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Recommendation to Adopt Final Draft Active Transportation Plan (Action Item)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Final Draft Alameda Active Transportation Plan provides a roadmap for making walking and biking safe and desirable every-day transportation options in Alameda. It is a plan for people of all ages and abilities - including children, seniors and people with disabilities - that will contribute towards addressing the City's safety, greenhouse gas reduction, and transportation mode shift goals; and enhancing the health and livability of the Alameda community. The Active Transportation Plan replaces the City's 2009 Pedestrian Plan and the 2010 Bicycle Master Plan.
After an initial extensive community engagement period in late 2019 to solicit the community's concerns and ideas, in mid-2020, draft recommendations for a vision statement, goals, bikeway network, pedestrian strategy and programs were presented to the community. This October 2022, a complete draft Plan was released for public review. Input on the draft Plan was collected at 14 public events and meetings, including 5 Commission and Board meetings; 7 presentations/tabling for local organizations; and via an online survey. The Final Draft Plan incorporates many of the suggestions made by the diverse array of reviewers.
Staff is recommending that the Transportation Commission make a recommendation to the City Council to adopt the Active Transportation Plan and its appendices (Exhibits 1-8), and direct staff to make the final changes included in the "Additional Changes Recommended by Staff" section further below.
The Plan's comprehensive webpage includes all of the previously released draft recommendations and reports, and the October draft Plan, plus the previous community engagement events: www.ActiveAlameda.org.
BACKGROUND
Over the course of the past three-plus years the City and Alameda community have been working on development of the Active Transportation Plan. The planning process bega...
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