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Transportation Operators Committee

October 25, 2017 • 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PSRC Conference Room • 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104

10:00 1. Welcome and Introductions – Trinity Parker, Chair

10:05 2. Public Comment

3. Approval of Meeting Summary – August 30, 2017and September 27, 2017*

10:10 4. Report on PSRC Committee and Board Activities – Trinity Parker, Chair and Jana Demas, Vice-Chair

10:15 5. Action: Coordinated Grant Contingency List Awards for 2017-2019 Biennium* – Gil Cerise, PSRC

10:25 6. Discussion: 2017 Transit Integration Report – Alex Krieg & Maggie Moore, PSRC

10:45 7. Discussion: FTA Section 5307 Funding Set-Aside for PSRC Work Program Using FFY 2020-2021 Funds* – Kelly McGourty & Ben Bakkenta, PSRC

11:05 8. Discussion: Next Steps for Transit Agency Access to Remix – Gil Cerise, PSRC

11:20 9. Information: Community Transit Swift BRT Planning Update – June DeVoll, Community Transit

11:40 10. Information: Next Steps on METRO CONNECTS Vision – Jana Demas, King County Metro

11. Next Meeting: November 29, 2017: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Upcoming Meeting Topics: Washington State Ferries Long Range Plan Update; TOC and Transit representation on Regional Staff Committee; T2040 Plan Update; 2017 Transit Integration Report; FTA Project Selection.

12:00 12. Adjourn

*Supporting materials attached

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Puget Sound Regional Council

Transportation

Operators Committee……….………………… August 30, 2017

1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-464-7090 • fax 206-587-4825 • psrc.org

Members and Alternates Represented at the Table

Trinity Parker – Sound Transit & Chair; Peter Heffernan – King County and Vice-Chair; Melissa Cauley, Community Transit & Chair of Regional FTA Caucus; Darin Stavish – Pierce Transit; Jacqueline Mann - Puget Sound Educational Service District & Chair of SNTC; Steffani Lillie – Kitsap Transit; Benjamin Smith – SDOT; Ray Deardorf – Washington State Ferries; Don Chartock – WSDOT

Via Phone: George Baxter – Everett Transit; Lauren Behm – Pierce County Ferries; Alexandra Mather (Fastle) - Pierce Transit; Andrew Brick – KC Metro

Other Guests and Alternates (for all or part of the meeting): Steve Besaw – WSDOT

PSRC Staff: Gil Cerise, Sarah Gutschow, Craig Helmann, Alex Krieg, Maggie Moore, Pavithra Parthasarathi, Gary Simonson

Welcome and Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements

Trinity Parker,Chair, welcomed everyone at 10:00 a.m. Self-introductions were provided around the room and on the phone.

Public Comments

There were three public comments from individuals (Alex Tsimmerman, Taniell Cato and John Neller) each allowed 2 minutes to comment.

Approval of Meeting Summary

The meeting summaries from March 22, 2017 and April 26, 2107 were approved as presented.

Action: FFY 2017 Annual FTA Adjustments (Sarah Gutschow, PSRC)

Sarah Gutschow, PSRC reviewed the 2017 Annual FTA Adjustments process, then gave an overview of the project revisions proposed by each agency. As part of the 2017 adjustments, Community Transit, City of Seattle, and Washington State Ferries requested redistributions between projects of their 2017 earned share and preservation set-aside funds. Additionally, King County Metro and Intercity Transit submitted two new projects for inclusion in the Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the 2017 FTA Adjustments project revisions to the Transportation Policy Board.

Action: FTA Fund Redistribution Requests (Sarah Gutschow, PSRC)

• Pierce Transit

Sarah Gutschow, PSRC, summarized Pierce Transit’s request to redistribute $6,679,414 of 2018 and 2019 Seattle-Tacoma-Everett Urbanized Area (STE UZA) 5307 earned share funds from their "Preventive Maintenance" project to their “Clean Fuels Bus Replacement/Expansion” and “ADA Service” projects. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request to the Transportation Policy Board.

