1 2024 DRAFT TRAFFIC RELIEF PLAN
Murrieta City Council
March 19, 2024
Anne Mayer, Executive Director
Received After Agenda Printed
03/19/2024 - Regular Meeting
Item 4 Staff Presentation
2 RCTC - Providing Transportation
Solutions To Connect Our Communities
• County-wide transportation
improvements
• Measure A
• Support Metrolink, RTA, & other
transit operators
• Toll operations
3 RCTC is Your Team
Metrolink Service
Interchanges Transit Agency Operations
Funding
Highway
Local Streets & Roads
4 2023 Public Survey
92% 90%
86% 84% 83% 83%
0 0.1
0.2 0.3
0.4 0.5
0.6 0.7
0.8 0.9
1 Keeping roads in
good condition
Pothole repair Keeping roads in
good condition,
including rural and
historically
disadvantaged
neighborhoods
Reducing congestion
and traffic jams
Improving safety Keeping senior,
student, disabled and
veteran bus fares low
Riverside County residents' transportation priorities ranking (very or somewhat important) 5 2024 Draft Traffic Relief Plan: Looking Forward
• Identifies County-wide transportation projects
and services
• Developed from public input
• Billions of dollars in transportation investment
• Updates the 2020 Commission-adopted TRP
• NOT funded: Unless approved by voters
Western Riverside County
6 • New interchange on I-215 at Keller Rd in
Murrieta and on I-215 at Garbani Rd. in
Menifee
• I-15 ELPSE and final phase of the French
Valley Parkway interchange
• Pothole repairs and road maintenance
• Local safety improvements, and traffic
management systems
• Sustaining and expanding
rapid/commuter bus services to
Southwest Riverside County
• Increase frequency and safety on buses
• Coachella Valley Rail 7
TRP Example Projects
• Realigning SR- 79
• Elsinore-Ethanac Expressway
• Improve safety and expand access to
bicycle lanes and sidewalks
• Butterfield Overland Trail/Southern
Emigrant Trail and Salt Creek Trail
• Mitigate Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
• Land conservation through MSHCP
• Expand Freeway Service Patrol on and
I-15 and I-215
• Carpool and transit incentives for
employers and employees
Economic Impact & Regional Investment
8 Over 30 years:
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding
*Jobs Supported = An Industry-specific mix of full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment that are supported by project expenditures this includes Direct, Induced, and Indirect Jobs supported ** Direct, Induced, and Indirect Impact total
Revenue
Scenario
TRP
Estimated
Investment
Jobs
Supported
Workforce
Income
Economic
Output
One-Cent $25 billion 168,000* $10.9 billion** $30.9 billion** Palo Verde Valley
(Blythe Area)
~$100
million
Coachella
Valley
~$5
billion
Western
Riverside County
~$20
billion
Revenues raised in each region stay there
Accountability to Taxpayers
9 • Independent audits and
mandatory reviews
• Local Voice. Local Control – No
funds to be diverted to
Sacramento or Washington D.C.
• No more than 1% can be used
for administrative salaries
10 2023 Public Survey
62%
67%
82%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Transportation Funding Support
Support for funding measure: Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Temecula, Menifee, Murrieta, Canyon Lake & surrounding area
Support for funding measure: Riverside County
Great or some need for funding
• 62% of Murrieta, Wildomar, Lake
Elsinore, Temecula, Menifee,
Canyon Lake, & surrounding areas
voters initially support
transportation funding measure
• 67% of Riverside County voters
initially support a transportation
funding measure
• 82% of Riverside County voters
see a need for transportation
funding
11 Submit your feedback!
TrafficReliefPlan.Org
Your Voice. Your Plan.
rctc.org
951-787-7141
[email protected]
@theRCTC
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