The City of Hilliard Sustainability Plan

Hilliard Sustainability Plancompile the data to enable them to work with COTA to implementadditional bus routes based on demand. Cost: This project wouldtake approximately 100 staff hours to complete.» Along with COTA, Dublin, Upper Arlington and other suburbswhere many Hilliard residents commute to (based on informationobtained from the transit study), investigate the feasibility of alocal bus route between the two cities linking major employers,shopping areas, and other destinations. Parties responsible: HilliardEngineering and Planning staff in coordination with COTA and othermunicipalities. Cost: Approximately 40-80 staff hours.Long Term (5-10 years)» During the next update of the Comprehensive Plan, theEngineering and Planning staff should provide a TransitPlan in addition to the Thoroughfare Plan which showslong term visions for where additional bus routes, Park andRide facilities, light-rail or inter-city rail stations should belocated (see Image 3.22 for an example of Dublin’s TransitPlan). Although there is no regional plan for additionaltransit options other than COTA, such as light rail or intercityrail, the City should be prepared for future alternatives.Additionally, if Hilliard’s Comprehensive Plan containsdetails about desired future routes, COTA will be able touse this information when they conduct their own longtermplanning and incorporate the City’s plan into theirown regional plan. Parties responsible: City Engineeringand Planning staff with the approval of City Council. Costs:This would be part of the normal process for updating theComprehensive Plan and would not incur any significantadditional costs.ECON. EXECUTIVELAND DEV. USESOCIAL SUMMARY& URBAN EQ.ECOLOGY» Image 3.21. Dublin Transit PlanThis shows Dublin’s Transit Plan which was included in their 2007 Community Plan to show future transitlocations.Source: Dublin Community Plan, 200785