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PROPOSAL FOR Adoption 1. Introduction The Tri-Valley Transportation Plan assesses transportation issues within the Tri-Valley area and outlines a recommended package of goals, objectives and actions for addressing those issues. The study area includes Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, and unincorporated portions of Contra Costa County and Alameda County. In addition to serving as a guide for transportation planning through 2010, the plan also represents the Action Plan for Routes of Regional Significance for Comra Costa Counry jurisdictions, as mandated by Measure C, and provides information that can be incorporated into the Con. gestion Management Programs for Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. As the Action Plan for the Tri-Valley, many of the Plan's recommendations and goals will be incorporated into the 2000 Update to the Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan prepared by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. These recommendations will also be used in de- fining new or renewed gas or sales tax programs for funding transportation improvements. The TVTC joint powers agreement states that member jurisdictions are to consider the Tri- Valley Transporration Plan when adopting or amending the circulation elements of general plans, specific plans, zoning ordinances, or capital improvement programs. The Tri-Yalley Transportation Plan is in addition to existing policies, agreements, and regulations thar ex- ist in each jurisdiction or between jurisdictions. This document represents the first update to the Tri-Yalley Transportation Plan since it was originally adopted in 1995. This updare focuses on updating the goals, regional ac- tions, and more specific traffic service objectives & actions for each Regional Route. Be- sides this introduction, this update revises Chapter 2 on forecast conditions, Chapter 7 on the recommended improvement plan, Chapter 9 on the updated Action Plans, and Chapter lOon plan implementation. As with the original plan, this update was overseen by the Tri-Valley Transportation Coun- cil (TVTC), which includes elected officials from each of the seven member jurisdictions, under a joint powers agreement. The TVTe was assisted by the Tri-VaUey Technical Advi- sory Committee (TVTAC), which includes staff transportation planners and engineers from each agency. The Plan is also intended to fulfill the requirement for preparation of Action Plans under Measure C in Contra Costa County. Although Alameda County does not have a similar Action Plan requirement, the same plan format is followed for the Alameda County portion of Tri-Valley. Routes of Regional Significance have been adopted by each city in Contra Costa, as well as the County, as part of the Measure C Growth Management Program. Routes of Regional Significance are those roads that serve regional mobility, or act as reliever routes for the regional system, and serve more than one jurisdiction. The designated routes are exempt from the level.of-service standards for non-regional routes 18 April 2000 Page I