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This Transportation Expenditure Plan includes <br />almost $8 billion in funding over 30 years. The <br />investments described in this Plan will be made <br />from 2015 to 2045, if voters approve the ballot <br />measure in 2014. These improvements are necessary <br />to address current and projected transportation needs <br />in Alameda County, current legislative mandates, <br />and reflect the best efforts to achieve consensus <br />among varied interests and communities in <br />Alameda County. <br />The projects in this Plan are designed to strengthen <br />the economy and improve quality of life in Alameda <br />County, reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality <br />and create jobs. They include maintenance of existing <br />infrastructure, targeted investments to improve <br />highway safety, remove bottlenecks on major <br />commute corridors, enhance rail, bus and ferry transit <br />systems, and make it safer and easier to bike and <br />walk throughout the county. <br />Two types of investments are funded in this Plan: <br />capital investments which are allocated specific dollar <br />amounts in the Plan, and operations and maintenance <br />investments which are allocated a percentage of net <br />revenues to be distributed on a monthly or periodic <br />basis. Capital investments will be made based upon <br />clearly defined project descriptions and limits <br />resulting from the outcomes of environmental <br />analyses, as applicable. Examples of operations and <br />maintenance investments include providing funds to <br />local jurisdictions to complete ongoing operations <br />and maintenance tasks such as transit operations and <br />local street maintenance. The following summarizes <br />total expenditures by type including both capital and <br />operations and maintenance investments. <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />INVESTMENTS <br />BART, BUS, SENIOR AND YOUTH <br />TRANSIT (48%) <br />Increasing the number of people that can be served <br />by BART, buses, commuter rail, and senior and youth <br />transit is critical to all residents of Alameda County to <br />provide transportation choices, relieve congestion <br />and support a vibrant economy. The investments <br />identified in this Plan were guided by the principles <br />of enhancing safety, convenience and reliability to <br />maximize the number of people who can make use of <br />the transit system. This Plan represents a major <br />investment in Alameda County's transit system to <br />increase transit services and expand access to transit <br />throughout the County, and to help avoid further <br />service cuts and preserve affordability of transit. <br />LOCAL STREETS MAINTENANCE AND <br />SAFETY (30%) <br />Local streets are the essential building blocks of <br />Alameda County's transportation system. Virtually <br />every trip begins or ends on a local street. Alameda <br />County has more than 3,400 miles of aging streets <br />and roads, many of which are in need of repair: <br />intersections need to be reconfigured, traffic lights <br />need to be synchronized and potholes need to be <br />filled. Most importantly, these streets are essential to <br />every mode of transportation from cars and trucks, to <br />buses, bikes and pedestrians. <br />TRAFFIC RELIEF ON HIGHWAYS (9%) <br />Aging highway systems continue to operate under <br />substantial pressure as travel patterns become more <br />diverse and the demand for moving goods and <br />people increases. While the era of major highway <br />construction has come to an end in the Bay Area, <br />there are many opportunities to increase the safety <br />and efficiency of highway corridors in Alameda <br />County. The highway investments included in this <br />Plan focus on improving safety, relieving bottlenecks <br />at interchanges, closing gaps and improving <br />