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• Washington State Ferries Sarah Gutschow, PSRC, summarized Washington State Ferries’ request to redistribute of $13,037,127 of 2018, 2019, and 2020 STE UZA 5307 earned share funds from their "Vessel Preservation and Improvement (2018-2020)" project to their “Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock” project. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request to the Transportation Policy Board. Action: Update of Regional Reduced Fare Permit MOA (Gary Simonson, PSRC) Gary Simonson, PSRC, reviewed the legal review request from the June TOC meeting regarding the update to the Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) MOA and any possible legal issues with allowing different agencies to charge different processing fees for the same RRFP. Gary reported that the legal team determined that there is no legal restriction for this and the language of Section 5 of the MOA had been updated to reflect this determination. The Committee voted to approve the MOA with the caveat that some agency names or agency signatory names needed to be updated. The MOA was approved with the updates, as noted. The MOA will be distributed to agencies for signatures. Discussion: Development of 2017 Transit Integration Report* – Alex Krieg & Maggie Moore, PSRC (Alex Krieg & Maggie Moore, PSRC) Alex Krieg, PSRC, reviewed and provided an overview of the draft 2017 Transit Integration Report and asked for any final feedback before a final draft review at the next TOC meeting on September 27, 2017.

Discussion: Transportation 2040 Plan Update

• Public Transportation Section Outline (Gil Cerise, PSRC)

Gil reviewed an outline of the topics that will be covered in the Public Transportation Section of the Transportation 2040 Plan Update. Gil covered the development of the 2040 and 2025 transit network, the transit service typology. Alex will cover Transit Access and Craig will cover Transit Performance Measures (see below).

• Transit Access (Alex Krieg, PSRC)

Alex Krieg, PSRC reviewed the Regional Transit Access and Parking Strategy Draft Outine and went over each section while explaining what the goals are with the document. He asked for any feedback, and received generally postitive response to the document from the Committee.

• 2025/2040 networks and initial modeling information (Craig Helmann, PSRC)

Craig Helmann, PSRC presented a draft overview of Regional Outcomes and how Transportation 2040 supports access to Regional Growth Centers, focusing on a regional look, equity, and geographic aspect. He also reviewed a series of transit performance measures, including growing ridership, improved access to transit service, among others.

• Finance Strategy Summary (Pavithra Parthasarathi, PSRC)

Pavithra Parthasarathi, PSRC presented the Transportation 2040 update of the Financial Strategy Summary from the presentation that was shown at the Transportation Policy Board meeting on July 13, 2017. This information was from Finance Working Group Financial Strategy recommendations to the TPB. She provided an overview of how the Finance Working Group approached the funding gap and what funding tools were provided to address this and manage the system better. She added that they looked at a variety of sources that have revenue potential, some of which were changes from what was presented in the past, and reviewed these considerations for new revenues with the Committee.

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Discussion: Update of PSRC-Transit MOU (Gil Cerise & Maggie Moore, PSRC)

Gil Cerise, PSRC, reviewed the most recent changes and feedback received tor the update of the PSRC-TRasnit MOU and what he and Maggie Moore, PSRC, have incorporated into the MOU. He explained that the intent was to ask TOC to take action at their September meeting. Gil also mentioned he had shared the draft MOU with FTA Region 10 staff and they did not have any issues with it. The Committee asked to have the Draft MOU in a MS Word version sent to them so that they could review and make any changes and then send back to Gil. Gil said he would email the Draft MOU as soon as possible, with a deadline to have all changes back prior to the next TOC meeting.

Discussion: Next Steps for Regional Access to Remix (Gil Cerise, PSRC)

Gil Cerise, PSRC, explained that the reginoal access to Remix transit sketch planning software was extended until June 30, 2018. He reviewed options for what to do once the current grant is over. He indicated that PSRC had solicited feedback from the Remix Advisory Committee on whether or not to pursue continuation of a Remix license in the region. The Remix Advisory Committee noted that there are other softwares that can be used, but they are not as user-friendly as Remix. Gil mentioned other possibilities and research being done on Remix and gaining more information from Remix regarding cost and improvements. Gil also said that “champions” from the different agencies would be helpful to get more detailed feedback and guidance for recommendations on Remix.

The Committee asked if a matrix could be made that showed the transit agencies and the pros and cons of continued use of Remix and a timeline for how to keep it going in the future if needed and also include any other products that may be available.

Information: October 11, 2017 TOD Event (Michael Hubner, PSRC)

Michael Hubner, PSRC, provided information on the upcoming October 11 TOD event and reviewed what the program will include.

