Strategic Deployment Plan - sacog

STUDY
SACOG Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2025
http://www.sacog.org/mtp/pdf/Final%20Interim%20MTP%2005-07.pdf
specifically allocated $529 million in the plan, both to develop local and
regional systems. Freeway service patrols are also funded in this plan.
Public transit security, both for passengers and their parked cars, is a
priority because people will be much more likely to use transit if they feel
safe doing so. Finally, a replacement of the Folsom Dam Road with a
separate bridge downriver from the Folsom Dam is a national security issue
and a high priority in this plan, with most of the funding expected to come
from the Federal Bureau of Reclamation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. The air quality program, a continuation
of SECAT, will help the region to attain air quality standards.
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DOCUMENT
Key recommendations among those in the Plan include:
The development of a regional ITS communication system that links the operations centers in the
region. In early 1999, a conceptual report on the Sacramento Transportation Area-wide Network
(STARNET) was completed. STARNET soon became a regional priority leading to the
completion of a Needs Assessment Study in late 2001, which identifies system improvements
needed at each operation center in order link them via STARNET.
A list of eighteen ITS projects identified as candidates for federal ITS funding. This list was
compiled by the Partnership to help prioritize projects, mostly corridor improvements, that
support the EDP. The list will continue to be updated as studies are completed and projects
advanced.
The development of a federally-required regional ITS architecture. Through a two-tiered
Federal Highway Administration process, the ITS Partnership developed a draft ITS architecture
in early 2000. This draft became the basis for the final working architecture completed in June
of 2001, which identifies stakeholders, their ITS elements, and the interconnections between
systems.
Significant increases are proposed for the transit system —continued expansion of the Capitol
Corridor train service to the Bay Area; commuter rail service between Davis/Dixon and Auburn
using the UP/Amtrak facilities; light rail extensions to Natomas and Sacramento International
Airport, Cosumnes River College/Elk Grove, from Watt to Antelope, and to West Sacramento;
expansion of bus and van service regionwide, including a large increase in service for elderly and
disabled persons; community circulator vans that serve neighborhoods, commercial areas and job
centers; and bus rapid transit systems in the Stockton, Watt, and Sunrise commute corridors.
The expansions of bus service include more commuter buses that can take advantage of carpool
lanes that are proposed for the freeways.
Access improvements by road include a series of connectors —a Placer Parkway connecting
Roseville at Route 65 to Routes 99/70 near the Sacramento Airport (bordered by conservation
easements), improved connections between Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, and I-5 (with protected
open space components in unpopulated areas), and a Rancho Cordova to South Placer multimodal
connector. The connector projects, particularly the Rancho Cordova-Elk Grove-I-5
projects, are conceptual at this time and must undergo extensive planning and analysis processes
with community involvement.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (or ITS) - “smart corridors” that can smooth the flow of traffic
on Watt, Greenback/Sunrise, and Arden, signal pre-emption systems for transit and emergency
vehicles, freeway ramp meters, message signs, and cameras, and freeway service patrols to
clear accidents and vehicle breakdowns quickly off of the freeways.
Funding for transportation demand management programs such as the regional rideshare
program, marketing of alternative modes of transportation, and incentive programs for bicycles,
telecommuting, transit use, and carsharing.
097860000 SACOG ITS Strategic Deployment Plan
Existing Conditions Summary Report 050105 11 Task 1.1 – ITS Existing Conditions Report
03/15/05