Plan El Paso calls for smart growth and BRT

21st Largest US City & growing

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 08, 10.

The City of El Paso has been conducting a comprehensive planning exercise with the help of Dover, Kohl & Partners of Coral Gables, Florida and a series of community meetings and charrettes. The plan is coming together into Plan El Paso, which calls for the use of smart growth, walkability, and bus rapid transit (BRT) to address the city’s expected growth and how to use federal transportation funds that are following a decision to add 30,000 troops to Fort Bliss, according to New Urban News.

El Paso Inc. reports City Representative Beto O’Rourke’s comments on the plan and the potential to use transportation funding to improve El Paso:

“We can continue to build controlled-access freeways that will allow drivers a beautiful view of the next Target Superstore, or we can use the concepts developed in this plan and build boulevards that people want to spend time on, that local entrepreneurs want—and still move cars, along with buses, people and bicycles, to their destinations effectively,” he said.

Plan El Paso (final report not yet available)

(Photo credit: City of El Paso)

Comments

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) said:

Are there any City of Houston employees who ride bikes to work?

Posted on Nov 08, 10 at 11:10 pm

Howard Bingham said:

With the state budget issues, it appears many state or federal “non-funded” projects may have to sit on back shelf..

Whether it be regular buses, BRT, light-rail or trolley cars (El Paso does have a bunch of 1050’s PCC cars collecting dust in the desert & had looked into updating those in past.), federal & state funding may not be available, given the attitude of many legislators who will take office next January.

Howard Bingham

Posted on Nov 09, 10 at 1:28 am

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