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Development of Alternative Transit Options In developing the detail and content of the long term TMP strategy we consulted with a wide range of stakeholders and incorporated as many views as possible. Our approach to this complex exercise was to develop a series of broad future Scenarios to test a mix of land use, population/employment/household, and transit options. Three scenarios were presented to the public through in extensive outreach as follows:

• Scenario A: Base Case - Financially Constrained to Existing Sources - assumes that the Blueprint smart growth measures are not implemented and that transit provision is very much a status quo offer
• Scenario B: Blueprint and MTP - assumes that the Blueprint Preferred Alternative land-use is delivered and that the transit network is as proposed in SACOG's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) 2035
• Scenario C: Integrated Transit Solution - extends the transit offer beyond the MTP2035 providing a fully integrated package linking the Blueprint with a comprehensive set of Transit, transportation demand management (TDM) and transit oriented development (TOD) policies and projects

You can find out more information about what is included in each of the scenarios by clicking on them above. A survey was conducted to obtain feedback on these scenarios (see online survey results) and Scenario C has been updated to reflect people's comments and suggestions. The updated version is available here

While collecting ideas and feedback, we needed to be mindful of the need to find the funding for any policies and projects that we consider. Predicting what Sacramento will, or could, be like in 25-30 years is a complex task and we need to allow for a range of uncertainties and risks.

Regional Transit and its consultancy team used SACOG's transportation software model as well as and their own tools to test the scenarios and illustrate results. In addition, we are testing tge public's "willingness to pay" for better transit by asking you to play our game.

Please see the September 22, 2008 RT Board Workshop for more details on the technical work program.