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Placer County Mobility and Infill Acceleration Study Survey
Introduction
As part of its Mobility and Infill Acceleration Study (MIAS), Placer County is conducting a survey of residents, workers, and other interested parties to learn about travel behavior and preferences. The survey focuses on how people move from place to place (e.g., drive, bike, walk, transit) and what those places are (e.g., home, work, school). It also asks about what changes in transportation facilities or services would affect travel choices (e.g., better sidewalks or bike trails, more frequent transit service). Finally, the survey asks about the types of development people would like to see in their communities. The County intends to use the results of the survey to help shape policies and programs that will result in a balanced transportation system that enables shorter trips, improves air quality, and promotes overall public health. An overview of the MIAS project is provided below.
The County will be collecting survey results through February 28th, 2023. Thank you in advance for agreeing to participate!
If you have any questions about this survey or the MIAS project, please contact the County Community Development Resource Agency at mias@placer.ca.gov.
Project Overview The key objective of the Mobility and Infill Acceleration Study (MIAS) is the identification of strategies to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in Placer County, thereby benefitting air quality and providing other ancillary social benefits, particularly improvements in general community health. These strategies will focus on land use interventions (e.g., changes in density or intensity, changes in land use mix or type, changes in spatial organization) or transportation interventions (e.g., enhanced transit services and facilities, improved active transportation facilities). They will also account for factors that will enable, facilitate, or accelerate change (e.g., infrastructure availability, policy support, market incentives). While identification of these strategies addresses the “what” part of the equation, an equally important challenge is addressing the “where” part of the equation. To do that, the MIAS Project Team (both County staff and Consultant Team) has identified five “Infill Opportunity Areas” in the unincorporated county where intervention strategies and enabling actions could reduce VMT and provide the associated benefits. These five areas, which represent a range of settings and unique challenges and opportunities, are as follows:
North Auburn—Bell Road
North Auburn—Luther Road
Newcastle
Penryn Parkway
Granite Bay
The MIAS project will evaluate the suitability of various land use and transportation interventions in each of these opportunity areas, as well as actions that might facilitate or accelerate desired outcomes. Based on the findings of these evaluations, the County will identify opportunities for planning policies and programs that could apply in the opportunity areas, as well as elsewhere in the unincorporated county. The end result will be a set of recommendations for consideration in future Countywide General Plan and/or community plan updates.
