Strategic Deployment Plan - sacog

STUDY
SACOG Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2025
http://www.sacog.org/mtp/pdf/Final%20Interim%20MTP%2005-07.pdf
areas, and older suburbs is emphasized in the plan, if infill development is
to be attractive and if jobs are going to continue to expand in these areas.
Access is also affected by barriers such as rivers, railroads, and freeways
themselves that have a limited number of crossings. The American River is a
particularly problematic barrier, since a large amount of development in
Sacramento County exists and is planned on both sides of the river and
there are few bridges.
AIR QUALITY. Continued regional funding for a regional air quality grant
program (SECAT, SACOG’s existing program and successor programs) will
provide incentives for implementing clean air technology, travel reduction,
and other effective air quality strategies, until the region is in attainment.
TRAVEL CHOICES. Major increases in rail, bus, bicycle, and pedestrian
modes are envisioned, along with promotion of telecommuting and sharing
rides, are planned. In this plan, the transit systems of the region will
become integrated through information technology and universal passes,
bicycles will be accommodated on buses and trains, pedestrians will feel
more comfortable crossing arterial streets, and kids will feel safer walking
to school.
ECONOMIC VITALITY. New corridors will connect areas around the
periphery of the urban core, providing better access to the region’s three
major job centers —downtown Sacramento, Rancho Cordova/Folsom, and
South Placer County. The plan also includes significant new light rail and
bus transit, carpool lanes for commuters, and a larger Transportation
Demand Management program to help manage demand. Access to
Sacramento Airport is provided with the Downtown-Natomas-Airport light
rail line and road improvements in the airport vicinity, as well as around
the Port of Sacramento and Mather Airport.
EQUITY. Jobs Access Reverse Commute funding is intended to offer
convenient transit for entry-level workers, particularly those transitioning
from welfare to work. Community circulator van routes will supplement the
mainline transit system, offering more convenient travel by transit from
neighborhoods, particularly important for elderly and disabled persons. A
large increase in paratransit service (door-to-door wheelchair-equipped van
service called for in the ADA) is included for the expected increase in the
elderly population over the plan period.
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE. The Community Design grant program,
which could pay for planning grants to local governments and for bicycle,
pedestrian, and streetscape improvements that accompany “smart growth”
projects, would encourage local trips and the use of alternative modes of
transportation. SACOG has also recently initiated a 3-year Transportation-
Land Use Study. This project, which will develop information for the next
update of the MTP, concerns the application of smart growth planning in
the Sacramento Region.
FUNDING AND REVENUE Overall, this plan proposes to spend $7.6 billion for
transit operations and improvements, $6.8 billion for highway, street and
road improvements, $5.9 billion for highway, street and road maintenance
and rehabilitation, and $1.6 billion for other kinds of improvements
(bicycle, pedestrian, community design, demand management, clean air
programs).
HEALTH AND SAFETY. Pedestrian and bicycle plans and projects are
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