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City of Arroyo
Grande
City of Arroyo Grande LRSP l GHD
January 25, 2022
Presented by:
Kathryn Kleinschmidt - GHD
Local Road Safety Plan
Agenda for today
City of Arroyo Grande LRSP l GHD
Background
LRSP Process
Vision, Goals, & Mission Statement
Safety Partners / Stakeholders
Stakeholder Working Group Members
Meeting Summaries
Collision Analysis
Past 7 years (2014-2020)
Public Input
Public Website
Safety Projects
Recommendations
Engineering Safety Projects
Non-Engineering Strategies
Final Draft Report
→ Background
Roadway Safety Plan | Compliment Plans
City of Arroyo Grande LRSP l GHD
Need a LRSP to be eligible for Highway Safety
Improvement Program (HSIP) Funding – Next Cycle
Arroyo Grande received a state grant from Caltrans’ Local Assistance Office to perform a Systemic Safety Analysis Report (SSAR). Due to a LRSP being a requirement for the next HSIP cycle, AG added a LRSP to the process. This LRSP will compliment California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan that is a data driven and comprehensive plan that identified goals, objectives, and strategies to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads.
Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP)
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LRSP Overall Process
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Vision, Goals, & Mission Statement
City of Arroyo Grande LRSP l GHD
Arroyo Grande will strive toward the elimination of all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all.
To reduce the number of fatalities and serious
injuries occurring on Arroyo Grande’s roadway
system for all modes of travel in facilitating a safe,
sustainable, and efficient movement of people and
goods while promoting walking, encouraging
bicycling, and supporting transit.
Mission Statement
Vision Goals
• Reduce the potential for fatal and severe injury collisions Citywide
• Reduce the potential for rear end collisions Citywide • Reduce the potential for bicycle and pedestrian collisions Citywide
• Improve the health and vitality of our community with a safety plan that encourages safety for pedestrians and
bicyclists targeted to Arroyo Grande’s local roadway
needs
• Improve safety around schools with a connected
multimodal system and improved crossings
• Increase walking, biking, rolling (stroller, walker,
wheelchair, skateboard, scooter, etc.) to the downtown
district, to work, and to school
• Improve safety at uncontrolled crossings
• Increase driver and pedestrian education
• Reduce distracted driving
• Improve bike safety with additional bikeways and green bike lanes for vehicle to bicycle conflict areas
• Increase traffic enforcement
• Receive grant funding for LRSP identified projects
→ Safety Partners / Stakeholders
Stakeholder Working Group Members
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The LRSP Safety Partners consisted of the following stakeholders:
• City of Arroyo Grande
• Caltrans, District 5
• County of San Luis Obispo
• City of Pismo Beach
• City of Grover Beach
• Arroyo Grande Police Department
• Five Cities Fire Authority
• Lucia Mar Unified School District
• San Luis Obispo Bike Club
• Bike SLO County
Consultant:
GHD facilitated the Stakeholder Working Group Meetings
The development of the Local Road Safety Plan was guided by the Stakeholder Working Group and public feedback.
Working Group | Meetings
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Meeting #1 – December 13, 2019
• Discussed LRSP process
• Determined safety goals and priorities:
• Determined emphasis areas:
• Bicyclists
• Intersections
• Pedestrians
• Distracted Driving
• Aggressive Driving/Speeding
• Emerging Technologies
• Emergency Response
• Reviewed collision data
Meeting #2 – January 30, 2020
• Reviewed summary of first meeting
• Discussed further collision analysis with priority
locations
• Recent developments
• Safety countermeasures and projects
• Refined LRSP’s guiding principles
• Coordinated next steps
Meeting #3 – February 9, 2021
• Summarized first two meetings and process status
• Safety countermeasures and priority locations
• Finalized Mission Statement, Vision, and Goals
• Discussed public outreach
Meeting #2 – April 9, 2021
• Discussed next steps with the Draft LRSP plan
• Public outreach comments
• 2019-2020 fatal and severe injury collisions
• Current and planned safety projects
• Overall recommendations for safety
countermeasures.
