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SB 916 Senate Bill - AMENDED plan shall be eligible for funding in the commission's regional transportation plan. (3) Regional standards and procedures to ensure maximum coordination of schedule connections to minimize transfer times between transit lines at key transit hubs, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) Policies and procedures for improved fare collection. (B) Enhanced trip - planning services, including Internet -based programs, telephone information systems, and printed schedules. (C) Enhanced schedule coordination through the implementation of real -time transit - vehicle location systems that facilitate communication between systems and result in improved timed transfers between routes. (D) Performance measures and data collection to monitor the performance of the connectivity plan. The connectivity plan shall focus on, but not be limited to, feeder transit lines connecting to regional rapid transit services, and the connection of regional rapid transit services to one another. The connectivity plan shall be adopted following a commission public hearing at least 60 days prior to adoption. The commission shall adopt performance measures and collect appropriate data to monitor the performance of the connectivity plan. The plan shall be evaluated every three years by the commission as part of the update to its regional transportation plan. No agency shall be eligible to receive funds under this section unless the agency is a participant operator in the commission's regional transit connectivity plan. The provisions of this subdivision shall only be effective if the voters approve the toll increase as set forth in Section 30921, and any expenditures incurred by the commission related to the requirements of this subdivision, including any study and administration, shall be appropriate charges against toll revenue to be reimbursed from toll revenues. (e) The Translink Consortium, per the TransLink Interagency Participation Agreement, shall by July 1, 2007, develop a plan for an integrated fare program covering all regional rapid transit trips funded in full or in part by this section. "Regional rapid transit" means long -haul transit services that cross county lines, and operate mostly in dedicated rights -of -way, including freeway high occupancy vehicle lanes, crossing a bridge, or on the bay. Interregional rail services, originating or terminating from outside the Bay Area, shall not be considered regional rapid transit. The purpose of the _n to gra ted fare program is to encourage greater use of the region's transit network by making it easier and less costly for transit riders wrose regular commute involves multizonal travel and may invcive the transfer between two or more transit agencies, including regional -to- regional and regional -co -local transfers. The integrated fare program shall include a zonal fare system for the sole purpose of creating a monthly zonal pass (monthly pass), allowing for unlimited or discounted fares for transit riders making a minimum number of monthly transit trips between two or more zones. The number of minimum trips shall be established by the plan. The integrated fare program shall not apply to fare structures that are not purchased on a monthly basis. For the purposes of these zonal fares, geographic zones shall be created in the Bay Area. To the extent practical, zone boundaries for overlapping systems shall be in the same places and shall correspond to the boundaries of the local transit service areas. A regional rapid transit zone may cover more than one local service area, or may subdivide an existing local service area. The monthly pass shall be created in at least the following two forms: Page 19 of 29 q . D- 27 I __ ":..r. _.. -_..t_ i,:n nnn nncn nic L:n nn,n ,..._....., 1 ,