Next meeting:

September 27, 2017: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

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at Work

Puget Sound Regional Council

Transportation

Operators Committee……….………………… September 27, 2017

1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-464-7090 • fax 206-587-4825 • psrc.org

Members and Alternates Represented at the Table

Trinity Parker – Sound Transit & Chair; Peter Heffernan – King County and Vice-Chair; Jana Demas – King County Metro; Darin Stavish – Pierce Transit; Benjamin Smith – SDOT; Lisa Ballard – Washington State Ferries

Via Phone: Steffani Lillie – Kitsap Transit; Barb Hunter – Pierce Transit

Other Guests and Alternates (for all or part of the meeting): Kirk Fredrickson – WSDOT

PSRC Staff: Gil Cerise, Kelly McGourty, Alex Krieg, Maggie Moore, Monica Adkins

Welcome and Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements

Trinity Parker, Chair, welcomed everyone at 10:00 a.m. Self-introductions were provided around the room and on the phone.

Public Comments

There were two public comments from individuals (Alex Tsimmerman and Taniell Cato) each allowed 2 minutes to comment.

Approval of Meeting Summary

The meeting summaries from May 24, 2017 and June 28, 2107 were approved as presented.

Report on PSRC Committee and Board Activities (Trinity Parker, Chair and Peter Heffernan, Vice-Chair)

Peter Heffernan, Vice-Chair, spoke about the update on centers and PSRC Draft Preliminary Framework that was discussed at the last Growth Management Policy Board and the different aspects of the draft and questions addressed at the meeting.

Trinity Parker, Chair, mentioned the T2040 Modeling presentation that was shown and discussed at the last Transportation Policy Board. Trinity noted that T2040 Modeling was very impactful and turned into a good discussion at the TPB. She also mentioned the TPB unanimously approved the FTA Fund Adjustments for 2017.

Action: Update of PSRC-Transit MOU (Gil Cerise & Maggie Moore, PSRC)

Gil Cerise, PSRC, summarized the changes and edits that were made to the MOU from the last meeting and any comments received from members and alternates via email. He presented the updated MOU to the committee for approval. The Committee voted unanimously to approve the MOU. PSRC will distribute the final MOU to TOC representatives and ask them to route it for signatures to complete this MOU update. This MOU becomes effective once the last signature is received.

Discussion: Project Selection Update (Kelly McGourty, PSRC)

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Kelly McGourty, PSRC, provided an overview on the key elements for the 2018 project selection process and policies. She discussed the various details of the key elements, such as set-asides, minimum floor, funding limits, and limits on the number of appllications submitted by agencies. She noted that all of the policies, the process and various issues will be addressed at the upcoming Project Selection Task Force meetings.

Discussion: Transportation 2040 Plan Update – Summary of Next Steps (Gil Cerise & Alex Krieg, PSRC )

Gil Cerise, PSRC and Alex Krieg, PSRC, presented a summary of next steps associated with the Regional Transit Network and Regional Transit Access & Parking Strategy in the Transportatoin 2040 Plan update. They noted that these summary slides will be presented at the next month’s TPB meeting.

Discussion: 2017 Transit Integration Report (Alex Krieg & Maggie Moore, PSRC)

Alex Krieg, PSRC, reviewed and provided an overview of the final draft 2017 Transit Integration Report.

Discussion: Intercity Passenger Rail Scheduling Update and Coordination Opportunities

(Kirk Fredrickson, WSDOT)

Kirk Fredrickson, WSDOT, presented an overview of the WSDOT / Amtrak Cascade rail relationship and the upcoming new, additional Amtrak Cascade train schedules to and from Seattle / Portland, OR. He said the new train schedule was to take effect December 18, 2017. He is looking to meet and collaborate with the various transit agencies about thier scheduling and how they might work or be adjsuted with the new Amtrak Cascade schedules.

Information: Community Transit Swift BRT Planning Update (June DeVoll, Community Transit)

Due to limited time, this information item was postponed to the next TOC meeting.

