WrittenCommunicationsItem8.3 – HenkinReceived6/9/2024
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Subject: TRANSNETLOCALSTREETIMPROVEMENTPROGRAM (PLEASEINCLUDEWITHDOCSFOR AGENDAITEM8.3)
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Hello, Mayor, Councilmembers,
I do not think that SANDAG has done a very good job with Transnet. The programmers it hired and the program manager it hired separately failed to inform the SANDAG Board for 6 years that the toll system on the SR125 was defective and mischarged about 45,000 people. Apart from this, it failed to complete several of the promised projects from the Transnet tax.
In addition, some of the cost estimates I've seen at SANDAG are based on 2020 or 21 data - a few even older.
These projects are not well defined and are based on estimates, so the work may stop halfway? The following are most concerning:
CHV35: Traffic Signing. Studies and Signal Upgrade (STM0369, TRF0332, TRF0366, TRF0421) Upgrading and maintenance of traffic signal and street light systems in the city. Work includes, but is not limited to interconnect cables and conduit, vehicle and bike detection systems, WrittenCommunicationsItem8.3 – HenkinReceived6/9/2024
emergency vehicle pre-emption systems, traffic signal controllers, and new street light fixtures.
SANDAG is currently doing VMT (Vehicle Miles Travelled) studies, which would be used to restrict our movements (or tax them by the mile, or hour, or minute.) Vehicle and bike detection systems installed by SANDAG may be a prelude to a SANDAG-run VMT system. I do not think that SANDAG could properly run this without major organizational changes.
CHV45: Traffic Monitoring Program (TRF0274, TRF0321) Traffic monitoring to evaluate conformance with the City's traffic threshold standards and provide data for advanced planning studies, capital improvements projects, speed surveys and other related studies.
More VMT, and is this going to be external monitoring or is SANDAG going to get you to install monitors on some or all cars within your jurisdiction.
We should have more information before agreeing to SANDAG's plans.
Regards,
Paul Henkin