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REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

Major Transportation Investment Study (MTIS)
Summary of Alternatives

The following alternatives scenarios, developed with extensive community input, were analyzed for:

  1. Baseline
    Includes the existing transportation network in addition to construction projects in progress and those scheduled/funded, such as the Highway 1/17 interchange and Mission Street/Highway 1 projects.

  2. Transportation Systems Management
    Involves relatively low-cost multi-mode transportation improvements such as improved bus, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, as well as improved ridesharing info.

  3. Widen Highway 1 for Carpool Lanes
    Adds a new lane in each direction on Highway 1 from Highway 17 to State Park Drive. During peak travel times lanes are reserved for carpools and buses only.

  4. Rail Transit to UCSC via Harvey West
    Adds rail transit service from the Watsonville Junction to the University of California, Santa Cruz along the Union Pacific and Big Trees rail lines. New tracks would continue along Harvey West Canyon ending at the campus bookstore.

  5. Rail Transit to Natural Bridges and Harvey West
    Adds rail transit service from Watsonville Junction to Natural Bridges and Harvey West via Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz.

  6. Busway
    Paves the railroad right-of-way from the Park Avenue in Capitola to Bay Street in Santa Cruz for primary use by express and local buses.

  7. Rail Transit to Harvey West
    Same route as alternative 4, but terminating at Harvey West.

  8. Improved Bus Service
    Involves significant expansion of existing bus service to meet the future transportation needs of the corridor including marketing and promotion of this and other ridesharing alternatives.

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