Transportation

League of Women Voters^®
of San Jose/Santa Clara

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Transportation Goals and Objectives

Support the need for transportation planning as an integral part of the overall plan for the area. Broad citizen participation should be encouraged to aid in the formulation of goals and plans to meet this objective.
1. Transportation must consider the needs of all people to:

A. Enable the low income and unemployed to get to the industrial complexes and to other sources of employmnet and services.

B. Provide bike routes and paths which would serve a wide variety of public needs, including, but not limited to, bicycle transportation as an alternative to the automobile as well as for recreational purposes.

2. Some form of mass transit is needed to augment the present system of freeways and expressways.

A. Buses must have convenient routes and schedules, plus a promotional campaign to get public support.

B. A Bay Area wide mass transit system should include Santa Clara County.

3. County wide coordination is absolutely necessary in solving transportation problems.

A. Support the use of feeder lines and the coordination of systems between cities.

B. Support public ownership and operation of transportation facilities under a County Transportation Authority.

4. A combination of methods should be used to finance mass transit in Santa Clara County.

A. Federal funds should be used when available.

B. Gas tax money should be made available to build a mass transit system (constitutional amendment).

5. The following criteria should be used in evaluating any proposal for airport expansion or relocation:

A. Air quality, as determined by the California and federal standards.

B. Regulation of noise levels as established by the state and federal standards.

C. Compatible land use in surrounding areas.

D. Realistic estimates of population and cargo needs.

E. Independent professional study evaluating social and economic costs in relation to benefits.

Adopted: 1972
Updated 2001

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