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Transportation Committee
DATE'.
April 4, 1990
SUBJECT;
CCTA's Implementation Guide for Traffic LOS Standards. and Regional
Routes
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONI[S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Accept the report on the Contra Costa Transportation Authority's
Implementation Guide for Traffic Level of Service Standards and
Programs for Routes of Regional Significance as guidance to Board
members participating on Regional Transportation Planning Committees.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On March 21, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. (OCTA)
distributed the draft Implementation Guide: Traffic Level of Service
Standards and Programs for Routes of Regional Significance for review
and comment by the Regional Transportation Planning. Committees (RTPCs) .
An executive summary of the . Guide is attached as Exhibit A. On April
3 , the Transportation Committee reviewed this document to provide
guidance to members of the Board who participate on these RTPCs.
The Transportation Committee is supportive of the draft Guide but is
concerned about the local funding responsibility proposed for regional
planning (see Figure 4 in the Guide which is attached as Exhibit B) .
The Guide proposes shared funding responsibility between local agencies
and the Authority for preparing travel forecasts and Action Plans for
Regional Routes. Planning for regional routes is a multi-
jurisdictional effort. Developing cost sharing formulae for splitting
costs among the participating cities and between these cities and the
Authority presents a hurdle that could needlessly hinder the regional
planning process or .preclude some jurisdictions from participating.
Measure C provides the Authority with $10 million for this purpose.
Consequently, any local funding responsibility in this area should be
kept to the absolute minimum.
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EXHIBIT A
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BLAYNEY 3,�Tz_ R-E,4
DYETT urban and Regional Planners 9p
Contra- Costa
Transportation Authority
Growth Management Program
Implementation Guide:
Traffic Level o ' Service
Standards and Programs
for Routes of Regional
Significance
in association with
Dowling Patterson Associates
February 1990
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE. TRAFFIC LEVEL OF
SERVICE STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS FOR
ROUTES OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
Measure C requires jurisdictions participating in the Growth Management
Program to adopt traffic level of service standards, and to work with the
Transportation Authority to develop programs for Routes of Regional
Significance. The Guide describes how these provisions of Measure C are to be
implemented by cities and the County, the four Regional Transportation Planning
Committees, and the Authority.
On many of the freeways and major arterials linking different parts of the
County,operations are already poor and expected to worsen unless aggressive
action is taken. A primary impetus for local participation in the Growth
Management Program is the severity of congestion on Regional Routes and the need
for interjurisdictional cooperation to address the problem. The Guide
emphasizes the establishment of traffic service objectives for Regional Routes,
and implementation of actions by each jurisdiction to address problems on these
facilities.
The Guide uses the term "Basic Routes" to describe all roads that are not
Routes of Regional Significance. Standards are to be adopted for all Basic
Routes as described in Section 5 of the Guide.
REGIONAL ROUTES MEANING OF DESIGNATION
Measure C explains that jurisdictions and the Authority will "jointly
determine the appropriate measures and programs for mitigation of regional
traffic impacts." `Programs will be developed and implemented for those roads
designated as Routes of Regional Significance.
The meaning of a Regional Route designation is as follows:
o Goals for Regional Route performance will be developed by the
Authority.
o Quantified traffic service objectives will be developed by the
relevant Regional Committees in cooperation with local jurisdictions
and the Authority.
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Revised Draft Executive Summary
February 1990
Page 2
o Regional Committees, in cooperation with local jurisdictions and the
Authority, will develop Action Plans designed to attain objectives
for each Regional Route.
o Progress in attaining objectives will be reported to the Authority
by the Regional Committees as part of a periodic review of program
effectiveness.
o Regional traffic mitigation fees may be used to help fund
improvements and mitigation measures.
REGIONAL ROUTES: ACTION PLANS
The Action Plans to be developed by the Regional Committees in cooperation
with the Authority will consider shared concerns relating to land use decisions
as well as transportation projects. The Action Plans prepared for each Regional
Route will specify actions to be implemented by each participating jurisdiction
and by the Committee as a whole. Action Plans will be required to include the
components listed here. The Regional Committees may choose to include other
components.
o Long range assumptions regarding future land use based on local
general plans.
o Adopted traffic service objectives using a quantifiable measure of
effectiveness and including a target date for attaining the
objective (e.g. intersection level of service, travel time, auto
occupancy, transit usage, etc.).
o Specific actions to be implemented by each participating
jurisdiction (may relate to capital improvements, fees, land use
policy, TDM, transit service, etc.).
o Requirements for circulation of environmental documents among
participating localities (may correspond to State requirements under
AB 40).
o Procedure for review of impacts resulting from proposed local
General Plan amendments that have the potential to influence the
effectiveness of adopted Action Plans (see Requirements for Local
Compliance).
Revised Draft Executive Summary
February 1990
Page 3
0 Schedule for review by the Regional Committee and the Authority of
progress in attaining traffic service objectives, and revision of
Action Plan as needed.
REGIONAL ROUTES: REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL COMPLIANCE
No one. jurisdiction's actions can assure that traffic service objectives on
Regional Routes will be met. *Compliance will be determined on the basis of
participation and implementation of Action Plans. The following are
requirements for a jurisdiction to be considered in compliance in relation to
Regional Routes:
0 Participation in development and adoption of Action Plans.
0 Local implementation of actions designed to attain traffic service
objectives consistent with adopted Action Plans.
