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8.A. - Page 24 of 28 Dumbarton Rail Corridor Project (District) Summary In August 2018, the District began partnering with Cross Bay Transit Partners, LLC (CBTP), a joint venture between Facebook and Plenary Group/CDPQ, to explore options to enhance mobility options along the Dumbarton rail corridor. The Project is a new fixed guideway mass transit service spanning Alameda and San Mateo counties, connecting Redwood City Caltrain Station to Newark, Fremont, Ardenwood and the Union City BART Station. The District and CBTP will explore the feasibility of potentially reopening the corridor for passenger service and facilitating mixed-use transit -oriented development at key transit connections. Goals The Project is intended to implement a mass transit service connecting southern portions of the Peninsula and East Bay to enhance mobility between Alameda and San Mateo counties. By providing an east -west connection to existing north -south regional transit systems on both sides of the Bay, the Project would serve communities throughout the Bay Area while accommodating anticipated population and employment growth. The Project has the following goals: • Improve travel times for transit users • Reduce intermodal transfer times • Reduce traffic congestion • Reduce transportation -related greenhouse gas (GHG) and air quality emissions • Create a sustainable mass transit system that serves the Bay Area region Outcomes Dumbarton Rail Corridor (DRC) Project will use the existing rail corridor, currently an unused asset through an area with important unmet transportation needs (including a bay crossing to replace the damaged rail bridge). The Project can be delivered in one or more phases and is scalable with respect to the funding available and timing for receipt of funding. The options under evaluation to deliver the new service include commuter rail, light rail or group rapid transit technology. • Develop new transit service between Redwood City and the East Bay that addresses goals of improved travel times, reduced transfer times, reduced traffic congestion, reduce GHG emissions • Rebuild the Dumbarton Rail Bridge • Support sustainable development in the Bay Area, focused around transit hubs • Improve reliability and connections to other regional mobility providers Key Decisions or Technical Work Needed to Advance The Project is kicking off NEPA/CEQA environmental process in the first half of 2020. Project alternatives that will consider the physical alignment and technology options will be developed REV: 05-07-2020 PR ATTY/AGR.2020.071/SMCTA and JPB (Page 19 of 23) 187