Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies (2022)

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79   A P P E N D I X A TCRP Project J-07/SB-34 Survey Questionnaire Questionnaire Project purpose: The goal of this synthesis is to identify the potential mechanisms (both policies and programs) to coordinate public transit (both services and capital investments) with construction, operation, protection, and preservation of affordable housing. The study will synthesize the state of the practice of transit system coordination with affordable housing initiatives in the broader sense [including but not limited to transit-oriented development (TOD)]. The survey questions try to address different potential ways that transit agencies may coordinate with affordable housing providers, local jurisdictions, housing advocates, and regional planning agencies and MPOs on fare, service, planning, and TOD actions and polices that foster coordination between public transit and affordable housing. Given the variety of circumstances and transit systems, not all questions may be appropriate for all agencies. We encourage you to obtain input from others in your agency as needed. For those answers for which you are uncertain, simply answer “Unknown.” We also ask for recommendations for other agencies to be included in our sample and for your willingness to participate in a telephone interview if your agency is selected for a more detailed case example. The final report, to be published by the Transportation Research Board, will document the current state of the practice, and provide an overview to help transit agencies address the challenges presented. This report will be extremely useful to transit agencies, regional planning, and affordable housing practitioners who increasingly are seeking coordinated strategies to address the lack of affordable housing options and mobility challenges for very low-income households. All survey responses will be confidential and will be edited to remove information regarding individual agencies. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Instructions on returning the survey are included on the last page. Respondent Information 1. Date: 2. Name of Respondent: 3. Agency Name: 4. Title of Respondent: 5. City/State: 6. Respondent e-mail address: 7. Respondent Telephone Number:

80 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies 9. Modal service (check all that apply): Paratransit / demand response Bus Rail (heavy, light rail, streetcar) Bus rapid transit or arterial bus transit Ferry Commuter transit Transit Service and Fare Policy Coordination with Affordable Housing 10. Does your agency offer discounted fares for very low-income riders? Yes/No/Unknown 11. If yes, what type of discounted fare policies are offered? 12. If yes, how does your agency define low-income [for instance, 30% area median income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipient, etc.]? 13. Does your agency prioritize serving neighborhoods with high levels of affordable housing when making transit service and routedecisions? 14. If yes, how does your agency define affordable housing (e.g., units that are affordable at XX% or gross median rent in x geography)? 15. Does your agency prioritize or make special effort to inform and engage residents of affordable housing or riders living in public housing when fare policy or service changes are being considered? Yes/No/Unknown 16. Please share any targeted outreach strategies you have used to engage or inform residents of affordable housing or riders living in public housing 17. In what ways does your transit agency ensure that low-income riders are represented in advisory or decision-making roles to ensure their mobility needs are met and prioritized? Multiple Choice (check all that apply) Through specific positions on the transit board for low-income riders Through specific positions on advisory or riders committee for low-income riders Through the agency’s equity committee No specific process Other: Please describe 18. How well are neighborhoods with a significant number affordable housing units currently served by your transit system? Multiple Choice (choose one): All are served by at least hourly transit service Most are served by at least hourly service Some are served by hourly transit service All are served by transit service with 30-minute headways or less Most are served by transit service with 30-minute headways or less Some are served by transit service with 30-minute headways or less Do not know Less than 100 vehicles Less than 250 peak vehicles operated in maximum service 250 to 999 peak vehicles operated in maximum service 1,000+ peak vehicles operated in maximum service 8. System Size: Yes/No/Unknown

TCRP Project J-07/SB-34 Survey Questionnaire 81   19. Have or do public housing authorities or other affordable housing organizations coordinate with your agency on the following: (check all that apply) Multiple Choice (check all that apply) To provide transit passes to residents of affordable housing To provide route and service information to residents of affordable housing To help consider and plan for increased service or mobility improvement discussions To ensure transit access when making decisions about where to locate affordable housing projects To address other issues of transportation coordination or concern Public housing agencies do not coordinate with my agency 20. Have or do public housing authorities or other affordable housing organizations coordinate with your regional or city planning agencies on the following: (check all that apply) Multiple Choice (check all that apply) To provide transit passes, or route and service information to residents of affordable housing To inform local and regional transportation plans and transit investments To ensure transit access when making decisions about where to locate affordable housing projects Do not know 21. Does your agency engage in targeted hiring or recruitment to residents of public housing or affordable housing for employment, training, apprenticeship, transit ambassador, or mentoring programs? Yes/No/Unknown 22. If yes, how and what forms? What is the rate of hire? Planning Coordination between Transit and Housing 23. Beyond fare or service policies, has your agency partnered or built a relationship with affordable housing agencies or advocates around transit? Yes/No/Unknown 24. If so, please describe these types of partnerships: 25. Do local or regional planners in your region report on and track metrics on the combined costs of transportation and housing? Yes/No/Unknown 26. If yes, is this information further disaggregated to report and track on the combined costs of transportationand housing for low-income residents? Yes/No/Unknown 27. Do the MPO-produced regional long-range transportation plan(s) include a prioritization for transit investments or service expansion to serve areas with low-income neighborhoods or census tracts? Yes/No/ Unknown

