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In this edition:
SB 1 Transportation Funding
Recognition for Financial Reporting
Funding Agreements for SolanoExpress Capital Improvements
May is Bike Month: Bike to School & Work Events
SR2S Poster Contest Winners
Plan Bay Area Workshop
Rio Vista Mobility Summit
Go Go Grandparents Program - Senior Mobility Options
Safe Routes to School Stats
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STATUS Newsletter
The STATUS Newsletter is published every month after the STA Board meeting to inform the public and our stakeholders of what’s happening in the transportation arena in Solano County. Please
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Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB 1)
Governor Brown has signed into law the state transportation funding package contained in the “Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.” The bill is projected to raise $5.2 billion per year for critical transportation projects and programs and includes some of the following investment categories:
- Fix it First Highways ($1.5 billion)
- Bridge and Culvert Repair ($400 million)
- Trade Corridor Investments ($300 million)
- Solutions for Congested Commute Corridors ($250 million)
- State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP - $110 million)
- Fix it First Local Roads ($1.5 billion)
- Transit Capital and Operations ($750 million)
- Local Partnership Funds ($200 million)
- Active Transportation Program – Bike and Pedestrian ($100 million)
This bill incorporates many provisions covered in Assembly Bill 1, introduced by State Assembly Member Jim Frazier and the earlier version of Senate Bill 1, introduced by State Senator Jim Beall. STA Board members met with legislators and agency staff on April 24th to discuss STA priority projects that are shovel ready and discuss future funding.
STA would like to thank our Solano legislative representatives for their support for passing SB 1: Senator Bill Dodd, and Assembly Members Jim Frazier, Tim Grayson, and Cecilia Aguiar-Curry.
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STA's Financial Reporting Receives Recognition
The STA’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for Fiscal Year 2015-16 was recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association with its “Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting” Award. Congratulations to STA’s financial and accounting staff, Susan Furtado and Judy Kowalsky, for their hard work and statewide recognition on their first submittal!
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Funding Agreements for SolanoExpress Capital Improvements at Two College Campuses
STA has been working to identify a series of near-term capital improvements associated with the new SolanoExpress service plan that is under development to improve the frequency and timeliness of service. STA has worked with the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville, and Solano Community College on two of the locations near their college campuses, and with Vallejo and Solano County on the third location near Six Flags. STA will partner with the two cities and Solano College to fund and construct these capital improvements in advance of the new SolanoExpress service plan being implemented.
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May is Bike Month!
Both Bike to School Day (May 10th) and Bike to Work Day (May 11th) are scheduled for the month of May. STA staff will support both events, and be on hand at school sites to support students biking to school, and at energizer stations to spur on cyclists biking to work. Check the websites linked above for participating schools, and to find an energizer station on your bike route to work.
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SR2S Poster Contest Winners
Congratulations to the following 1st place winners of the 3rd Annual Safe Routes to School Poster Contest!
- TK-2nd Grade Winner: Julia Miller, Cordelia Hills Elementary in Fairfield
- 3rd-5th Grade Winner: Wenceslao Ambris Ponce, Fairmont Charter School in Vacaville
- 6th-8th Grade Winner: Grace Miller – Visions in Education (Homeschool) in Fairfield
Each winner will receive a bike, helmet and lock from Ray’s Cycles. The Annual Poster Contest was open to all Solano County students as a way to encourage walking, biking or riding a scooter to school and more than 120 entries were received from students across the county!
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Plan Bay Area Workshops
The Draft Plan Bay Area 2040
is an updated long-range Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The plan is a joint effort of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the region’s transportation planning, financing, and coordinating agency, and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Council of Governments and official regional planning agency for the 101 cities and towns, and nine counties of the Bay Area. Plan Bay Area 2040 is a limited and focused update of the region’s previous integrated transportation and land use plan,
Plan Bay Area
, adopted in 2013. For more information, including workshop dates and locations, please visit
www.PlanBayArea.org
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You are invited to participate in 2 forums in Solano County to learn more and give your input:
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 5:30-6:30 pm Monday, May 15, 2017, 6:00 pm
Solano County Public
Briefing: Solano County Open House
Suisun City Council Chamber Solano County Events Center
701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City 601 Texas Street, Fairfield
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Rio Vista Mobility Summit for Seniors and People with Disabilities
On April 7, 2017, Solano Mobility hosted the first of 7 Community Mobility Summits for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Rio Vista. 23 residents attended the event held at the Rio Vista Veterans Memorial Hall. A local summit will be scheduled in each city of Solano County during 2017.
Participants were welcomed by Rio Vista Mayor Norman Richardson and provided information about Solano Mobility programs through presentations by Solano County Supervisor Skip Thomson, Solano Mobility Coordinator, Debbie McQuilkin and by Summit Facilitator/STA consultant Rochelle Sherlock. Local transit service was provided by Rio Vista’s Delta Breeze.
Attendees were asked for input regarding their personal mobility needs, as well as to help identify mobility shortcomings in their community. The highest priorities in Rio Vista were:
- Need for medical/shopping bus to other cities in Solano County
- Need for more frequent service to Fairfield on weekdays and weekends
- The length of the trip is too long and the 15 minute wait for the bus is challenging
- Bus fare is too expensive
Feedback from Mobility Surveys and each of the community summits will be compiled and presented in a wrap-up countywide Mobility Summit to be held later this year.
Next Summit:
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Go Go Grandparent Helps with Senior Mobility Options
One of the goals of the Solano Mobility Call Center is to serve as a mobility resource for commuters, persons with disabilities, and seniors. This includes informing the public of various mobility services available to them.
Go Go Grandparent is a relatively new program established to assist seniors in planning their trips through on-demand transportation companies like Uber and Lyft.
This program was presented and discussed at the most recent meeting of the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) and the STA Board.
Go Go Grandparent has been added to the Solano Mobility Call Center list of available mobility services. Call 800-535-6883 to learn more about this new service.
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- Jim Spering, Chair, Solano County Supervisor
- Pete Sanchez, Vice Chair, Mayor of Suisun City
- Elizabeth Patterson, Mayor of Benicia
- Thom Bogue, Mayor of Dixon
- Harry Price, Mayor of Fairfield
- Norman Richardson, Mayor of Rio Vista
- Len Augustine, Mayor of Vacaville
- Bob Sampayan, Mayor of Vallejo
STA website: http://www.sta.ca.gov
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