Title
Adopt the Strategic Mobility Plan
Action
Action:
Adopt the final recommended draft of the Strategic Mobility Plan.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Ed McKinney, Transportation
Explanation
§ The Strategic Mobility Plan (SMP) is intended to shape a new mobility future for the City of Charlotte by expanding on the “Safe and Equitable Mobility” goal of the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The SMP provides an in-depth look into the mobility policies of the 2040 Plan with the objective of achieving a safe, connected, equitable, sustainable, prosperous, and innovative mobility vision for Charlotte.
§ The SMP integrates various modes of travel into a single system that moves Charlotte by focusing on the intersection of four frameworks: transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and street and roadway.
§ The SMP serves as an updated transportation plan and continues to build on previously adopted City Council plans, including Envision My Ride, Charlotte BIKES, Charlotte WALKS, the Vision Zero Action Plan, and the Transportation Action Plan.
§ Policies in the SMP align directly with the Subdivision, Streets, & Other Infrastructure section of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
§ Community engagement was foundational in the development of the SMP.
§ The first draft of the SMP was released online on May 20, 2022. A final draft is currently available on the City’s website at www.charlottenc.gov/smp.
Public Engagement and Input
§ The public engagement on the draft SMP, included:
- Conducting two surveys resulting in over 4,000 responses to gauge perspectives and gain specific feedback on mobility choices,
- Holding neighborhood virtual listening sessions specific to seven geographies across the City,
- Utilizing an on-line mapping input portal that received over 1,000 location-specific transportation comments and ideas,
- Hosting virtual public engagement sessions, two of which were offered at 6:00 p.m. on May 26, 2022 and at 12:00 p.m. on May 31, 2022,
- Producing the informational SMP Show that aired on the Gov Channel and is available on the City’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBVoH4aitks,
- Providing and promoting opportunities to review the draft and provide comments directly in the document through the Public Input site, https://publicinput.com/cltsmp, and
- Collecting input during the Public Comment period of the June 13, 2022 Business Meeting.
§ In addition to public engagement, the SMP was discussed with full City Council during:
- The Strategy Session on June 6, 2022,
- The Annual Strategy Meeting in October 2021, and
- The Action Review on December 13, 2021.
§ City Council’s Transportation and Planning Committee was also provided with information and updates on the SMP during the committee meetings in January, February, March, and May 2022.