Bill Text: CA AB378 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State Highway 101 Route corridor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB378 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB378-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 378	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act  to add Section 133 to the Streets and Highways Code,
  relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 378, as amended, Mullin. State Highway 101  Route 
corridor.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that will enable responsible local, regional, and
state agencies to substantially improve mobility in the State Highway
101 corridor. The bill would make findings and declarations in that
regard.   require the department, in coordination with
the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County and
the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, to create an
integrated   corridor management team to consider
transportation projects addressing congestion relief in the State
Highway Route 101 corridor located within the County of San Mateo.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The State Highway  Route  101 corridor, the 48 miles
between San Francisco and San Jose, is the most economically
productive  and important  highway corridor in
California, with rapidly growing employment and tax receipts that
greatly benefit workers, small business owners, local government
budgets, and the state.
   (b) Transportation capacity in the corridor is grossly
insufficient to serve the growing number of commuters, leading to
heavy and growing traffic congestion on State Highway  Route
 101 and serious overcrowding on Caltrain. Highway congestion is
costly and inconvenient for commuters, local residents, goods
movers, buses, and emergency responders.
   (c) In order to sustain the economic engine of the State Highway
 Route  101 corridor and the quality of life for local
residents, swift and decisive action by transportation agencies is
needed to relieve commuter congestion.  It is common for
transportation improvement projects to take 10 to 15 years to study,
fund, design, and construct; however, if commuting conditions are not
improved on a much shorter timeline, economic prospects for the
corridor will be jeopardized. 
   (d) A coordinated response from county, regional, and state
transportation agencies can improve State Highway  Route 
101 corridor operations more effectively than is possible by these
agencies acting individually. A coordinated agency response that
integrates carpool or express lane development and operations,
adaptive ramp metering technology and operations, and ridesharing can
deliver meaningful commuter relief  within a five year
period  and can serve as a model that other highway
corridors in the state can emulate. 
  SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that will provide such powers, responsibilities,
funding and financing mechanisms, innovative project delivery
authority, and governance structures as may be necessary, convenient,
and beneficial to enable responsible local, regional, and state
agencies to substantially improve mobility as soon as possible, but
no later than within five years, in the State Highway 101 corridor in
the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Mateo, and
the County of Santa Clara. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 133 is added to the  
Streets and Highways Code   , to read:  
   133.  (a) The department, in coordination with the City/County
Association of Governments of San Mateo County and the San Mateo
County Transportation Authority if they choose to participate, shall
create an integrated corridor management team to consider
transportation projects addressing congestion relief in the State
Highway Route 101 corridor.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "State Highway Route 101
corridor" means the segment of State Highway Route 101 and connecting
highways, including, but not limited to, State Highway Routes 82,
92, and 380, located within the County of San Mateo.