EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Executive
Summary
Introduction
Current
Operating HOV Facilities in Orange County
Purpose
of the DEIR/EIS
Purpose
and Need for the Project
Project
Alternatives
Project
Impacts/Mitigation
Coordination
with Resource Agencies
PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT
The purpose of the proposed SR-22/WOCC
project is to improve both existing and future mobility
and enhance safety throughout the corridor while minimizing
environmental and economic impacts. The study area
includes SR-22, bounded by SR-55 and the Los Angeles
county line and the interchanges between SR-22 and
the connecting freeways within these same boundaries.
The project seeks to accomplish the
following goals:
· Improve mobility and reduce congestion along
the SR-22/WOCC corridor
· Maximize cost-effectiveness of the SR-22/WOCC
improvements
· Minimize adverse and maximize beneficial
environmental impacts to SR-22/WOCC communities
· Minimize negative and maximize positive economic
impacts to SR-22/WOCC communities
Currently, the SR-22 corridor has
insufficient capacity on both the freeway and major
adjacent surface streets to handle existing and projected
2020 travel demand between the SR-55 interchange and
the Los Angeles County line, and to and from destinations
within the proposed project area. The situation is
ag-gravated by a lack of continuous parallel arterial
routes and available arterial/intersection capacity.
There is little incentive or opportunity for individual
drivers to switch from single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs)
to carpooling or transit without dedicated facilities
for this purpose. That is, if SOV drivers cannot decrease
their commute times because there are no dedicated
lanes for HOVs or buses only, they are more likely
to forego carpooling or using transit in favor of
driving alone. In addition, there are no major programs
in the SR-22 corridor to implement Transportation
System Management (TSM), Transportation Demand Management
(TDM), and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
strategies.
With projected population and employment
growth trends indicating increased transportation
volumes, this situation is expected to worsen. The
proposed SR-22/WOCC improvements are anticipated to
pro-vide a higher level of operation for existing
and anticipated traffic volumes by incorporating up-to-date
technological traffic control systems and other transportation
transportation improvements, and offering additional
travel mode choices.
Section 1.0 of the DEIR/EIS
includes additional information about the SR-22/WOCC
purpose and need.
