Salt Lake City Downtown Transportation Master Plan

Goals and Objectives

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Goal No. 1 - Serving Downtown:

Downtown transportation will be supportive of and compatible with Salt Lake City's vision of downtown and downtown land uses, activities and businesses.

Study Objectives:
Serving downtown means the transportation system will:

• Support a high quality of life for residents and visitors.
• Promote sustainable, quality growth.
• Encourage and optimize transit-oriented development.
• Support regional commerce downtown, including office, retail and leisure land uses.

Goal No. 2 - Pedestrian Friendly:

Downtown Salt Lake City will be pedestrian friendly, where walking is the primary mode of transportation.

Study Objectives:
Pedestrian friendly means:

• Transportation within downtown will not require an automobile.
• People who live downtown will be able to do so without the need to own a car.
• New pedestrian routes will make walking distances shorter, safer, and more appealing.
• Regional transit systems will serve regional land uses with walk access.

Goal No. 3 - Easy to Use:

All forms of downtown transportation will be easy to use and understand.

Study Objectives:
Easy to use means the transportation system will:

• Be accessible, predictable, seamless and connected.
• Integrate all travel modes to create synergy.
• Serve people's needs 24/7.
• Strive to ensure both the perceived and actual safety of the traveler.
• Be communicated through easy to understand information.

Goal No. 4 - Enhanced Transit Accessibility and Mobility:

All transit resources available in downtown will be used to enhance regional accessibility to downtown and mobility within downtown.

Study Objectives:
Enhanced transit accessibility and mobility means:

• The transit system will provide optimum accessibility and capacity.
• Activity centers or districts downtown will be connected with public transit, including the potential of a dedicated circulator system.
• Efficient transfers among various transit modes, including the potential of a transit center downtown.

Goal No. 5 - Balanced Modes:

Salt Lake City will creatively address congestion and enhance mobility in ways that are compatible with the other goals and objectives for downtown.

Study Objectives:
Balanced modes means:

• Quality mobility options will be available to all.
• Bicycling and all other non-motorized modes will be viable and safe.
• There will be a hierarchy of streets to efficiently move vehicular traffic into and through downtown, minimizing adverse impact on other modes or land uses.
• Automobile drivers will be able to "park once" and get around downtown using other modes of transportation.
• The availability, visibility and accessibility of parking will be managed to achieve efficiency and other downtown goals.
• On-street parking will be managed to encourage short-term use to support retail land uses.

Approved by Plan Advisory Committee: 6/8/2006

Video: initial open house