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Circulate Webmaster published Coalition Letter: Support for Eliminating Parking Minimums in TPAs in Policy Letters 2021-12-07 07:48:05 -0800
Coalition Letter: Support for Eliminating Parking Minimums in TPAs
Circulate and its coalition partners sent a letter in support of Mayor Gloria’s Parking Policy Reform proposal for non-residential uses. This proposal would allow businesses that are located near transit or in neighborhood commercial zones to right-size their parking footprint according to their needs by eliminating parking requirements for most uses in these areas. Current parking minimums are a threat to the City’s goals from its Climate Action Plan. Forcing businesses to build parking creates large stretches of asphalt that are hostile to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. If the City is to achieve its goal of having large shares of commuters in TPAs bike, walk, or use transit by 2035, it cannot require businesses to cater to drivers.
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Circulate Webmaster published Coalition Letter: Update to Parking Policy for Joint-Development of MTS Properties in Policy Letters 2021-12-07 07:33:26 -0800
Coalition Letter: Update to Parking Policy for Joint-Development of MTS Properties
Circulate and our coalition partners sent a letter with recommendations that MTS update its parking policies for joint-development of the agency's properties. The recommendations are that existing projects be allowed as designed without additional parking requirements, and that MTS adjust its joint-development policy to clarify parking requirements. Those requirements should at a maximum require only parking to serve the existing demand. In addition, projects in pedestrian and transit friendly areas, or that include pedestrian and transit friendly features, should be able to proceed with even less parking.
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Circulate Webmaster published Letter: Support for Mayor's Proposed Parking Policy Reform in Policy Letters 2021-12-07 07:26:26 -0800
Letter: Support for Mayor's Proposed Parking Policy Reform
Read moreCirculate San Diego submitted a letter of support for of Mayor Gloria’s Parking Policy Reform proposal for non-residential uses. This proposal would allow business near transit and neighborhood commercial zones to right-size their parking footprint according to their needs by eliminating parking requirements for most uses in these areas. Construction of surface parking can cost $27,000 per space, while underground parking can cost around $35,000 per space. On July 16, 2021, the Active Transportation Committee voted to recommend that the City Council approve the proposal. However, the item has yet to be calendared.
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Circulate Webmaster published Letter: Request for Signature - AB 1238 - The Freedom to Walk Act in Policy Letters 2021-12-07 07:22:42 -0800
Letter: Request for Signature - AB 1238 - The Freedom to Walk Act
Read moreCirculate San Diego submitted a letter requesting Governor Newsom's signature on AB 1238 - The Freedom To Walk Act. The bill would legalize safe street crossings outside of a crosswalk or against a traffic light.
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Circulate Webmaster published Letter: Request for SANDAG to perform a fair apples-to-apples comparison of Airport connection alternatives in Policy Letters 2021-12-07 07:18:39 -0800
Letter: Request for SANDAG to perform a fair apples-to-apples comparison of Airport connection alternatives
Read moreCirculate San Diego and the Downtown San Diego Partnership sent a letter requesting that SANDAG further evaluate the connection to the San Diego International Airport (Airport) through a Central Mobility Hub located Downtown. SANDAG is currently evaluating three alternatives to connect rail transit to the airport. These alternatives will not allow the SANDAG board, nor the public, to evaluate a fair apples-to-apples comparison. Instead, the choice of alternatives could allow SANDAG staff to recommend that the board dismiss a southern connection to the airport, because it does not offer the same Central Mobility Hub included in Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. SANDAG should instead evaluate a Central Mobility Hub located downtown.
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Circulate Webmaster published Coalition Letter: Recommendations for Reform for SANDAG’s Bicycle Safety Projects in Policy Letters 2021-12-06 17:12:38 -0800
Coalition Letter: Recommendations for Reform for SANDAG’s Bicycle Safety Projects
Read moreCirculate San Diego, the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, and Climate Action Campaign sent a joint letter with recommendations for reform for SANDAG's bicycle safety projects. SANDAG has a strong record of leadership among regional planning agencies for funding bicycle projects. Safe bicycle infrastructure is crucial to achieving climate and mode-share goals, and to save lives. Unfortunately, the process of taking projects from planning through approval and construction has been unacceptably slow and expensive.
