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How the San Francisco Bay Area MPOcommitted $1 Billion toward bicycle

infrastructure

Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program

Policy implications and imperatives for thetransportation planning and research community

Sean Co

January 11, 2009

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Regional Transportation Plan Process

REDUCECONGESTION

IMPROVEAFFORDABILITY

REDUCEEMISSIONS

& VMT

Infrastructure

EconomyEconomy EnvironmentEnvironment EquityEquity

GOALS

GOALS

TARGETSTARGETS

Pricing &Focused

Growth

STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES

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2,140 miles

$1 billion

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Regional Bikeway Network

2,140 miles of on-street routes and paths

Criteria includes links to regional transit, including

ferry terminals and commuter rail

Transportation-2035 provides $1 billion to complete

network except remaining three bridges where no

bicycle access exists

When completed, 90 percent of Bay Area residents willbe within 1 mile of the network

Half of the network is complete

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Evaluation of Bicycle Projects

Evaluation based on increase of bike trips on

the RBN to achieve planning goals

Limited tools for bike facilities vs. bike trips

At the regional level only bicycle network

mileage and estimates of bicycle trips

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Evaluation Methodology

Assumed a 15% increase of bicycle trips

Bicycle trips used to calculate VMT reduction

VMT reduction used for other goals

Vehicle Hours of Delay

CO2

PM10

PM2.5

Benefits/cost ratio = Total benefits/annual costs of network

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Items Not Addressed

Facilities most significant to bicycle trip generation

Assumed cause/effect relationship

Effects from other bicycle facilities not captured

Baseline bicycle trips undercounted- data from Census

and regional travel survey

Health benefits from increase in physical activity

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Regional Bikeway Network Needs

No funding for maintenance

No safety projects

No comprehensive signing program

No pedestrian specific program

Local agencies are responsible for links to

network

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Needs

Quantify bicycle/pedestrian trips over small

time frames

Standard methodology for counts

Add additional households in regional travel

survey

Track mode of access to transit