STRATEGIC PLAN & ACTION PLAN
Richmond prioritizes the movement of people over the movement of vehicles through a safe, reliable, equitable, and sustainable transportation network.
– Vision for Equitable Transportation from Richmond 300, the City’s Master Plan, adopted in 2020.
The Richmond Connects Strategic Plan Will:
1
Identify
transportation needs
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Identify projects and strategies to address the top needs
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Prioritize projects and strategies for implementation through the Action Plan
The Richmond Connects Action Plan will contain a list of projects and strategies to make transportation more equitable. The City of Richmond will seek funding for these projects and move forward with these strategies over the next 5 to 10 years.
FINAL ACTION PLAN
Thanks to the thousands of Richmonders who contributed to this plan!
Thanks for your comments on the draft Action Plan. Based on your comments, the Richmond Connects team updated the Action Plan, which has been submitted to City Council for adoption.
What’s Next?
The final Action Plan will be presented to City Council for adoption in February 2024.
WANT CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE ACTION PLAN? Sign up for notifications on how you can show your support for Richmond Connects to city leaders!
The best way to show your support is to attend a City Council meeting and sign up to speak in support of the Richmond Connects Action Plan. These dates are subject to change, but the Richmond Connects Action Plan is anticipated to be included in the agendas for these upcoming meetings:
- February 26, 2024 – City Council meeting
- March 19, 2024 – Land-Use, Housing, and Transportation Committee meeting
- March 25, 2024 – City Council Meeting
Changes in meeting dates will be communicated through the Richmond Connects email list and text messages. Sign up to get updates!
How were projects selected for inclusion in the Action Plan?
Your input on the survey of draft recommendations directly influenced which projects were selected for inclusion in the Action Plan.
We gathered input from over 8,591 Richmonders on the draft recommendations. We spent two months going out into communities to talk with people and hear from Richmonders who face the greatest barriers to accessing opportunities. Public support, especially from Communities of Concern, was the biggest criteria for selecting projects for inclusion in the Action Plan.
Richmonders made their voice heard on the draft recommendations
How did we gather input?
Projects that represent investments in Communities of Concern were given extra weight. We also considered engineering feasibility, project readiness, and cost.
Action Plan Project Recommendations
Three different categories of projects were included in the Action Plan:
PRIORITIZE WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED
Projects under this category are the highest priority for implementation. These projects directly address issues that Communities of Concern were most needed, with extra weight given to projects that are direct investments in disinvested areas. These projects may be difficult to implement, but are the most important to move the needle on transportation equity. These projects are also called “Priority Projects.”
FINISH WHAT WE STARTED
Projects under this category are already underway. They have already received funding for design and implementation. Filling any remaining funding gaps is a priority to bring these projects to completion, making the best use of taxpayer dollars. There are two types of projects within this category:
Priority Completion Projects – These projects were included in the draft list of recommendations presented to the public in the Phase 4 survey, and meet a top equity need.
Other Completion Projects – These are projects that were not included in the Phase 4 survey of draft recommendations. These are projects currently in the City’s Capital Improvement Program and meet an equity need identified in the Richmond Connects needs analysis process.
MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE CAN
These projects are “low-hanging fruit.” They are low-cost or easily implementable and have at least a moderate level of support from the general public and Communities of Concern. These projects are also called “Shorter Term/First Steps Projects.”
What about the projects that aren’t in the Action Plan?
The Richmond Connects Strategic Transportation Plan is the larger plan that includes all of the project recommendations, even those that aren’t included in the Near-Term Action Plan. As we implement the projects and strategies in the current Action Plan, we can move forward with additional projects and strategies over time. The Strategic Plan also more fully documents the entire process and methods of analysis.