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Foothill Expressway
Community MeetingMay 5, 2014Community MeetingMay 5, 2014
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Part 1Expressway Plan and Foothill Expressway
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Expressway System
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Expressway System
• Designed to supplement freeways andrelieve local streets
• 8 expressways for total of 62 miles
• Nearly1.5 million vehicles a day
• 55 percent of residents use a County expresswayalmost every day
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Expressway System Planning
• 2003 Expressway Study– Long-term plan for improvement and maintenance of
Expressway System
– Comprehensive – planned for all users of expressways
• 2008 Update– Administrative update for project lists and costs
– Continuous pedestrian routes identified
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Challenges Ahead• Operations & Maintenance shortfall continues and
is growing
• Many expressways missed preventive pavementmaintenance scheduled for 2010-2013 timeframedue to lack of funds
• Traffic volumes returning to pre-Great Recessionlevels leading to increasing traffic congestion
• Balancing the needs of all users
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16 LOS FIntersections
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Foothill and Expressway System2013 Data
Total Vehicles Per Day (VPD)Rank Expressway Daily Trips
1 Capitol 256,000
2 Lawrence 253,000
3 San Tomas 211,000
4 Montague 185,000
5 Almaden 182,000
6 Oregon-Page Mill 134,000
7 Central 94,000
7 Foothill 94,000
Number of LOS F IntersectionsRank Expressway # LOS F
1 Lawrence 6
2 Montague 5
3 Foothill 2*
4 Capitol 1
4 Central 1
4 Oregon-Page Mill 1*
4 San Tomas 1
8 Almaden 0
LOS F at Foothill & Page Mill-Oregon intersectionlisted under both expressways.
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Rank of LOS F Intersections by DelayRank Expwy X Street Seconds
1 Lawrence Reed 203.1
2 Lawrence Kifer 168.2
3 Ore-PM Foothill 118.9
4 Lawrence Bollinger/Moorpark
97.9
5 Lawrence Arques 95.5
6 Montague First 94.4
7 Montague Main/OldOakland
87.3
8 Montague MissionCollege
85.6
Rank Expwy X Street Seconds
9 Lawrence Homestead 84.5
10 Foothill El Monte 82.9
11 Central De La Cruz 82.6
11 San Tomas El Camino 82.6
13 Capitol Story 81.3
14 Lawrence Benton 81.0
15 Montague Trade Zone/McCandless
80.6
16 Montague McCarthy/O-Toole
80.3
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Foothill Expressway
Vision StatementAttractive express arterial, not freeway-like, that alsoplays an important role as a regional bicycle facility.
Key Characteristics• Primarily residential land uses
• Downtown Los Altos
• Key school crossing areas
• Very popular bicycle facility
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Public Input Summary To Date• Congestion/delay on expressway and wait too long on side street at
red lights (specific requests to coordinate lights with nearby SanAntonio and First Street lights)
• Requests for separated or improved bikeways along expresswaycorridor (specific mention of San Antonio, El Monte, Loyola Ramps,and Rancho Shopping Center)
• Many concerns about crossing the expressway as a pedestrian orbicyclist (specific mention of Grant, Magdalena, El Monte,Main/Burke, Edith)
• No sidewalks or parallel pedestrian paths
• Free right-turn lanes are too fast; no visibility for peds or bikes
• Requests for bike left turn detection
• Address El Monte back up
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Improvements in Progress and PlannedIn Progress• Widen Loyola Bridge to add left-turn lanes,
shoulders and sidewalks• Install bicycle detection and implement
bicycle adaptive signal timingFrom 2008 Study• Extend existing WB deceleration lane at
San Antonio by 250 feet
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Potential Improvements – Starter List• Extend right turn lanes on Foothill between El
Monte and San Antonio
• Bicycle improvements along expressway(e.g., buffered bicycle shoulder)
• Pedestrian/bicycle crossing enhancements
• Add signal at Southbound 280 off-ramp andimprove Northbound off-ramp operations
• Grade separate (remove traffic signal) atPage Mill and/or Arastradero
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Small Group Session #1Benefits and Trade-Offs
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Part 2 - Funding
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Expressway Funding
• County’s Share of State Gas Tax– 62-mile expressway system
– 570-mile unincorporated road system
• Foothill Landscaping– Los Altos & Palo Alto
• Competitive Grants – Federal and State– Primarily for Bicycle and Pedestrian improvements
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Small Group Session #2How Would You Spend $$$?
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Next Steps