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Circulate Webmaster published Letter: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s FTA Areas of Persistent Poverty Program Grant Application in Policy Letters 2021-12-06 17:07:54 -0800
Letter: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s FTA Areas of Persistent Poverty Program Grant Application
Circulate San Diego wrote a letter in support of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s (MTS) application submitted to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Areas of Persistent Poverty Program.
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Circulate Webmaster published Columbia District Mobility Assessment and Recommendations in Planning Reports 2021-12-06 16:49:24 -0800
Columbia District Mobility Assessment and Recommendations
Report Summary
This report was commissioned by the Downtown San Diego Partnership to build upon recommendations from the 2016 Downtown San Diego Mobility Plan. This report provides recommendations for active transportation improvements, beautification, and enhanced mobility in the Columbia District of Downtown San Diego.
The mobility assessment period occurred from January 2021 to June 2021 and included a review of existing documents and community feedback opportunities. Findings and recommendations from that assessment period are included in this report. The recommendations presented in this document are to support the existing and continued efforts of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, Columbia Community Foundation, and community stakeholders to improve pedestrian safety and increase mobility options. This document serves as a record of the community’s input received during the mobility assessment period and provides evidence of the community’s concerns and preferences.
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Circulate Webmaster published Residential Vacancies in the City of San Diego in Planning Reports 2021-12-06 16:43:09 -0800
Residential Vacancies in the City of San Diego
Report Summary
To help determine the extent to which homes are vacant, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) Board of Commissioners directed SDHC staff to commence a study to identify housing units vacant for six months or longer.
SDHC staff worked with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to obtain a dataset of 468,352 SDG&E premises IDs with utility usage for five calendar years, which resulted in 86 million anonymized records of residential utility usage in the City of San Diego between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2019, predating the COVID-19 pandemic.
SDHC contracted with Circulate San Diego and Evari GIS Consulting to work with SDHC to analyze these datasets. The project team developed two methodologies to analyze each of the datasets, respectively, and identify vacant units.
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Circulate Webmaster published Sustainable Growth Community Planners in Public Policy 2021-09-16 14:10:37 -0700
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Circulate Webmaster published Work with Us – Volunteer Internships in Employment & Internships 2021-09-14 19:25:34 -0700
Work with Us – Volunteer Internships
Volunteer internships at Circulate San Diego are considered on a rolling basis, and as needed.
The positions will support the policy advocacy and planning work of Circulate San Diego. The positions will be supervised by senior management staff, and will directly contribute to the organization’s efforts to promote transit, walkability and smart land uses in the San Diego region.
The volunteer internships are unpaid and can be paired with academic credit.
Main Duties
- Support programs such as data collection, map-making, event planning, etc.
- Assist staff in outreach events.
- Create and design fact sheets and infographics using policy and research data utilizing existing templates.
- Policy research, drafting, and development of advocacy materials.
- Draft and submit public records act requests.
- Develop research paper drafts for publication.
- Research and supplement press lists for reports and media figures in the San Diego region, state-wide, and nationally.
- Copy-edit reports, press releases, fact sheets, and web copy.
- Develop blog posts that promote the mission of Circulate San Diego.
- Perform related work as required dependent on the necessary skills, experience and aptitudes, and subject to such additional responsibilities falling within the general duties of the position.
- Participate in the team working approach of Circulate San Diego
- Assume responsibility for following all policies and procedures
- Attend internal meetings, as required
- Provide a high level of client service at all times
- Project and maintain a positive image on behalf of Circulate San Diego
How to Apply:
Send a cover letter, resume, a writing sample, and any other relevant work product examples, attention to:
Will Moore
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Circulate Webmaster published Our Latest Report - Hope for Vision Zero and Press Conference with Mayor Gloria in Blog Posts 2021-09-14 17:13:57 -0700
Our Latest Report - Hope for Vision Zero and Press Conference with Mayor Gloria
Read moreYesterday, Circulate San Diego released our latest report at a press conference with Mayor Todd Gloria.
Our report “Hope for Vision Zero”, details the progress the City of San Diego has made in the last five years to prevent traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Mayor Gloria joined Circulate and other advocates to highlight the report’s release, and to recommit the City of San Diego to ending traffic deaths.
Please donate to help Circulate engage elected officials on traffic safety.