Next meeting:

October 25, 2017: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Adjourn

The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

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Item 5 MEMORANDUM October 18, 2017 TO: Transportation Operators Committee (SNTC) FROM: Gil Cerise, PSRC SUBJECT: Special Needs Transportation Committee Recommendation to Award

Funds to Projects on the 2017 PSRC Contingency List IN BRIEF At its October 18, 2017 meeting, the SNTC recommended award of $178,712 in funding to six projects listed on the 2017 PSRC Contingency List. The remaining $41,640 available to Traditional 5310 projects will be held over to fund projects in the next Coordinated Grant special needs transportation funding competition. RECOMMENDED ACTION The Transportation Operators Committee, at its October 25 meeting, will review the SNTC recommendation for the 2017 Coordinated Grant Contingency List program of projects to the Transportation Policy Board (TPB) for its further review and recommendation to the Executive Board. The SNTC recommendation includes:

• A recommendation for award of PSRC Traditional Section 5310 funds;

• A recommendation of award of PSRC Other Section 5310 funds Recommendations for both types of FTA Section 5310 funding can be found in Attachment A. BACKGROUND On January 26, 2017, the PSRC Executive Board took action to approve $4.2 million in PSRC-managed FTA Section 5310 funds and regional priority rankings for the WSDOT Consolidated Grant for the 2017-19 Biennium as part of the PSRC Coordinated Grant Program. In Spring 2017, WSDOT announced a little over $4.1 million in awards to regional priority ranked projects in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties based upon the Executive Board action. As part of its January 26, 2017 action, the PSRC Executive Board also approved contingency lists for projects seeking PSRC’s FTA Section 5310 funds during the 2017-19 Biennium. Since PSRC has been managing these funds, the agency has awarded contingency funds from a variety of sources that become available before the next grant competition. The most common sources of contingency funds are: 1) from funding returned by projects during the previous biennium, and 2) from higher than anticipated funding apportionments in cases where a funding estimate must be used for the PSRC Coordinated Grant competition. PSRC and WSDOT have identified funding as shown in Table 1 below that can be applied to the PSRC Contingency list:

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Table 1: Contingency Funding Available for 2017-2019 Biennium

Source of Funds Traditional 5310 Other 5310

Final FFY 2017 Section 5310 Apportionment (higher than estimated)

$35,614 $22,664

Funds Awarded for 2017-19 Biennium. Funds returned because project unable to use Federal Funds

$37,037 $0

Funds Awarded for 2015-17 Biennium that projects were unable to use during Biennium

$79,802 $45,235

TOTAL AVAILABLE $152,453 $67,899

Projects eligible to receive funding identified in Table 1 are identified on the 2017 PSRC Special Needs Transportation Contingency Lists. There are two contingency lists divided up by type of FTA Section 5310 funds:

• Traditional 5310 Contingency List

• Other 5310 Contingency List PSRC staff contacted project sponsors for contingency list projects to request information on the projects, with specific information requested as follows:

1. Is the project to be funded still viable? Can you still use the funds listed on the contingency list for the remainder of the 2017-2019 biennium (ending June 30, 2019)?

2. Are the secured matching funds needed to access the federal funds still available? Please describe the matching funds that will be used for these federal dollars. Note: as federal Section 5310 funds, applicants must provide at minimum 50% match for operating projects; and at minimum 20% match for capital, mobility management and contract for services.

3. If the project is still viable and matching funds available, please articulate what you can accomplish with the funds shown for your project. In many cases, the funding shown on the contingency list are partial amounts. Please describe what the additional funds will do for the project (e.g., add hours of service to an existing route; maintain a portion of an FTE for mobility management activities; allow purchase of 1 out of 2 vehicles originally applied for, etc.).

SUMMARY OF OCTOBER 18, 2017 SNTC MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS The SNTC convened on October 18, 2017 to review responses provided by project sponsors on the 2017 Contingency List. Two projects responded with requests to be removed from the contingency list, leaving seven projects remaining on the 2017 Contingency List. Traditional 5310 Funded Projects The SNTC first took up the Traditional 5310 funds. FTA requires that all $152,453 identified for this funding category be spent on Traditional 5310 eligible projects. The $110,813 in projects remaining on the contingency list was below the total amount of funding available from this funding source. The SNTC recommended all projects remaining on the 2017 Contingency List receive Traditional 5310 funds. All projects receiving Traditional 5310 funding were at least partially funded earlier in the year. Recommended funding will be used to allow projects to carry out their original scopes of work. Because the $41,640 remaining must be used for Traditional 5310-eligible projects, those funds will be held over for the next competition.

