Chapter
Mobility
The Mobility Element of the General Plan describes the transportation system in the City and provides goals and policies for Thousand Oaks to continue to improve access and connectivity for residents, businesses, and visitors. Through this Mobility Element, the City endeavors to create and maintain a multimodal transportation system that is safe for travelers of all ages and abilities regardless of mode. The transportation system should be safe, equitable, affordable, efficient, and accessible to all people in Thousand Oaks while improving outcomes for community health and providing flexibility to accommodate future growth.
Goals and Policies
Access and Connectivity
Goal M-1: Create and maintain a transportation system that is safe for travelers of all ages and abilities regardless of mode.
M-1.1 Safety.
Use the LRSP to ensure a systemic safety approach to proactively mitigate conflict and address gaps in the system.
M-1.2 Roadway design.
Design and maintain the public right-of-way through a complete streets approach that facilitates safe, comfortable, and efficient travel for all travelers on the roadway.
M-1.3 Intersection design.
Prioritize mobility and safety for non-motorized modes in all intersection designs.
M-1.4 Active transportation.
Reaffirm and implement the ATP, designed to provide guidance for non-motorized travel, infrastructure improvements that make multimodal transportation safer, provides connectivity, and safety thresholds for roadways that balance motorized and non-motorized transportation.
M-1.5 Safe routes to school.
Continue to partner with local schools, the Conejo Valley Unified School District, and the Thousand Oaks Police Department to identify and implement infrastructure improvements and non-infrastructure programs that improve school safety and increase the number of students walking and bicycling to school.
Goal M-2: Create and maintain a public transit system that is safe, equitable, affordable, efficient, and accessible to all people in Thousand Oaks.
M-2.1 Mobility barriers.
Prioritize investments that reduce first/last-mile barriers to transit stops and encourage alternative transportation options for activities of daily living.
M-2.2 Access to services.
Provide safe and comfortable connections for walking and biking from residential areas to schools, parks, grocery stores, employment centers, transit stops, and essential services citywide.
M-2.3 Transit service coverage.
Work with Thousand Oaks Transit and regional transit providers to provide reliable and quality transit services to social services, healthcare facilities, and major employment areas.
M-2.4 Transit service frequency.
Increase the frequency of service along existing transit routes.
M-2.5 Transit experience.
Improve the delivery of transit service through speed and reliability measures, enhanced rider amenities and information.
M-2.6 Equitable mobility.
Address the needs and perspectives of people of color, those who speak limited English, are cost-burdened, senior citizens, and the disabled in the design and development of new mobility services and technologies.
M-2.7 Regional programs.
Support regional congestion management and air quality programs.
Community Health
Goal M-3: Create and maintain a transportation system that improves community health.
M-3.1 Active travel facilities.
Prioritize active transportation investments that provide a means for physical activity, and improve access to Thousand Oaks’ parks, trails, equestrian facilities, open space, and recreational areas.
M-3.2 Neighborhood streets.
Create neighborhood streets that unify neighborhoods, reduce vehicle speeds, reduce barriers for people walking, biking, and riding transit, and provide connectivity to arterials. Extend stubbed-end streets through future developments, where appropriate, to provide necessary circulation within a developing area and for adequate internal circulation within and between neighborhoods.
M-3.3 Truck routing.
Identify, designate, and enforce truck routes to minimize the impact of truck traffic on residential neighborhoods.
M-3.4 Physical activity.
Design multimodal facilities to a standard that will increase physical activity.
M-3.5 Mixed-use development.
Require development of mixed-use to include multimodal improvements, such as convenient bicycle parking and storage facilities, electric vehicle charging stations, and vehicle share programs for reduced parking.
M-3.6 Trip reduction.
Implement pedestrian-oriented land uses that reduce vehicle miles traveled through providing community supportive services such as healthy food, childcare, and access to other daily services.
M-3.7 Clean fuels and vehicles.
Continue to encourage the adoption of low and zero emission fuel sources, new mobility technologies, and supporting infrastructure.
Managed Infrastructure Improvements
Goal M-4: Create a transportation system that will accommodate future growth that provides for all modes.
M-4.1 Roadway classification.
Classify streets based on their modal purpose and land use context.
M-4.2 Regional access.
Highway 101 and State Route 23 should continue to provide the primary link for regional trips and truck traffic to other communities.
M-4.3 Congestion management.
Proactively manage traffic operations and parking demand at major destinations and job centers.
M-4.4 Design standards.
Update design standards for streets, curbs, driveways/accessways, and sidewalks to account for existing and emerging mobility trends and changes in demand over time.
M-4.5 Development standards.
Use development review guidelines that define transportation analysis and site design requirements to address multimodal access needs, connections to the surrounding street and mobility network, and right-size the roadway to the context of future development and its surroundings.
M-4.6 Micro-mobility support.
Expand mobility for first and last-mile transportation needs in addition to providing access to local university students.
M-4.7 Parking management.
Implement a comprehensive parking management strategy that supports economic growth and vitality, and environmental sustainability, and ensures that the available parking supply is utilized at levels that meet ongoing needs.
M-4.8 Regional travel.
Partner with Caltrans and transit operators to manage regional access and travel on Highway 101 and State Route 23 including multimodal (bicycle) access west of the Conejo Grade.
M-4.9 Regional collaboration.
Collaborate with VCTC, SCAG, and Caltrans to obtain planning grants and update the Capital Improvement Plan, LRSP, Active Transportation Plan or other transportation planning efforts.
M-4.10 Transportation innovations.
Seek opportunities to support new and emerging mobility trends, especially those focused on equitable distribution of mobility services.
Goal M-5: Create and maintain a transportation system that fosters vibrant commercial centers and economic resiliency.
M-5.1 Public rights of way.
Construct wider sidewalks on streets in a manner that improves public safety and pedestrian access to commercial areas.
M-5.2 Flexible parking requirements.
Allow creative and flexible approaches to parking, including maximizing use of existing public supply and sharing between uses to create a “park once environment” and facilitate the revitalization of underutilized land.
M-5.3 Bicycle parking.
Expand the availability of secure and convenient bicycle parking at key destinations.
M-5.4 Multimodal improvements.
Multimodal improvements should focus on enhancing access to Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Moorpark Road, and other major arterials.
M-5.5 Transit equity.
Consider measures that enable fare affordability, including free and/or reduced fares for people without access, such as special needs, seniors and low-income families.
Sustainability
Goal M-6: Create and maintain a transportation system that reduces impacts to the environment while leveraging sustainability innovations.
M-6.1 Decrease vehicle trips.
Prioritize transportation and development investments and strategies that reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips.
M-6.2 Decrease vehicle miles traveled.
Prioritize pedestrian, bicycle and other micro-mobility transportation means, and transit enhancements. Encourage infill, mixed-use, and other land use development that locates resources and services near residents’ homes.
M-6.3 Emissions reduction.
Support and encourage the adoption of low- and zero-emission vehicles, clean vehicle technologies, charging infrastructure and services to reduce GHG emissions from vehicles.
M-6.4 Transportation Demand Management (TDM).
Promote and incentivize the use of TDM strategies for employers and expand options for emission reductions from commuting through means such as vehicle sharing, alternative fuel vehicle support, and telecommuting.
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