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Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Planning (RTP)
The Commission's chosen program of projects for the Watsonville-to-UCSC corridor includes: HOT-Bus Lanes for Hwy 1; improved Bus Service with Bus Rapid Transit; improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities including a county-long trail along the UP Right-of-Way (with purchase of the ROW); bulk purchase-discounts of electric bicycles; and repair of local roads.
HOT-Bus Lanes for Hwy 1:
See the Library's Value-Pricing and HOT Lane sections for general information about value pricing and HOT lanes.
Bus Rapid Transit for Santa Cruz County:
See the Library's BRT section for general information about BRT.
Bike-Ped Trail along the Union Pacific Rail Right-of-Way:
See the Library's Rails-with-Trails and Bikeway & Walkway Innovations sections for general information about rail trails and relevant issues.
- Rails-with-Trails presentation on the SC bike-ped trail (presented 02/00 to the Transportation Think Tank by Josh Hart, formerly of Santa Cruz, now with the Rails-to-Trails San Francisco office, who is and will be working in support of the bike-ped trail along the UPROW.)
- Nisene2Sea Open Space Alliance — a Santa Cruz "community action group dedicated to protecting the open space corridor that connects The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park to New Brighton Beach State Park." "The end point of the walkway/bikeway we propose will be on New Brighton State Beach lands and will exit within a short distance (several hundred feet) of the Union Pacific railroad right-of-way as it passes through New Brighton State Beach lands just south of Capitola in mid Santa Crux County."
Some documents that provide governance and guidance for the RTP (Regional Transportation Planning) process include:
Santa Cruz City Transportation Planning
Public Transportation Agencies -- are listed here
Citizen Efforts on Transportation
- Metro Riders Union's iridethebus.org -- "an easy, online transit guide geared to people who live in Santa Cruz. We explain how to take transit to airports, major cities, and stores. Our printable, step-by-step itineraries include all the details: which buses and trains to use, how often they run, and how to buy tickets." (link provided by the Santa Cruz Metro Riders Union)
- UTU (United Transportation Union) Local 23 -- representing the transit bus drivers of Santa Cruz County. See their Bus Service recommendations!, a vision of improved routes and schedules which they have submitted to the SCMTD board and the RTC
- Santa Cruz Streets, Jeff Waller -- provides his Santa Cruz County Transportation Plan as "an alternative to the MTIS results". The plan addresses Highway 1 Widening, Commuter Express Buses, Regional Bus Service, Regional Shuttle Service, and County-wide Light Rail.
- Santa Cruz Business Council -- compiling comments on Hwy 1 improvements
- Bicycle Links, Kevin Karplus -- maintains a list of interesting bike and transit links, and a mailing list for Santa Cruz cyclists
- The HUB for Sustainable Transport including:
- Economics & Global Economics — George Hoffman of UCSC has published in Scientific American and elsewhere regarding energy and greenhouse gas issues. His web page focuses on economic analysis of greenhouse gas (GhG) abatement; advocates hybrid-diesel buses and electric bicycles.
- Nisene2Sea Open Space Alliance — a Santa Cruz "community action group dedicated to protecting the open space corridor that connects The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park to New Brighton Beach State Park." "The end point of the walkway/bikeway we propose will be on New Brighton State Beach lands and will exit within a short distance (several hundred feet) of the Union Pacific railroad right-of-way as it passes through New Brighton State Beach lands just south of Capitola in mid Santa Crux County."
- Mission Pedestrian -- Mission St. pedestrian advocacy group, to join the mailing list, contact Peter Scott
- Sierra Club Ventana Chapter (Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz) -- has a transportation subcommittee
- Santa Cruz Fishhook Coalition -- "an alliance of individuals and neighborhoods specifically formed to oversee the creation of a safer, improved Highway 1/17 Interchange that will meet environmental and seismic concerns as well as reflect the proper image of our community."
- Citizens For Better Planning — a S.C. Westside neighborhood group asking "the SCMTD to rethink its plans and find a more appropriate location for the MetroBase" consolidated bus operations, maintenance and administration facility than "a 19.5 acre piece of vacant land near the corner of Swift and Delaware." Fiona Cogan has offered "Metrolocal", an alternative proposal based on the Distributed "Point of Origin" model for Transit Asset Management.
