CAPE CORAL
MOBILITY PLAN AND FEE

Mobility Plan

The Cape Coral Mobility Plan is an innovative, community-driven strategy designed to enhance transportation infrastructure and improve how residents and visitors navigate our vibrant city. Whether walking, biking, using public transit, or driving, our mission is to create a safe, accessible, and connected transportation network for everyone.

By implementing this Mobility Plan, we aim to support sustainable growth while prioritizing modern infrastructure such as upgraded intersections, sidewalks, shared-use paths, and trails. Together, we can make Cape Coral a more accessible and livable city for future generations.

Why the Mobility Study and Fee Are Important

The Mobility Study and Fee play a critical role in planning for the future of Cape Coral. Here’s why they matter:

• Infrastructure Improvements: Expand and upgrade roads, intersections, and alternative mobility infrastructure.
• Smart Growth: Ensure responsible and sustainable development while maintaining the city's quality of life.
• Traffic Safety: Reduce congestion and improve road safety for all users.
• Equitable Funding: Collect fees from new developments to fairly fund necessary improvements.

These efforts will help us address current and future transportation needs while creating a greener, more connected community.

What is the Citywide Mobility Fee?

The Citywide Mobility Fee is a tool to ensure all new developments contribute to enhancing Cape Coral’s transportation network. Funds collected from this fee will be allocated to projects such as:
• Road and Intersection Upgrades
• Multimodal Infrastructure Enhancements: Sidewalks, shared-use paths, and bike lanes.
• Traffic Safety Improvements
• Advanced Mobility Technologies
This fee ensures that as our city grows, our infrastructure keeps pace.

How to Implement a Mobility Fee?

Explore the Foundation Behind the Plan

Learn about the critical insights and data-driven process that informed the development of Cape Coral’s Mobility Plan. The Key Issues Memo highlights the city’s most pressing transportation challenges, while the Methodology Memo explains how those issues were analyzed to guide recommended solutions.

Your understanding and input matter, review these documents and help shape a smarter, more connected future for Cape Coral.

MEMOS

Summary of Key Mobility Issues
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Mobility Plan Methodology Memo
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Proposed Mobility Improvements

Review our latest maps showcasing planned multimodal enhancements such as sidewalks, shared-use paths, crosswalks, and trails included in the Mobility Plan. Take a look at the detailed images to understand the proposed upgrades aimed at making Cape Coral safer and more connected for everyone.

We value your feedback! Share your thoughts and ideas on these improvements to help shape the future of transportation in our city.

MAPS

Cape Coral Mobility - Multimodal Plan
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Multimodal Plan

Cape Coral Mobility - Roadway & Intersection Plan
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Roadway & Intersection Plan

Cape Coral Mobility - Transit & Waterway Plan
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Transit & Waterway Plan

Community Meetings

Join the conversation and shape the future of mobility in Cape Coral. Our community meetings offer valuable opportunities to share your experiences, voice your concerns, and provide feedback on proposed transportation improvements.

Insights gathered from these meetings directly inform our Mobility Plan, ensuring it aligns with community priorities and needs. Your participation helps build a safer, more accessible, and better-connected Cape Coral for everyone.

Check out upcoming meeting dates and materials and see how your input is making a difference!

MEETINGS

Public Workshop #1
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City Council Meetings
Cape Coral City Council is reviewing the Mobility Plan & Fee through Ordinance 42-25. On August 20, 2025, Council voted to set a Public Hearing for September 3, 2025. These materials provide the full ordinance, staff report, presentation, and technical studies that support the upcoming decision.

Your review and feedback are encouraged as the City prepares for the public hearing and adoption process.

MEETINGS

City Council Regular Meeting – August 20, 2025 Ordinance 42-25: Set Public Hearing for September 3, 2025 (Mobility Plan & Fee)

1.- Ordinance 42-25 – Mobility Plan and Fees – PW2025107–PW2025129.pdf
2.- 9.d.1 Ordinance 42-25.pdf
3.- 9.d.1 Staff Report_LHD_20250820.pdf
4.- 9.d.1 Staff Presentation_Mobility Plan_LHD_20250820.pdf
5.- CoCC MP Technical Report 08-20-2025.pdf
6.- Cape Coral Mobility Plan 08-18-25.pdf
7.- Business Impact Estimate.pdf
8.- CoCC Extraordinary Circumstances Study July 2025.pdf
We want to hear from you!

Attention, Cape Coral residents!
We want to hear from you to help improve transportation across our city. Take our short survey and share your thoughts and ideas. Together, we can make Cape Coral a safer, more accessible, and connected place to move around.

