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6.0. - Page 5 of 8 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY SUPPORTING THE BAY AREA SEAMLESS TRANSIT <br />PRINCIPLES <br />WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area) faces challenges due to <br />several interrelated subjects such as housing affordability, traffic congestion, and air <br />pollution; and <br />WHEREAS, despite large financial investments in transportation infrastructure in <br />the Bay Area over the past five decades, there has not been a significant shift towards <br />the use of public transportation. According to US Census Bureau, in 2017 about 11.7% <br />of all workers in the nine Bay Area counties commuted to work by public transportation; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the California Air Resources Board reported in 2018 that no California <br />regions, including the Bay Area, are on track to meet their greenhouse gas reduction <br />targets, with increasing Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and decline in transit ridership cited <br />as a primary factors; and <br />WHEREAS, transit unreliability and multiple separate fares are among the main <br />challenges that many transit riders face. Riders have to use multiple transit systems that <br />are operating independently which specifically puts financial burden on low-income <br />populations; and <br />WHEREAS, regions with high -ridership public transportation systems are, by <br />contrast, characterized by highly integrated networks of local and regional transit services <br />that make traveling without a private automobile convenient and easy for all types of trips, <br />featuring aligned routes and schedules, coordinated transfers, customer friendly transit <br />hubs, common branding, and other common regional customer experience standards; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, regions that have successfully integrated and simplified transit fares <br />have experienced many broad social benefits, including a shift in travel from private cars <br />to public transit, an increase in overall public transit usage, and expanded mobility options <br />and cost savings for riders. <br />ATTY/RESO.0083/CC RESO SUPPORTING THE BAY AREA SEAMLESS TRANSIT PRINCIPLES <br />REV: 08-13-19 PR <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />190 <br />