→ Collision Analysis
Collisions | Heatmap (2014-2018)
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Collisions | Fatal and Severe Injury Collisions (2014-2020) City of Arroyo Grande LRSP l GHD
Fatal
Injury
(Severe)
Injury
(Other Visible)
Injury
(Complaint of
Pain)
2014 0 0 20 37 57
2015 0 2 15 19 36
2016 0 1 13 17 31
2017 1 5 18 23 47
2018 2 1 11 17 31
2019 2 6 7 26 41
2020 0 3 10 20 33
Total 5 18 94 159 276
Year
Severity (Fatal and Injury Collisions)
Total
(Fatal and
Injury)
Collisions | Fatal and Severe Injury (2014-2020)
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Pedestrian Collisions | 2014-2020
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Bicycle Collisions | 2014-2020
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→Public Input
Public Outreach
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Public Outreach | Results
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Speeding
• Tally Ho – Want traffic calming measures similar to Rodeo Drive (especially for WB)
• Grace Lane – Recent speeds in excess of 60 mph
• Sunset Drive – Cut through route
• E Branch St between Nevada St and Short St – Public
comment about vehicles speeding through segment and
need for traffic calming
• E Grand Avenue, west of Courtland St – Public comment about reducing speed to increase pedestrian and bicyclist safety
• S Mason St and Allen St – Public comments about
reducing speed (implementing traffic calming) to increase pedestrian and bicycle safety
Pedestrian
• Wayfinding for pedestrian bridge between Best Western Hotel and Oak Park Plaza
• Preferences for increased accessibility on S Mason Street • Improve pavement markings for crosswalk at West Branch Street and Traffic Way
Biking
• Valley Road – Complete the bike lanes by Arroyo
Grande High School to Fair Oaks
• Grand Avenue – Discontinuous bike lanes (East of
Brisco, El Camino Real, around Halcyon)
• Fair Oaks Avenue – No bike lanes at intersection with Halcyon (westbound), consider bike box for left turn at Traffic Way
• Halcyon Road – Discontinuous bike lanes and changing
typical section with travel lanes
• El Camino Real between Brisco Road and N Halcyon
Road – Suggestion for a separated pedestrian/bicycle
path
• Brisco Road Interchange – Public concern about US 101 crossing
• E Branch Street – Concern about safety east of Garden Street and lack of infrastructure at Crown Hill Street
• E Branch St between Crown Hill St and Huasna Rd -
Public comments about providing protected bicycle
infrastructure and removing parking to provide safer
bicycle routes for students in both directions
→ Safety Projects
Implemented Projects
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• At the intersection of E. Branch Street and
Short Street crossing improvements were
made to provide pedestrian activated
flashing warning signs on E. Branch
Street.
• The intersection of The Pike and S.
Halcyon Road was converted from a twoway stop to an all-way stop in 2019 and is no longer a high priority intersection.
Implemented Safety Projects
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• Signal installed at the intersection of Fair Oaks
Avenue and Traffic Way provided operational
improvements to the intersection of Traffic Way and
Allen Street
• Improved signage and pavement markings near
Allen Street helped create gaps in traffic for those
turning from Allen Street.
• Coordination occurred that relocated the bus loading
zone on Valley Road to the back parking lot
• A planned project is to evaluate restriping and
removal of the bus loading zone on Valley Road
• The intersection with Castillo Del Mar and Valley
Road opened to traffic on January 5, 2022
• Pedestrian crossing enhancements on the
approach to the high school back parking lot
HSIP Cycle 10 | Upcoming Safety Improvement Projects
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Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements – Set Aside Funding
1. Uncontrolled pedestrian crosswalk on the west leg of E Grand Ave at Alder St
2. School crosswalk across Farroll Ave at S. Halcyon Rd
3. School crosswalk on the south leg of S Halcyon Rd at Sandalwood Ave SRTS Grant | Halcyon Rd – Cameron to Virginia
Proposed sidewalk improvements
coincide with the Draft Halcyon
Complete Streets Plan
Draft Final Plan | Halcyon Complete Streets Plan
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• Updates to the Draft Final
Plan are currently
underway
• Coordination still needs to
occur with SLO County and
SLOCOG
• In the process of evaluating
a Quick Build striping
project on Halcyon Road
→ Recommendations
Recommended Projects Highlights
Countermeasure Location CRF
25%
25%
60%
15%
15%
30%
45%
25%
35%
35%
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Improve signal timing (coordination, phases, red, yellow, or operation) El Camino Real from N Oak Park Blvd to Grand Ave
W Branch St from N Oak Park Blvd to Camino Mercado
Valley Road -Approx. 600 ft S of Fair Oaks Ave
