College - Author 1
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 1
City and Regional Planning Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in City and Regional Planning
Date
6-2026
Primary Advisor
Dave Amos, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, City and Regional Planning Department
Abstract/Summary
This paper was written by Davidson Drake, a student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a volunteer with the City of Pomona Planning Department. The mapping, design, and analysis documented in this paper were produced by the author for the City of Pomona as part of its Complete Streets work. While the work shown here is the author’s own, the broader project would not be possible without the efforts of Karla Foster and Max Pastore, who contributed key components to the project.
Pomona’s Complete Streets project represents an ambitious effort to rethink the city’s street network as a citywide system. Working with limited staff capacity and constrained resources, the city developed a process for mapping its right-of-way, analyzing roadway conditions, classifying streets, identifying opportunities for redesign, and translating those findings into a network plan. The resulting work proposes major improvements to walking, biking, shade, safety, and downtown circulation, illustrating how a city with limited resources can use digital planning and design tools to produce a revitalized network design.
The intent of this paper is to share the success Pomona has had through its Complete Streets project with other cities facing similar challenges. Pomona’s experience demonstrates that even cities with limited capacity and significant infrastructure needs can still produce a meaningful, citywide transportation plan through the effective application of digital tools. This paper is written for the local governments, planning departments, consultants, and community partners undertaking comparable Complete Streets efforts. It outlines how the city gathered and organized information, analyzed its street network, identified opportunities for improvement, and developed design concepts.
The following sections provide a step-by-step tutorial and presentation covering the process Pomona used throughout its Complete Streets project. Each step is intended to be practical and replicable, especially for cities that may not have extensive internal data systems or large planning teams. By documenting Pomona’s approach, this paper aims to give other cities a clear model for moving towards safer and greener transportation networks.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/crpsp/310