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REPORT 78 Page 1 November 10, 2008 INFORMATION ONLY SUBJECT Status Report on the San Mateo County City/County Association of Governments' effort on the Smart Corridors Project RECOMMENDATION Consider this Information Only Report and the companion presentation by C/CAG staff in preparation. of authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding related to this effort which will be presented at the November 24, 2008 council meeting. BACKGROUND The San Mateo County Smart Corridors Project is a cooperative effort by the San Mateo City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), San Mateo County Transit Authority, Caltrans, multiple local jurisdictions, and countywide and regional transportation agencies to implement an incident management program to divert and relieve traffic from Highway 101 in case of an emergency. This project is part of the recommendation made by the 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study which was recently finalized. An Incident Management Committee (IMC) was established to evaluate and strategize programs that can be implemented in San Mateo County to manage traffic congestion during incidents. The committee is composed of representatives from participating agencies, along with a consultant team and representatives from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The program focused on increasing the coordination between Caltrans, California Highway Patrol, local agency public safety and local agency public works staff during freeway incidents when it is desirable to direct traffic that is expected to leave the freeway onto an alternative route on local streets. The City has been involved with the development of the Alternative Route Plan which currently is in draft form. This plan identified parallel arterial streets that are the best candidates as alternative routes for moving a higher volume of traffic during incidents and while seeking to contain and/or minimize the impacts of the diverted traffic onto the local street network. Routes under consideration in Redwood City are: Industrial Way, Veteran Boulevard, Bayshore Road, Middlefield Road, Twin Dolphin Drive, and Shoreway Road. . The San Mateo County Smart Corridors Project will implement traffic management strategies by deploying Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) elements along conventional state highway routes and major local streets such that these designated routes will have the tools to manage traffic congestion and improve mobility. C/CAG is funding the design and initial capital outlay of the Smart Corridors Project.