Mobility Element 2015
City of Pasadena
Department of Transportation
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1.31
Emphasize transportation projects and programs that will contribute to a reduction in vehicles
miles traveled per capita, while maintaining economic vitality and sustainability.
1.32
Implement parking management and enforcement programs to protect residential and
commercial areas from spillover parking impacts.
1.33
City of Pasadena will monitor and evaluate the development and adoption of future VMT/cap
thresholds for the SCAG region and Los Angeles County.
1.34
City of Pasadena will involve Caltrans in the revision and update of the existing Transportation
Impact Fee.
OBJECTIVE 2. Encourage walking, biking, transit and other alternatives to motor vehicles.
Strategies to encourage non-auto travel, including:
Walking - Promote official walking tours and events
Biking - Maintain existing and identify new opportunities for biking infrastructure
Transit - Assess way to improve availability of transit for underserved populations
Public Involvement - Ensure community participation at all levels of planning for transportation
and pedestrian improvements
Policies
2.1
Continue to support the construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension transit service and the
expansion and use of regional and local bus transit service.
2.2
Seek funding to enhance accessibility by increasing routes, frequency and hours of operation for
Pasadena’s transit system throughout the community.
2.3
Provide convenient, safe and accessible transit stops.
2.4
Facilitate coordination between transit providers to improve seamless transit service.
2.5
Develop and maintain a comprehensive and integrated system of reduced stress bikeways and
increase bicycle parking at destinations to promote bicycle riding as a mode of transportation.
2.6
Continue to strengthen the marketing and promotion of non-auto transportation to residents,
employees and visitors.
2.7
Support neighborhood walk-to-school efforts.
2.8
Maintain existing and identify new opportunities for bicycle infrastructure.
2.9
Ensure that secure and convenient bicycle parking is available at destinations.
2.10
Explore bicycle share programs or any other bicycle programs that will
provide greater access to
bicycles for visitors and those that may not own a bicycle.
2.11
Consider bicycle education safety programs for all skill levels to reduce bicycle crashes and
conflicts.
2.12
Continue to develop specialized educational campaigns and informational materials to improve
safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.
2.13
Amend the existing transportation impact fee to include pedestrian and bicycle improvements
in addition to street and transit improvements
2.14
City of Pasadena will involve Caltrans in the revision and update of the existing Transportation
Impact Fee.
2.15
City of Pasadena will consider improvements to ITS projects involving Caltrans owned
intersections at freeway ramp termini in the development of the future transportation impact
fee, including but not limited to the I-210 Connected Corridors project
Mobility Element 2015
City of Pasadena
Department of Transportation
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2.16
City of Pasadena will work with Caltrans to evaluate access management
needs and strategies to
better manage traffic operations on arterial streets located within close proximity of freeway
on/off-ramps in an effort to reduce traffic backups and frictions at Caltrans ramp signals.
2.17
Implement a citywide car sharing system to support the Mobility Element objectives.
2.18
Continue to impose Trip Reduction Ordinance (TRO) requirements for regulated new
development.
OBJECTIVE 3. Create a supportive climate for economic viability.
Mobility strategies to improve economic vitality, including:
Work with existing and potential businesses to assess parking needs and requirements
Incorporate Green City Action Plan initiatives
Policies
3.1
Manage curb-space parking to support neighborhood protection and economic vitality.
3.2
Manage traffic speeds on neighborhood streets to reduce cut-through traffic.
3.3
Expand the Traffic Management Center (TMC) capabilities to provide priority treatment and
monitoring of transit vehicles and to provide additional traveler information services.
3.4
Increase the availability of customer parking in commercial areas by supporting Travel Demand
Management programs to reduce employee commute trips.
3.5
Collaborate with the business community to encourage truck deliveries to be made in off-peak
hours especially in areas where nearby residents would be affected. This policy must be
consistent with provisions of the City’s noise ordinance.
3.6
Limit the intrusion of commercial truck traffic on City streets by directing truck traffic to the
City’s designated truck routes and coordinating with the Pasadena Police Department to enforce
related regulations on local streets.
3.7
Examine ways to maintain and better utilize existing private and public parking structures
through shared parking opportunities and advanced traveler information services to direct
parkers to available spaces.
3.8
Enforce regulations that prohibit
parking of commercial, recreational, and non-operable vehicles
in residential areas, including the staging of taxi services.
3.9
Support public and private efforts to implement the Pasadena Streetcar.
3.10
Participate in interagency reviews of the study of the I-710 tunnel.