Draft MTP/SCS Comments Received - sacog

SCS Health & Equity Metrics August 2011
with in planning and actions.
15.1 When pooling funds and programming to increase flexibility in use of funds, do not pool
funds targeted for Environmental Justice concerns and projects. Keep these earmarked
so as not to deprioritize them.
16.2 Keep in mind equity concerns when looking at Value Pricing and HOV toll lanes, pay‐atthe‐pump
auto insurance, or auto loans.
Strengths
System Maintenance and Operations
# Comment
17.3 Considering operational improvements to decrease congestion before considering road
expansion.
18.2 Encouraging stakeholder engagement in the development of the Corridor System
Management Plan.
18.4 Seeking more funding from programs such as the Sustainable Communities and
California Strategic Growth Council.
20.1 Improving pedestrian and bike access to public transit.
21.2 Looking at specialty transit access to agriculture areas seasonally and for agritourism.
This is a great equity move for agriculture workers, and could improve economic
outcomes for farmers.
22.1 Educational outreach on improving perception of forms of public transit. These could
include health impacts of public transportation as well in those outreach materials.
24 Outreach to low income and minority communities to ensure improvements are
equitable.
25.6 Considering how to encourage transporting freight by rail or ships instead of primarily
trucks.
26.2 Diverting freight traffic around the region, and not through the region ‐ must be sure to
not incur negative impacts on other regions.
Complementary strategies
# Comment
17.2 When considering public‐private partnerships and competitive service contracts for
maintenance and operations, make sure not to violate union contracts, and target new
contracts for local hire with first source hiring rules and points for minority‐owned
businesses.
18.3 Include health indicators and outcomes in the modeling for travel forecasting and
analysis associated with each CSMP. 18
20.3 Include monitoring of actual health outcomes of pedestrian safety concerns: pedestrian
injuries and fatalities from collisions with vehicles.
20.5 For Connect Card universal fare card implementation, support or seek support for
18 HIP, ibid. Elevating Health & Equity into the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) Process: SCS Health &
Equity Performance Metrics.
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