Fair Oaks Ave - 650 ft E of Halcyon Rd
Grand Avenue -Provide continuous bike lanes
Intersections of:
E Grand Ave at Bell St - East leg crossing E Grand Ave
Nelson St at Traffic Way
Rancho Pkwy at Via Vaquero
The Pike at Garfield Pl
and/or
Systemically at other City uncontrolled locations
Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled locations (signs and markings only)
Install pedestrian crossing at uncontrolled location with enhanced safety feature (RRFB, Curb Extensions) (where applicable) Install raised medians/refuge islands
Description
Pedestrian improvements at
signalized intersections
Install pedestrian countdown signal heads
Install pedestrian crossing
Modify signal phasing to implement a Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
Intersections of:
E Grand Ave at Courtland St
E Grand Ave at S Elm St
E Grand Ave at S Halcyon Rd
El Camino Real at Brisco Rd
and/or
Systemically at other City signalized intersections
Non-pedestrian
improvements at signalized
intersections
Intersections of:
E Grand Ave at Courtland St
E Grand Ave at S Elm St
E Grand Ave at S Halcyon Rd
El Camino Real at Brisco Rd
and/or
Systemically at other City signalized intersections Provide left turn phase (left turn lane already exists) Pedestrian improvements at
uncontrolled locations
Bike lane improvements
along segments
Improve signal hardware: lenses, back-plates with retroreflective border, mounting, size and number
Install green marking for bicycle lane conflict zones / install bike boxes where appropriate
Install bike lanes
Recommended Projects Highlights
Countermeasure Location CRF
Road diet Halcyon Rd from Fair Oaks Ave to E Grand Ave
Oak Park Boulevard from E Grand Ave to Atlantic City Ave 30% Signage improvements Locations determined through a citywide sign audit 15% 40%
25%
25%
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30%
- Additional enforcement
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1. Since Traffic Way is a arterial roadway, traffic calming measures are not feasible/recommended.
E Grand Avenue from El Camino Real to Courtland St
Install thermoplastic edgelines and centerlines and pavement markings
Remove botts dots and provide guide marks for offset lanes through intersection (e.g. Halcyon Road, Elm St)
Evaluate Road Diet (Reduce travel lanes from 4 to 3 and add two way left-turn and buffered bike lanes)
Install chevron signs on horizontal curves (where applicable) Install curve advance warning signs
Install/Upgrade signs with new fluorescent sheeting (regulatory and waring signs)
Description
Evaluate traffic calming measures to include speed cushions, travel width narrowing, parking delineation and/or separate bikeway, etc. (traffic calming needs to adhere to City policy)
Traffic Way North of US 101 NB Off-Ramp1
Grace Lane North of Rodeo Drive
Tally Ho from SR 227 to James Way
Sunset Drive from Elm St to Alder St
Speed management
Install dynamic/variable speed warning signs
Striping and pavement
marking improvements
N Oak Park Blvd from Atlantic City Ave to Chilton St
Fair Oaks Ave from Halcyon Rd to Valley Rd Curve related Improvements
Other Recommended City Projects
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Recommended Projects | Non-Engineering
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Education
• Pedestrian education campaigns – street crossing “dos and don’ts”, wear bright clothing and have a light at night
• Driver and bicyclist education and resources
• Safe route to school maps and outreach at schools
• Social media blasts with quick education tool for all users • Pop up campaigns
• April is distracted driving month; City should aim to have an outreach campaign (can be funded by Office of Traffic Safety grants)
• School safety campaigns
Enforcement
• During the development of the LRSP the City added a full-time motor officer, supplemented by a part time motor officer. • Targeted speed enforcement
• DUI saturation patrols
Recommended Projects | Non-Engineering
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Emerging Technologies
• Bicycle and video detection
• Changeable message signs
• Police Department currently has two portable changeable message signs. The second sign was recently purchased
through a grant
• City recently purchased a data collector for speed and volumes • Update older technology (traffic signals, speed feedback signs, etc.) Emergency Response
• Provide Administrative Staff
• Continue Save a Life – PulsePoint Responder (smartphone app designed to empower everyday citizens to save a life)
• Continue Emergency Preparedness Information
→Final Draft Report
Final Report
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Process and Frequency to
Updates
• Track metrics for the
established goal
• Update LRSP plan every
5 years
• Living Document –
Updated as needed to
reflect the changing local
needs and priorities
• Captures funding
opportunities
Thank You
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