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Circulate Webmaster published Safe Routes to School Toolkit in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:27:15 -0700
Safe Routes to School Toolkit
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego created the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Toolkit to provide parents, teachers, schools, and program administrators a framework to build and sustain a SRTS program.
The toolkit outlines ideas and steps to implement each of the Six E’s Programs should be tailored to the needs of each school community. Safe Routes to School programs focus on creating safe streets for students to walk, bike, and roll to school. SRTS programs aim to increase the number of students and parents who choose active modes of transportation (walking, biking, skateboarding, and scootering). The Six E’s approach – Education, Encouragement, Enforcement*, Engineering, Equity, and Evaluation – focuses on identifying physical and social barriers for using active modes of transportation. Then identifies programmatic and infrastructure-related solutions to address those barriers.
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Circulate Webmaster published Cortez Mobility Assessment and Recommendations Report in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:25:57 -0700
Cortez Mobility Assessment and Recommendations Report
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego worked with the Cortez Hill Active Residents Group (CHARG), the Downtown San Diego Partnership to release the Cortez Mobility Assessment and Recommendations Report. The report provides recommendations to improve pedestrian safety and increase mobility options in the Cortez neighborhood of Downtown San Diego.
The mobility assessment took place from July to November 2019 and included a review of existing documents, an online survey, a neighborhood walk audit, and a community meeting. In addition to providing short, medium, and long-term recommendations, the report serves as a record of the community’s input and provides evidence of the community’s concerns and preferences.
Since the beginning of 2020, Circulate has been working with CHARG and the Downtown San Diego Partnership to implement some of the short-term recommendations contained in the report and identify funding sources for the medium and long-term recommendations. Projects have included parklet and bike parking memos, neighborhood walking loops, wayfinding and signage, and demonstration projects that enhanced the pedestrian experience and serve as response strategies for COVID-19.
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Circulate Webmaster published Livable La Mesa Age - Friendly Action Plan in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:24:47 -0700
Livable La Mesa Age - Friendly Action Plan
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego partnered with San Diego State University's Social Policy Institute to work with AARP and the City of La Mesa and create the Livable La Mesa Age-Friendly Action Plan. The City of La Mesa launched the Livable La Mesa project through AARP’s Livable Communities Initiative, with support from The San Diego Foundation Age-Friendly Communities Program in fall 2018. This initiative is an affiliate of the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, an international effort launched in 2006 to help cities prepare for their own and the world’s growing population of older adults. AARP’s Network of Age-Friendly Communities targets improvements in eight domains that influence the health and quality of life of older adults. Over the course of 12 months, and with input from the La Mesa residents, the Livable La Mesa team prepared this Action Plan to help make La Mesa a more livable community for all ages.
During the process, Circulate helped lead the community engagement effort to evaluate the livability of La Mesa, which included an online assessment of livability perceptions, a series of listening sessions, and action planning meetings with the community and City staff to create the Action Plan. The results of the engagement efforts led to the creation of the Livable La Mesa Action Plan and the plan being adopted by the La Mesa City Council in October 2019. Over the next three years, City staff and community partners will work on implementing policies and programs outlines within the Action Plan.
Circulate enjoyed working on this planning effort and becoming emersed in the Age-Friendly Initiative. Since the completion of this project, Circulate has continued working on Age-Friendly work with the cities of National City and Carlsbad.
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Circulate Webmaster published HCHR Policy Report – National City in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:23:55 -0700
HCHR Policy Report – National City
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego released this report in September 2019 as a part of the County of San Diego's Healthy Cities, Healthy Residents (HCHR) project. In partnership with the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), the HCHR Coalition, the City of National City, and community partners, this report focuses on the support provided to EHC to identify and champion a policy solution to improve pedestrian safety in Old Town, National City.
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Circulate Webmaster published HCHR Policy Report – El Cajon in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:22:44 -0700
HCHR Policy Report – El Cajon
Report Summary
Circulate San Diego released this report in September 2019 as a part of the County of San Diego's Healthy Cities, Healthy Residents (HCHR) project. In partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Healthy El Cajon Coalition, the City of El Cajon, and community partners, this report was created to summarize feedback received from the community and push for changes in El Cajon’s built environment and policies. The implementation of these recommendations will support the active transportation needs of El Cajon’s residents, as well as El Cajon’s CAP goals in relation to reducing greenhouse gases and contribute to a healthier city.
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Circulate Webmaster published HCHR Policy Report – Vista in Planning Reports 2021-09-12 20:21:16 -0700
HCHR Policy Report – Vista
Circulate San Diego released this report in March 2019 as a part of the County of San Diego's Healthy Cities, Healthy Residents (HCHR) project. In partnership with the Vista Community Clinic (VCC), Poder Popular, the City of Vista, and the HCHR Coalition, this report was created to summarize feedback received from the community and push for changes in Vista’s built environment and policies. The implementation of these recommendations will support the active transportation needs of Vista’s residents, as well as Vista’s CAP goals in relation to reducing greenhouse gases and contribute to a healthier city.
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COVID-19 Adaptations
We are proactively evolving the way we implement our programs to meet the needs of our public and private partners across Southern California. We continue to provide quality education, encouragement, and safety resources to the community, and advocate for safe streets. Adaptions to our engagement efforts have included:
- Designing quick-build solutions for waiting areas, parklets, flexible curb space, and outdoor dining
- Online activity guides and resources to promote socially distance outdoor activities
- All ages educational safety videos
- Online meetings and webinars
- Online surveys
- Expanded use of e-newsletters and social media
- One-on-one phone calls with stakeholders to solicit input
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Active Aging
Circulate is working with communities across the region on active aging initiatives. These initiatives, in partnership with AARP and the World Health Organization, address mobility needs of society's growing and aging population. Initiatives target improvements in eight domains that influence the health and quality of life of older adults: outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, work and civic engagement, communications and information, community and health services.
