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Transportation Commission Endorsement of the 2018 Transportation Choices Plan Annual Report and Work Program Priorities.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
From: Gail Payne
Senior Transportation Coordinator
Date: February 27, 2019
BACKGROUND
On January 21, 2015, the City Council directed staff to prepare an approach to a comprehensive citywide transportation planning and implementation effort in response to a Council referral from Councilmember Tony Daysog (Citywide Transportation Effort). In 2016, the Transportation Commission and the City Council reviewed the existing conditions and goals and objectives. In 2017, the Transportation Commission and the City Council reviewed the draft strategies, projects and actions, and the Transportation Commission recommended the Draft Transportation Choices Plan for approval by the City Council. In January 2018, the City Council approved the Transportation Choices Plan along with direction to staff to prepare an annual report.
The attached 2018 annual report on the status of the Transportation Choices Plan provides an assessment of the City's progress made toward implementing the plan and provides a recommended priority list of actions over the next two years to achieve the Transportation Choices Plan goals and objectives. The Annual Report is attached as Exhibit 1.
The Transportation Choices Plan tackles transportation issues with a comprehensive citywide approach by providing more transportation options for Alamedans with the goal of reducing drive alone trips at the crossings (Goal 1) and through Alameda (Goal 2) over the next 15 years and beyond. The purpose of the Transportation Choices Plan is to help ensure that the City sustains its high quality of life during a time of current and anticipated population and employment growth throughout the Bay Area region.
DISCUSSION
The 2018 Annual Report is the first annual report on the implementation of the Plan. It provi...
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