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Other 5310 Funded Projects Three projects were competing for use of the $67,899 in funding made available from the Other 5310 funding source. Homage’s Transportation Assistance Program – Operations had been partially funded earlier in the year, and receipt of the $30,033 in funding on the 2017 Contingency List would allow them to scale back up to provide the original scope of service. The other two projects, Catholic Community Services of Snohomish County’s Disabled Veterans Transportation and Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation’s Care Van Transportation Project were both unfunded. Each of these two projects required more than the $67,899 available to carry out their full scope of work. Both projects provided descriptions of what they could accomplish scaled down to the funding made available or less. The SNTC deliberated and discussed the needs of each project seeking Other 5310 funds. Several SNTC members discussed the small request made by Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation’s project in order to bring their existing van service that connects Buckley residents with medical services in the Enumclaw area from 31-hours/week to 40-hours/week. There was a discussion of the need for cross-county travel in this area, King County Metro’s revised service in this area, and how the Buckley area in Pierce County is outside of any transit district boundaries. During the discussion, Don Okazaki from King County Metro mentioned some potential funding that could be brought to bear on the $28,460 proposal made by Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation. Don Okazaki and Jerri Kelly from Pierce County Mobility Coalition agreed to connect with the project applicant to identify a way to assist that program outside of Coordinated Grant funding. The possibility of funding the project in other ways, in addition to the fact that this project scored lower than the other two projects under consideration were reasons that providing funding through the Coordinated Grant contingency process was not supported. Discussion then focused on the Snohomish County-based projects that were #1 and #2 on the 2017 Contingency List. Both of these projects are needed to sustain mobility for people with special transportation needs in Snohomish County.

• Transportation Assistance Program Operations needs the funding to restore 400 hours of service that it had to remove as part of its scaling of service in the partial funding award. The funding is used to provide mobility to people with special transportation needs outside of the fixed-route transit area and complimentary ADA paratransit service boundary. They provide safe and affordable transportation options to people outside of these areas who need to access health care. The program has also received an increase in calls from veterans seeking mobility. There has been substantial growth in demand for this service in recent months from across the service area.

• Disable Veterans Transportation is a volunteer transportation program that provides direct transportation service for disabled veterans who need access to healthcare. Because it is a volunteer transportation program, it provides low-cost transportation with direct service to destinations veterans need to reach, such as Veterans Administration Hospital in King County. This program typically provides transportation for a wide variety of services, but is focusing on access to medical appointments with the lower amount of funding available. The full biennium request to sustain service was around $139,000. The applicant submitted options for receiving $67,899 or $37,866 in Other Section 5310 funding.

Both programs are needed and both provide critical mobility service to different segments of the population in Snohomish County.

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A motion was made and seconded to provide the full $67,899 to Disabled Veterans Transportation because they received no funding to-date from the Coordinated Grant or WSDOT Consolidated Grant competitions. Disabled Veterans Transportation has been able to sustain itself barely in the interim with some small local sources. But, will need funding to sustain the program. After further discussion, a vote was taken on the motion and it was rejected. Vote on this motion was: 5 Yes, 6 No, and 3 Abstained. There was further discussion about the need for both Transportation Assistance Program Operations and Disabled Veterans Transportation programs to receive funding. A motion was made and seconded to fund the Other Section 5310 contingency list as follows:

• $30,033 in Other Section 5310 funds to Transportation Assistance Program Operations

• $37,866 in Other Section 5310 funds to Disabled Veterans Transportation The SNTC voted to approve this recommendation. The vote was 8 Yes, 1 No, and 3 Abstained. Although geographic distribution was discussed during the deliberations, it was pointed out that the amounts of money in play were so small that it made only a minor difference in the distribution of funding (less than 1%) across the region. NEXT STEPS The TOC’s recommendation on award of these contingency funds will be moved forward on the following schedule:

• Transportation Policy Board: November 9, 2017

• Executive Board: December 7, 2017 If you have questions prior to the meeting, please contact Gil Cerise at gcerise@psrc.org or (206) 971-3053. A: SNTC Recommendation to Award PSRC 2016-2017 Coordinated Grant Program

Contingency List for FTA 5310 Funds

Attachment A: PSRC 2016-2017 Coordinated Grant Program Contingency List for FTA Section 5310 Funds

Sponsor Project Title Brief Project DescriptionFunding

Type

SNTC

Recommendation

October 18, 2017

City of Seattle Human Services

Department, Aging and Disability

Services Division

Sustain Community Shuttles for

Seniors and People with Disabilities

in King County

Restoring these contingency funds will provide funding stability for the Community Shuttles project, providing

service to seniors and people with disabilities in several Seattle and south King County communities. The

project was partially funded at $490,911 for the biennium. These additional funds will allow the project to

maintain current service levels without any cuts for the full duration of the grant cycle that ends on June 30,

2019. Without the funds, the project could be at risk of having insufficient resources to cover increased costs

from fuel and other expenses.

