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WHAT
IS THE MID CITY MOBILITY COALITION?
Multiple
organizations and Mid-City residents have formed the Mid City Mobility
Coalition. Mobility consists of the various modes of transportation
that people use, including walking, biking, and the use of public
transit. The coalition gathers to discuss mobility issues including
how our residents get to work, school, shopping, play and other
important service destinations. Many of our Mid-City residents face
transportation challenges because of increased bus fares, lack of
truly alternative public transit options, and unavailable or unsafe
bicycle routes and pedestrian walkways.
The
Mid City Mobility Coalition is organizing a Candidates Forum for
all candidates of Council Districts Seven and Three at which to
discuss mobility issues. Two Committees have been formed to organize
this important forum. The tentative date is still to be confirmed
(planned for the last week of April or the first week of May).
We
believe that our City Council Representatives need to be active
advocates and leaders in the areas of alternative transportation
and building walkable and accessible communities. Get involved!
Collectively, our coalition will represent many thousands of constituents
in the Mid-City region.
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News:
Would
you take the bus if it took you only 5 minutes to get downtown?
Come
to an open house to show designs for new bus stops and new buses
that will go near the I-15 freeway.
Come in at any time between 3-7 PM and ask questions. There will
be Spanish, Somali , and Vietnamese Interpretation available.
The
goal of this evening is to kick off the environmental review of
the four different transit station design options for the SR-15
Centerline at University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard. The significance
of a "scoping" meeting is that it is the first opportunity
for the public to tell the transit agency what we believe the scope
of their EIR should include. The agency will already have a set
of issues that they think are significant in the four different
options. However, the State's environmental review process requires
that the affected community must be allowed to suggest other areas
of study that we believe are significant to us. These could include
pedestrian safety, noise, air quality, and other issues. The target
audience for this meeting is the broader Mid-City community, with
a special emphasis on reaching residents near the stations who may
not have participated in the planning process so far. We expect
that both Councilmember Todd Gloria and School Board Member Richard
Barrera may attend this meeting in order to address the public.
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Visit
the NEWS page for the next opportunity
to get involved.
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About
the Project:
The
CenterLine Rapid Transit System is a plan to build a state-of-the-art
bus system in the center of the 15 freeway that would get Mid-City San
Diego residents to Downtown in 10 minutes and up to North County job
centers quickly. The transit plazas at University Avenue and El Cajon
Boulevard are planned to be major stops to board the system, with access
via elevators to stations in the center of the freeway. The proposal
stems from a promise made as far back as 1985, when the 15 freeway through
Mid-City was in the planning stages. The community worked hard to ensure
that this segment of the freeway would serve as a regional asset and
a catalyst for neighborhood renewal. Now there is pressure to build
carpool lanes and truck lanes instead of the in-line stations and Rapid
Transit System. This website is designed to inform people about these
challenges and how to help get the CenterLine Transit built now as was
promised.
Click
on map to download a PDF version.
Download
the entire Mid-City Transit Network Plan here (7.5 MB PDF file).
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