Title
Adoption of Resolution Supporting Regional Measure 3 (RM 3), the Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan; and
Adoption of Resolution Supporting Proposition 69 and Opposing Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) Repeal, to Protect Local Transportation Improvements in SB 1. (Transportation 4227287)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Adoption of Resolution Supporting Regional Measure 3 (RM 3), the Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan; and Adoption of Resolution Supporting Proposition 69 and Opposing Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) Repeal, to Protect Local Transportation Improvements in SB 1
BACKGROUND
Transportation funding measures Regional Measure 3 (RM3) and Senate Bill 1 (SB1) will help alleviate the San Francisco Bay Area's growing congestion that has occurred due to the region's success in attracting jobs and being an international powerhouse with both Silicon Valley and San Francisco, all of which is in reach to Alamedans for world class employment, resources and culture. The region's transportation infrastructure and transit services have struggled to keep up with the continued growth. Just over 75 years ago, the Bay Area only had a population of 1.7 million, and now it is over 7 million. By 2040, the Bay Area's population is expected to increase to over 9 million people, which will be an increase of over 7 million people in 100 years.
As an island community in the San Francisco Bay, Alameda is impacted by this regional growth making it difficult for Alamedans to commute to jobs and to travel around the Bay Area on both weekdays and weekends. Many of these transportation issues are regional in nature, and these additional transportation monies derive from regional bridges, which target users of these pinch points with additional tolls, and from gas tax increases, which target motorists who use the transportation system. These additional transportation revenues will help ensure that the region not only mainta...
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