Fwd: Submit a Comment About the Emerging Mobility Action Plan
Sandhya Laddha
Sandhya Laddha
Policy Director
From: City of San Jose <webre...@sanjoseca.gov>
Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 4:31 PM
Subject: Submit a Comment About the Emerging Mobility Action Plan
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Submit a Comment About the Emerging Mobility Action Plan
The City has posted a draft of the Emerging Mobility Action Plan (EMAP) for comment.
The EMAP will help the City to guide emerging mobility services to better meet the needs of its communities. At the Department of Transportation, we want to use emerging mobility to improve our transportation system. This way, we can help fill gaps in transportation services. We also want to make sure these services are affordable, reliable, and non-polluting. And we want to ensure that these services are accessible to all, particularly San José’s communities of color and low-income neighborhoods. We are seeking feedback for the EMAP.
The draft does not include all of the graphics that will be in the final version or the Appendix. Please note that the final version will contain more of the technical material. We are currently seeking comments on the framework and content of the plan. All comments must be submitted by Wednesday, January 26. Due to grant deadlines, the final plan must be completed by Monday, February 28.
To submit a comment, please email Laura Stuchinsky, program lead for the EMAP, at laura.st...@sanjoseca.gov.
The draft plan consists of nine chapters. Here are descriptions of each chapter, as well as PDFs of the full chapters:
Chapter 1 – Introduction: A Story of Two San Josés
We are building an equity-centered action plan. This will help us understand, manage, and guide emerging mobility services so they meet all of our communities’ needs. This chapter describes our approach to centering San José’s diverse communities in our efforts to use emerging mobility to help create the transportation system we need and want.
Chapter 2 – Transportation Investments and Impacts
Chapter 2 looks at how federal, state, and local policies and processes excluded specific groups of people. These groups include Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, women, people with low-incomes, and other marginalized groups. This history is essential to understanding how we got to where we are today. It helps us understand the harm done and how we can develop an inclusive and equitable path forward.
Chapter 3 – Plan Development Process
This chapter describes how we structured this planning process to center racial equity. The planning process included the creation of and collaboration with our Equity Task Force (ETF).
Chapter 4 – Existing Conditions with An Equity Focus
One of the first steps in this planning process was to gather background information and data on existing conditions. Quantitative data was coupled with community stories. This approach helped us paint a more complete picture of the reality on the ground.
Chapter 5 – Introduction: Emerging Mobility in San José
This chapter presents a series of maps, which highlight existing emerging mobility services. These maps help us identify service gaps.
Chapter 6 – Hope & Harm of Emerging Mobility
This chapter examines ways in which emerging mobility services and practices perpetuate economic and racial inequities. We also dive into how these practices could further economic and racial equity goals.
Chapter 7 – Data, Community & the City
Data enables cities to make informed decisions about where and how to serve its communities. This chapter describes how the City currently uses data. We also talk about how data could be used even more effectively to:
- Monitor performance;
- Ensure compliance;
- Manage city streets and sidewalks;
- Advance the City’s equity, environmental and transportation goals.
Chapter 8 – Recommendations
The plan’s recommendations were developed in collaboration with the ETF. We got input from technical and public agency experts on how to implement the recommendations. The recommendations were informed by:
- Project goals, established by the ETF;
- Experiences, concerns, and needs expressed by ETF and community members. They provided feedback regarding traditional and new transportation services;
- Feedback from community members on how to improve these new services. Their comments are crucial, so we can better serve the needs of their communities.
Chapter 9 – Lesson Learned
Centering equity in a planning and implementation project requires us to be open to new ideas. We also need to create new processes to reach the outcomes sought by community members. We discuss the lessons learned through the course of this project. Thanks to community feedback, we have created recommendations to support the City’s future work. This chapter provides key takeaways from this process.
Submit a Comment About the EMAP Draft
To submit a comment, please email Laura Stuchinsky, program lead for the EMAP, at laura.st...@sanjoseca.gov.
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