Each quarter, SANDAG issues a transportation progress report to its Board of Directors to keep them apprised of the many projects underway in the region. By leveraging state, federal, and local TransNet dollars, SANDAG funds transportation improvements and services designed to give commuters more choices and reduce growing traffic congestion. Information from the third quarter (July to September) of 2008 is available below.
Highway Projects: The California Transportation Commission allocated $91.6 million from the Proposition 1B Trade Corridors Improvement Fund for construction capital and management for the SR 905 freeway between Britannia Boulevard and I-805. Construction of this project should start in mid-spring 2009, with completion scheduled for 2012. The segment between Britannia Boulevard and Siempre Viva Road, currently under construction, is scheduled to open by late 2010.
Transit and Bikeway Projects: Construction started on the Salt Works phase of the Bayshore Bikeway. This regional bikepath project will add a safer, more scenic 1.1 mile section between Main Street in Chula Vista and the Silver Strand path at 13th Street in Imperial Beach. Construction is scheduled to be finished by February 2009.
Arterial and Freeway Interchange Projects: The City of San Diego completed the Genesee Avenue widening project, which widened Genesee Avenue from four to six lanes between Campus Point Drive and I-5 in the University City area.
Traffic and Demand Management: The Freeway Service Patrol assisted approximately 16,430 motorists, about 5.5 percent more than last quarter. The vanpool participation rate increased by 9.6 percent in the last quarter, from 585 vanpools to 641 vanpools. Average ridership per vanpool was approximately 8.3 passengers, with 5,326 daily passengers participating in the program. The 511 call system received 191,947 calls, up nearly five percent from the previous quarter and raising the cumulative call volume to just under 1.2 million calls. | 
