Common use of Local Planning Clause in Contracts

Local Planning. Alameda CTC is the designated Congestion Management Agency for Alameda County. Alameda CTC coordinates countywide transportation planning efforts; programs local, regional, state and federal funding; and delivers projects and programs including those approved by voters in Alameda County transportation expenditure plans for Measure B, Measure BB, and the Vehicle Registration Fee. The Alameda Countywide Transportation Plan (CWTP) is a long-range policy document that guides future transportation investments, programs, policies and advocacy for all of Alameda County through the year 2040. The CWTP identifies a number of future trends, issues and challenges for the County including safety, and more specifically, an increase in the number of collisions on roadways. The project has been assigned project number 030 in the CWTP. The project is also included in the 2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan. Both plans include the continued development of express lanes in Alameda County. The projects listed in Table 4-1 are the current and future projects on I-680 in the vicinity of the project that are part of the Caltrans SHOPP. Ala 4K670 At the ramp terminus of the on-ramp to southbound I-680 and Sunol Blvd. Install left-turn channelization with signalization(PM 15.25). $4.0M 2021/22 Ala OP630 In Alameda County in Pleasanton at Stoneridge Drive – Construct Rock Slope protection at slip out. $1.5M 2020/21 Ala 4G113 In and near Fremont Pleasanton, and Dublin, from 0.3 mile south of ▇▇▇▇▇ Creek Road to 0.3 mile north of Alcosta Boulevard- Install ramp meters, ramp HOV bypass lanes and Traffic Operations Systems $40.4M 2018 The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Valley Transit Authority (Wheels) and the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (County Connection) currently operate bus routes that use the I-680 corridor. Separate from this project, Alameda CTC is conducting a transit study of the I-680 corridor to identify one or more public express bus service options along the I-680 corridor that would leverage the existing and planned HOV/express lanes. A continuous HOV/express lane system on I-680 would improve travel time and travel reliability for public transit, increasing the incentive for transit use in the corridor. In January 2019, Alameda CTC conducted a transit operator workshop to collect input from local transit providers. The workshop was attended by representatives from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Caltrans, CCTA, MTC, Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and Wheels. The purpose of the workshop was to consider target users of a potential express bus service; service type; route, termini, and stops; transit vehicle types; potential capital and operating funding opportunities; and implementation issues. The input and observations from the workshop were considered in the development of a transit operations concept for the I-680 corridor that included a ridership analysis, revenue projections, and an operating plan. Findings were shared at a second transit operator workshop in October 2019. Work is ongoing to finalize findings, which will include capital and operating/maintenance cost estimates and potential funding sources. The transit operations concept would provide a basis for implementing potential future public express bus service on I-680 when funding is available. A new public express bus service on I-680 is not considered an alternative to the proposed project because it would not fulfill the purpose of closing the gap in the I-680 HOV/express lane system between SR 84 and Alcosta Boulevard. Although an additional transit route would increase person-throughput (the number of people moved per vehicle) and thereby incrementally reduce congestion on I-680, it would require HOV/express lanes to provide riders with improved travel time and travel reliability. By helping to provide a continuous HOV/express lane system, the proposed project, combined with other in-progress and proposed HOV/express lane projects, would provide reliable travel times for public transit and help encourage transit use in the corridor.