- Proposed Multi-Storey Parking Garage at UCSC -- a compilation of views and links from De Clarke
- Santa Cruzin' -- Hwy 17 daily commute news and discussion [no longer active]
- Transportation Think Tank -- an open forum with bi-weekly meetings -- meeting notes & upcoming agenda are posted here.
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- Think Tank documents on-line (under construction)
- Think Tank documents at Emily's Bakery (under construction)
Santa Cruz Transportation Issues other than the MTIS (in reverse-time order)
- Annual Transportation Monitoring Reports through '99, available from the RTC.
- Draft City of Santa Cruz Bicycle Transportation Plan
- SC Poll Shows Support for Tax, Sentinel (Karen Clark), 6/11/98. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Task Force to Monitor Mission St. Project, Sentinel (Karen Clark), 5/28/98. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- City Council Meeting Agenda: Appointment of Task Force, the SC City Council, 5/26/98 -- an agency document.
- City Council Meeting Agenda: Hearing on Mission St. Widening, the SC City Council, 5/5/98 -- an agency document.
- Merchants Question Mission St. Plan, Sentinel (Karen Clark), 5/2/98. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- City of Santa Cruz Poll, conducted by Gene Bregman & Associates for the SC City Council, 3/17/98 -- an agency document. (can be found at the City Clerk's Office)
- Draft EIR for Pogonip from Parks & Rec: Brady LSA, 2/98 -- an agency document.
- Pogonip Draft Master Plan from Parks & Rec, 2/98 -- an agency document.
- Table of Historic and Projected Traffic Volumes for Westside Streets, various sources, ‘98 -- an Summary. (can be found at ??)
- Excerpts from the RTC's Annual Traffic Report (1997)
- City of Santa Cruz 1996 Traffic Count Summary, Public Works, 6/97 -- an agency document. (can be found at Public Works
- Transportation Management Issues of the Beach and South of Laurel Master Plan, Planning Dept., 4/97 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library: SC 711.7 TRA)
- City of Santa Cruz 1995 Daily Traffic Volumes, Public Works, ‘96 -- an agency document.
- Intercity Recreational Rail Study, RTC, 3/96 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library: SC 711.75 PAR)
- Santa Cruz Coastal Marine Research Center at Terrace Point: Specific Plan, Planning Dept., 2/96 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library: SC 711.4 T27)
- Mission St. Widening Gridlocked, Sentinel, 6/14/95. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- More Delay on Eastern Access Road, Sentinel editorial, 11/5/92 -- an opinion piece. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Santa Cruz County Congestion Management Program, RTC, 11/92 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library: R SC 388.314 Sa5)
- Measure I: Greenbelt Master Plan from Election Materials, 11/92 -- campaign literature. (can be found at the SC Library news clippings)
- The City of Santa Cruz, General Plan and Local Coastal Program: 1990 - 2005, Vols. 1-3, Environmental Impact Statement, and related documents:
- Highlights from the General Plan relevant to transportation, above and beyond those in the Circulation Element.
- Highlights from the General Plan's Environmental Impact Report (EIR) relevant to transportation together with comments on the EIR and responses to comments
- Highlights from the Public Works comments on the General Plan relevant to transportation.
- Highlights from the General Plan relevant to the Mission St. Widening Project.
- Pogonip Land Use Options Assessment from Pogonip Task Force, 9/92 -- an agency document. can be found at Planning Dept.)
- Economic Analysis of the Santa Cruz County Congestion Management Program and Draft Model Trip Reduction Ordinance, RTC, Bay Area Economics, 10/92 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library:R SC 388.314 Sa5)
- Eastern Access Oversight Committee: Phase 1 Report, RTC, 8/92 -- an agency document.
- Eastern Access on Encinal, Ergo Engrg (Ron Marquez) for the Eastern Access Oversight Committee Workshop, 6/4/92 -- an agency document. (can be found at ??)
- Eastern Access on Encinal: Maps & Figures, Ergo Engrg (Ron Marquez) for the Eastern Access Oversight Committee Workshop, 5/8/92 -- an agency document. (can be found at ??)
- County Has Good Case for More Help on Roads, Sentinel editorial, 1/15/92 -- an opinion piece. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Locals Lobby State to Speed Roadwork, Sentinel (Keith Muraoka), 1/9/92. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Eastern Access Oversight Committee Public Workshop, the RTC, 11/1/91 -- an agency document. (can be found at ??)