Partners
- The San Diego Foundation
- AARP
- World Health Organization
- County of San Diego
- City of La Mesa
- City of Carlsbad
- City of National City
- San Diego State University Social Policy Institute
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Mobility Assessments
Circulate staff are experts in organizing and facilitating mobility assessments with community groups and organizations throughout San Diego County. These assessments document mobility challenges and opportunities and often engage the community through walk audits, input surveys, and in-person community conversations. Circulate is the regional leader in women-specific, older adults, and night-time mobility assessments, three areas often overlooked in traditional assessments. Findings and input are typically presented as a report and used to advance planning work and help advocate and fund mobility improvements.
Partners
- Downtown San Diego Partnership
- Cortez Hill Active Residents Group
- City Heights Community Development Corporation
- SANDAG
- City of San Diego
- San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
- Rise Up Town
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Circulate Webmaster published Placemaking + Demonstration Projects in Services 2021-09-12 20:03:42 -0700
Placemaking + Demonstration Projects
Placemaking and temporary installations, also referred to as demonstration projects, are two strategies that help create a sense of place in a neighborhood and engage residents in the planning process. Placemaking typically focuses on developing a neighborhood identity and creating community amenities such as a wayfinding signage, parklets, and all-ages play space. Demonstration projects focus on testing infrastructure improvements before they are made permanent such as protected bike lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, and curb extensions. Circulate has an extensive inventory of materials for these projects.
Strategies
- Parklets
- Community engagement and input collection
- Bicycle and pedestrian facilities
- Wayfinding signage
Previous Demonstration Event Examples
- City of Encinitas Pedestrian Scramble Demonstration - January 12, 2020
- UCSD Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure Demonstration - September 28, 2022
- Chula Vista Day of the Child Temporary Crosswalk Demonstration - April 20, 2024
- SDSU Creative Crosswalk Demonstration - September 21, 2024
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Creative Engagement + Branding
Circulate staff has designed and facilitated a wide array of interactive and engaging strategies to make the public outreach process fun and accessible. We are champions of civic engagement and ensuring residents of all ages and abilities are included in the planning process. In addition, our creative team is skilled at providing project and program branding, including logo design, social media campaigns, infographics, and program incentives.
Strategies
- Transit For Fun events
- Online and print surveys
- Event tabling
- Facilitated discussions
- Pop-up events
- Interactive data collection
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Youth and School-Based Programs
Circulate has been working in schools across San Diego County since the early years of the organization. Our staff is experienced working with students, staff, and parents on education and encouragement campaigns that promote walking, biking, and rolling to school. Circulate understands the importance of customizing school programs based on student age, existing walking and biking population, parent involvement, and existing infrastructure. As an organization, we value our school-based work and hope the students we work with become the next generation of active transportation advocates.
Programs + Activities
- School-site walk audits
- Walk To School Day events
- Bike to School Day events
- Pedestrian safety presentations
- Scooter and bicycle rodeos
- Don't Text and Drive campaigns
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Planning
Circulate San Diego's planning staff leads the organization's fee-for-service consulting work. Our staff of professional planners and designers offer a variety of planning, creative engagement, and programmatic services for public and private clients. The majority of our work is focused in San Diego County. For partnerships outside of San Diego, our work is branded as Circulate Planning. Visit our Services page for more information on how we can support your community.
For more information about what we do, visit:
To learn more about how Circulate can help adapt a planning project in your community contact:
Carlisle Dockery
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Circulate Webmaster published Smart Mobility for Smart Growth in Policy Reports 2021-08-09 15:49:24 -0700
Smart Mobility for Smart Growth
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In 2013, California adopted SB 743, a landmark transportation impact law that holds the promise to rethink how transportation and communities are shaped.
Prior to SB 743, transportation analyses for development projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) relied on a metric called “Level of Service” (LOS), which measures the duration of expected vehicle delay. To minimize LOS impacts, projects were incentivized to build more car-related infrastructure, which in turn encourages more driving and higher greenhouse gas emissions.
SB 743 required the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to offer a replacement to LOS for CEQA purposes, and they proposed Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)[1]. For projects subject to CEQA, this change presents implementation challenges, and also an opportunity to create more balanced transportation systems, while generating fewer costly (and deadly) impacts.
The Complete Streets Task Force, composed of Circulate San Diego, American Planning Association (APA)-San Diego Section, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)-San Diego Section, and others, offers the following implementation steps for consideration.
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Circulate Webmaster published Water-Infill: A Key Strategy for Water in San Diego in Policy Reports 2021-08-07 17:15:11 -0700
Water-Infill: A Key Strategy for Water in San Diego
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San Diego faces a continuing challenge for adequate water supply and water quality. Infill development provides a useful tool for the region to safeguard water supplies and ensure continuing water quality.
Infill development, consistent with General Plans for both the City and County of San Diego, can provide relief from the combination of drought susceptibility, deteriorating water infrastructure, and population growth.
Numerous pieces of California legislation such as SB 375, SB 743, and Executive Order S-3-05 address the well-documented benefits of infill development on public health, air quality, housing affordability, and transportation infrastructure. Less appreciated are the considerable benefits surrounding the reduced costs and efficiencies of developing compactly within close proximity to locations with existing water infrastructure. In arid, drought prone regions, it is crucial to implement existing policies to support compact infill development, which have been found to shrink water demand, lower costs, and improve water quality.
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