Adelanto adopts Active Transportation Plan after year-long outreach

The Adelanto City Council formally adopted the city's Active Transportation Plan (ATP) on Dec. 9, 2020 after staff and consultants described a year-long outreach process and a draft network of bicycle and pedestrian routes.

City Engineer Brian Wolf said the ATP establishes a new vision for Adelanto as a walking- and bicycling-friendly community and lays out a proposed bicycle network and pedestrian improvements that could total more than 60 miles when fully implemented. Alta Planning and Design project manager Sam Zemeyer described the outreach program—twelve or more touchpoints including walk audits, virtual town halls, interactive maps and events—and said the plan is both data- and community-driven.

Councilmembers praised the public participation and voted to adopt the plan for use in city planning, capital project prioritization and as a reference for developer conditions moving forward.

Why it matters: the ATP provides a roadmap for safer walking and bicycling infrastructure that staff can reference when seeking grants and when reviewing development proposals.