Title
Olympia 2045: Draft Transportation Chapter Briefing
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Report
Issue:
Briefing on the draft Transportation Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan
Staff Contact:
Michelle Swanson, AICP, Senior Planner, Public Works Transportation, 360.753.8575
Presenter(s):
Michelle Swanson, Senior Planner
Background and Analysis:
Broadly, the Comprehensive Plan describes how the City will manage the expected growth in population and employment over the next 20 years.
The City's Comprehensive Plan is being updated on a chapter-by-chapter basis. This update is a "fine-tuning" update of the existing plan to ensure that we are on track with the overall vision of the plan. For transportation, that vision is of a transportation system in which people can easily get around whether they walk, roll, bike, take transit, or drive. We say "roll" to be specifically inclusive of people who use mobility devices, such as wheelchairs or scooters.
The process so far
We began the update in 2023 by checking in with members of the public and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee on the values and vision for transportation. Throughout 2024 and early 2025 we have made three different drafts of the chapter in response to the feedback we heard from the public and City advisory committees and commissions. All of those drafts, summaries of the feedback, and the raw comments are all posted to the City's Engage Olympia webpage. We have attached a link to that page if any members are curious to read them.
The City advisory committees and commissions that have helped shape the most recent draft include:
* The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
* The Planning Commission
* The Social Justice and Equity Commission
Your feedback
During this meeting, staff will be prepared to take notes on your comments and share them with the City Council in the next phase of this process.
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