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Upland council hears Mobility Master Plan recommending bike, pedestrian and trail priorities
Summary
City staff and consultants presented the Upland Mobility Master Plan, funded in part by Caltrans, proposing prioritized pedestrian, bicycle and trail projects with a focus on safety, safe routes to school and gaps south of Foothill Boulevard; council accepted the plan for review and discussion.
The Upland City Council received a presentation on the city’s Mobility Master Plan, a two‑year planning effort prepared by consultant K2A and funded in part by a Caltrans grant. The plan recommends prioritized pedestrian, bicycle and trail improvements, safety and traffic‑calming measures and outreach programs to support walking, biking and transit access across the city.
Development Services Director Robert Dahlquist introduced the plan and consultant Alex Simerin (K2A). Consultant presentations summarized data collection, community outreach, collision analysis, and an equity assessment that identified neighborhoods south of Foothill Boulevard as areas of higher need for pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Key recommendations include repairing sidewalk gaps and ADA curb ramps, targeted traffic‑calming on high‑speed roadways, expansion and enhancement of trails including the Pacific Electric and Euclid trails, and development of a connected bicycle network with a mix of facility types (class 1 multi‑use paths, class 2 bike lanes, class 3 bike routes and class 4 protected bikeways). The plan highlights safe‑routes‑to‑school improvements around the city’s 14 public schools and recommends programmatic efforts such as education and outreach in addition to infrastructure.
Consultants said the plan ranks projects by objective criteria — number of schools and parks served, collision history, household car access, and public input — to prioritize segments for funding and design. Simerin noted Omnitrans provided transit ridership data and that Omniride, an app‑based service, provides notable coverage within Upland.
Councilmembers thanked staff and asked staff to ensure that forthcoming capital projects (for example, Fourteenth Street rehabilitation) incorporate appropriate bike facilities where feasible; consultants said adjustments are possible and that a class 3 bike route is a relatively low‑cost marking and signage treatment.
The consultant recommended the council receive and file the Mobility Master Plan; council members indicated they would accept the plan for filing and use it to pursue grants and to inform future engineering and capital projects.
