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October 12, 2012December 5, 2012

Light Rail Efficiency Projects• Board Adopted LRT Improvement Plan May 2010• Speed up system, open new markets, improve cost recovery• Improve connectivity to BART and other regional

services, increase ridership• Anticipate employment and population growth• Support new 49ers Stadium

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VTA Light Rail System

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32,716 weekday ridership

42.2 miles, 62 stations

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• Project began in September 2008, Board adopted mid 2010

• LRT is Phase 2 of the Comprehensive Operations Analysis

• Comprehensive evaluation of the existing light rail system -- focus on making the system as effective and efficient as possible

• Operations and capital improvements analyzed and tested

• Evaluation of the LRT system to handle projected passenger growth to the year 2018 and 2035

LRT Systems Analysis Background

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2010 Study Goals

• Increase Ridership• Calculate changes in ridership vs. No Build

• Speed up the System• Compute differences in average operating speed

• Spend Money Wisely• Check whether proposed scenarios lead to improved farebox recovery

ratio

• Be More Relevant to the Needs of the Valley• Review how specific ridership gains compare to Market Analysis

opportunities

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Downtown Transit Mall

Single Track

Merge Points

Light Rail System: Constraints

At-gradeIntersections Future Transit

ConnectionsExisting Transit

Connections

Single Track

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Market Analysis: Transit Competitive Factor & Core Network Area

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Peer Comparison – Boardings and Route Miles

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Double Track Mountain View to Whisman

Run-Around Track in Downtown Vicinity

Storage near 49ers Stadium

N. First Street and Transit Mall Speed

Improvements

System-wide Transit Signal Priority Improvements

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New 49ers Stadium Accelerates Need to Deliver Planned Improvements

Source: 49ers Stadium EIR, 2009/ AECOM, 2012

August 2014

126.3.C

2014 Stadium Access Improvements

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• New eastbound platform at Great America Station for stadium event service

• Queuing areas for departing stadium attendees on closed eastbound lanes of Tasman Drive

• Fencing of LRT Right-of-Way• Improve stadium access from ACE/Capitol Corridor

Great America Station• Temporary pedestrian at-grade crossing of LRT

tracks on Tasman Drive at Great America Station• New pedestrian bridge over San Tomas Aquino

Creek