​State law requires the Mobility Element to address the general location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, military airports and ports, and other public utilities and facilities, to the extent these items exist in the planning area. The Mobility Element reflects the City’s desire to provide for complete street, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities and explore the application of new technologies and best practices for mobility planning in Glendale. The Mobility Element will provide a citywide framework that supports the mobility needs of all users and abilities. 

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The effort to update the City's Mobility Element will include the following tasks:

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• Review of Existing Mobility Policy Framework

• Creation of new Mobility Goals, Policies, and Programs 

• Update to the City's Roadway Classifications and Mobility Exhibits

• Preparation of a Traffic Flow Map 

• Preparation of a Public Review Draft Mobility Element

• Presentation of the Public Review Draft Mobility Element to Planning Commission and City Council

• Adoption of a new Mobility Element 

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Mobility Element Timeline

• Last comprehensively updated in 1998

• City Council report on the Land Use and Mobility Element Updates and new Environmental Justice Element: January 30, 2024

• City Council report on the Land Use and Mobility Element Updates and new Environmental Justice Element: July 30, 2024

• Public outreach and background research: Spring and Summer 2024

• Scoping Meeting for Environmental Impact Report: December 9, 2024

• Public draft released for public review and comment on September 3, 2025. On October 21, the City announced that the public review and comment periods for the draft Land Use Element will close on Friday, November 21, 2025.

• Final draft for City Council Adoption anticipated in 2026

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Review the City's current Circulation Element at GlendaleCA.gov.  

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Related Mobility Projects

Transportation Guidelines

As required under Senate Bill (SB) 743, the City must transform the way it analyzes transportation/traffic impacts resulting from new development in Glendale and has updated its Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) Guidelines to analyze Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). VMT is the new lens for assessing transportation impacts on the environment for projects subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

 

Transportation Impact Mitigation Fee

As a measure to help mitigate the transportation impacts resulting from new development, the City will conduct a nexus study and analyze best practices to develop a Transportation Impact Mitigation Fee ordinance and fee schedule. Fees collected would fund transportation infrastructure and facility improvement projects throughout the City.

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Active Transportation Program (ATP) - Cycle 6

ATP’s goals are to increase the proportion of trips accomplished by walking and biking, increasing the safety and mobility of non-motorized users, advance regional efforts to achieve greenhouse gas reduction goals, enhance public health, and provide a broad spectrum of projects to benefit everyone in the region.

 

A list of plans related to ATP Cycle 6 include the Circulation Element of the General Plan, the North Glendale Community Plan, the West Glendale Sustainable Transportation & Land Use Study, the draft South Glendale Community Plan, the Downtown Specific Plan, the Downtown Mobility Study, the Compass Blueprint Strategy, the Safe and Healthy Streets Plan, Bicycle Transportation Plan, and Pedestrian Plan, which are available at GlendaleCA.gov, and the Greener Glendale Plan, and Verdugo Wash Visioning, which are individually hyperlinked.