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California Transportation Commission Hearing to Receive Public Comment on Proposed Express Lanes San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint Powers Authority US 101 Express Lane Project July 25, 2019 Public Comment on Proposed San Mateo County

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Hearing to Receive Public Comment on Proposed Express Lanes

San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint Powers Authority – US 101 Express Lane Project July 25, 2019

California Transportation Commission

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  • Email Comments
  • Email address: ctc@catc.ca.gov
  • Subject line: “San Mateo County Express Lanes Hearing”
  • Written Comments
  • California Transportation Commission
  • 1120 N Street, MS-52
  • Sacramento, CA 95814

Public Comment on Proposed San Mateo County Express Lanes

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California Transportation Commission, July 25, 2019 Hearing to Receive Public Comment on Proposed Express Lanes

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San Mateo County Express Lanes Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is applying to operate a high-occupancy toll facility on US 101 in San Mateo County under Streets and Highways Code Section 149.7, as amended by Assembly Bill (AB) 194.

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  • Project Description
  • AB194 requirements
  • Project Benefits
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PROJECT LIMITS

EXPRESS LANE ADDITION (One in each direction)

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The congestion on 101 will grow worse.

Jobs, housing and population continues to grow! Without the project, there is no incentive to share a ride and cars will avoid the freeway, clogging local city streets

THE PROBLEM

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The problem is greater than one project can solve.

The Caltrain Electrification Project will not fully address projected demand SamTrans is studying regional express bus service on the 101 corridor VTA is creating an Express Lanes network in Santa Clara County Construction of the 101 Express Lanes from the San Mateo County line to SR- 237 has begun SFCTA is coordinating with San Mateo to study an extension of the 101 Express Lanes into San Francisco MTC is planning to improve and increase park-and-ride lots Municipalities implementing TDM measures

BIG PICTURE

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  • Encourage carpooling and transit use.
  • Improve travel-time reliability for HOV/express lane

users.

  • Increase person throughput (number of people moved)
  • Apply technology and/or design features to help

manage traffic.

  • Reduce congestion in the corridor.
  • Minimize operational degradation of the general

purpose lanes.

PROJECT PURPOSE

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PROJECT FEATURES

  • HOV lanes will be converted to express lanes from

the Santa Clara County line to Whipple Avenue.

  • An additional lane in each direction will be created

from Whipple Avenue to I-380.

  • Safety lighting and overhead tolling signage will be

added throughout the corridor.

  • No homes/businesses are being purchased.
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Express Lanes with Converted and Replaced Auxiliary Lanes

BUILD CONFIGURATION

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EXPRESS LANE COMPONENTS

3+ Carpools are free

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SCHEDULE

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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95% PS&E July 2019 Begin Construction Mar 2019 Begin Construction Jan 2020 End Construction/ Begin Toll System Implementation June 2022 Phase 2 – Open Express Lanes Oct 2022 (Proposed) Caltrans Project Approval Nov 2018 End Construction Nov 2019 Express Lane Addition HOV to Express Lane Conversion Begin Toll System Implementation Sep 2020 Phase 1 - Open Express Lanes June 2021 (Proposed) North of Whipple South of Whipple End Toll System Implementation May 2021

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COST ESTIMATE

Environmental Clearance $ 21.0 Design $ 38.0 Right of Way $ 2.0 Construction Management $ 41.0 Capital Construction $ 394.8 Right of Way Capital $ 17.2 $ 514.0

in millions

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FUNDING SOURCES

FUNDING SOURCE TOTAL FUNDS

(in millions)

Federal $9.5 State Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP) $18.0 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) $33.5 SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) $21.5 SB 1 Solutions for Congested Corridors (SCC) $200.0 Regional Regional Toll $95.0 Local San Mateo Measure A, Toll Revenues, Other $83.5 Private Sector $53.0 TOTAL $514.0

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  • Project Description
  • AB194 requirements
  • Project
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  • The proposed US 101 toll facility meets the

requirements of Streets and Highways Code Section 149.7

  • The proposed toll facility will improve the

corridor’s performance.

  • The project is contained in the RTIP, a

conforming regional transportation plan, prepared pursuant to Section 65080 of the Government Code.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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  • Caltrans, SMCTA and C/CAG have cooperated

extensively on development of the project.

  • A Supplemental Project Study Report/Project

Development Support was approved on June 3,

  • 2016. The PSR/PDS serves as the Project Initiation

Document for the Project.

  • The Plans, Specifications and Estimate and a

Concept of Operations are being developed for the project.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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  • Project Description
  • AB194 requirements
  • Project Benefits
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  • Encourages carpooling, vanpooling and transit use.
  • Improve travel times for carpoolers.
  • Provide Peninsula express lane continuity.
  • Reduce congestion and delay.
  • Minimize of operational degradation of general purpose lanes.
  • Improve travel time and reliability for all vehicles.
  • Increase vehicle and person throughput in the corridor.

PROJECT BENEFITS

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METRICS

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METRICS

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  • 8 public meetings
  • 135 written public comments
  • 30 stakeholder meetings with 9 Cities and 2 Counties
  • Ongoing e-mail updates to 200+ subscribers
  • 6 newspaper advertisements
  • Website and social media

PUBLIC OUTREACH

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NEXT STEPS

Milestone California Transportation Commission Application Consideration/Approval Anticipated Date August 14, 2019 JPA adopts Toll Ordinance June 2020 JPA agrees with Caltrans on

  • perations and maintenance agreement

September 2020 JPA agrees with BAIFA on

  • perating agreement

September 2020 Lanes open south of Whipple June 2021 Lanes open north of Whipple Oct 2022

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Bay Area Regional Express Lane Network

  • 3 Operators (BAIFA, VTA, ACTC)
  • San Mateo 101Express Lanes - strategic

fit into express lane network around the Bay

  • Hwy 237 – November 2019
  • I-880 – Summer 2020
  • VTA Hwy 101 – Fall 2021
  • San Mateo 101 southern segment – Fall 2021
  • San Mateo 101 northern segment – Winter 2023
  • Active coordination between operators
  • Goal: seamless operations to users
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  • Email Comments
  • Email address: ctc@catc.ca.gov
  • Subject line: “San Mateo County Express Lanes Hearing”
  • Written Comments
  • California Transportation Commission
  • 1120 N Street, MS-52
  • Sacramento, CA 95814

Public Comment on Proposed San Mateo County Express Lanes