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Commission endorses CATS school-safety projects and asks council to raise annual traffic-safety fund to $200,000
Summary
Commission received an update on the Comprehensive Active Transportation Strategy (CATS), reviewed Safe Routes to School project lists and recommended that City Council increase the annual Traffic Management Program List (TMPL) budget from $50,000 to $200,000; the commission voted 4–2 to forward the request.
The commission received an update on the Comprehensive Active Transportation Strategy (CATS) and Safe Routes to School work on Aug. 27 and voted to ask City Council to raise the Traffic Management Program List (TMPL) annual allocation from $50,000 to $200,000.
Katie Cole, a consultant working on the CATS project, described the plan’s goals: combining bicycle and pedestrian master-plan work into a single active-transportation strategy, refreshing the city’s mobility element, and compiling project lists for funding consideration. "The purpose of the CATS project is to develop and implement active and sustainable transportation in Escondido," Cole said, summarizing outreach that included school-focused listening sessions, walk audits and community engagement.
Why it matters: CATS and the mobility-element refresh identify near-, mid- and long-term projects intended to…
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