Transportation for the 21st Century 

The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) Board of Directors has approved the second draft of the Countywide Transportation Plan (CWTP), which will guide sustainable transportation planning and future land use development across the county for the next 25 years. The board has also approved the Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP), which will guide spending projects that will be funded through an augmentation of ½ cent sales measure to appear on the ballot in November 2012. The TEP encompasses a $7.7 billion multimodal plan over an initial 30 years.

Free--bring your own lunch!
1.5 LU Hours

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the role of transportation commissions in large metropolitan areas, in general, and why the Alameda CTC is important, not only to the East Bay, but also to the greater Bay Area.
2. Be aware that more efficient and sustainable transportation options and land use plans are the inevitable direction of large and small communities as infrastructure funding continues to be scarce
3. Understand the fundamental relationship of land use planning with long range transportation planning and how transportation planning impacts development patterns, even down to the small project scale.
4. Become aware of specific short and long range East Bay Transportation plans that will have direct influence on local development trends in most, if not all, project types.
5. Understand design and construction opportunities for architectural, planning and engineering firms that may not have previous transportation project experience, through teaming, joint ventures, minority opportunities and various local, state and federal funding programs, such as Local Business Contract Equity (LBCE) Program and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Program.

About the speaker:

Arthur L. Dao, Alameda CTC Executive Director