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DRAFT 3. Circulation Element Funding for these intersections and other road widenings will be generated either by direct developer improvements/contributions or by future traffic development fees. While the majority of these improvements are necessary to support residential and business growth in Pleasanton, some congestion is due to regional growth. Improvements in the regional system are necessary and require immediate action to limit any increase in regional traffic using surface streets to bypass freeway congestion. Neighborhood TrafFic Calming In 1998, the City of Pleasanton adopted a Traffic Calming Program to manage the issues of cut- through traffic, speeding, and pedestrian safety in neighborhood areas. The program is designed to provide consistent, citywide policies to neighborhood traffic management to ensure equitable and effective solutions. The program includes goals, objectives, and policies which address the need to maintain emergenry-response vehicle access, to ensure that residents' issues and concerns are adequately addressed in the traffic-cahnuig process, to manage traffic so that it is not shifted from one residential neighborhood to another, and to appropriately channel public resources by prioritizing traffic mitigation requests according to documentable criteria. In 2004 the City developed a Traffic Calming Toolbox to provide guidance on the use of various traffic-calming devices. Truck Routes The components of the regional roadway system (I-580, I-680 and SR 84) serve as major truck routs for the movement of goods and services to and through the area. (See Figure 3-11.) These roadways are intended to carry the bulk of vehicular freight traffic in the area. In addition to these three regional truck routes, the City's Municipal Code identifies the roadway of Sunol Boulevard /First Street /Stanley Boulevard as the only other truck route. This roadway traverses the south side of Pleasanton and is the only local roadway where trucks over three-tons may legally travel even if they do not have a trip origin or destination in Pleasanton. Trucks may not travel on any other city street unless that street is a direct route between a designated truck route and the truck's origin or destination. Additional local truck routes such as Hacienda Drive may be established by the planned unit development (PUD) process. Located along the eastern edge of Pleasanton are large quarry operations which require a substantial number of daily truck trips. The Municipal Code prohibits these "gravel trucks" (big rigs that carry sand and gravel) from using the Sunol Boulevard /First Street /Stanley Boulevard truck route. Quarry operators use an alternate access to the interstate system via El Charro Road or gain access to the regional roadway network via Stanley Boulevard to State Route 84. Circulation Element 012908 clean 3-35 City Council 012908