The City’s new Active Transportation Plan (ATP) will serve as the City’s five-year strategic plan to set policies, investment priorities, and design guidance to expand the City’s Active Transportation network and promote active transportation use for all ages and abilities.  The ATP consolidates the City’s existing Bicycle Master Plan (adopted in 2018) and the Pedestrian Master Plan (adopted in 2016), as well as incorporate the latest design practices, policies, and infrastructure planning for all active transportation modes (including bicycling, walking, and micromobility). 

Background

The existing Pedestrian Master Plan and Bicycle Master Plan established a five-year action plan with recommendations centered on expanding safe, continuous, convenient, and comfortable pedestrian and bicyclist access for all ages and abilities who live, work and visit Fremont. Over the five years since the adoption of these plans, the City of Fremont has made significant progress in the implementation of the various identified action items, including installing over 20 new pedestrian crossing flashing beacons, 40 miles of separated bikeways, 13 new protected intersections, and completing School Safety Assessments and “quick build” improvements for all 40 public schools in the City.  As the City continues to redesign and balance the needs of its transportation network for all modes of travel, it is apparent that a wholistic approach and planning are needed to ensure that the safety, comfort, and convenience for drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and micromobility users are addressed for all project implementation. 

The new ATP consolidated the planning and project identification for bicycle and pedestrian network that in the past have been developed separately, as well as incorporated traffic management tools traditionally utilized for merely improving vehicle traffic flow that may also be used to improve bicycling and walking safety and comfort.  For example, enhanced traffic signal coordination timings are identified for implementation along Active Transportation priority corridors to not only improve vehicle traffic flow and travel time, but also to manage vehicle traffic speeds to improve overall bicycle/pedestrian comfort and safety.  This comprehensive approach ensures that the roadway network planning and future project implementations are done in a comprehensive manner, ultimately reducing the potential for a potentially divided public perception or reception of the City’s Active Transportation program and projects among the various roadway user types.  Finally, the ATP was developed through an extensive and comprehensive public engagement effort with the Fremont community on a citywide and neighborhood level, including an intentional effort to engage historically disadvantaged or displaced community members who may reside in or travel through the City.

You can read the Adopted Active Transportation Plan below:

• Adopted Active Transportation Plan chapters 1-7
• Adopted Active Transportation Plan Appendices 

Contact Information

Eric Hu
Principal Transportation Engineer
(510) 494-4542
ehu@fremont.gov

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