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Flagstaff pedestrian advisory committee reviews mode-share data, unanimously tables report pending text updates
Summary
The Pedestrian Advisory Committee reviewed updated mode-share and trend data and voted unanimously to table forwarding the staff report to the Transportation Commission until staff updates the report text to match the data.
The Pedestrian Advisory Committee of Flagstaff City reviewed an updated mode-share report during its regular meeting and voted unanimously to table the item so staff can finish the report text before forwarding it to the Transportation Commission. Staff framed the report as background for the Active Transportation Master Plan and said the data were updated to incorporate MetroPlan’s trip-diary survey and American Community Survey measures.
City staff said the report tracks walking, biking and transit trips and compares Flagstaff with peer university communities. “What mode share is is just a measure of how people transport themselves and it’s typically divided by mode,” staff said during the presentation. The report cites long-term targets to increase the combined walk/bike/transit share from about 27% (2022 baseline) to 54% over 20 years, and to raise work-trip mode-share from 17% to 34% over the same period.
The presentation highlighted several trends: a notable spike in walking in the latest trip-diary survey, a decline in biking, and a rise in transit share from roughly 2.8% in 2006 to about 8.2% in 2024. Staff noted the trip-diary survey captures trips in the core (downtown/NAU) separately from suburban and regional areas and that the core shows much higher walking, biking and transit rates than suburban areas.
Committee members pressed staff for clarifications about the data—whether transit figures include paratransit and how scooters are counted in crash and trip data—and asked for comparison context with cities such as Davis and Tempe. Staff said they would check the paratransit breakdown and that some survey methods changed in recent cycles, which may explain the walking spike.
After discussion, committee member Ben Nicholas moved to table the report until staff completes the text; Jay seconded the motion. The committee voted unanimously in favor of tabling the item, delaying staff’s formal transmittal of the report to the Transportation Commission until the report text is updated.
Votes at a glance - Batch approval of minutes (March, April, May, July, August, October): moved and seconded; approved unanimously. - Motion to table the mode-share report pending text updates: moved by Ben Nicholas; seconded by Jay; outcome: passed unanimously.
What’s next: Staff will update the report text to match the datasets and return the item to PAC for potential forwarding to the Transportation Commission in time for the commission’s February agenda.
