HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 68-637 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Fatter of Endorsing )
Establishment of "Modern )
Level of Service" Criteria ) RESOLUTION NUMBER 68A37
for the California Freeway )
and Expressway System. )
AREAS the California Freeway and Expressway System
is intended to provide convenient, economical and safe highway
facilities to all motorists using it; and
WHEREAS each year an increasing number of California
motorists are enjoying the above benefits as a greater amount
of the System becomes operational; and
WHEREAS through the diligence and imagination of the
Department of Public Warks, the Division of Highways, and other
related agencies and organizations, it has been shown that the
service to traffic and communities rendered by the California
Freeway and. Expressway System can be increased, not only through
the construction of new freeways, but also through up-grading
existing portions of the System and through the application of
technological innovations to System operation; and
14 EREAS the motorists of California now indicate that
they wish to add an operational standard to the goals of the
California Freeway and Expressway System;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA. COSTA, CALIFORNIA that an
additional goal be established for the California. Freeway and
Expressway System which establishes a "modern level of service"
as the operational standard for the system, and that this
"'modern level of service" provide that :
(l) Each residence or business within an urban
area of the State of California be provided
with convenient access to the System and be
within approximately three miles of an on-
ramp to the planned System;
(2) In urban: areas of the State of California
free-flag traffic conditions shall be
maintained on the entire System during
off-peals hours, and that during peak
traffic periods a minimum average speed
of 35 miles per hour -- normally free of
stop and go -- shall be maintained even in
the most congested parts of the System,;
RESOLUTION NUMBED? 68/637
(3) In rural areas of the State of California
convenient access to the California Freeway
and Expressway System shall be provided to
all communities having a population in excess
of 5,000 people and to all county seats ;
(1�) In rural areas of the State of California
the System shall operate on a free-flow
basis at all times; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this organi-
zation shall, in their discussions with members of the State
Legislature, actively pursue the establishment of the "modern
level of service" criteria as a goal for the California Freeway
and Expressway System.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of September, 1968,
by the following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, E. A. Li.nscheid,
A. M. Dias .
NOES None.
ABSENT: Supervisors J. E. Moriarty, T. J. Coll.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/637