CTP 2035 Scope Document
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The California Transportation Plan (CTP) provides a long-range policy framework for meeting statewide transportation needs. The CTP defines goals, policies, and strategies to achieve our collective vision for California’s transportation future. The plan envisions a sustainable system that improves mobility and enhances our quality of life. Key to this vision is considering “the 3 E’s”—a prosperous Economy, quality Environment and social Equity—in all transportation decisions.
The current focus is to review and update the CTP for a 2035 planning horizon by incorporating elements of the previous plans (CTP 2025 and 2030 Addendum) and integrating new recommendations. Ongoing community outreach through an interactive website as well as workshops and focus groups throughout the State will be important elements of the plan’s development. By collaborating with us, the public can influence the content of the final plan and, ultimately, decisions about investing transportation dollars. Working with transportation partners and stakeholders, Caltrans will take the following actions in developing the California Transportation Plan 2035:
- Validate and build on CTP 2025 vision, goals, policies and strategies.
- Review current trends, challenges and emerging issues such as global warming, climate change and transportation financing.
- Evaluate all proposed policies in the broader context of sustainability considering how they impact California’s economy, environment and social equity.
- Expand the direction set in the 2030 Addendum to include consideration of environmental issues early in the transportation planning process.
- Enhance existing planning by integrating the five “opportunity areas” identified in the 2030 Addendum, such as coordination of State infrastructure planning.
- Implement a “complete streets” approach that integrates bicycling, walking and transit to provide mobility and access for all.
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Safety of users
Post #25 by John Keller on February 9, 2009 10:36AM
The safety of transportation users is an explicit performance objective for many transportation agencies, yet thousands of Californians are killed each year while walking, bicycling, riding, and driving on our transportation systems. Your scoping document does not reflect this important social problem.
Scoping Document
Post #31 by Michael Bailey on September 5, 2009 3:41PM
The Scoping Document covers three important points for planning an effective transportation system. But it should also include transportation safety as a critical component. All anyone has to do to recognize how important safety is is to read the newspaper or listen to the tv news on almost any day and see the number of accidents, including fatal ones happening in California. Some involve collisions between trains and vehicles at grade crossings. These kinds of accidents are nearly always fatal to whoever is in the vehicle. They could be eliminated if the grade crossings were eliminated by under or overpasses, especially at busier crossings. Doing this would also speed up emergency response because police and fire units would not be stopped at grade crossings waiting for trains to clear to continue. Another problem is trucks and busses that are overloaded, have bad brakes, have loads not well secured, and bad tires. More needs to be done to get older trucks and busses off roads and highways and get the fleets modernized. This is starting to happen with older diesel trucks and making this a permanent process will not only greatly reduce greenhouse gasses and ozone depleting chemicals but will make for safer roads and highways. Something like USDOTs' Cash for Clunkers Program should be done probably every seven to ten years for trucks and busses operating in California at least up to the time these vehicles are operating on hydrogyn power. The basic requirements to qualify for a drivers licsense should be increased and somekind of approved drivers training should be mandatory before a license is issued. The school districts used to do this. But because of funding issues with the districts, this will probably need to be done by or through the DMV maybe with a federal grant from USDOT. Thank you and best wishes, Michael E. Bailey, 25801 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, Ca 92692.
