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C <br />Memorandum <br />METROPOLITAN <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />COMMISSION <br />Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter <br />101 Eighth Street <br />Oakland, CA 94607-4700 <br />TEL 510.817.5700 <br />TDD=Y 510.817.5769 <br />FAX 510.817.5848 <br />E-MAIL info@mtc.ca.gov <br />WEB www.mtc.ca.gov <br />TO: San Leandro City Council DATE: August 19, 2014 <br />FR: Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Staff <br />RE: I-880 Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) North Alameda Segment Project <br />The purpose of this memorandum is to provide preliminary information regarding proposed <br />implementation of an arterial incident management strategy in the northern segment of the I-880 <br />Corridor in the Cities of San Leandro and Oakland. MTC staff, in collaboration with San <br />Leandro staff, will provide a future update to the City Council as the project progresses. <br />Background <br />In March 2011, MTC, in partnership with the corridor's stakeholders, including Caltrans District <br />4, the Alameda County Transportation Commission and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation <br />Authority, embarked upon an I-880 Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Project. The goal of <br />the I-880 ICM Project is to relieve congestion and improve safety by identifying how existing <br />and planned Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and operations can be better coordinated <br />and integrated across networks and jurisdictional boundaries. As part of this effort, the project <br />team identified a coordinated freeway and arterial incident management strategy as one of the <br />initial projects for deployment within the northern segment of the I-880 Corridor. <br />The I-880 ICM North Alameda Segment Project is a collaborative effort by MTC, in partnership <br />with Caltrans District 4, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), City of San <br />Leandro, City of Oakland and Alameda -Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) to develop an <br />enhanced arterial incident management strategy for the I-880 Corridor. <br />The goal of the project is to identify, design, and implement ITS infrastructure to facilitate <br />management of traffic that naturally diverts from the freeway due to major incidents on I-880. <br />This project does not include installation of any signs or devices on the freeway, or any measures <br />to actively divert traffic from the freeway to local streets. <br />Benefits to City of San Leandro <br />The installation of integrated corridor management infrastructure is expected to provide the <br />following benefits to the City of San Leandro: <br />1. Minimize impacts to the City when a major incident occurs on I-880. <br />a. Provide direction to motorists, using trailblazer signs, to preferred routes back to <br />the freeway downstream of an incident on I-880. <br />