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-- Recommended Improvement Plan roadway in Al_smeda County (approximately three miles in length) has tight curves and narrow shoulders with advisory speeds along curves of less than 35 mph. Vasco Road is expected to have a Level of Service F in the year 2010. As much as the Plan calls for a policy limiting the capacity of Vasco Road to two lanes, it is necessary that this roadway be realigned to improve traffic flow and safety. Alameda County is currently seeking funds to improve the section of the roadway from the new Vasco Road to the Livermore City Limit. This proposed improvement includes realignment of the roadway, widening of shoulders,a nd installing passing lanes without increasing its capacity, consistent with the standards being used in the Los Vaqueros-Vasco Road project. Projected congestion on this roadway cannot be directed to a particular develop- ment but its future congestion is truly the result of developments in the region. It is also recommended that subregional traffic mitigation fees be used to improve this futility. Transit Improvements The key transit improvement in the Tri-Valley is the extension of BART to Dub- lin/Pleasanton with two local stations. Local WHEELS routes will be rerouted to serve the BART stations and create transit centers with timed transfers between modes. WHEELS and County Connection routes will also need to be rerouted and augmented to serve new development areas: North Livermore, East Dublin, and Dougherty Valley. In addition, nine new express bus routes are included in the plan to serve the follow- ing corridors not served by BART: 1-680 north to Walnut Creek, Vasco Road to East County, and 1-680 south to Fremont. The Tri-Valley Transit Plan has been developed to correspond to expected funding levels. Since the area is expected to almost double in population, the assumption is that transit funding will also double. It is important to note that this assumption may not be realized. Transit funding may not keep pace with population increase. Never- theless, the plan includes the provision for significant new services plus greater use of existing routes that have available capacity. Additional riders can be served without additional investment. Note, however, that the development pattern in the Tri-Valley is one of overall low density, and the new areas proposed for development will generally reinforce the low- density pattern. The low-density pattern does not support the extensive use of transit or cost-effective transit operations. If transit is to serve a much greater role than it does today, development densities will need to increase. Growth Management The TVTC recognizes that its mission is not to p]an land use. Land use inputs to the plan came from the planning department of each member jurisdiction. Projections are also available from ABAG, and the "expected" land use on which the plan is based is ' Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 128