Title
Staff Report for a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for the Interstate 880 Integrated Corridor Management (I-880 ICM) North Alameda Segment Project
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Interstate 880 Integrated Corridor Management (I-880 ICM) North Alameda Segment Project.
BACKGROUND
In March 2011, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), together with the Interstate 880 (I-880) corridor's stakeholders, which include Caltrans District 4, the Alameda County Transportation Commission and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, embarked upon an I-880 Integrated Corridor Management Project that will extend from the Port of Oakland to Silicon Valley. The goal of the I-880 ICM Project is to relieve congestion and improve safety when an incident occurs on the I-880 Freeway. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will be employed to better coordinate and integrate traffic signal networks across jurisdictional boundaries.
The first ITS improvement is known as the I-880 ICM North Alameda Segment Project, a collaborative effort by MTC, Caltrans District 4, City of Oakland, City of San Leandro, and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit). The ITS improvements will include upgrades to traffic signal coordination using fiber optic communication, as well as traffic detection devices (sensors and cameras) on arterial streets that will allow City staff to remotely view traffic conditions and adjust signal operations in response to a freeway incident.
Analysis
When an incident occurs on I-880, freeway traffic has a tendency to divert onto local roads to avoid the incident, thus causing congestion on the City's parallel arterials. An enhanced arterial incident manag...
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