Livable Corridors -SCAG Region

Livable Corridors are areas where local jurisdictions may plan and zone for increased density at nodes along key corridors, and to “redevelop” single-story under-performing retail with well-designed, higher density housing and employment centers. Growth at strategic nodes along key corridors, many of which are within High Quality Transit Corridors (HQTCs), will make transit a more convenient and viable option. The Livable Corridors network is developed utilizing select variables from past regional plans like HQTCs and input from local jurisdictions during LDX. Additionally, this strategy is comprised of two components that will encourage context sensitive density, improve retail performance, combat disinvestment, and improve fiscal outcomes for local communities: • Transit Improvements: Some corridors have been identified as candidates for on-street, dedicated lanes or other enhancements (e.g., Transit Signal Priority). Other corridors have the potential to support features that improve the user experience and bus performance, including enhanced bus shelters, real-time travel information, off-bus ticketing, all-door boarding, and longer distances between stops to increase speeds. • Active Transportation Improvements: Increased investments in Complete Streets within Livable Corridors and intersecting arterials are essential to support safe bicycling, walking, and rolling. Investments may include protected lanes to encourage safe bicycling and lower speed mobility, improved pedestrian access, and bicycle and micromobility parking.宜居廊道（Livable Corridors）指地方辖区可沿重点廊道节点规划并划定更高密度开发区域，同时对单层低效零售用地进行"再开发"，打造设计优良的高密度住宅与就业中心。沿重点廊道的战略节点（其中多数位于高品质公交廊道（High Quality Transit Corridors, HQTCs）范围内）实现开发增长，将使公交出行成为更便捷且可行的选择。 宜居廊道网络的构建，借鉴了高品质公交廊道等既往区域规划中的精选变量，并吸纳了地方辖区在LDX流程中的反馈意见。此外，该策略包含两大组成部分，旨在推动贴合场景的密度开发、提升零售运营效益、遏制投资衰退，并改善地方社区的财政状况： • 公交优化提升：部分廊道已被选定为设置路边专用车道或实施其他优化措施（如公交信号优先）的候选对象。另有部分廊道具备增设优化用户体验与公交运行效率设施的潜力，包括升级公交候车亭、实时出行信息服务、车外售票、全门上下客，以及拉长站间距以提升运行速度。 • 主动交通优化提升：在宜居廊道及相交干道内加大"完整街道"（Complete Streets）建设投入，对保障安全骑行、步行与慢行出行至关重要。相关投入可包括设置防护型自行车道以鼓励安全骑行并降低通行车速、改善步行可达性，以及增设自行车与微移动出行停放设施。