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Caltrans District 4 - ABAG Workshop -

INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES

January 31, 2012

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

www. dot.ca.gov

CALTRANSCALTRANS

General Role and Authority

Caltrans :Covered under various California statutes

Authorities covered primarily under the Streets and Highways Code of California.

‘Owner/operator’ of state/ interstate highway system. Caltrans has ultimate jurisdictional responsibility for

operating and maintaining the state/interstate routes.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) has responsibility and authority for safe travel along state/interstate highways.

As the State level law enforcement body, CHP is also responsible for security on state routes and facilities.

Overview:

Encompasses the nine (9) Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, and Santa Clara

3,200 employees with an annual operating budget of $490 M

7,600 lane miles of highways, including 420 miles of carpool lanes

Seven toll bridges: Antioch, Benicia, Carquinez, Richmond-San Rafael, San Mateo- Hayward, San Francisco-Oakland and Dumbarton

San Francisco Bay Area:• Population: 7.4 million• Area: 8,757 sq miles (22,681 sq. km)

Caltrans - District 4

San Francisco Bay Area

TOLL BRIDGES

BENICIA MARTINEZ BRIDGE

ANTIOCH BRIDGE

CARQUINEZ BRIDGE

RICHMOND SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO – OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE

SAN MATEO – HAYWARD BRIDGE

DUMBARTON BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

STRATEGIC RECOVERY PRIORITIES – Start at Lifelines and Critical Facilities.1. Traffic Management

• Maintenance & Traffic Operations

2. Route Recovery To Previous Capacity• Planning & Programming• Design• Construction

INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCY BASED ON

PRIORITIESDURING RECOVERY

District 4- LIFELINE Routes

District 4 - CRITICAL Facilities

1. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and approach structures

2. Carquinez Bridges

3. Caldecott Tunnels

4. Presidio Viaduct (Golden Gate Bridge operate)

5. San Mateo-Hayward Bridge

6. Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

7. Martinez-Benicia Bridge

8. Dumbarton Bridge

9. Posey and Webster Tubes

10. Waldo Tunnels

11. Crystal Springs Bridge

12. MacArthur Tunnel

13. Highway 92/280 Tunnel

14. Interstate 280/680 and US 101 Distribution Structure

15. Interstate 80/580/880 - Distribution Structure

16. Interstate 580/980 and Route 24 - Distribution Structure

17. Interstate 680 and Route 24 - Distribution Structure

18. Antioch Bridge

CALTRANS CORE FUNCTIONS & KEY INTERDEPENDENCIES

PLANNING & PROGRAMMING•IT•Power, Water, Sewer

CONSTRUCTION•Fuels•Communications•Contractors & Suppliers

MAINTENANCE•Fuels•Communications•Suppliers

OPERATIONS•IT •Communications•Power, Water, Sewer

DESIGN• IT • Power, Water, Sewer

RecoveryStartsHere !

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EXAMPLES OF ADDRESSING CHALLENGES:• State Bulk fuel contracts with flexibility by contract providers to

deliver fuel on site.

• Alternate emergency power systems capability at key facilities

• Onsite generators

• Ability to ‘hook-up’ portable generator units

• Operational Redundancy of Transportation Management Centers (TMC).

• Other Districts are structured to handle Programming, Planning and Design functions if required.

• Multiple communications systems for operational communications

• Satellite (video/teleconference capabilities)

• Microwave

• 800 MHZ system with extensive redundancy

INTERDEPENDENCY CHALLENGES

• Built in 1996 and operational 24/7

• Jointly staffed by Caltrans, CHP, and MTC/511

• Aggressively monitors and rapidly deploys available traffic management and motorist information services.

• Enhances communication among stakeholders.

• Minimizes traffic congestion due to incidents, planned highway work, and major special events.

Transportation Management Center (TMC)

CONTINUING CHALLENGES:• Further coordination with contractors, suppliers, and

essential service providers on planning strategies to mitigate and/or address their interdependencies.

• Expanding IT redundancy

• Minimal funding beyond operational needs.

INTERDEPENDENCY CHALLENGES

STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES:• Working partnerships with the business community,

exploring interdependencies, in order to arrive at ‘best practices’ to mitigate and/or address their interdependencies

• Legislation recognizing need for funding for redundancy of operational capabilities and for mitigation of infrastructure interdependencies.

Robert Braga, PE

Branch Chief- Maintenance Services

Emergency Management: Planning & Training

Caltrans- District 4

bob.braga@dot.ca.gov

(510) 286-5741

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