Concentrated Development to 2040 (High Density)

RTP-SCS Preferred ScenarioIn

In addition to the other components of Scenario 3, the preferred scenario includes an enhanced transit strategy that creates a framework for future transit service expansion at such time as new
revenue sources may become available. This scenario would include both land use components and enhanced transit components beyond those listed in the programmed and planned projects list. However, it would not make a blanket commitment to specific transit enhancements based on speculative future funding. Instead,
recognizing the uncertain nature of future, new revenue sources, it takes a targeted, balanced and flexible approach to expanding transit service as needed in the future. Specifically, the enhanced transit strategy included in the preferred scenario commits to transit service
expansion as new revenue sources become available (1) when transit enhancements are actually needed (defining quantitative triggers to determine when such need exists) and (2) while protecting existing funding for competing local demands, such as street and road maintenance. Because it is a general strategy, it does not change the list of fiscally constrained, programmed and planned transportation projects.

The preferred scenario comprises three core, inter-related components: (1) a land use plan, including residential densities and building intensities sufficient to accommodate projected
population, household and employment growth; (2) a multi-modal transportation network to serve the region’s transportation needs; and (3) a “regional greenprint” cataloguing open space, habitat, farmland and other resource areas as constraints to urban development.

This layer can be compared to the current countywide land use categories and the "business-as-usual" future baseline scenario.

Data from the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy prepared by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, found here.

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