DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Art Reinhardt, PE, CFM, Assistant Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: SA Tomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan Briefing
SUMMARY:
The Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI) will provide a briefing to the City Council Comprehensive Plan Committee on the SA Tomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan (Plan) policy related actions necessary for future Plan implementation.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio is projected to grow significantly over the next two decades and developing a plan to accommodate that growth was the driving objective in developing the SA Tomorrow Plans (Comprehensive Plan, Multimodal Transportation Plan, and Sustainability Plan). All three SA Tomorrow plans were adopted by City Council in August 2016.
The Comprehensive Plan provides policy guidance on where and how to grow. The Multimodal Transportation Plan provides a vision for the future that utilizes technology and innovation to transform our existing transportation system into a dynamic, balanced, and forward thinking system. The Sustainability Plan articulates the City's sustainability strategy, serving as a roadmap to make our community and municipal operations more sustainable, improving quality of life for all residents, and building overall community resilience.
ISSUE:
The Multimodal Transportation Plan (Plan) developed a set of goals to provide the framework for developing transportation policies. There is an intentional connection of these goals back to the City's Comprehensive Plan. These policy areas include:
* Planning & Investment
* Multimodal Transportation
* Safety & Comfort
* General Policies
* Land Use & Transit Supportive Development
* Regional Transportation
* Technology & Innovation
Within the policy areas above, the SA Tomorrow process identified many existing policies that serve as barriers to implementing the Plan. Howeve...
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