ConnecTransit Plan
ConnecTransit is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Through outreach and engagement activities, focused on reaching and listening to communities and individuals with the greatest mobility needs, the ConnecTransit Plan team created a community‐driven sustainable transportation equity plan that clearly defines community‐identified transit‐related needs within the San Bernardino Valley region (including in disadvantaged communities). The plan prioritizes transit and related community projects for implementation that are equitable and that increase the sustainability of the transportation system.
ConnecTransit Plan Team
- Community Partners led community engagement efforts to provide residents (focusing on Areas of Transit Need) the opportunity to drive recommendations in the Plan.
- El Sol Neighborhood Education Center (El Sol)
- Arrowhead United Way
- Community Advisory Council members – provided diverse representation of communities throughout Omnitrans’ service area to provide input on community engagement activities and Plan recommendations)
- Angie Balderas
- Edward Brantley
- Janet Martin Del Campo
- Jordan Dibell
- Wanda Williams
- Nelson\Nygaard consulting firm
The ConnecTransit Plan team analyzed data on population and environmental indicators, such as racial/ethnic composition, vehicle access, household income, and pollution exposure, and identified Areas of Transit Need (shown in the map below) where to concentrate face-to-face outreach and engagement efforts.
Plan Recommendations
As the Plan team began to identify potential projects, policies, and programmatic interventions that may result in the desired equitable impacts, initial concepts were organized into three (3) categories of types of investments required for implementation.
Specific projects and solutions were further sub-categorized as shown below. For more information on potential solutions, implementation considerations, and Omnitrans’ existing/planned initiatives, see Plan Recommendations and Appendix F in the ConnecTransit Plan.
Omnitrans is seeking additional funding sources to implement the projects recommended in the plan.
