SANDAG is looking to transform the military's old cybersecurity center near Old Town into a Central Mobility Hub, a Grand Central Station if you will, where bus.
The Central Mobility Hub is envisioned to be a transportation center that would improve how people move throughout the San Diego region by connecting a variety of transportation options, including a direct transit link to San Diego International Airport. This one-stop-shop hub of connectivity will bring transportation, housing, jobs and entertainment to one centralized location, said SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata. Public input is vital to the first step in this process to create the Central Mobility Hub, a critical component to a faster, fairer, cleaner transportation network in the San Diego region.
In addition to providing a direct transit connection to the airport, SANDAG leaders believe the Central Mobility Hub could also serve as one of the region s primary transportation centers connecting Amtrak, the North County Transit District s Coaster line, the trolley, rapid and local bus services and future modes of transit with other mobility options, public services
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Despite endless speculation during the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic, it turns out that working from home may not be permanent for many San Diego employers.
That’s according to a comprehensive report published by the county’s leading transportation and planning agency San Diego Association of Governments, which surveyed 577 businesses and over 1,000 employees. The survey was conducted at the end of the first quarter, roughly one year after the initial shutdown. Its findings may come as a surprise to those assuming Zoom meetings and dining table desks were the future of work.
The 130-page report found that while many businesses plan to allow more flexibility than in pre-pandemic days, the vast majority don’t expect their staff to work from home full-time post-pandemic. Just 10 percent of surveyed businesses expected the bulk of their staff (75 percent) to work remotely three or more days per week. Slightly more expected their staff to do remote work once a wee
Even though many people are still working from home, traffic is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. Telework, it turns out, won t exactly crush San Diego s auto emissions. If you put those additional people onto roadways, we will probably exceed where we were, said Ray Major, chief economist for San Diego Association of Governments.
As everyone tries to figure out the post-pandemic world of work, the agency is using a survey of businesses and employees to zero in on how telework might change traffic.
The findings, discussed at a SANDAG meeting on May 7, will help inform the draft 2021 regional transportation plan that will be released May 28. Officials expect remote work to grow far more than in any previous plan.
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A plan years in the making to restore the Buena Vista Lagoon at the border of Carlsbad and Oceanside, perhaps to its original saltwater condition, will have its watershed moment on Friday.
The board of directors at the regional planning agency known as SANDAG is being asked to approve the final environmental impact report for the Buena Vista Lagoon enhancement project.
Agency staff members have recommended the project include the controversial proposal to remove the weir, a low dam at the mouth of the lagoon that keeps seawater out. The weir is what makes Buena Vista the only freshwater lagoon in San Diego County.