Denton City Council Passes Updated Mobility Plan and Comprehensive Plan
Denton’s updated Bike Plan.
The Denton City Council adopted the updated Mobility Plan and Denton 2040 Comprehensive Plan last night with a unanimous vote.
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The Mobility Plan includes an updated Bike Plan and a new Pedestrian Plan. The Comprehensive Plan update maintains the city’s previous goal of encouraging more infill development, which can support more mobility options, reduce pressure to develop Denton’s rural fringe and enhance Denton’s fiscal and environmental sustainability.
Denton’s Bike Plan had not been updated since its initial adoption in 2012. The Comprehensive Plan had not been updated since 2015. These plans are typically updated every 5-10 years.
Now that the Bike Plan has been updated, the city will continue developing a bicycle work plan to prioritize where new or enhanced bicycle infrastructure is likely to make the most impact. This work plan will be completed and presented to the Denton City Council sometime this year.
For the Pedestrian Plan, city staff have already introduced a Sidewalk Work Plan to City Council. This plan prioritizes critical gaps in the sidewalk network by applying scores to each segment based on defined criteria.
Next steps for the Comprehensive Plan are to develop small areas plans for key areas across the city. Small area plans are long-term plans focused on limited areas and are more detailed than a comprehensive plan, which is city-wide. In April, the Denton City Council is expected to discuss and prioritize which small area plans staff will develop first.
Other Items
Council unanimously approved a change in the Denton Development Code to allow the construction of trails along riparian buffers, where they were previously prohibited. This will allow more routing options for trails across the City.
City staff plan to present Council with a Vision Zero Action Plan by the end of this year. This action plan, requested by City Council 2019, outlines a strategy for the city to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes each year.
Staff continue to gather data for a city-wide speed study to gather data on traffic speeds and volumes on roads across the city. The data gathered from this study is expected to inform city transportation policy and prioritization of street projects.
