Strategic Deployment Plan - sacog

8 NEXT STEPS
The Sacramento Regional ITS Architecture and ITS Strategic Deployment Plan (SDP) should be
considered living documents.
As with other recent regional planning documents, this report can be an active resource that builds
upon other major regional planning initiatives such as the Sacramento Region Blueprint, and the
Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Stakeholders in Sacramento and the adjacent regions are
encouraged to use this document in tandem with other regional documents and related plan
updates.
In order to make this document successful, it is necessary to carry forward several key elements:
1. It is critical to execute an SDP Memorandum of Understanding as soon as possible
following approval of the documents. This will keep the momentum going forward and help to
include ITS solutions in the planning processes that will be updated over the next year.
2. The responsible agencies should follow up on Early Winner projects in their jurisdiction to
identify opportunities to provide greater benefit and cost savings by implementing them.
3. ITS planning encompasses Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO). As ITS mainstreaming
moves forward, stakeholders from freight agencies and goods movement organizations (such as
the Port of Sacramento) should be identified and engaged more actively in future discussions.
4. Incorporate SDP outputs into Next Step action items from Blueprint. One of the Next Steps of
Blueprint is to “Develop a toolbox of Best Planning and Development Practices”, including
design guidelines and on­line tutorials. The ITS Solutions Toolbox can be linked to, or be one
of the “tools”in the Blueprint Toolbox.
5. Execute the conditions of the ITS Maintenance Plan to ensure that the ITS Architecture will
continue to be updated.
6. As part of the ITS Partnership or other group of stakeholders, set a schedule for discussing the
SDP on a regular basis. Many of the ideas and concepts contained in this document can change
regularly and it is essential to the success of the region to evaluate the contents of the document
on an ongoing basis. In addition, set a schedule to conduct a joint meeting with the Regional
Planning Partnership to include ITS mainstreaming as a discussion.
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