- Arterial Streets Master Plan Study, Public Works, 12/91 -- an agency document. (can be found at the Santa Crutz Library: R SC 388.314 Sa5)
- EAOC Workshop Minutes of Public Input, 11/1/91 -- an agency document. (can be found at ??)
- ASMP & Eastern Access Memorandum, Ergo Engrg (Ron Marquez), 10/30/91 -- an agency document. (can be found at ??)
- Environmental Assessment / Initial Study: Proposed Widening on Route 1 (Mission St.) [Negative Declaration], Public Works, ‘90 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library, R SC 625.72 C12)
- Highlights from the Arterial Streets Master Plan Study (1990)
- Highlights from the Eastern Access Oversight Committee Study (1990)
- City of Santa Cruz 1986 Annual Traffic Report, Traffic Engrg, 2/88 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library, R SC 388.314 Sa5 in storage)
- Bay St. & Mission Ave.: Intersection or Disaster?, Austin McInerny (Env Studies class), ‘88 -- an Text. (can be found at UCSC Library F869.S48M45 1988)
- The Pleasures of Bus Riding by Janet (Willis) Singer , the Santa Cruz News, '84.
- Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Study and Plan, RTC, 1/83 -- an agency document. (can be found at the SC Library)
- Measure O: Greenbelt and Low Growth from Election Materials, 3/6/79 -- campaign literature. (can be found at the SC Library news clippings)
- Measure J: Slow Growth from Election Materials, ‘77 or ‘78 -- campaign literature. (can be found at the SC Library news clippings)
- Annual Transportation Monitoring Report, RTC, ‘77 -- an agency document. (can be found at the RTC)
- Highway Commission Adopts Route 4, Sentinel (Don Righetti), 1/22/70. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- State Commissioners Give Nod to Route 4, Sentinel (Don Righetti), 12/22/69. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Save the Heart of Santa Cruz, Citizens Meeting, 10/7/69 -- an opinion piece. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Fwy Issue - A Wedge in SC Community, Sentinel, ‘69. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Any Fwy Path Means Disruption, Sentinel (Don Righetti), ‘69 -- an opinion piece. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- SC Highway Studies Rtes 1 & 100, Public Works, 7/68 -- an agency document. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- New Fwy Proposal Takes in SCHS Land, Sentinel, 3/12/68. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Trustees Weigh Freeway’s Impact, Sentinel, 9/12/67. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- SC Highway Studies Rtes 1 & 100, Public Works, 6/67 -- an agency document. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- For Extension of Hwy 17, Sentinel, 9/18/57. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- Work Progressing on Business District Bypass, Sentinel Photo Essay, 7/1/56. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
UCSC Transportation Issues (in reverse-time order for documents)
- University of California Transportation Services
- Highlights from UCSC transportation documents
- Proposed Multi-Storey Parking Garage at UCSC, an independent view, with links to relevant sites
- City of Santa Cruz -UCSC Meeting, 5/18/98 -- an agency document.
- UCSC City Parking Impacts from Public Works (Chris Schneiter), 5/13/98 -- an agency document.
- UCSC Participation in Transportation Improvements from Public Works (Chris Schneiter), 5/11/98 -- agency document.
- UCSC Road May Hinge on Interchange from Sentinel (Karen Clark), 11/2/91. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- College Construction Introduces Chancellor to Santa Cruz Politics from Sentinel (John Robinson), 10/28/91. (can be found at SC Library news clippings)
- Patton Unleashes Attack on UCSC from Sentinel (John Robinson), ‘91?? (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- UCSC Eastern Access Report Reconfirms Previous Findings from Sentinel (Martha Mendoza), ‘91?? (can be found in SC Library news clippings
- UCSC Mitigations for Long-Range Development Plan from City Council-UCSC meeting, ‘89 -- an agency document.
- Measure C: UCSC Growth Curtailment from Regional Trans Comm, 11/88 -- campaign literature. (can be found in SC Library news clippings
- City of Santa Cruz/UCSC 1987 Settlement Agreement; plus UCSC's 1989 list of mitigation measures and related Public Works docs: 05/98 and 09/98-03/99 from the S.C. City Council and UCSC -- agency documents.
- Measure A: UCSC Industrial Land Use campaign literature from 11/83. (can be found in SC Library news clippings)
- UCSC Transportation Study from UCSC from De Leuw, Cather, & Co, ‘74 -- an Official Document. (can be found at UCSC Library R378.794 D37)
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