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Center City Corridors: Equitable & Clean Transportation Options for All

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Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP)
Planning and Capacity Building Grant

Anaheim Transportation Network | Center City Corridors: Equitable & Clean Transportation Options for All

 

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June 2021 – August 2024

Final Report available by request

Project Details

Center City Corridors: Equitable & Clean Transportation Options for All builds upon an extensive planning effort that occurred in 2019-2020 to identify residents’ transportation needs within the City of Anaheim Center City Corridor. Through Spanish and English community engagement, the current project will support disadvantaged and historically disinvested community members to identify, evaluate, and prioritize transportation modes, routes, payment methods, and policies, incorporating equity and affordability for the unbanked, unhoused, and other vulnerable population groups. This will require a deep analysis into accessibility to key destinations, transportation options, affordability, environmental and financial sustainability, reliability, and safety. The planning process will ready both the ATN, City of Anaheim, and community partners to take the final step in the overall process, which is implementation.
 

The Road, Street and Highway Map displays the STEP project area in the City of Anaheim, an urban area within Orange County. The purpose of the map is to show the project area which is centrally located within the City of Anaheim and marked by a thick, closed line. The project boundary is SR-91 Freeway to the north, Interstate 5 and Platinum Triangle to the south, East Street and the Metrolink Railroad to the east, and Interstate 5 and West Street to the west. For more map details, please contact movingca@arb.ca.gov.
Project Area Map, Anaheim, CA in Orange County

Project Highlights

  • Project includes an Equitable Mobility Analysis to assess the inequalities and limitations of ATN’s existing transportation system and identify areas where high-impact, equitable mobility solutions can be prioritized. 
  • The Phase 1 community meeting included the provision of transportation, interpretation and childcare services. 

Funding Details

Grant Amount / Project Total: $200,000

By the Numbers

Planned Community Engagement Activities

  • 3 Workshops with bi-lingual facilitation available
  • 10-12 Advisory committee meetings
  • 1 Community-Based Mobility Options and Policy Implementation Plan 

Estimated Quantifiable Benefits

  • Direct Jobs: 1
  • Indirect Jobs: 1
  • Induced Jobs: 1

People riding in Free Rides Around the Neighborhood– FRAN electric vehicle   YMCA Community Engagement Event Participants posing masked in front of project signs

 YMCA Community Engagement Event Participants holding banner stating over 1 million meals served People riding in Free Rides Around the Neighborhood– FRAN electric vehicle

Community Details

The project area is a community within the City of Anaheim that is home to approximately 75,500 residents, 17% of which are children under the age of 10. The community contains the highest traffic densities and pollution densities in the State and is in the top 10 percentile of those most vulnerable according to CalEnviroScreen 3.0 and the California Healthy Places Index. The community is bounded by State Route 91 to the north, Interstate 5 to the west and State Route 55 to the east. Over 75% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino. The neighborhoods in the project area are an eclectic mix of single-family homes and multi-family residential units - with affordable units or housing choice voucher participation. Residents face multiple transportation inequities related to costs, reliability, health/safety, and convenience. ATN’s service territory is almost entirely located within disadvantaged communities and/or low-income census tracts (i.e., 93 percent of census tracts in which ATN provides service have such designations). The project area is identified as an area of persistent poverty and is among the most disadvantaged areas in the City of Anaheim and the State.

Demographics of Community Served by Project:  

67% Hispanic/Latino, 16% White, 12% Asian, 2% Black or African American, and 3% Other
Median Household Income: $61,957  

Community Benefits

The planning effort is designed to lower the barriers to participation by meeting people where they are, conduct creative outreach within the neighborhoods, and build trust and relationships to bring solutions to fruition. The active engagement and support of current or potential local users of public and alternative modes of transportation, including zero-emission options, is key to championing, sustaining, and caretaking improvements into the future.

    Outreach & Engagement Strategies

    • Bilingual postcards/flyers
    • Family-friendly community events
    • Public workshops with participant incentives
    • Project webpage  

    Target Populations

    • Families with children
    • Unhoused residents
    • People with disabilities
    • College students
    • Shift workers
    • Spanish speakers

    Partnership Structure

    Grantee

    The Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) is a community-based transportation provider that is immersed in the lives of the unbanked and the hardest-to-reach and works with social service agencies to ensure everyone has access to transportation. ATN will oversee this planning effort, guide all project activities to successful conclusion, ensure community engagement is meaningful, and be responsible for implementing the mobility plan developed by the community.

    Subgrantees

    Community Partners

    Contact

    Diana Kotler | ATN