Traditional

5310$25,972

HopelinkMobility Management in King

County

The contingency funds will ensure that the Mobility Management King County program can remain at the full

4 FTEs for short term planning and operational support for the King County Mobility Coalition and three

subregional coalitions over the course of the biennium. The funds will be added to the $513,056 already

awarded for the biennium.

Traditional

5310$58,542

Homage

(Senior Services of Snohomish

County)

Transportation Assistance Program -

Transportation Outreach

These contingency funds will help add another 10 days in staff time to the task of making connections with

those individuals that are unaware of transportation options in Snohomish County. The added funding will

allow at least three more custom travel instruction presentations for seniors in Snohomish County. The

project has received $42,739 in funding to-date for the biennium.

Traditional

5310$2,261

Everett Transit SNOTRAC

The contingency funding will be added to the $143,962 awarded to-date to enable the Snohomish County

Transportation Coalition (SNOTRAC) to expand the scope of the planned needs assessment/gaps analysis for

special needs populations and underserved areas of Snohomish County. The funding will allow SNOTRAC to

include a direct mailing campaign in addition to collaborating with partners and attending community events

to collect data. SNOTRAC is a diverse partnership of organizations that come together to provide Mobility

Management services in Snohomish County.

Traditional

5310$24,038

Homage

(Senior Services of Snohomish

County)

Transportation Assistance Program -

Operations

Contingency funds will help add 400 service hours that were reduced in the scaling back when the TAP

Operations project was reduced to $831,777 awarded to-date. This will allow TAP Operations to add ADA

Enhanced Paratransit rides through its demand response service in the remote areas of Snohomish County

and bringing seniors and people with disabilities to services and transportation options in the urban areas.

Other 5310 $30,033

Catholic Community Services Disabled Veterans Transportation

Volunteer transportation program that provides disabled veterans living in Snohomish County the ability to

access medical and other essential appointments, such as food banks, purchase groceries, and attend to other

essential errands, such as personal hygiene appointments. At the $37,866 funding level, the program will be

limited to critical healthcare appointments with volunteer driver trips totaling 58,059 miles. The funding

would be used to maintain necessary staffing for the program as follows: Coordinator .25 FTE and Program

Manager .10 FTE.

Other 5310 $37,866

TOTAL 178,712$

October 25, 2017Agenda Item 5A

DISCUSSION ITEM October 13, 2017

To: Transportation Operators Committee

From: Ben Bakkenta, Senior Program Manager

Subject: Status Report on Use of FTA Section 5307 Funds

IN BRIEF At the November 13, 2017 transit executives meeting, PSRC will provide a status report on its use of FTA

Section 5307 funds to support transit-related activities in its work program, and discuss a proposed set-aside

as part of the 2018 PSRC project selection process.

DISCUSSION

Past and Current PSRC Work Using Section 5307 Funds. PSRC receives both FHWA and FTA planning

funds to support its work as a Metropolitan Planning Organization. These planning funds have proven

inadequate to meet PSRC’s planning and coordination responsibilities. Federal law directs MPOs to use STP

and FTA Section (§) 5307 funds if more resources are necessary to support their work programs. For nearly 17

years, PSRC has used either STP or FTA §5307 funds – or both – to support its work program.

Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015-17 FTA §5307 funds were set-aside in the 2014 project selection process,

and programmed to PSRC through the “Livable Communities 3” grant, which is being completed this

month. See Attachment A for a summary of the work program and its accomplishments. FFY 2018-2020

funds were set-aside as part of the 2016 PSRC project selection process, one year of which was programmed

to PSRC through the “2018 Regional Transit” grant to support transit-related work at PSRC through June

2019. See Attachment B for a work program summary. Both of these work programs were reviewed and

approved by the transit executives.

Future PSRC Work Programs and 2018 Set-Aside. The remaining two years of FFY 2019-2020 funds set

aside as part of the 2016 project selection process will be programmed in PSRC’s FY 2020-21 budget, which

will not be adopted until 2019. As agreed with the region’s transit executives, detailed plans for work

supported by §5307 funds will be developed with the assistance of the Transportation Operators Committee

and approved by the executives prior to the adoption of PSRC’s FY 2020-2021 budget. If the transit executives

do not approve the work program, these §5307 funds will be reallocated to the project selection process.

