Transportation Planning
The Transportation Planning Unit (which was recently moved from the Planning Department to the Department of Transportation) provides a variety of services related to the planning of safe, efficient, and sustainable movement of automobiles, transit, bicycles and pedestrians. The team is responsible for long-range transportation planning efforts such as planning transit-oriented development, coordinating with external transportation agencies, and overseeing the creation of the new Mobility Element that will be part of the new 2030 General Plan.
Current Projects
Transit
Planning for transit-oriented development (TOD) around Regional Transit light rail stations currently dominates much of the Transportation Planning Unit's time. The stations undergoing urban design, land use, circulation study, traffic mitigation, park design, or other planning work include Florin, Meadowview, Swanston, Royal Oaks, Globe, Arden/Del Paso, and 65th/University.
Project-Specific Information
- 65th Street/University Transit Village Plan
- Swanston Station Transit Village Plan
- Northeast Line Light Rail Stations Plan
- South 65th Street Area Plan
Policies and Guidelines
- Light Rail Station Ordinance and General Plan Amendment
- Light Rail Transit Land Use Policies and Guidelines(PDF)
- Transit for Livable Communities (Regional Transit)
Other Projects
In addition to transit-oriented development, the team is leading the effort to craft the City's new Level-of-Service policy. Additional projects include work on the Mobility Element for the new 2030 General Plan; coordination of R Street Corridor development; assistance with SACOG's Metropolitan Transportation Program (MTP) update; provision of transportation planning information to various departments, including planning, design and implementation of bicycle and pedestrian facility capital projects; and numerous other transportation- and land use-related projects.
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