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SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PRELIMINARY PROJECT LIST <br />DATE: MARCH 28, 2019 <br />PAGE 3 OF 5 <br />2. Be a cohesive and layered system of streets and trails for walking, biking, transit, <br />driving, and recreation <br />3. Provide local and regional travel options that balance needs for Louisville <br />residents, employees, and visitors <br />4. Utilize new technologies to provide safe, reliable, clean and convenient <br />transportation choices <br />5. Increase mobility options and access for people of all ages, abilities and income <br />levels <br />6. Provide complete streets that are inviting, enhance livability and reflect the City's <br />small-town atmosphere <br />7. Support economic opportunities and businesses <br />8. Improve environmental and community health by reducing emissions, and <br />supporting mode share and sustainability <br />Prioritization Considerations: <br />• Contributes to real or perceived safety of the system <br />• Potential to reduce vehicular congestion or cut through traffic <br />• Completes desired connection or fills noted gap within the system <br />• Promotes mode share by providing safe and convenient bicycle and pedestrian <br />networks to business, employment and recreational amenities <br />• Balance of projects to support all modes, understanding current user demands <br />and trends <br />• Contributes to first and last mile connections for transit <br />• Potential to reduce vehicle miles traveled and reduce emissions <br />• Supports and accommodates new transportation technology that improves <br />efficiency, transportation choice and or reduced emissions <br />• Provides social equity and supports needs of underserved community groups <br />• Consistent with maintaining and enhancing community character goals, including <br />support and enhancement of recreational opportunities, "livability" and a "small- <br />town atmosphere" <br />• Provides infrastructure that supports and enhances local businesses and <br />economic opportunities <br />• Support of project reflected in public engagement efforts <br />• Understanding of council priority and support for projects <br />• Relative cost benefit of project <br />• The existence or condition of existing infrastructure serving the same or similar <br />purpose <br />• Equitable distribution of projects to all parts of the City <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />