Agenda Item # 9
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Date: |
October 4, 2005 |
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Committee Meeting Date: |
October 13, 2005 |
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Board Meeting Date: |
November 3, 2005 |
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ACTION
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DISCUSSION
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BOARD MEMORANDUM
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Policy Advisory Committee |
| | Valley Transportation Authority |
| | Board of Directors |
| | | | THROUGH: | Michael T. Burns |
| | General Manager |
| | | | FROM: | Carolyn M. Gonot |
| | Chief Development Officer |
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| SUBJECT: |
2005 Congestion Management Program |
RECOMMENDATION:
Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve the 2005 Santa Clara County Congestion Management Program (CMP).
BACKGROUND:
State law requires that urbanized counties biennially adopt a Congestion Management Program (CMP) containing specified elements. The intent of the CMP is the development of a comprehensive program that will monitor and mitigate traffic congestion, improve air quality, and better integrate land use and transportation decision-making. The 2005 Santa Clara County Congestion Management Program is defined in terms of nine elements that logically structure the program: 1) transportation system definition; 2) traffic level of service standards; 3) multimodal transportation performance measures; 4) transportation demand management; 5) countywide transportation model; 6) community form and land use impact analysis; 7) capital improvement program; 8) annual monitoring and conformance requirements; and 9) deficiency plan requirements.
The CMP is submitted to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for an evaluation of its consistency with MTC’s Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). Following MTC’s evaluation the responsibility to implement the CMP rests with VTA and local jurisdictions.
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