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Circulate Webmaster published Press Release: Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Crash in Kearny Mesa in Press Room 2021-09-14 16:58:54 -0700
Press Release: Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Crash in Kearny Mesa
Read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Colin Parent, Executive Director and General Counsel
(619) 567-6856 | [email protected]Press Release: Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Crash in Kearny Mesa
SAN DIEGO (April 13, 2021) — A pedestrian was killed when she was struck by a vehicle on April 11, 2021 in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of the City of San Diego. According to the San Diego Police Department’s Watch Commander’s Log, at around 10:00 p.m., the woman was in the crosswalk on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard when she was struck and killed by the driver.
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Circulate Webmaster published Circulator - 03/19/2021 in Circulator Newsletter 2021-09-14 16:43:51 -0700
Circulator - 3/19/2021
Read moreCheck out this week's featured stories:
- Crash Site Memorial Installed for 9 Victims of B St Crash
- Check out our Mobility Monday webinar series!
- Are you ready to Pedal With Your Peeps?!
- Advocacy Alert: Save Slow Streets on Diamond St!
- Explore the Shore — Get Ready to Explore the Bayshore Bikeway!
- Bike Theft Awareness Month — Know Your Bike Lock!
- Circulate News
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Circulate Webmaster published Community Input to the 2020-2021 Community Action Partnership Needs Assessment in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:30:16 -0700
Community Input to the 2020-2021 Community Action Partnership Needs Assessment
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego supported the County of San Diego to prepare a Community Needs Assessment as a part of their compliance with federal funding programs.
The County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), Community Action Partnership (CAP), develops a services plan (CAP Plan) every two years that is informed through a Community Needs Assessment with the focus of capturing the voice of the community. The Assessment is conducted with the goal of obtaining resident data and identifying needs and priorities to guide the direction of CAP’s investment of resources, including the use of San Diego County’s allocation of Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) funding.
Promotion and advertising for the input activities were extensive and included weekly social media posts, reminder emails, project promotion through the Circulate San Diego newsletter that reaches over 7,000 individuals, promotion through partner organizations, presentations about the project during community meetings around the County, and word of mouth during public events when possible.
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Circulate Webmaster published Oceanside Safe Routes to School Plan in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:29:10 -0700
Oceanside Safe Routes to School Plan
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego supported Alta Planning & Design and the City of Oceanside, on the multi-year Oceanside Safe Routes to School Plan. Safe Routes to School is a nation-wide program that aims to create safer conditions around schools, and to encourage students, parents, and school staff to walk or bike to school. The program focuses on six main strategies: Education, Encouragement, Evaluation, Empowerment, Engineering, and Equity.
This plan is the culmination of extensive outreach, engagement, and data collection and analysis that envisions an Oceanside where all students and their families have access to safe, convenient, and healthy modes of transportation to and from school.
With funding from the California Department of Transportation Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program, the City of Oceanside and the SRTS Plan project teams spent more than two years developing its SRTS Plan, reviewing walking and biking conditions around 26 public elementary, middle, and high schools. The City and the SRTS Plan project team listened to school staff, parents and caregivers, residents, and students to understand mobility challenges around each school.
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Circulate Webmaster published West Chula Vista Safe Routes for Seniors in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:28:10 -0700
West Chula Vista Safe Routes for Seniors
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego, in partnership with the City of Chula Vista and Kaiser Permanente, lead the West Chula Vista Safe Route for Seniors project from May 2020 to June 2020. The purpose of this project is to understand senior (age 55+) mobility challenges and develop actionable recommendations that can be implemented by the City of Chula Vista.
Safe Routes for Seniors (SFRS), is an adaptation of the nationally recognized Safe Routes to School program framework. It focuses on creating or enhancing the built environment to be more supportive of senior mobility. SRFS is designed to increase the opportunity for physical activity, mobility, and social connections through infrastructure safety improvements and encouragement programs.
The purpose of this report is to align with existing active transportation and senior mobility planning efforts. Our data highlights the need for seniors to access places to recreate, shop, worship, and seek medical or community services. Included in this document are four recommendations with creative strategies to improve mobility needs of seniors in West Chula Vista. Ideas include programming to improve senior transit access, pedestrian safety improvements, ideas for a senior mobility media campaign, and creative vehicle-based options. Together short- and long-term programs, policies, and infrastructure improvements can greatly improve senior mobility in West Chula Vista.