Your feedback is essential in shaping the future of mobility in Cape Coral. Thank you for participating and making a difference!


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Explore the Proposed Mobility Improvements!

Review our latest maps showcasing planned multimodal enhancements such as sidewalks, shared-use paths, crosswalks, and trails included in the Mobility Plan. Take a look at the detailed images to understand the proposed upgrades aimed at making Cape Coral safer and more connected for everyone. We value your feedback! Share your thoughts and ideas on these improvements to help shape the future of transportation in our city.

Project Process and Schedule

Dec 2024

Dec 2024

Project Kick Off
Jan 2025

Jan 2025

Data Collection
Feb 2025

Feb 2025

CTAC Meeting
April-May 2025

April-May 2025

Mobility Plan Draft
June-August 2025

June-August 2025

Draft Mobility Fee
Sept-Oct 2025

Sept-Oct 2025

Public Engagement
Nov 2025

Nov 2025

Comprehensive Plan Transmittal Hearing
Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

Final Report
Feb 2026

Feb 2026

Extraordinary Circumstances Workshops
Mar-April

Mar-April

Mobility Fee Ordinance
May 2026

May 2026

Final Adoption
1

Project Coordination Meetings

Includes:

  1. Kickoff Meeting
  2. Progress Meetings 1–3
2

Draft Mobility Plan & Fee Schedule

Includes:

  1. Deliverable: Mobility Plan
  2. Deliverable: Fee Schedule
3

Leadership Briefings

Includes:

Briefings 1–6

4

MPO, County, LeeTran Coordination

Includes:

Technical Presentation (as needed)

5

Stakeholder Engagement

Includes

Stakeholder Workshops 1–2

6

Extraordinary Circumstance Discussions

Includes:

  1. Workshop 1
  2. Workshop 2
7

Final Draft Submission

Includes:

  1. Deliverable: Final Draft
  2. Mobility Plan & Fee + Ordinance
8

Adoption Hearings

Includes:

  1. CTAC
  2. Planning & Zoning
  3. Committee of Whole
  4. City Council Hearings 1–2
  5. City Council 1-on-1 (as needed)

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Attention, Cape Coral residents! We want to hear from you to help improve transportation across our city. Take our short survey and share your thoughts and ideas. Together, we can make Cape Coral a safer, more accessible, and connected place to move around. Your feedback is essential in shaping the future of mobility in Cape Coral. Thank you for participating and making a difference!

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What are the next steps?

In partnership with DDEC and NUE Urban Concepts, the Mobility Cohort is currently working on the Mobility Study and Fee for Cape Coral.

After gathering public feedback, the Cape Coral Mobility Plan team will analyze the data, host additional public workshops, and finalize the Mobility Fee framework. We’ll share updates throughout the process to ensure transparency and keep the community informed.

Together, we can create a safer, more efficient, and sustainable transportation network for everyone.

About Cape Coral

Cape Coral is a growing city committed to enhancing quality of life through sustainable development and modern infrastructure. This Mobility Plan is part of our vision for a more connected, accessible, and resilient community.

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Ms. Heather Neville, AICP – Associated Member

President/Owner of VRUM Planning.  Ms. Neville has 10 years of experience in Strategic Planning, Transportation Planning, and communications focusing on vulnerable road users and communities. She has built successful partnerships in the public and private sector statewide through professional contracts as VRUM Planning and extensive nonprofit involvement. She excels in visioning, concept and corridor development, project management, analysis, client, customer, and community relations, intergovernmental relations, meeting budgets and deadlines, communications, and marketing. Heather is an expert at grant management and helped secure over $65M in grant funding for various communities to realize their mobility vision.

Mr. Robert G. Schiffer, AICP – Associated Member

President/owner of FuturePlan Consulting with 38 years of experience. Robert will lead travel demand modeling, analysis of travel patterns, and assist with projecting future growth. Mr. Schiffer is a recognized statewide and national expert in travel demand modeling and has served on several Transportation Research Board committees and has pioneered the use of big data for analyzing travel patterns and the refinement of travel demand models. Mr. Schiffer is an experienced staff mentor, project manager, and marketing leader with a diverse background in all areas of transportation planning. His experience encompasses travel demand models and planning studies for national, statewide, regional, municipal, subarea, and rural jurisdictions.

