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Alameda County Transportation Commission's Development of the 2020 Countywide Transportation Plan Update
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This item updates the Facilities & Transportation Committee on Alameda County Transportation Commission's (Alameda CTC) development of the 2020 Countywide Transportation Plan (CTP). This item is for information only.
BACKGROUND
Every four years, Alameda CTC prepares and updates the CTP, which is a long-range planning and policy document to guide future transportation development for all transportation modes and users in Alameda County including those in San Leandro. The existing CTP was adopted in 2016, and is due for an update by 2020. The CTP is expected to be completed and adopted in June of 2020 according to the attached timeline. As Vice-Chair of the Alameda CTC Commission, Mayor Pauline Cutter will have an opportunity to advocate on the City's behalf during this important process.
The CTP informs and feeds into the region's long range Regional Transportation
Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (known as "Plan Bay Area 2040") which is developed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and is also updated every four years. Alameda CTC, in partnership with San Leandro and other agencies, will participate in the Plan Bay Area 2040 update process that is currently underway, and will coordinate the update with the CTP development.
Analysis
The prior 2016 CTP included several important goals within San Leandro. Some of the goals have been met (or will be met) by other agencies, as indicated below.
* Bay Fair BART to Union City BART connection. This goal was met with AC Transit's Line 97 project.
* Bay Area Express Lane Network expansion. This goal will be met when the Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority completes the I-880 Express Lane project that will extend northbound from Dixon Landing Road in Fremont to Lewelling Boulevard in San Leandro, and southbound from Hegenberger Road i...
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