Transit Priority Project Eligible Areas (2017)

This dataset includes geographic areas that meet location eligibility criteria for Transit Priority Projects, as defined in California Public Resources Code (PRC) - Section 21155.1, consistent with Senate Bill 375 and Plan Bay Area 2040 (official): Within ½ mile of a Major Transit stop , defined as any of the following: -Existing rail stations -Planned rail stations in an adopted Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) -Existing ferry terminals with bus or rail service -Planned ferry terminals with bus or rail service in an adopted RTP -Intersection of at least two existing or planned bus routes with headways of 15 minutes or better during both the morning and evening peak periods; or Within a ¼ mile of a High-Quality transit corridor , defined as an existing or planned fixed-route bus corridor with headway of 15 minutes or better during both the morning and evening peak periods. Note that to qualify as a Transit Priority Project, a development proposal must also comply with the full set of land use, density, environmental criteria included in the California Public Resources Code, Section 21155(b) This dataset was developed using several data sources that include Planned Transit Systems identified in the Plan Bay Area 2040 Regional Transportation Plan, Existing Transit locations extracted from the 511 Regional Transit Database, and manual editing conducted by the Spatial Modeling team at MTC. See further details here: https://bayareametro.github.io/Data-And-Visualization-Projects/legislative_transit_data.html