Metro - File #: 2023-0175

• File #: 2023-0175
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/7/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/20/2023
• Final action: 4/27/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the guidelines and project eligibility for Round 3 of the ExpressLanes Net Toll Revenue Allocations (Attachments A and D); B. APPROVING the Metro ExpressLanes Round 3 Net Toll Revenue Grant Applications (Attachments B and C); and C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to extend all in-progress Round 1 and Round 2 Net Toll Revenue projects' lapsing dates by two years (Attachment E).
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: Application, Budgeting, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Council Of Governments, El Monte Busway, Equity Focus Communities, Expresslanes Incremental Transit Service (Project), Gardena, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Harbor Transitway, I-10, I-110, Location 0075, Long Range Transportation Plan, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro ExpressLanes, Operations and Maintenance, Outreach, Plan, Policy, Program, Project, Ridership, Safety, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Sustainable transportation, Tolls, Traffic signals, Transit buses, Transit centers, Transit System

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO EXPRESSLANES NET TOLL REVENUE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING the guidelines and project eligibility for Round 3 of the ExpressLanes Net Toll Revenue Allocations (Attachments A and D);

B. APPROVING the Metro ExpressLanes Round 3 Net Toll Revenue Grant Applications (Attachments B and C); and

C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to extend all in-progress Round 1 and Round 2 Net Toll Revenue projects' lapsing dates by two years (Attachment E).

Issue
ISSUE

State law requires net toll revenues generated from the ExpressLanes program to be reinvested for transportation improvements in the corridor where generated, pursuant to an expenditure plan adopted by the Metro Board. Gross toll revenues generated from the ExpressLanes are first used to cover the direct expenses related to the maintenance, administration, and operation of the lanes per Metro Board policy. Following Board Policy, the remaining revenue is then used to maintain project reserves, to support incremental additional transit service on the ExpressLanes, and for freeway/roadway improvements and system connectivity/ active transportation projects identified through a competitive grant program (Net Toll Revenue Grants).

All projects awarded grants are required to ensure timely use of funds, including beginning to use the funds within one year of executing their funding agreement. This provision is the same process used during the first two grant rounds. Projects from the first two rounds that have begun work and continue to make progress can have their lapsing date extended.

Background
BACKGROUND

The net toll revenue program's primary objective is to increase mobility and person throughput through the implementation of integrated strategies that enhance transit operations, transportation demand management, tra...