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City Council Adopts Active Transportation Plan (Updated 2/3/21)

On February 2, 2021, the San Luis Obispo City Council adopted the City’s first Active Transportation Plan, a comprehensive collection of policies, programs and infrastructure recommendations that aim to increase the number of people bicycling and walking. By improving sustainable transportation such as walking and bicycling, the City can reduce vehicle use and related greenhouse gas emissions. This in turn will place the City on a stronger path to meeting its goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2035. 

“From improving bikeways and intersections to making a walk more interesting and enjoyable with public art and parklets, the Active Transportation Plan provides a series of actions to make bicycling and walking easier, cheaper, and safer for everyone in our community,” said Adam Fukushima, Active Transportation Manager. Beginning in the summer of 2021, community members will start to see the first improvements from the plan, which include a protected bike lane on Marsh Street downtown and improvements for walking such as new curb ramps and high-visibility crosswalks. 

The plan takes a new approach to implementing projects, focusing on serving users of all ages and abilities and using new strategies to build projects more rapidly and affordably. In addition, the recommendations of the Active Transportation Plan support using resources more effectively and supporting an economy that is more resilient. Outreach for the Active Transportation Plan was a comprehensive effort, spanning nearly three years and engaging hundreds of community members at neighborhood pop-up events, the Active Transportation Committee meetings, public workshops, through surveys, interactive online tools, and other activities. 

The Active Transportation Plan is in line with the Sustainable Transportation Major City Goal identified in the 2019-21 Financial Plan as well as both the City's General Plan and Climate Action Plan for Community Recovery. 

Thank you to the many community members who contributed to the Active Transportation Plan.

To read the full staff report, click here. 

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Final Draft Active Transportation Plan and Council Hearing on February 2, 2021 (Updated 1/26/21)

The final draft of the Active Transportation Plan is now available for review! For questions on the final draft, contact Adam Fukushima, Active Transportation Manager, at afukushima@slocity.org

• Final Draft Active Transportation Plan
  • Appendix A: Project List
  • Appendix B: Project Costs
  • Appendix C: Design Guidelines
• Initial Study / Negative Declaration for the Active Transportation Plan

On February 2, 2021, the City Council will consider adoption of the Active Transportation Plan and approval of the Initial Study / Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact. The Council Agenda Report including the response to public draft comments is listed as Agenda Item 16. To review the Council Agenda Report as well information on how to provide public comment for the meeting, visit the City Council Meeting page. 

Public Draft Active Transportation Plan and Upcoming Meetings (Updated 11/19/20)

The public DRAFT of the Active Transportation Plan is now available for review! Leave a statement on this page to tell us what you think or email comments to Adam Fukushima, Active Transportation Manager at afukushima@slocity.org. Comments must be received by December 31, 2020. The comment period for the public draft is now closed.

• Public DRAFT Active Transportation Plan
  • Appendix A: Project List
  • Appendix B: Project Costs
  • Appendix C: Design Guidlines
• Initial Study / Negative Declaration for the Active Transportation Plan
• Project Prioritization List

Upcoming Meetings on the Active Transportation Plan

Meeting	Date
Active Transportation Committee Review of Public DRAFT	Nov 30, 2020 and Dec 3, 2020
City Council Study Session on Public DRAFT	Dec 8, 2020
Planning Commission Review of Public DRAFT	Dec 9, 2020
City Council Plan Adoption	Feb 2, 2021

(when available, agendas will be posted on the committee links above)

Roll & Stroll Outreach Summary (Updated 12/2/19)

Thanks to all who provided input so far on the forthcoming Active Transportation Plan. City staff has compiled a summary of activities and major themes along with attachments showing all of the outreach boards (including dots and post-it notes), and preliminary results from the online survey.

• ATP Outreach Summary(12/2/19)
  • Attachment 1 - Workshop Boards
  • Attachment 2 - Pop Up Boards
  • Attachment 3 - Selfie Boards and Workshop Photos
  • Attachment 4 - Survey Results as of 11/15/19
  • Attachment 5 - Online Statements as of 12/2/19

Interactive Map and Survey

Thank you for your interest in the interactive map and survey. Both the interactive map and survey are now closed but we received lots of great input that is being reviewed and incorporated into the Draft Active Transportation Plan. To see the comments made by the community, please click the interactive map link below.

Interactive Map