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Staff reported on the unmet transit needs throughout the County. For San Luis Obispo, there
were requests for a number of operational improvements, and for expanded evening and morning
service and weekend service. Operational improvements were referred to City staff. I pointed
out that all of SLO's TDA funds are spent for transit purposes; therefore, we would have to
reduce some current transit service to meet requests for expanded service. COG staff reported
that they are submitting a request for State Transit Assistance (STA) funds for an evening service
extension pilot program for the City of San Luis Obispo. These are funds in excess of the
expected allocations and can provide additional flexibility for transit services and improvements
throughout the county.
The Board approved a priority submittal for Proposition 1B monies for projects ready to go
forward under the Congestion Mobility Investment Account (CMIA). The projects in order of
priority are (1) 101 operational improvements in South County; (2) widening Rte. 46 from Paso
Robles to Whitley Gardens; (3) widening the Santa Maria River Bridge; and(4) widening State
Rte. 46 from Whitley Gardens to the rest stop. These projects also have a good chance to been
approved due to additional fund availability through Proposition 1B.
The Council of Governments approved funds for special preemption equipment for traffic
signals. This will standardize equipment throughout the county and will be very difficult or
impossible for private parties to obtain. In San Luis Obispo, we recently had difficulty with
private parties activating traffic signals using preemptive equipment. This threw sophisticated
traffic signal operation out of sequence and disabled certain features.
Staff presented a draft regional traffic model which indicated that the amount of traffic the
county might deal with by the year 2030. It is based on the medium growth scenario previously
adopted by the Board and indicates that most of the highways within the county will be
overloaded.
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