Starting in summer 2018, PSRC will begin this work with the Transportation Operators Committee.

In 2018, PSRC boards will carry out a project selection process to allocate FFY 2021-2022 FHWA and FTA

funding. As part of this process, PSRC is proposing to set aside $1.0 million of STP funds per year, and $1.25

million of §5307 funds per year to support the PSRC FY 2022-2023 work program. The total set-aside of FTA

§5307 funds would be $2,500,000. This is consistent with the amount set-aside in the 2016 project selection

process.

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At this early time, these set-asides are placeholders for the purposes of setting the funding estimates for the

2018 PSRC project selection competition. Detailed work on PSRC’s FY 2022-2023 work program will not be

undertaken until summer 2020. As with the final programming of the FFY 2019-2020 funds, detailed work

plans for the FFY 2021-2022 funds will be developed with the assistance of the Transportation Operators

Committee and approved by the executives prior to the adoption of PSRC’s FY 2022-2023 budget.

Figure 1 illustrates the history of PSRC use of STP and FTA funding sources to supplement its budget and

work program since 2006.

FIGURE 1

For more information, please contact Kelly McGourty at 206-971-3601, kmcgourty@psrc.org or Ben

Bakkenta at 206-971-3286, bbakkenta@psrc.org

PSRC FY 22-23 Budget

PSRC FY 20-21 Budget

PSRC FY 18-19 Budget

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Summary of Livable Communities 3 Work Program and Accomplishments

Regional Transit Network and Regional Coordination/Integration: Highlights of the work accomplished

under this category include:

• PSRC convened public transit agency staff in an ad hoc committee to develop integrated transit

networks for 2025 and 2040 using each agency’s adopted plans or best available information for

those in process of updating their plans or creating new ones. These future transit networks

were the basis for PSRC travel demand modeling for the Transportation 2040 Plan Update.

• PSRC collaborated with public transit agencies to develop Transit Integration Reports with these

funds. The 2015 and 2016 Transit Integration Reports were completed with these funds, and

work was started on the 2017 Transit Integration Report which will be finished in the next work

program.

• PSRC staff convened the Transportation Policy Board (TPB) Transit Caucus, composed of TPB

members who are the designated transit representatives to that body. The TPB Transit Caucus

was convened to discuss transit-related topics associated with Transportation 2040 Plan update,

transit integration, award and programming of FTA funds, and performance-based planning

associated with transit asset management over the past two years.

• PSRC continued hosting the Peer Networking Series focusing sharing best practices and raising

awareness on a variety of planning topics with a focus on transit-related topics, such as use of

Remix to develop future transit networks, incorporating health into transportation planning,

among others. The Peer Networking Series included an extended workshop on multimodal

concurrency and transit level-of-service to advance work in an area of specific interest brought

up by transit agencies.

Regional Transit-Supportive Corridors and Transit Access: Highlights of the work accomplished under

regional transit-supportive corridors and transit access include:

• Completion of an transit access checklist and toolkit that builds upon recommendations from

the 2016 Transit Access Assessment. The Transit Access Assessment called for PSRC to create

the transit access checklist and toolkit to give all regional stakeholders the ability to assess

transit access conditions and help apply tools and strategies to improve access based on existing

and anticipated needs throughout the region.

• PSRC convened stakeholders throughout the region to as part of an ad hoc subcommittee to the

TOC to address parking management at transit facilities in the region. In addition, PSRC is

working with transit agencies and other stakeholders to engage WSDOT and Federal Highways

Administration on parking management policy given their role in funding and owning park &

ride lots.

• PSRC continued TOD implementation in the region, including convening the Regional TOD

Advisory Committee to advance work in this area.

• PSRC explored ways of making the King County Metro/Sound Transit funded Nonmotorized

Connectivity Tool useable to a larger portion of the region. However, it was determined that

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given the scattered and inconsistent nonmotorized facilities data found within the region, that

effort are better spent in advancing another part of this work program: developing a consistent

methodology for coding nonmotorized facility data among the region’s jurisdictions as a means

of improving availability and use of this data.

