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2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025 DRAFT 3.0 Circulation Element Measure B helps funds about two percent of ACE service operations in locations to provide supplemental safety measures that would allow Alameda County. the City to apply for quiet zone status. These supplemental safety measures may include: median islands, advanced pre emption, The Pleasanton ACE Station is currently located across the street modified signal timing, driveway relocation, additional gate arms and from the Alameda County Fairgrounds. A permanent location is pedestrian improvements at the crossings. The quiet zone upgrades under review for the station that will provide the transit hub type are in the planning and design stage. linkage to further promote regional transit. Railroads Regional Rail The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, BART, CalTrain, and The two railroads, Western Pacific and Southern Pacific, which th California High -Speed Rail Authority, in collaboration with a formerly owned and operated separate rail facilities in Pleasanton, coalition of rail passenger and freight operators, regional partners, and have consolidated services using the former Western Pacific tracks. rail stakeholders, prepared a comprehensive Regional Rail Plan for the The consolidation (Union Pacific Railroad) has served the public in Bay Area. MTC adopted the Regional Rail Plan Final Report on several ways by eliminating potentially dangerous crossings, September 26, 2007. This planning document examines the future eliminating the noise and traffic disruption along the old Southern design of the regional rail system in the nine Bay Area counties and Pacific tracks, and by freeing up the Southern Pacific right -of -way for serves as the guiding document for this region's short and long -range other uses. The resulting consolidated rail service along the Union Pacific tracks is provided by both railroad companies for transporting freight as well as ACE Train service. Current rail usage of the track is about 12 trains per day. Freight traffic may increase in the East Bay -t• area as the economy grows. The City of Pleasanton has five at -grade crossings traversing the Union Pacific Railroad line. These crossings include: Santa Rita Road, Saint John Street emergency vehicle access (EVA), Saint Mary Street Rose Avenue and West Angela Street. Each of these crossings (except for the gated EVA at St. John Street) provide adequate warning systems required by the California Public Utilities �9 X Commission including Constant Warning Time Protection and Power -Out Indicators as well as gate arms, bells and LED flashers 4- (flashers are currently 8 -inch indications and need upgrades to 12 -inch 1 indicators which will be included in the quiet zone process). The City of Pleasanton is considering upgrades to each of these crossing Ace Train station in Pleasanton 3 Circulation port 10 3 -38