Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan Local Solutions Leading to a 21st Century Multi-Modal Transportation System This Summary Report highlights key findings and recommendations of the Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan (STP), Local Solutions Leading to a 21st Century Multi-Modal Transportation System. Table of Contents Gateway Cities The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG) represents 27 cities and several 1 Acknowledgments Council of unincorporated communities in Southeast Los Angeles County; this area is known as the Governments Gateway Cities Subregion. It is home to more than two million people and an extensive goods movement industry anchored by the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The 4 Introduction GCCOG is committed to improving the quality of life for people who live and work in the Gateway Cities and undertakes initiatives to promote mobility, economic opportunity, health, and safety in the subregion. 6 Freeways Gateway Cities In 2007, when GCCOG began the first of its 21st century transportation planning 8 Arterials Guiding Principles efforts, the Board of Directors adopted several Guiding Principles that have shaped For Transportation each of the transportation studies in the Gateway Cities, including the STP. The Planning Guiding Principles encourage future transportation improvements on freeways and 10 Goods Movement arterial highways to take place inside current right-of-way boundaries. They advocate for collaboration with Metro, Caltrans, and neighboring transportation authorities, and they commit to engaging Gateway Cities municipalities in an on-going process of 12 Technology communication and consultation on transportation planning efforts. It is with these principles in mind that the STP was developed. 14 Transit 16 Active Transportation 18 Funding and Financing Acknowledgements The Gateway Cities Council of Governments would like to thank the following people for their time and efforts in developing the Strategic Transportation Plan. Gateway Cities Council of Governments William Davis, Mayor Pro Tem, Vernon Aaron Hernandez-Torres, Assistant City Engineer, Cudahy Transit Agencies Board of Directors Owen Newcomer, Councilmember, Whittier Mohammad Mostahkami, Director of Public Works, Downey Aurora Jackson, Director of Transportation, Montebello Mark Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor, District 2, Los Angeles County Edwin Norris, Deputy Director of Public Works, Downey Ali Saleh, President, Mayor, Bell Claude McFerguson, Director of Transportation, Commerce Don Knabe, Supervisor, District 4, Los Angeles County Joseph Colombo, Community Development Director, Hawaiian Gardens Al Austin, 1st Vice President, Councilmember, Long Beach Dana Pynn, Government Relations Manager, Long Beach Transit Hilda Solis, Supervisor, District 1, Los Angeles County Ismile Noorbakhsh, City Engineer, Hawaiian Gardens Jhonny Pineda, 2nd Vice President, Councilmember, Huntington Park James Parker, Director of Transportation, Norwalk Tracy Egoscue, Ex-Officio Member, Harbor Commissioner, Port of Long Beach, Claude Bilodeau, Public Works Superintendent, Huntington Park Brent Tercero, Immediate Past President, Councilmember, Pico Rivera Michael Kodama, Executive Director, Eco-Rapid Transit Michael Ackerman, City Engineer, Huntington Park Tony Lima, Mayor, Artesia Walter Beaumont, Community Planner, Eco-Rapid Transit STP Oversight Committee Mark Stowell, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, La Mirada Cinde Cassidy, Councilmember, Avalon Ed Norris, STP TAC Co-Chair, Deputy Director of Public Works, Downey Lisa Rapp, Director of Public Works, Lakewood Gateway Cities Council of Raymond Dunton, Councilmember, Bellflower Arturo Cervantes, STP TAC Co-Chair, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, South Gate Eric Widstrand, City Traffic Engineer, Long Beach Government Staff and Consultants Pedro Aceituno, Mayor Pro Tem, Bell Gardens Michael Egan, City Manager, Norwalk Dana Pynn, Government Relations Manager, Long Beach Transit George Ray, Mayor, Cerritos Richard Powers, Executive Director Arturo Sanchez, Deputy City Manager, Long Beach Lee Burner, Executive Director / VP of Service Delivery & Planning, Long Beach Transit Jack Joseph, Deputy Executive Director Ivan Altamirano, Mayor, Commerce Owen Newcomer, Councilmember, Whittier Maryam Adhami, Senior Civil Engineer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Karen Heit, Transportation Deputy Isaac Galvan, Councilmember, Compton Gene Daniels, Councilmember, Paramount Rick Velasquez, Chief of Staff, Office of L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe Nancy Pfeffer, Director of Regional Planning Christian Hernandez, Vice Mayor, Cudahy Raul Godinez II, P.E., Director of Public Works / City Engineer, Lynwood Kekoa Anderson, Consulting Engineer Luis