California High Speed Rail Bond,
Connecting Rail Funding
The California High Speed Rail bond includes $950million in funding for
connecting rail projects. The funding is distributed by the following
formula:
(A) One third of the eligible recipient's percentage share of statewide track
miles.
(B) One third of the eligible recipient's percentage share of statewide annual
vehicle miles.
(C) One third of the eligible recipient's percentage share of statewide annual
passenger trips.
Using figures
from the 2000 National Transit Database (note: excludes recent and proposed
extensions), and noting that NTD includes a measure of "Fixed Guideway
Directional Route Miles", which is perhaps a good approximation of "track miles"
(not "route miles") in (A)
"Transit Way Mileage Directional route miles are reported on the Transit Way Mileage
Form (403) [...] The term directional route miles is defined as
the mileage in each direction over routes that public
transportation vehicles travel while in revenue service. Directional
route miles are a measure of the facility or roadway, not the
amount or frequency of service carried on the facility; i.e.,
number of routes or vehicle revenue miles. They are determined by
direction of service, but not by the number of traffic lanes or
rail tracks existing in a given right-of-way. If vehicles travel in
only one direction within a right-of-way, each mile is counted
once. If vehicles travel in both directions, each mile is counted
twice. A mile of single track over which commuter rail service
operates in both directions represents two directional route miles. The
number of routes along the measured distance does not influence
directional mileage; e.g., a mile of exclusive busway on which a transit
agency operates six different routes in only a single direction
represents one directional mile."
Using this
information, the following distribution is expected:
ACE- $28m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9182/$File/P9182.htm
(A)
172 9.8%
(B)
440 320 0.5%
(C)
2 098 432 0.8%
=>
2.80% = $28m
BART- $269m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9003/$File/P9003.htm
(A)
190 10.8%
(B)
57 377 586 60.7%
(C)
90 974 498 34.5%
=> 35.35% =
$269m
Caltrain- $42m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9134/$File/P9134.htm
(A)
154 8.8%
(B)
4 269 766 4.5%
(C)
8 735 022 3.3%
=>
5.53% = $42m
Sacramento- $20m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9019/$File/P9019.htm
(A)
41 2.3%
(B)
2 222 044 2.4%
(C)
8 626 868 3.3%
=>
2.65% = $20m
Muni LRT- $62m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9015/$File/P9015.htm
(A)
70 4.0%
(B)
4 314 232 4.6%
(C)
41 610 126 15.8%
=>
8.11% = $62m
Muni Cable Cars, yes,
Cable Cars!- $12m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9015/$File/P9015.htm
(A)
9 0.5%
(B)
523 642 0.5%
(C)
9 206 274 3.5%
=>
1.51% = $12m
LACMTA Subway- $41m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9154/$File/P9154.htm
(A)
32 1.8%
(B)
3 567 756 3.8%
(C)
27 957 650 10.6%
=>
5.40% = $41m
LACMTA Light Rail-
$53m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9154/$File/P9154.htm
(A)
82 4.7%
(B)
4 658 489 4.9%
(C)
29 859 558 11.3%
=>
6.97% = $53m
SCRRA (Metrolink)-
$135m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9151/$File/P9151.htm
(A)
770 43.9%
(B)
6 484 857 6.9%
(C)
6 978 588 2.6%
=> 17.80% =
$135m
San Diego Trolley-
$61m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9054/$File/P9054.htm
(A)
97 5.5%
(B)
7 090 499 7.5%
(C)
28 743 326 10.9%
=>
7.98% = $61m
North San Diego
County Transit Development Board (Coaster)- $16m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9030/$File/P9030.htm
(A)
82 4.7%
(B)
1 058 768 1.1%
(C)
1 187 751 0.5%
=>
2.08% = $16m
Santa Clara County
VTA- $22m
http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/2000+All/9013/$File/P9013.htm
(A)
56 3.2%
(B)
2 421 865 2.6%
(C)
7 913 730 3.0%
=>
2.92% = $22m
Total
(A)
1 755 directional route miles (sprawl is good)
(B)
94,429,824 vehicle revenue miles per year (empty trains are fine)
(C)
263,891,823 unlinked passenger trips per year (BART is good)