Health and Equity and Special Needs Transportation: PSRC advanced work in these transit-related

areas, including:

• Conducting a bicycle and pedestrian safety outreach initiative with the PSRC Bicycle and

Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) across the four-county region;

• Engaging the TPB and regional stakeholders in incorporating health and equity into the

Transportation 2040 Plan update; and

• Working with Special Needs Transportation Committee (SNTC) and other stakeholders on ways

to visualize service coverage for the variety of transportation programs that address

transportation for people who have special transportation needs in the region; and

• Additional work above-and-beyond PSRC’s typical work program in facilitating the Regional

Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) Task Force’s work to update the RRFP Memorandum of

Understanding and associated materials.

Transit Data and Modeling: PSRC’s data and modeling functions included significant work associated

with making data and modeling improvements associated with several of the transportation planning

tasks identified in categories noted above. Key among these were the work it took to incorporate 2025

and 2040 transit networks into PSRC’s model and the iterative testing and adjustments needed for the

Transportation 2040 Plan update model runs. Additional discrete transit data and modeling tasks

included:

• PSRC staff support for the ORCA Data Analysis Project, including convening stakeholders, as

needed and informing the work on this important project that uses data to better understand

transit travel behavior.

• Calibration of mode choice models using 2014 Household Travel Survey data in PSRC’s

activity-based model, SoundCast to match 2014 observed behavior.

• Development of new transit performance measures for consideration in the Transportation

2040 Plan update using SoundCast and based upon the work in developing 2040 and 2025

transit networks and feedback of the ad hoc Transportation 2040 Transit Network Committee.

• PSRC has continued to improve its web-based portal technology to allow transit agency

members and others ability to more directly interact with model results via interactive

dashboards using Tableau.

Ferries Planning and Data Analysis: PSRC also worked with ferry agencies to incorporate their plans

into the 2040 and 2025 transit networks. PSRC staff are working with Washington State Ferries on the

update of their Long Range Plan.

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ATTACHMENT B

PSRC FY 2018-2019 Transit-Related Work Program October 25, 2017 TOC

Puget Sound Regional Council FY 2018-2019 Work Program

Using FFY 2017-18 Section 5307 Funds

The PSRC July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019 work program will include the final year of the 2018 update of

Transportation 2040, and early work in support of updating VISION 2040. The PSRC regional transit

work program will directly support these efforts. The Transportation Operators Committee reviewed

and contributed to this work program at their August, September and October meetings in 2016, and

the Transit Executives reviewed this work program at their November 14, 2016 meeting.

Coordination and Integration

Regional support for ongoing transit agency coordination and integration. Examples of work program

topics include:

• Annual transit integration report,

• Staff support for Transportation Policy Board’s Transit Caucus, and

• Other coordination support, as-needed (examples: 2015 Transit Summit, convening on

wayfinding topic).

Policy and Planning Support

Continuation of work on transit networks and service, access, nonmotorized connectivity, parking

management, and TOD policy issues. Incorporation of these issues into the 2018 update of

Transportation 2040, and continuing work with transit agencies to further implement policies in these

areas. Examples of work program topics include:

• Updated future transit networks (2025 and 2040) in the Transportation 2040 Plan update,

• Transit access toolkit and implementation,

• Regional TOD program,

• Parking management,

• Nonmotorized data collection and coordination,

• Transit speed and reliability corridor evaluation, and

• Transit agency plan and policy update support, as needed.

Data and Modeling Support

Work in this area will result in regional data and modeling that better reflects public transportation, and

makes the data and modeling products more accessible and useful to transit agencies within the region

for their own work. Examples of work program topics include:

• Coordination of continued support for transit mapping, visualization, and planning tools.

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ATTACHMENT B

PSRC FY 2018-2019 Transit-Related Work Program October 25, 2017 TOC

• ORCA Data Analysis project, including evaluation of data for key findings to support transit

agency work

• Regional household survey and similar periodic data collection efforts that have benefit to

transit agencies,

• Updates to the SoundCast travel model to better reflect public transportation,

• Continuing work to make region-specific data available and useful to agency planning efforts,

and

• Update and streamline the TIP modification process.

Emerging Issues

This work program topic area consolidates several areas from the previous work program (e.g., health &

equity, special needs transportation, and ferry planning) and provides a place to capture work in areas

that are not well-defined in other ongoing work program topics. Examples of work program topics

include:

• Incorporation of health & equity, special needs transportation, and ferry planning work from the

last work program into the 2018 update of Transportation 2040,

• Continuing to advance equity and social justice considerations in transit planning,

• Supporting the region’s ferry planning, including passenger-only ferries,

• Additional convening associated with regional target setting as part of federally-required

performance-based planning.

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