Mobility Element August 2015
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Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
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Year
Description Deliverable 2009
Community Outreach After nine (9) months of community outreach to 3,000 stakeholders and the City received thousands of comments on issues related to land use, mobility, open space and conservation. Outreach Summary Report 2010
Workshops Over 175 members of the community participated at the workshops. The information gathered and shared at the workshops was used as a framework in developing a series of draft alternatives at a community charrette in November 2010. Draft Alternatives 2010 Charrettes A multi-day intensive workshop to develop and design draft themes, or alternatives. Four (4) draft alternatives to be analyzed and evaluated for impacts 2011 Alternatives Survey A General Plan Community Survey was distributed that asked the community for feedback on which alternative, or combination of alternatives, were preferred for six planning areas. The survey also sought feedback on the guiding principles of the General Plan and mobility policies. Framework to begin drafting a concept land use plan utilizing key findings from 3,000 returned surveys. 2011
Mobility Element Workshops workshops to focus on the Mobility Element’s policies, objectives and programming initiatives. The public commented on the Bicycle Transportation Action Plan, Street Types Affirmation of the Mobility Element policies and objectives. Community Input the programming initiatives.
Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
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Public Meetings Staff worked with the commissions and community in reviewing the objectives and policies the community. During that same time period, staff refined four survey alternatives into one balanced draft concept map
Draft Concept Plan for Commissions and City Council to review.
2012 Concept Plan Staff began the process of presenting recommendations on the General Plan Land Use and Mobility Elements to the City Council and various other City Commissions. Defined recommendations and changes to the General Plan's existing guiding principles, land use and mobility objectives, supporting policies, general plan diagram, and development levels.
2013 Environmental Review The City held four scoping meetings for the project to receive comments on the scope and content of the proposed EIR. Present
environmental information and identified topics that should be considered in the EIR.
2013 Council Approvals The Council reviewed and provided direction on changes to eight components to the Land Use and Mobility Elements and directed city staff to study the environmental impacts of those changes. Include changes to the guiding principles, new policy topic areas, new development caps, a revised Land Use Diagram, and other items.
2014 Policy Work The City held a community meeting to review draft General Plan policies that will direct the City's future. Input was collected on the draft Land Use and Mobility Element goals and policies
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City Council appointed the General Plan Update Advisory Committee to guide the community outreach and participate in the update process. Staff and the GPUAC worked closely with the Planning Commission and the Transportation Advisory Committee to address the comments received by the community. With a goal reaching as many people as possible, and specifically to reach segments of the community that generally do not participate.
Mobility Element 2015 City of Pasadena Department of Transportation
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The Mobility Element contains multimodal components that will enhance the performance of Pasadena’s transportation system. It is structured to effectively implement the objectives and policies that reflect both citizens’ and decision-makers’ desires to provide mobility and quality access to existing and future residential, recreational and employment uses.
The following key issues, objectives and policies were identified through extensive community and intergovernmental outreach efforts, transportation analysis, and consideration of objectives identified in the General Plan’s Guiding Principles.
3.1 Issues The preliminary Outreach Program in 2009 brought forward community issues and concerns. These comments were published in the Draft Outreach Summary Report dated 2009. The Dominant Themes that were consistently heard pertaining to Mobility were Traffic and Transit.
Traffic congestion was identified as one of the most challenging issues facing the city. Although some pointed out that local traffic was not nearly as bad as other areas in the region and that traffic can be a sign of economic success, many participants expressed frustration with increase in traffic congestion. Higher density residential and office developments in the City’s Central District were repeatedly cited as a main cause for the increased traffic congestion experienced throughout town. Pass-through trips travelers whose trips do not begin or end in Pasadena, were also identified as a significant cause of traffic congestion.
Participants recognized that the need for public transportation will intensify in the future and the challenges to meet those needs will deepen. There was a consensus that transit needs to be improved, expanded, better coordinated, and made more accessible and affordable. Comments on transportation included focus on local efforts such as Pasadena Transit services and Dial-A-Ride, as well as support for regional efforts such as the Gold Line Foothill Extension.
Through this General Plan Mobility Element Update, the city is using this opportunity to redefine critical aspects of its transportation policy. In addition to the added aspect of sustainability, the city’s transportation system is also expected to support the goals of livability, neighborhood protection and mobility. As a city whose street network developed in the first quarter of the 20 th Century and which has been fully urbanized for many years, Pasadena is not in a position to add new streets or to widen existing ones. As a result, the city is electing to redefine its transportation policies to embrace a system management concept that emphasizes improved operations strategies, expanded transit, bicycle and pedestrian systems coupled with transportation demand management and supported by traffic calming at the neighborhood level.
The General Plan embodies eight Guiding Principles that are used to shape development and implementation of the City’s policies, plans and programs.
Growth will be targeted to serve community needs and enhance the quality of life.
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