Resolution 13681CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 6 81
SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL MEASURE 2
REGIONAL TRAFFIC RELIEF PLAN
WHEREAS, regional traffic is expected to increase 250% by 2020; and
WHEREAS, commuters are prevented from `maximizing public transportation due
to inconvenient connections between transit operators; and
WHEREAS, those commuters forced to drive alone on our bridges and freeways
cant traffic congestion and air pollution; and
WHEREAS, residential growth into suburban
services creates a greater strain on our freeways; and
WHEREAS, additional federal, state and local funding fo
and expansion is getting more and more scarce; and
cause signi
areas without regional
ransit imp
ansit
ovements
WHEREAS, Regional Measure 2 Traffic Congestion Relief Plan on the Alameda
County March 2, 2004 ballot was, created to help reduce traffic congestion on Bay Area bridges
and their freeway connectors; develop a regional transit system for the Bay Area by investing in
mass transit programs that have a demonstrated ability to get people out of their cars, and create
seamless connections between BART, commuter rail, ferries, and express buses to make using
mass transit convenient and reliable; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Measure 2 Traffic Congestion Relief Plan would be
funded through an additional $1 toll on the region's seven state -owned bridges (not including the
Golden Gate); and
WHEREAS, Regional Measure 2 would fund new teiminals, infrastructure and
routes to make it more convenient to connect to BART, improve corridors on Interstate 580, and
connect BART to the Oakland Airport; and
WHEREAS, all new bridge toll revenue generated by Regional Measure 2 may
only be used for the benefit of the projects detailed in the Expenditure Plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda strongly supports Regional Measure 2 on the March 2, 2004 ballot.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 17th
day of February, 2004, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore, Kerr, Matarrese, and
Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES:
None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
18th day of February, 2004.
Lara Weisiger, City C1c
City of Alameda