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synonyms: change, alteration, revolution, upheaval,
transformation, metamorphosis,
breakthrough
in·no·va·tion
ˌinəˈvāSH(ə)n/
noun
1.the action or process of innovating.
•a new method, idea, product, etc
plural noun: innovations
"technological innovations designed to save energy"

21. Innovation
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22. Innovation
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https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/
2016/03/innovation‐15‐experts‐share‐innovation‐
definition/

23. Current Topics
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• R&D – Automobile
Technologies
• Role of Urban
Transportation
• Highway Corridor Studies
• Transportation Funding
• Other Learning and
Networking Opportunities

24. Research and Development of Automobile
Technologies
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“Guide to Silicon Valley’s auto corridor”
http://www.autonews.com/article/20140616/OEM/140619948/guid
e‐to‐silicon‐valleys‐auto‐corridor …Automotive
News

25. Research and Development of Automobile
Technologies
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26. Role of urban Transportation
26

27. History of Highway Corridor Studies
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[2004] I‐680/I‐880 Cross Connector Study: six east‐west corridors from Auto Mall Parkway to Montague Expressway
[2004] SR 237 Corridor Report: El Camino Real to Lawrence Expressway and westbound SR 237 between North First St and I‐880
[2004] High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Feasibility Study: Study of converting all existing carpool lanes to HOT operations
[2005] SR 85/I‐280 Study: SR 85 from SR 237 to Stevens Creek Blvd and I‐280 from SR 85 to Foothill Expressway
[2005] US 101 Central Corridor Study: I‐280/I‐680 to Yerba Buena Road
[2005] US 101 North Corridor Study: Lawrence Expressway to Alum Rock Avenue
[2006] Southern Gateway Transportation and Land Use Study: US 101 south of Cochrane Road; and SR 152, SR 25 and SR 156 areas
[2008] 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study (C/CAG was lead but we helped fund): north of SR 84 to just south of SR 85
[2008] I‐880 Corridor Study: US 101 to I‐280
[2008] South County Circulation Study: US 101 from SR 85 to SR 129 and SR 152 from Hecker Pass to SR 156
[2009] US 101 Implementation Plan: Trimble Road/De La Cruz Boulevard and McKee Road
[2015] SR 82 Relinquishment Exploration Study: SR 84 in San Mateo County to I‐880 in Santa Clara County
[2016] I‐680 Corridor Study: Alameda County Line to US 101
[2017] I‐280 Corridor Study (to be completed): US 101 to San Mateo County Line
[2018] SR 87 Technology Corridor Study (to be started in 2017): US 101 to SR 85
[2018] SR 85 Transit Guideway Study (to be started in 2017): assessment of transit options for SR 85

28. SR 87 Technology Corridor Study
28

29. Transportation Funding
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Sale tax measure programs:
• 1976 – ½ cent for transit operations, perpetuity
• 1984 Measure A – ½ cent, 10 years, $1.8B (SR 85, widen 101 and upgrade
237)
• 1996 Measure A/B – ½ cent for rail, highway and other, 9 years, $1.6B
• 2000 Measure A – ½ cent for transit, 30 years, $7.4B (2014 est)
• 2010 Measure B (VRF) ‐ $10/vehicle, perpetuity, $45M generated
• 2016 Measure B – ½ cent, 30 years, $6B to $6.5B (2017 $)

30. Transportation Funding
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Other New Sources for Funding:
• SB 1
• Discussed Regional Measure 3
• Other State funding
• Other Federal funding
• Local developer funding
• Private financing

31. Other Learning and Networking Opportunities
31
• Regional Business Diversity Program – Event on May 11 from 830am to Noon at
County Auditorium at 1555 Berger Drive
• Autonomous Vehicle Symposium 2017 – July 11 to 13 in San Francisco
[http://www.automatedvehiclessymposium.org/program]
• IBTTA & TRB Joint Symposium on AET and Managed Lanes – July 15 to 18 in Dallas
[http://www.ibtta.org/events/joint‐symposium‐aet‐managed‐lanes]
• Smart Cities Week Silicon Valley – May 8 to 10 at Santa Clara Convention Center
[http://smartcitiesweek.com/2017‐Silicon‐Valley/]
• TIEcon – May 5 to 6 (just completed) and is largest technology conference
dedicated to entrepreneurship [topics included machine learning, IoT, security,
autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, software defined infrastructure, drones,
digital health, etc.]

32. Other Learning and Networking Opportunities
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• Traffic 21 is a multi‐disciplinary research institute at Carnegie Mellon University
with a weekly transportation newsletter [http://traffic21.heinz.cmu.edu/]
• LinkedIn by subscribing to news feeds related to transportation; also
[https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5076875] for TRB Committee on Managed
Lanes
• Bernie Wagenblast’s Transportation Communications Newsletter
[tcnl@googlegroups.com on behalf of Bernie Wagenblast
bernie@transportationradio.com]
• ITE, APWA, ACEC, ITS California, ITS‐America, APTA, etc.
• Recode, Wired, etc.

33. Other Topics
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• Information/BIG Data
• City/Community/Urban Design
• Connected Infrastructure
• New Service Models
• First Mile/Last Mile Services
• Market-oriented/Customer-focused Analyses
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Applications with Higher Efficiencies/Greater Utility
• Rapid Rate of Innovation

34. Implementing Solutions
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What to keep in mind
when trying to
provide a solution.

35. Implementing Solutions
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36. Implementing Solutions
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37. Project Management
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• Attention to Details
• Ability to think Big Picture
• Be Well-Read on the
World Around Us
• Bring Value
• Consider All Travel Modes
 Multimodal Design
Principles for Highway
Projects
 Complete Streets
• Communication

38. Future of Public Transportation
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39. Future of Public Transportation
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• What are the major changes for the transportation
sector on the horizon for the Bay Area
• How can we innovative ideas to solve major
challenges, promote innovation, and enhance the
quality of life?
• How can we create ways to share risk and reach
performance objectives through partnerships?

40. Future of Public Transportation
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•Flexibility
•Innovation
•Value-Added
•Enthusiasm

41. 41

42. Thank You!
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Casey Emoto
Deputy Director, Project Development
Planning and Program Development Division
casey.emoto@vta.org