DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: SA Tomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan Status Update Briefing
SUMMARY:
A briefing to the City Council Comprehensive Plan Committee on the status of the adopted policies and practices of the SA Tomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan.
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.
Within the Multimodal Transportation Plan, there were 59 recommended Policies and Practices adopted as part of a 5-Year Action Plan. This briefing will provide a status update on 24 of these Policies and Practices that are being achieved as part of on-going initiatives.
ISSUE:
The Multimodal Transportation Plan (Plan) is a long-term plan which focuses on population and traffic flow projections through 2040. To help meet the needs identified in the Plan related to congestion, safety, and multimodal travel, the Plan identified short-term and medium-term goals to provide the framework for implementing transportation solutions. The Policies and Practices adopted in the Plan include the thirteen categor...
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