82 Coordination of Public Transit Services and Investments with Affordable Housing Policies 28. Do regional housing or growth plans for your community or metropolitan area include specific targets for increasing affordablehousing? Yes/No/Unknown 29. If yes, do these plans prioritize or call out affordable housing near transit as a policy priority? 30. Do your regional long-range transportation plan(s) include a prioritization for transit investments or service expansion to specifically serve areas with higher concentrations of affordablehousing? Yes/No/Unknown 31. Is homelessness an issue that your agency is struggling to address? Yes/No/ Unknown 32. If yes, please elaborate on the impacts of homelessness to your transit system: 33. Does your agency have any programs in place to address riders who are homeless? Yes/No/ Unsure 34. If yes, please elaborate on what programs you have established, including who your agency may partner with on these programs: 35. How well do the following entities consider transit in making decisions about where to locate affordable housing in your city or region? • Public housing authorities Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Affordable housing developers Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Affordable housing non-profits Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Community development organizations Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Local governments Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Regional planning agencies Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • State housing finance agencies Not at all / Somewhat / Most of the time / Always • Do not know 36. In some cities, transit and affordable housing advocates often work together on shared policy objectives, including ballot measures to increase transit funding. Does or has your agency engaged with affordable housing advocates on efforts to coordinate transit planning or increase support for transit funding, or on other transit advocacy efforts? Yes/No/Unknown 37. Please elaborate or provide examples of how your agency engages with or has worked with affordable housing advocates Coordinating Affordable Housing with Transit-Oriented Development 38. Does your agency engage in transit-oriented development? Yes/No/Unknown If yes, please answer the following questions: 39. Does your agency have a TOD or joint development policy that addresses affordable housing? Multiple Choice (selectone) Yes, our agency TOD and/or Joint Development policy specifically prioritizes affordable housing No, our agency TOD and/or Joint Development policy does not include specific prioritization for affordable housing, but does encourage greater density, multi-family housing, and more compact residential housing development Our agency does not have a TOD or Joint Development Policy Do not know

TCRP Project J-07/SB-34 Survey Questionnaire 83   40. Does your agency give any prioritization for affordable housing in its process to dispose of surplus properties for redevelopment? Yes/No/Unknown 41. If so, pleasedescribe: 42. Has your agency participated in joint development projects that included affordable housing? Yes/No/Unknown 43. Do station area plans or TOD plans, developed by your agency or other local jurisdictions, include specific goals or regulatory measures to support or allow for affordable housing near transit? Yes/No/Unknown 44. Does your agency have specific production or preservation targets or goals for affordable housing (e.g. to create an additional 1,000 units of affordable housing on transit-adjacent properties over the next 10 years, or to preserve at least 50% of currently affordable housing units within a quarter-mile of light rail stations)? Yes/No/Unknown 45. If yes, please describe the specific affordable housing production and/or preservation targets your agency has established: 46. Does your agency consider impacts of gentrification or displacement of low-income, affordable housing residents as part of its TOD and/or joint development policy? Multiple Choice (Select One) No, we do not Yes, we have specific policies or resolutions to address Yes, but nothing formally adopted Do not know 47. Please elaborate on how your agency considers gentrificationor displacement impacts of low- income affordable housing residents: Case Examples/Other Agencies 48. Would you be willing to participate further as a case example, involving a telephone interview going into further detail on your agency’s experience, if selected by the TCRP panel for this project? Yes No 49. Is there another transit system that you suggest we include in this synthesis project? Please provide the agency name and a contact. 50. Please share other ways that your organization has partnered on affordable housing issues in your community that have not been discussed in the previous survey questions. END: Thank you for participating in this survey. We encourage you to complete the survey via the web (GOOGLE LINK). If you have any questions on the survey or the project, feel free to contact Mariia Zimmerman by email (Mariia@MZStrategies.com) or by phone (703-582-7355).