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• Improve mobility and reliability for pedestrians and bicycles;
• Improve bicycle and pedestrian safety;
• Provide traveler information in accessible formats (i.e., large print, Braille,
audio, multi­lingual) and varying media (i.e., web, TV, in­vehicle, 511, kiosks);
• Develop an ITS education program in the region;
Projects that could address these areas are defined in Section 7.
3.4 Topics for Further Update Consideration
The following additional points are based on feedback from project workshops that were not
completely addressed through this Plan and warrant further discussion:
• Electronic Toll Collection: There have been discussions of High Occupancy Vehicle
(HOV) and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes in the Sacramento area. The
administration of HOT lanes can be facilitated with Electronic Toll Collection, and
thus stakeholders discussed the need for continuing to include the Electronic Toll
Collection market package in the list of gaps even though it may be many years away.
In FHWA’s “Toolbox for Regional Policy Analysis 1 ”, transportation­land use models
were applied to several case studies to measure the effects of transportation
investments and policies on land use, and to consider the consequent impact of land
use policies and patterns on the transportation system. The case study for the
Sacramento region stated that “HOV and HOT policies were found to be much more
effective when applied in conjunction with land use and/or pricing policies”.
• Goods Movement: Several of the gaps above pertain to Commercial Vehicle
Operations (CVO) and goods movement. Stakeholders reiterated that the goods
movement industry is a key part of the intermodal transportation system in the
Sacramento region. The Sacramento ITS Vision includes the goal of Economic
Vitality, which is to “enhance the economic vitality of our region by efficiently and
effectively connecting people to jobs, goods, and services, and by moving goods
within our region and beyond with an integrated multimodal freight system.” So as
ITS deployment moves forward in the region, stakeholders from freight agencies and
goods movement organizations (such as the Port of Sacramento) should be identified
and engaged more actively in future discussions.
In January 2005, a California Goods Movement Action Plan was completed. The Plan
articulates goals which parallel those included in the ITS Vision and MTP for the
Sacramento region (shown in brackets below), including:
o Generate jobs (Economic Vitality)
o Increase mobility and relieve traffic congestion (Access and Mobility)
o Improve air quality and protect public health (Air Quality)
o Enhance public and port safety (Health and Safety)
o Improve California’s quality of life (Quality of Life)
Additional information can be found at:
1 http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/toolbox/sacramento_overview.htm
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