TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND URBAN FORM : CASE STUDY : SAN DIEGO

This article presents an analysis of the City of San Diego's land use policies as they encourage and foster transit use and how the city's updated General Plan fits in with the region's effort to more closely coordinate and practice integrated land use planning. Although the city has officially endorsed transit-friendly and regional planning as a concept, political execution has been wanting. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has made some progress in encouraging regional cooperation, but more needs to be done. Among the concerns are a lack of consensus on how to respond to the city's main airport operating at capacity; lack of clear funding and support for additional transit projects; and lack of commitment to implementing integrated land use policies.