Circulation
Goal C-1: Provide and maintain a safe and integrated circulation system that meets the current and future needs of the community for all modes of travel.
Policy C-1.1: Design and maintain safe
streets.
Action C-1.1.1: Use traffic calming methods within
residential areas where necessary to create a
pedestrian-friendly circulation system.
Action C-1.1.2: Continue to enforce traffic laws,
including those addressing bicycle and pedestrian
traffic, to ensure a circulation system that is safe for motorized, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.
Action C-1.1.3: Strive to maintain traffic Level of
Service (LOS) D or better for all intersections and
roadways.
Action C-1.1.4: Implement Vision Zero Plan
recommendations and invest in safer transportation
infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists, and other
modes of travel.
Action C-1.1.5: Minimize potential safety conflict
between trucks and freight transportation and other
transportation network users.
Policy C-1.2: Improve regional and
intra city road, rail, and air logistics
and connections.
Action C-1.2.1: Work with other local jurisdictions and regional agencies to develop, implement, and
improve regional transit projects and transportation
systems including a countywide approach to
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and
Transportation Systems Management (TSM) to
reduce peak-hour vehicle trips and congestion at
major employment centers.
Action C-1.2.2: Strive for a regional jobs-housing
balance to reduce vehicle miles traveled and
congestion on the regional circulation system.
Action C-1.2.3: Continue efforts to reduce adverse
impacts of truck traffic and parking in non-industrial
areas while recognizing on the local economic
importance of freight and logistics and responding to
industry needs.
Action C-1.2.3: Coordinate funding, planning, and/or
implementation for critical transportation
infrastructure and facility needs throughout the
Salinas Valley.
Action C-1.2.4: Improve connectivity and access
within the City through efforts to implement the
Downtown Vibrancy Plan and improve broader access
to downtown with the rail station, Chinatown, Alisal
Market Place, and Carr Lake.
Policy C-1.3: Promote proper capacity
and traffic flow on City streets.
Action C-1.3.1: Utilize roundabouts, where feasible,
to promote improved traffic operations and to enrich
the driving experience. Utilize the center of the
roundabouts for public art and landscaping.
Action C-1.3.2: Design roadway capacities to
adequately serve planned land uses. Discourage
diversion of traffic to local streets by providing
capacity on arterial streets and locating high traffic- generating uses on or near arterial frontages.
Action C-1.3.3: Reduce the number of existing
driveways on arterial streets whenever possible for
reuse/revitalization projects to improve traffic flow.
Action C-1.3.4: Continue to require new development
to contribute to the financing of street
improvements, including formation of roadway
maintenance assessment districts, required to meet
the demand generated by the project.
Action C-1.3.5: Encourage removal of “back out”
parking on major roads from non-residential uses.
Goal C-2: Create and support sustainable and healthy transportation options that encourage a reduction in single-occupancy vehicle commuting and overall Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT).
Policy C-2.1: Provide and maintain
safe routes to school, work, shopping,
and recreation for pedestrians.
Action C-2.1.1: Improve the walking environment by
increasing the availability of safe, attractive, and well- maintained sidewalks, cut-throughs, landscaping, use
of traffic-calming devices on local streets, adequate
pedestrian separation from automobile traffic and
the inclusion of pedestrian-scaled amenities such as
lighted crosswalks and increased lighting along
sidewalks in all areas of the City.
Action C-2.1.2: Ensure that all pedestrian route
improvements meet with ADA standards for
accessibility.
Action C-2.1.3: Encourage parking lot designs that
promote pedestrian access and safety.
Policy C-2.2: Provide and maintain an
extensive public bicycle network with
safe and equitable on-street and off-
street facilities.
Action C-2.2.1: Continue to develop a safe and
attractive network of on- and off-street bicycle routes to encourage and facilitate the use of bicycles for
commuting, recreation, and other trips. Eliminate
gaps and provide connections between existing
bicycle routes.
Action C-2.2.2: Ensure that all pedestrian and bicycle
route improvements meet the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) standards for accessibility, and Caltrans standards for design.
Action C-2.2.3: Increase availability of facilities by
encouraging existing businesses and requiring new
construction to provide on-premise facilities, such as
safe short-term and long-term bicycle parking.
Action C-2.2.3: Create an interconnected active
transportation network by developing off-street trails
throughout Salinas along creeks/waterways and
through parks that integrate with on-street bicycle
and pedestrian infrastructure.
Action C-2.2.4: Explore extending a trail network
outside of Salinas that connects with regional
recreation opportunities.
Policy C-2.3: Promote and maintain an
efficient, reliable, and equitable public
transportation network, that provides
a feasible alternative to driving.
Action C-2.3.1: Support continued maintenance and
expanded use of the Intermodal Transportation
Center
Action C-2.3.2: Support Monterey-Salinas Transit
initiatives to provide adequate and improved (e.g.,
more frequent availability and use of Intelligent
Transportation System measures where appropriate)
public transportation service.
Action C-2.3.3: Promote public transportation that is
bike- and pedestrian-friendly by encouraging buses
with bicycle racks at public transportation stations
and for all new or modified bus stops to take
pedestrian access into consideration.
Action C-2.3.4: Design development and
reuse/revitalization projects to be transit-oriented to promote the use of alternative modes of transit and
support higher levels of transit service.
Action C-2.3.5: Continue providing support to TAMC
to provide commuter rail service to the Silicon Valley
and other major destinations to provide alternatives
to automobile use.
Action C-2.3.6: Encourage private businesses and
organizations to work with MST to subsidize transit
for their employees/members.
Goal C-3: Support the local economy through a circulation system that moves products safely and efficiently.
Policy C-3.1: Improve transportation
infrastructure necessary for efficient
freight logistics.
Action C-3.1.1: Coordinate with state and regional
partners on improving truck access to U.S. 101 in
Salinas and at the Abbott Street interchange
southeast of the City’s boundary.
Action C-3.1.2: Improve street maintenance of
designated truck routes.
Action C-3.1.3: Support freight movement via rail and
other alternatives if feasible.
Action C-3.1.4: Minimize the need for freight loading
and unloading on public streets when designing new
industrial or commercial developments or road
configurations.