Summary: Friday, December 18, 2015 / 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is moving towards a ballot measure in 2016 that will propose an increased sales tax for transportation purposes: Thirty percent of the proceeds would go to Neighborhood Projects Twenty-five percent would go for Highway Corridors Sixteen percent would go to Mobility Access Fifteen percent would go to the proposed Coastal Trail Fourteen percent would to to the Rail Corridor Today, I want to let you know that the Transportation Commission has started work on its 2040 Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Plan (or RTP), and that the Commission would like your input. The RTP identifies multi-modal transportation needs (highway, local road, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.), and identifies a financially constrained list of priority projects. In other words, if the sales tax is increased, how exactly should that new money be spent? The 2040 RTP is scheduled to be completed in June 2018, and your input on two items is being solicited now: First, what do you think about the draft goals, policies, and targets of the 2040 RTP? Second, what specific transportation projects do you think could improve the transportation network? The Commission would like to hear from you by January 7th. More Information: Land Use Links Gary Patton’s Two Worlds Blog Land Use Report – Sunday, December 13th Commission Website on RTP Planning
