Speaker Sherry Ryan's transportation and mobility presentation on February 25, 2010

1. Transportation Planning
and Systems
The Hillcrest Neighborhood
Sherry Ryan, PhD
School of Public Affairs, SDSU
Alta Planning + Design

2. Overview
• Why Long Range Transportation Planning?
• Recent Legislation
• Local Hillcrest Context
• Current Planning for Hillcrest
• Potential Futures

3. Why Long Range
Transportation Planning?
• Mandated by Federal and State Governments
– Metropolitan Planning Organizations must do long range
transportation planning to receive federal funds
– Cities must adopt Circulation Elements
• Provides objective basis for decision-making

4. Recent Legislative Trends
• Sustainable Communities Strategy (2008 SB 375 )
– Sustainable Communities Strategies element in RTP
– Region must meet greenhouse gas reduction targets
– Housing allocations need to be consistent with SCS
• The Complete Streets Act (2008 SB 1358 )
– Requires cities to account for all users of the roadway when
updating their Circulation Elements

5. Content Requirement for
Circulation Element Planning
Location and extent of existing and proposed
Currently transportation routes all correlated with the land
use plan
Plan for a balanced, multimodal transportation
network that meets the needs of all users of
streets for safe and convenient travel.
Commencing
January, 2011 All users means bicyclists, children, persons with
disabilities, motorists, movers of commercial
goods, pedestrians, users of public
transportation, and seniors.
CALIFORNIA CODES GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65300-65303.4

6. Local Context
Hillcrest’s Transportation System
• Current Land Patterns
• Roadway Network and Operations
• Transit Network
• Bicycle Network
• Pedestrian Network

7. Land Uses
SR
16
1,500 ac Total Land
3
315 ac Residential
80 ac Commercial
49 persons/ac
vs.
23 persons/ac
in the City of SD

8. Roadway Network
Roadway Density
105 lf/acre of roadway
vs.
70 lf/acre citywide
Block Sizes
~ 650’ x 180’ Hillcrest
~ 600’ x 200’ Pacific Beach
~ 1,300‘ Scripps Ranch

9. Roadway Network
Limited connections to
surrounding communities
Neighborhood divided by
topography and
bottleneck
@ SR-163

10. Vehicular Level of Service
2 miles @ LOS E/F
6% of Hillcrest
roadways @ LOS E/F
vs
26% of citywide
roadways @ LOS E/F

11. Transit Network
8 Transit Routes
Frequencies ranging
from 15’ to 30’
Population Within
1,000’ of Transit
80% vs 55%
(Hillcrest vs. city)

12. Bicycle Network
Bike Facility - 2.2 miles
Class I - 0.3 miles
Class III - 1.9 miles
6% of roadways have
bike facility
Population Within 500’
of Bike Facility
24% vs 30%

13. Pedestrian Deficiencies
• PMP map
5,192 ft of missing
sidewalk
60 missing curb ramps
and obstructions

14. What’s in the Plans for Hillcrest?
City’s General Plan – adopted 2008
Land Uses
SANDAG’s 2004 Regional Comprehensive Plan
Roadways City’s General Plan – adopted 2008
& Transit SANDAG’s 2006 Regional Transportation Plan
City’s Bicycle Master Plan Update – Spring 2010
Bicycle
SANDAG’s Regional Bike Plan – Spring 2010
Pedestrian City’s Pedestrian Master Plan – Spring 2010

15. 2030 Village Propensity Assessment
City’s 2008 General
Plan Update
“City of Villages”
identify village
locations through
CPU process

16. 2030 City Land Use Plan
Mixed Use
Corridors
along 4th/5th Ave,
University Ave,
Washington Ave

17. SANDAG’s
Regional Comprehensive Plan
Min 40 du/ac
Min 50 employees/acre
Light Rail / Bus Rapid
Transit

18. Chula Vista
Place Type: Urban Center
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20. E Street near Bayfront/
E Street Trolley Station – Chula Vista, CA
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21. E Street near Bayfront/
E Street Trolley Station – Chula Vista, CA
Existing Conceptual
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22. Imperial Beach
Place Type: Mixed Use Transit Corridor
Old Palm Avenue and 2nd Street
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24. Old Palm Avenue and 2nd Street
Imperial Beach, CA
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25. Old Palm Avenue and 2nd Street
Imperial Beach, CA
Existing Conceptual
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26. Circulation Element Update
2008 Circulation
Element Update
No new roadway
linkages planned for
Hillcrest

27. SANDAG’s
2030 Regional Transportation Plan
Rapid Bus
Transit
4th / 5th and
Washington St

28. Transit Futures

29. Transit Futures

30. Transits Futures

31. City’s Bicycle Master Plan Update
7.3 miles Bike Lane
1 Mile of Bicycle
Boulevard
2.1 miles Bicycle Route

32. SANDAG’s Regional Bicycle Plan
High Priority
Regional
Bicycle Corridors
serving Hillcrest

33. Bicycling Future

34. 6th Avenue – Multimodal Future
2-travel lanes + 2 transit lanes + bike lanes

35. 5th Avenue – Multimodal Future
2-travel lanes + Cycle Track

36. 4th Avenue – Multimodal Future
2-travel lanes + Bike Lane

37. Parting Thoughts…
• Diversify the public right-of-way
• Be wary of LOS results
• Understand the constraints of
the planning process

38. THANK YOU!
Sherry Ryan, PhD
School of Public Affairs, SDSU
Alta Planning + Design