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Recommended Improvement Plan -- These mutes each have 20-minute headways. The plan does not specify what agency would operate the express mutes. To serve the Altamont Pass commute, it is antidpat- ed that the San Joaquin Regional Transit District will offer express bus service to _ various locations in the Bay Area. Freight Transpodotion Freight transportation provides an important contribution to the economy. As such, it _ is both necessary and appropriate that the Plan give strategic priority to the move- ment of freight. To highlight the strategic importance of freight transportation, this plan designates 1-580 as a Critical Freight Route and 1-680 as a Major Freight Route. _ These designations are consistent with the Alameda County Long-Range Transporta- tion Plan. Truck volume studies show that 1-580 at the Altamont Pass carries more than 20,000 trucks each weekday while 1-680 at the Sunol Pass carries more than 15,000 trucks per day. As a Critical Freight Route, 1-580 should be accorded priority for intermodal funding under ISTEA. Also, 1-580 should be operated in a manner which ensures that freight ' can be moved with maximum efficiency. To this end. expenditure priority should be given to those operational improvements necessary to prevent the encroachment of commute traffic from congesting Critical Freight Routes during midday hours (midday ' hours are defined from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM). As a Major Freight Route, 1-680 should be given consideration for intermodal funding under ISTEA. One transportation management strategy to be evaluated further and considered later is to implement ramp metering during midday hours, as necessary, to maintain acceptable speeds on 1-580 and 1-680. At such time as environmental review is -- conducted for a systemwide ramp metering plan for the Tri-Valley, ramp metering during midday hours to maintain smooth freight movements should also be considered. Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 145 --