HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011998 - 1998-190 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Supporting AB 1846 (Perata) (as amended)
which prohibits use of toll revenues to finance Resolution 98/190
removal of the ramps that connect S.F. Transbay
Terminal to the Bay Bridge
WHEREAS, AB 1846 would prohibit the use of tall revenues of State Highway Account
funds to finance the removal of the ramps that connect San Francisco's Transbay
Terminal to the Bay Bridge; and
WHEREAS, a 1988 study by DIGS Associates for MTC, which analyzed the proposal by
Caltrans to remove the eastern ramp to the Transbay Terminal and make the western
ramp bi-directional, has proven that this idea will not work. The study verified that the
existing two ramp loop system is the most efficient method of providing service; and
WHEREAS, the bi-directional, single ramp alternative proposed by Caltrans would, at
the minimum:
* increase the potential for congestion and accidents on the Bay Bridge and
San Francisco surface streets as AC Transit buses travel to the Terminal
from the bridge on city streets,
* reduce AC Transit's existing 99%PM peak on-time efficiency with a
potential loss of passengers,
* eliminate essential staging capabilities on the existing ramps and place
additional costs on the region and AC Transit to find adequate alternative
staging areas within San Francisco or in the East Bay, thereby increasing
AC Transit's operational costs,
* hinder or eliminate one of the most flexible means of providing mass
transportation between the East Bay and San Francisco at a time when the
construction of the eastern portion of the Bay Bridge and seven-phase
retrofit of the western segment are under simultaneous construction for a
period approximately five years; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans has been proceeding with its bi-directional, single ramp proposal
despite the above described impacts, without any environmental or public review of its
actions and their consequences.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED t at the Contra,Costa County Board of
Supervisors recommends support for AB 184 and rec s y proposal for the
replacement of existing Transbay Terminal and ramps.
Introduced by Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this 21"day
April, 1998
JiffK, Rogers, Ch it of the Board
and Supervisor District One
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
Depu y Clerk