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May 1, 2007 Attachment l M I;TROPOLTTAN Joseph P. Bvn MegoCenar M °~' TRANSPORTATION 107 Eighth Sveet Oakland, C.A 94607-4700 COMMiS SIGN TEL 510.817.5700 TDD(CrY 510.617.5769 _ FAx 510.617.5B48 E-MNL info®mteco.gov WEB wvnv.m[c.ca.gov 1V.lemoranduna TO: Partnership Technical Advisory Committee DATB: April 9, 2007 FR: Ashley Nguyen and Lisa Klein W. I. RE: Defining the 2009 RTP Vision RTP APPROACH The 2009 Regional Transportation Plan {RTP) will begin by first developing a "vision" of the region's future, and then defining the transportation policies, investments and finances that support that future. This new approach provides us an opportunity to fully assess the region's long-range transportation system needs and travel patterns as they relate to current and planned land-use and growth patterns. MTC will use the latest socio-demographic assumptions, which is ABAG's adopted Projections 2007, and will reference and incorporate the outcomes of the multi-agency FOCUS effort. Once we establish this "big picture".planning context, then We can identify, discuss and prioritize the transportation investments and finances that the region ought to pursue in the financially constrained plan element to better support and carry out our vision (see Attachment A). PROCESS FOR' DEFINING TAE RTP VISION Scenairio Performance Assessment MTC staffbelieves that the RTP Vision should be oriented towards goals and policies chat help define inveshlient shategies. Since the RTP Vision is not financially constrained, we have the opportunity to think strategically about policies that best move the region towards ifs established goals. Staffpmposes to set performance-based targets and then measure the contribution of various scenarios against these targets (see Attachment B). In essence, we are looking to develop an outcome-based RTP. MTC staff will evaluate the projects/programs proposed for the RTP Vision through two separate processes: (i) scenario performance assessment; which is described below and in Attachment 1i, and (2) project performance assessment. We will present the overall approach, process, and potential measures for project performance assessment in greater detail at the May 21 PTAC meeting. - . For the scenario assessment, staff proposes to use the adopted Projections 2007 as the underlying socio-demographics assumption, and use today's conditions (2006) as the benchmark for comparative purposes. We have defined three preliminary performance-based targets: • Delay (e.g., reduce person hours of delay by 56 percent compared to today); • Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) (e,g,, reduce VMT traveled by 5 percent compared to today); and • Emissions (e.g., reduce carbon dioxide to 1990 levels; reduce particulate matter to 2000 levels), PAGE 3