Rethinking Transportation

Strategy 2.6.17

The Ride Sharing Program should consider ways to encourage carpooling, car-sharing, and bicycle sharing through prepaid gas cards and an interactive website or service for linking potential carpoolers with a goal of retooling the current rideshare program.

*Shelby County Health Department's Ride Sharing Program reduces pollution. For more information about sharing a ride click here or here. 

Strategy 2.6.16

Promote an inter-jurisdictional dedicated funding source for bicycle and pedestrian improvements prioritized in the MPO’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan in local CIPs and yearly operating budgets.

Strategy 2.6.15

Update the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan to incorporate changes suggested in the 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan to identify bicycle lanes that can be easily striped, contain the latest design standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and be consistent with local municipal plans.

Strategy 2.6.14

Hire or designate a Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the greater Memphis region to advance the potential of new bicycle initiatives, ensure that bicycle needs are integrated into plans and support the efforts of grassroots bicycle organizations.

*Kyle Wagenschutz, the city's first Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, was hired September 2010 by the City of Memphis and the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization.  Read more about Kyle here & here.

Strategy 2.6.13

Organize business plan competitions to create local car-sharing and bicycle-sharing programs to test these ideas within Shelby County.

Strategy 2.6.12

Incorporate improvements identified in the Memphis Regional Chamber’s Infrastructure Study into the MPO's next Long-Range Transportation Plan.

Strategy 2.6.11

Partner with intermodal rail yards, port operators, trucking companies, and neighborhood residents in high-freight volume areas to identify routes most in need of improvement and routes that need to be relocated.

Strategy 2.6.10

Incorporate a “connectivity analysis” into MPO's Long-Range Transportation Plan to identify locations where connectivity could be improved and prioritize CIP funding.

Strategy 2.6.9

The UDC should require all new development plans to comply with the Major Road Plan for road extensions and improvements, limiting the basis for waivers.

*See section 1.9 of the Unified Development Code for plans that are considered in any decisions that are made, including MPO’s Long Range Transportation Plan (formerly called Major Road Plan).

Strategy 2.6.8

Design, install, and maintain bike racks near all transit centers and include bike racks on all buses.

*MATA has bike racks on all fixed-route buses & bike racks at all passenger facilities.