Marquez, Councilmember, Downey STP Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) William Pagett, Consulting Engineer, Cities of Maywood and Paramount Yvette Kirrin, Consulting Engineer Reynaldo Rodriguez, Mayor Pro Tem, Hawaiian Gardens Okina Dor, Planning and Redevelopment Director, Artesia Danillo Batson, Director of Public Works, Montebello Mark D. Radecki, Mayor, Industry Al Cablay, Deputy City Engineer, Bell Sam Kouri, City Engineer, Montebello Los Angeles County Metropolitan Ed Eng, Councilmember, La Mirada Terry Rodrigue, City Engineer, Bell Aurora Jackson, Director of Transportation, Montebello Transportation Authority Staff Diane DuBois, Councilmember, Lakewood Chau Vu, Director of Public Works, Bell Gardens Gary DiCorpo, Deputy City Manager, Norwalk Ernesto Chaves, Transportation Planning Manager Robert Uranga, Councilmember, Long Beach Ray Abbasi, Traffic Engineer, Bell Gardens Kurt Anderson, Director of Community Development, Norwalk Lucy Olmos, Highway Program Manager Sal Alatorre, Councilmember, Lynwood Len Gorecki, Director of Public Works, Bellflower William Zimmerman, Interim City Engineer, Norwalk Adrian Alvarez, Transportation Planning Manager Ricardo Villarreal, Mayor, Maywood Maria Slaughter, Director of Public Works, Carson Christopher S. Cash, Director of Public Works, Paramount Vanessa Delgado, Councilmember, Montebello Hal Arbogast, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, Cerritos James Enriquez, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, Pico Rivera Leonard Shryock, Mayor, Norwalk Maryam Babaki, Director of Public Works and Development Services, Commerce Theresa Dau-Ngo, Manager of Transportation Development, Port of Long Beach Gene Daniels, Councilmember, Paramount Claude McFerguson, Director of Transportation, Commerce Grace Kast, Executive Director, Gateway Water Management Authority Joe Angel Zamora, Councilmember, Santa Fe Springs Gina Nila, Environmental Services Manager, Commerce Noe Negrete, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, Santa Fe Springs Edward H. J. Wilson, Councilmember, Signal Hill Glen Kau, Director of Public Works, Compton Steve Myrter, Director of Public Works, Signal Hill Gil Hurtado, Councilmember, South Gate Michael Allen, Acting Community Development Director, Cudahy Arturo Cervantes, Director of Public Works / City Engineer, South Gate Chris Magdosku, Assistant Director of Public Works, Whittier 2 3 Introduction Overview Of The Plan In addition to modal travel analyses, the STP includes chapters devoted to The STP supports the GCCOG’s mission to improve the mobility, accessibility, key issues in the subregion including air quality, stormwater treatment, and sustainability, and safety of the subregion’s transportation system. It proposes a intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology. Perhaps the most significant series of freeway, arterial roadway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, technology, and goods element of the STP is its robust funding and financing plan, which is the key to The Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan movement projects. Travel modes and proposed projects were modeled using implementation. It includes a detailed analysis of current and future funding the newly created Gateway Cities Transportation Model (GCTM), a comprehensive opportunities, and lays out strategies that both cities and the GCCOG can use to An Integrated, Multimodal Strategy for the 21st Century three-tier traffic and transportation model developed through the STP, which was attract funding, such as improving connectivity to multimodal transportation systems in areas directly benefitting disadvantaged communities. The Strategic Transportation Plan (STP) brings together all elements of the Plan and the Gateway Cities Technology Plan for Goods Movement. Finally, it is a used to analyze multimodal transportation throughout the entire subregion. companion plan to the I-710 EIR / EIS, extending proposed technology and other transportation system in the Gateway Cities — freeways, arterial highways, transit, The GCTM enabled the comparison of STP project impacts according to mobility, Reaching Out to Stakeholders bikeways, pedestrian facilities, technology, and goods movement — into a unified improvements on the I-710 Corridor to the rest of the Gateway Cities. It provides a accessibility, sustainability, and safety performance measures. Specific goals are: During the development of the STP, GCCOG member cities and communities vision for the future. It is the culmination of three years of data collection, modeling, truly integrated, multimodal strategy for the 21st century. • Mobility — Reduce congestion, improve travel choices, and reduce travel times provided input on projects impacting their jurisdictions. Representatives from analysis, engineering, and stakeholder engagement. It also