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Action Plan ' 4. Install ramp metering at all freeway on-ramps, provided study shows metering would be equitable and effective as agreed to by Caltrans and the TVTC and provided sufficient stacking space is available. Provide HOV bypass lanes wherever space permits. The TVTC should take the lead and seek funding for a study of r3rnp metering. 5. Support growth that achieves an overall jobs-housing balance witMn the Tri-Valley. 6. Support regional gasoline taxes to encourage commute alternatives and provide fun& for needed transportation projects. 7. Support development of a seamless HOV network in the Tri-Valley to encourage the use of carpools and bus transit. TVTC shall work cooperatively with Caltrans, MTC, and affected jurisdictions to explore opportunities for expanding the HOV system, especially on 1-580, subject to cost-effectiveness analysis and/or change to legislation prohibiting them. 8. Request that transit agencies conduct a study of the formation of a transit benefit district to finance ongoing transit operating costs. 9. Support the preparation by Caltrans of an incident management plan for the state highways in the Tri-Valley area. The TVTC recognizes that incidents can have a profound effect on traffic conditions both on the freeways and on the arterials. Action Plans for Routes of Regional Significance This section details the various objectives and actions for each designated route of regional significance within the Tri-Valley. Specific Traffic Service Objectives are present- ed, together with a set of actions directed at achieving those objectives. The parties responsible for implementing the actions are also identified. Once the Plan is adopted, each jurisdiction will be responsible for making a good-faith effort to implement the agreed-upon actions. In Contra Costa County, a jurisdiction's compliance with the 1998 Measure C Growth Management Program will be judged based upon its efforts to implement agreed-upon actions. The actions, programs, and measures identified in the Action Plan are intended to mitigate congestion and achieve the Traffic Service Objectives assuming that future trsffic will be constrained by the limited capacities of highway facfiities serving the Tri-Valley Gateways (see Chapter 5, "Gateway Constraints"). An individual jurisdiction may also elect to implement more stringent actions, measures, or programs, in addition to those identified below, on facilities within its jurisdiction. For example, a jurisdiction's individu- al mitigation program could respond to higher future traffic levels, assuming no gateway constraints (see Figure 5-4). Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 166