On March 28, SANDAG Directors approved MOBILITY 2030, San Diego's $42 billion Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). MOBILITY 2030 introduces a new-era strategy for transportation that increases capacity on rail, buses, trolleys, and highways, and sets out the vision for a seamless regional transportation system.

The foundation of MOBILITY 2030 lies in better connecting our transit, freeway, and road networks, to our homes, schools, work, shopping, and other activities.

MOBILITY 2030 is developed around four main components: Land Use, Systems Development, Systems Management, and Demand Management. Each component has a unique, yet interdependent, role in improving mobility and travel in the San Diego region through the year 2030.

A number of projects and funding strategies will transform the region's transportation system:

• 56 percent of the $42 billion in funding is dedicated to transit, highway, and road improvements that support implementation of the Regional Transit Vision, which will make travel time by bus, trolley, or rail competitive with driving solo during rush hours.
  
  
• A $25 million incentive program will jump-start development of smart growth projects.
  
  
• A 20-mile "freeway within a freeway" will be built up the middle of I-15 from Kearny Mesa to Escondido. This inner freeway is a four-lane high occupancy vehicle facility with a movable barrier to reverse the lanes for south and northbound traffic, multiple access points, and ramps for the Bus Rapid Transit vehicles or "trolleys on wheels," carpools, vanpools, and paying FasTrak™ solo drivers.
  
  
• An extensive carpool network is expanded from 14 miles today to more than 200 miles by 2030.
  
  
• Highway construction and improvements are proposed or underway on Interstates 5, 15, and 805, State Routes 52, 54, 56, 94, and 125, as well as Routes 905 and 11 along the U.S./Mexico border.
  
  
• Annual monitoring reports on the "State of the Commute" will ensure the investment strategy is supporting regional priorities.

"MOBILITY 2030 is our region's investment in a better transportation future. Whether you take transit, drive a car, ride a bike, or walk - this transportation plan truly gives you more options to travel around the region," said SANDAG Chair and National City Councilmember Ron Morrison. "However, our work hasn't ended - to make the plan a reality, we need to build support for more commuter options, better integrate land use policies, protect the environment, and make tough financial decisions."

With the plan now approved, SANDAG will move forward to implement the projects in close coordination with local jurisdictions, the Metropolitan Transit Development Board, the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, and Caltrans.

Project Manager: Kim Kawada
(619) 595-5394