0 Conditioning project approvals consistent with Action Plan policies
(e.g. requiring payment of fees or participation'in TDM program).
0 Circulation of environmental documents as specified in Action
Plans.
0 Submittal to Regional Committee of proposed revision(s) to Action
Plan to mitigate impacts associated with proposed General Plan
amendments. General Plan Amendments that would reduce the
effectiveness of adopted Action Plans may lead to a determination of
non-compliance if the Action Plan cannot be revised with the
approval of the Regional Committee and the Authority.
0 . Participation in Regional Mitigation Programs developed by the
Authority.
(Please note that this approach to the program for Regional Routes requires
some additions to the Draft Checklist for Compliance Reporting dated January 11,
1990.)
Revised Draft Executive Summary
February 1990
Page 4
REGIONAL ROUTES:- DESIGNATION
The Regional Route designation will be applied to all portions of the
Interstate and State highway systems and all roads listed in Appendix A of the
Expenditure Plan. Other roads may be proposed for designation by a Regional
Committee subject to approval by the Authority. Tests to be applied to proposed
Regional Routes emphasize functions such as connection of two or more regions,
connection to other counties, amount of through-traffic, and provision of access
to freeways or BART.
BASIC ROUTES STANDARDS AND FINDINGS OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Each jurisdiction must adopt a map, list or table showing the Level.of
Service standard to be applied on each Basic Route.
0 Jurisdictions that already have standards in the General Plan will
review their adopted standards to evaluate whether they are equal to
or more stringent than the standards specified in Measure C. If
not, standards must be revised. (As of October 1999 more than half
of the jurisdictions in the county had adopted LOS standards in the
General Plan.)
0 Jurisdictions that do not have adopted standards in their General
Plan must prepare a map, list or table based on an evaluation of
land use type and street function. The exhibit attached to the
local resolution implementing Stage I Level of Service standards may
be used.
Findings of Special Circumstances are to be made by local jurisdictions and
the Authority in cases where an intersection exceeds adopted standards and
standards will- not be met following implementation of the adopted five-year CIF.
A process for making Findings and a list of criteria for Findings are included
in Section 5. When Findings are made, the Authority will approve a list of
mitigation measures to be implemented by the involved jurisdiction(s) as a
condition of future compliance with the Growth Management Program.
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Revised Draft Executive Summary
February 1990
Page 5
CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESS
The Authority will institute a conflict resolution process based on the
following principles:
o Resolution of conflict and decision-making on a consensus basis at
the Regional level is encouraged.
o Where Regional committees are unable to resolve disputes, the
Authority will make a determination based on statements by the
parties involved. When determining compliance with the requirements
of the Growth Management Program, the Authority will look for
evidence of good faith effort by localities including evaluation of
alternative proposals.
o The scope of the Authority's conflict resolution process is limited
to decisions directly related to the Growth Management Program, and
to the annual evaluation of compliance for the purpose of allocation
of Local Street Maintenance and Improvement Funds.
COMPLIANCE AND COMPLIANCE REPORTING
Section 7 of the Guide summarizes requirements for compliance and repro-
duces with comments the Checklist for Compliance Reporting to be submitted
annually by each locality participating in the Growth Management Program.
TECHNICAL GUIDELINES
The Technical Guidelines are primarily for the use of engineers and plan-
ners directly involved in implementation of standards and programs. The Guide-
lines describe procedures for analysis of traffic impacts at the General Plan
and project approval levels and a method for measuring and calculating Level of
Service.
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EXHIBIT B
FIGURE' 4
RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY
Schedule
Task Performance Funding Range
Program Development 8/89,to 7/90
LOS Guide CCTAa CCTA
Model Growth Management Element CCTAa CCTA
Planning Guide CCTAa CCTA
Regional Route Action Plan Development and Review 4/90 to 7/91
Develop Baseline Conditions RTPC CCTA
Initial Travel Forecasts CCTAa CCTA
Select Initial Objectives RTPC CCTA
Coordinate with Other RTPC's RTPC CCTA
Analysis of Potential Actions RTPC CCTA
Select Final Objectives RTPC CCTA
Circulate and Review RTPC CCTA
Local Planning 8/90 to 1/92
General Plan Review
Growth Management Element Local Localb
Adoption of Growth Management Element Local Lodalb I year from
Model Element
Implementing Programs and Ordinances Local Localb
Initial Submittal, Local Localb
Implementation 8/91 & Beyond
Continued Travel Forecasting for
Regional Routes and input to local
General Plan Revisions CCTAa Local/CCTA Annual
Monitoring (and Reporting on) of
Reporting Intersections Local Local
Findings of Special Circumstances Local Local
Periodic Monitoring and Reporting on
Regional Route Action Plans RTPC Local/CCTA
Revision of Action Plans:
at Local Request RTPC Local
at Authority Request RTPC Local/CCTA
Notes: aTasks to be performed by CCTA will involve the participation of the
Regional Transportation Planning Committees and local jurisdictions.
bUse of Local Street Maintenance and Improvement Funds for Local
Planning tasks will be addressed in the forthcoming Administrative
Manual.
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