Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

CITY FACTS TRANSPORTATION Located in the geographic center of the Bay Area, Oakland has been recognized as a vital transportation hub for more than 100 years. Oakland is also the headquarters of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that oversees transit and transportation for the Bay Area. The combination of train, bus, marine, aviation, freeway and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system guarantees ease of travel for local residents and efficient channels of commerce for businesses relying on the City’s easy access. Oakland’s Port is a primary sea terminal for transporting cargo between the western United States and the Pacific Rim, Latin America and Europe. Access to air cargo services is minutes away at the Oakland International Airport. AC Transit. Local and transbay bus service is offered by Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit, the third largest public bus system in California serving the East Bay since 1960:  Serves all 13 cities and adjacent unincorporated communities in 364 square miles along the east shore of San Francisco Bay. Annually, AC Transit buses drive 19.2 million service miles.  Serves approximately 200,000 daily riders with a fleet of 689 buses and a network of more than 105 bus lines with approximately 5,600 bus stops. The bus lines connect with nine other public and private bus systems, 21 BART stations, six Amtrak stations, and three ferry terminals.  Bus routes serve the Oakland International Airport, the Amtrak Station and ferry terminal located at Jack London Square, downtown San Francisco and other major Bay Area attractions. All buses are accessible to people with disabilities.  All buses are equipped with bicycle racks. BART. The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a 104-mile, computer-automated rapid transit system:  Serving more than 3 million people in the three BART counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco, as well as northern San Mateo County.  Electric-powered trains traveling up to 80 mph connect 44 stations, including 8 stations in Oakland. Travel time between downtown Oakland and downtown San Francisco averages only 11 minutes on BART.  BART carries an average of 366,000 passengers each weekday and recorded more than 110,000,000 station exits in FY 2011-12.  In Oakland, four BART stations – West Oakland, MacArthur, Fruitvale and Coliseum — are catalysts for transit oriented development projects that are in design or construction.  The Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) is a 3.2-mile extension of BART from the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART Station to Oakland International Airport. OAC will provide a seamless connection with driverless trains that travel the alignment in eight minutes and depart every four minutes. Construction is underway and is scheduled to be complete in late 2013. After several months of systems testing, OAC will open for service in late 2014. OAK. The Oakland International Airport (OAK) is the second largest San Francisco Bay Area airport offering over 300 daily passenger and cargo flights.  Hosted more than 10 million passengers in 2012.  Handled more than 1.1 billion pounds of air freight.  Served by 11 domestic and international air carriers.  Features 29 board gates in two terminalslAll buses are equipped with C - 4