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Transportation
State Route (SR) 113 and SR‐12 are two principle arterials in the Study Area.
State Route 113 runs north to south connecting the City of Dixon to SR‐12.
State Route 12 runs east to west connecting I‐80 and the City of Fairfield to
the City of Rio Vista. State Route 29 is another arterial that passes through
the Study Area, running north to south though Vallejo connecting to SR‐12
past Vallejo and to the Napa Valley area.
Solano County is served by an excellent transportation network including
freeway and rail connections to major metropolitan areas to the east
(Sacramento) and the southwest (San Francisco Bay Area). There are two
train stations on the capitol corridor and bus routes providing access
throughout the region. The local roadway system consists of highways,
primary arterials, minor arterials, major and minor collectors, and local
residential streets. This roadway system provides mobility and access to the
various communities within the TSS Study Area and to connect them to
other communities outside the Study Area, including the San Francisco Bay
and Sacramento metropolitan areas by providing interstate and regional
access.
Another arterial that is in the processes of being completed is Jepson
Parkway. The concept of Jepson Parkway, a 12‐mile‐long, four‐lane road
connecting eastern Vacaville, eastern Fairfield and rural Solano County,
started in 2000. The goal is to create a convenient alternative to I‐80 for
local trips. The corridor is also intended to better accommodate multimodal
transportation, including opportunities for transit, bicycle, and pedestrian
travel. Jepson Parkway will also connect with the new Fairfield‐Vacaville
Train Station. Since 2000, five construction projects have been completed
and an updated concept plan has been approved. The Solano County
Transportation Authority (STA) has placed Jepson Parkway as one of their
top priority projects and has secured funding for nine segments, though six
segments remain unfunded.
The following is a br ief description of the transportation network in the
Study Area, which is illustrated on Figure 2‐6.
Solano County has four freeways that are operated and maintained by the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Interstate 80 is the
major highway that traverses the Study Area, running from northeast to
southwest through the county. Interstate 80 is a transcontinental highway
that runs from downtown San Francisco to New Jersey and was designated
in 1956 as one of the original routes of the Interstate Highway system. It is
the second‐longest Interstate Highway in the US following I‐90 and runs
though many major cities, including Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois;
Omaha, Nebraska; and Salt Lake City, Utah. This freeway varies between
three and four lanes in each direction.
To help better accommodate commercial traffic at Travis AFB’s south gate,
Peterson Road was widened, and a third lane was added for truck stacking
and queuing. This improvement was completed in May 2016 and includes a
new bike lane that leads to the Irving H. Lambrecht Sports Complex. Plans
are also in place to improve the north gate area, which includes widening
Canon Road from Vanden Road to the Travis AFB guard station.
I‐505 runs north from the I‐80 to the Yolo County line. It has two lanes in
each direction and connects Solano County with the northern
Sacramento Valley and I‐2. I‐680 runs from I‐80 to the Contra Costa County
line, connecting Solano County with central Contra Costa County, and has
two lanes in each direction. I‐780 runs from I‐80 to I‐680 and connects
Vallejo and Benicia with two lanes in each direction.
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Transit
Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST) operates nine local routes and four
express intercity routes. The local routes serve both Fairfield and Suisun City.
Route 4 serves Travis AFB, originating at the Walmart on Texas Street. There
are two Route 4 bus stops near the main gate and eight stops on the Base.
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