Mr. John Osborne, AICP – Associated Member

President/Owner of Green Street Associates. Mr. Osborne brings over 25 years of public and private sector experience in land use, transportation planning, and infrastructure finance. Mr. Osborne served for 20 years as Deputy County Administrator, Infrastructure & Strategic Planning Official, Planning Director, Impact Fee Administrator, Transportation Planning Manager, and other urban and transportation planning-related positions at Sarasota County. From 2015 to 2021, his responsibilities under the County Administrator included coordination of master planning of the County’s infrastructure and services for growth. He was also responsible for the administration and annual update of the County’s Capital Improvements Program.

Ms. Lauren Rushing – Member

Ms. Rushing holds experience in strategic, multimodal transportation planning, growth management, communications, community engagement, and transportation advocacy.  She developed her career in transportation planning consulting for FDOT conducting traffic impact analyses.  Driven by an interest in active transportation and particularly bicycle culture, Lauren spent three years living and working as a transportation advisor in Amsterdam where she contributed GIS, data analysis, and design skills to strategic mobility projects across the Netherlands.  Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science & Policy and a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University. In 2021, Lauren served as a board member of the New York City chapter of Young Professionals in Transportation.

Ms. Margarita Yerastova – Member

President of the Republic of Design brings over 10 years of transportation planning and graphic design experience. Ms. Yerastova brings leadership to the Mobility Cohort bicycle and pedestrian experience.  Ms. Yerastova excels in illustrating proposed multimodal improvements and developing before and after renderings and aerial perspectives of improvements, both of which are effective tools in public engagement. Ms. Margarita Yerastova brings recent experience developing and implementing creative improvements for people walking, bicycling, and accessing transit in Amsterdam and communities throughout Northern Europe.

Mr. Scott Kelly, PE – Advisor

Mr. Kelly graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida. With over 40 years of experience in water sewer and transportation engineering, he served as the Assistant City Administrator for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is responsible for Public Utilities, Sustainability, Parking, Public Works and Engineering areas. Scott was integral in providing leadership for the City of West Palm Beach Mobility Study, the expansion of the City’s Bicycle Network and transformative projects such as the Clematis Street Streetscape Project.

Mr. Louis Rotundo – Advisor

With over 40 years of public policy and growth management experience at the local, state, and federal level, he has represented municipal and County government clients since 1988 related to Community Redevelopment Authorities (CRAs), Enterprise Zones, Airport Authorities, SunRail, Transportation Concurrency, and Mobility Fees. Mr. Rotundo has played an active role in the reshaping of growth management legislation in Florida over the last decade to encourage development in urban areas, promote multimodal transportation and provide local governments with increased flexibility to plan the type of development desired in their communities. He has been active in securing funds to promote SunRail and Flex-Bus in Central Florida and in the development of new funding sources for local governments to assist in funding multimodal transportation.

Mr. Jonathan B. Paul, AICP – Co Founder

Principal of NUE Urban Concepts, has more than 25 years of public and private sector experience in land use and transportation planning, parking and curbside management, conducting and reviewing detailed traffic impact analysis, and administering, developing, and updating impact fees and mobility fees. Mr. Paul previously served for 10 years as a Concurrency and Impact Fee Manager for Alachua County and Transportation Planning Director and Impact Fee Administrator for Sarasota Counties. In these roles he administered, developed, and updated impact fee, mobility fee, and concurrency management programs. Dr. James C. Nicholas, considered one of the founding fathers of impact fees, served as a mentor to Mr. Paul, and was on Jonathan’s thesis committee at the University of Florida.  Mr. Paul developed the Alachua County Mobility Plan and Fee: the first mobility plan and mobility fee to be adopted in Florida. Jonathan has presented at numerous conferences, has served on statewide stakeholder committees, and has consulted with several builder associations in Florida to review both impact fees and mobility fees prepared by other firms.

Ms. Uyen Dang, PE – Co Founder

Principal at DDEC, with over 15-years of experience in transportation, streetscape, and livable communities.  She was the City Traffic Engineer for the City of West Palm Beach and oversaw all transportation elements including transformative projects such as the Clematis Street Streetscape project. She led the adoption of the City’s multimodal transportation program including its Vision Zero program, smart parking technology, and shared mobility program. In 2017, Uyen led planning efforts such as the West Palm Beach Mobility Study, Downtown Parking Study, the Okeechobee Corridor Study, and the proposed ITC Mobility Hub.  Ms. Dang is a Cityfi Affiliate, founding class of NACTO Leadership, chair of the Palm Beach Citizen Advisory Committee, and a member of the NCUTCD representing the NACTO delegation.