Caltrans District 8 Director Ray Wolfe discussed improving mobility in San Bernardino County through intermodal transit stations and transit-oriented design. He summarized Caltrans policies supporting complete streets, bus rapid transit, and climate change legislation requiring regional plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable communities strategies. Grants from Caltrans helped fund projects like the Santa Fe Depot and a transit-oriented development overlay district in San Bernardino.

1. CALTRANS IMPROVES
MOBILITY
Going to San Bernardino
A Symposium on Intermodal Transit
Stations and Transit Oriented Design
Friday, November 6, 2009
Ray W. Wolfe, PhD.
Caltrans District 8 Director

2. DISTRICT 8
 Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
 28,650 Square Miles
 7,200 Lane Miles Within the District
 1280 employees
 909-383-4631; www.dot.ca.gov/dist8

3. What Laws and Policies Support
Community Planning?
2002 State “Environmental Goals & Policies
Report” law* established planning priorities to:
• “promote Equity,
• strengthen the Economy,
• protect the Environment, and
• promote public health and safety”
Referred to as the “Three Es”
* AB 857, Govt. Code Chapter 1016

4. Caltrans Policies
 Caltrans Director’s Policy #22
 Context Sensitive Solutions
 Caltrans Director’s Policy #27
 Bus Rapid Transit Implementation Support
 Caltrans Deputy Directive 64-R1
 Complete Streets

5. New Law - SB 375
Re: Climate Change
1. Regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction
targets (for cars and light trucks) for each of the
state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(MPOs).
2. Requires each MPO to adopt a Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP) that meets Air Resource
Board’s regional GHG reduction target.
3. These plans must include a “sustainable
communities strategy” (SCS).

6. Community-Based Transportation
Planning (CBTP) Grants
 Integrate land use, transportation, and community
involvement
 Provide ‘seed funding’ for community planning and
livable community improvements
 Maximum grant amount: $300,000, with a 20% local
match requirement
Circulation
Concept for
Downtown San
Bernardino
Carousel Mall
Mixed Use Project

7. Grants For Omnitrans and
City Of San Bernardino
 Santa Fe Depot
CBTP Grant
FY 2001/02
 Transit Oriented
Development (TOD)
Overlay District
CTBP Grant
FY 2009/10
 sbX
STIP Grant
FY 2008/2009

8. Smart Mobility Handbook
 Handbook Approach
 Handbook presented as a resource
 Improves the ability to achieve :
 high levels of non-motorized travel and transit use,
 References evolving context w/respect to SB 375
implementation
 reduced vehicle trip making, and
 shorter average trip length
 http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/ocp/smf.html

9. Location Efficiency Factors
Community Design Regional Accessibility
 Building and use  Close to urban and job
intensity centers
 Land use mix  Multimodal connections
 Convenient walk and  Access to major
bike access institutions
 Well-connected  Access to airports,
complete streets ports, interregional rail
 Multimodal  Connections to local
connections to region network
 Close parks and  Access to regional
schools recreation

10. Potential to Achieve Location Efficiency
Presenc
Strong Community Design,
Strong
Strong Community Design, Weak
e
Regional Accessibility Strong Regional Accessibility
Smart Mobility Benefits: Smart Mobility Benefits:
Location-Efficient Elements
Community Design
Moderate to Strong Strong to Very Strong
Strong Regional
Weak Community Design,
Accessibility, Weak
Weak Regional Accessibility
Community Design
Smart Mobility Benefits:
Smart Mobility Benefits:
Weak to Moderate
Moderate to Strong
Presenc
Weak
e
Weak Strong
Presenc
Regional Accessibility Presenc
e Location-Efficient Elements e

11. Overview
 Marketing Video
 Examined Transit Oriented
Caltrans Development Opportunities in
Community
Based
Western Riverside County
Transportation
Planning
Grant  24 Month Project Funded By
Caltrans.

12. Project Station Locations