Title
Discuss Expanding Transportation Options: Citywide Transit and Transportation Demand Management Plan Existing Conditions and Goals/Objectives
Body
Commission on Disability Issues
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Review/Discussion
Discuss Expanding Transportation Options: Citywide Transit and Transportation Demand Management Plan Existing Conditions and Goals/Objectives
BACKGROUND
On January 21, 2015, the City Council directed staff to prepare an approach to a comprehensive citywide transportation planning and implementation effort in response to a City Council referral from Councilmember Tony Daysog. On February 25, 2015, City staff presented its initial thoughts on an approach to a citywide transportation effort at a joint Transportation Commission and Planning Board meeting. Staff then incorporated the input and presented a refined approach including draft goals and a proposed scope of work, to the City Council on April 1, 2015. At this meeting, the City Council directed staff to move forward with a Request for Proposals (RFP), including a draft work scope for the Citywide Transit and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plans. On September 15, 2015, the City Council authorized the Interim City Manager to issue an RFP for the Citywide Transit and TDM Plans. On January 19, 2016, the City Council approved the CDM Smith consulting team, which began this 18-month planning effort.
The purpose of this planning effort is to help ensure that the City sustains its high quality of life during a time of population growth throughout the Bay Area region from 7 million to an expected 9 million population in 2040. The focus of this planning effort is as follows:
* Transit Plan: Implement transit-related services and infrastructure by directing City funding and by coordinating transit providers such as AC Transit, the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and BART in their near- and long-term route planning and expansion activities. ...
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