The Mobility Implementation Plan (MIP) is a long-range transportation planning framework for Bellevue that was first adopted by the city council in 2022 and updated in November 2025 following input from the public and recommendations from the Transportation Commission. The MIP incorporates four council goals (Improve Safety, Consider Equity, Support Growth, Provide Access and Mobility) and ensures the city's various transportation plans are compatible with each other and serve to support the city’s land use plan. The Mobility Implementation Plan helps the city make decisions on project investments based on an evaluation of existing conditions and a prioritization that reflects the city council's goals and the community expectations for the performance of their transportation system and the quality of mobility they expect.
MIP Update
Since its initial adoption, the MIP has helped guide city transportation projects and private sector development improvements. It has also been used by the Transportation Commission to evaluate existing transportation Performance Target gaps and to recommend project concepts that address the gaps . The Transportation Commission is recommended an update of the MIP to implement Bellevue’s Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element policy TR-28 which directs staff to engage the community to evaluate and modify the plan as needed. The additional and updated content in the MIP 2025 update will support the work to implement a complete and connected transportation network.
The MIP 2025 update includes:
- The off-street network in Appendix A extracted directly from the former Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Plan to document the planned trail networks and projects.
- A new section in MIP Chapter 3, “Performance Metrics”, that describes the metric of pedestrian level of traffic stress (PLTS) to represent the environment for people walking along arterial streets. PLTS will serve as a companion to the bicycle level of traffic stress (BLTS) that was part of the original MIP. Both PLTS and BLTS describe the intended performance of the networks and inform project concepts to meet the performance targets.
- Updated tables, maps and graphics that document existing conditions and reflect the preferred alternative land use forecast in the 2044 Comprehensive Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement.
The Transportation Commission prepared a recommendation to update the Mobility Implementation Plan. and transmitted the recommendation to the City Council. On November 25, 2025, Council unanimously approved Resolution No. 10556 to adopt the MIP 2025 Update.
Progress reporting
The City of Bellevue tracks the progress of the pedestrian, bicycle, transit and vehicle transportation system through updates in the MIP data dashboard. More information at MIP data dashboard.
Plan documents
- Mobility Implementation Plan 2025 Update (November 2025)
- Mobility Implementation Plan report, volumes 1 and 2 (April 2022)