Complete Streets Plan Update and
Vision Zero First Step Report
CITY COUNCIL
January 10, 2022
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Complete Streets Plan Update
Complete Streets Plan
• Actionable long-range transportation planning document • Goal: Improve safety for all modes of travel and for all users, ages, abilities, and disabilities
4 Short-Term CSP Project Update
5 Bonnywood Place/1st St Pedestrian Improvement
Construction Late 2023
First Street Bikeway
Construction Late 2023
Front Street Bikeway
Construction Late 2023
Downtown San Fernando Reconfiguration
Construction Mid 2023
Other Projects Consistent with CSP
6 LA River Bridge
Construction Late 2025
San Fernando Bikeway
Construction Mid 2024
Chandler Bikeway Extension
Construction Early 2026
7 Legend
Class I or IV – Existing
Class I or IV – Planned
Class II or III – Existing
Class II or III – Planned
Medium Term CSP Projects
8 • Citywide Sidewalks Implementation Plan
• Citywide Safe Routes to School Plan
• Front Street Protected Bikeway Phase 2
• Downtown San Fernando Reconfiguration
Project Phase 2
• Downtown Magnolia Boulevard Pedestrian
Safety Improvement Project
• Magnolia Park’s Magnolia Boulevard
Reconfiguration Project
• Chandler Bikeway Access Improvements
and reconfiguration Project
• Hollywood Way at Whitnall Highway
Intersection Reconfiguration Project
• Edison Boulevard at Hollywood Way
Intersection Reconfiguration Project
Long Term CSP Projects
9 • Downtown Magnolia Bridge
Rehabilitation Project
• First Street Complete Streets
Project Phase 2
• North Olive Greening Project
• Mariposa Street Bridle Path Project
• Hollywood Way at Empire Avenue
Underpass Improvement Project
• Magnolia Park’s Magnolia Boulevard
Reconfiguration Project (Phase 2)
• CA-134 Freeway Cap Project
Vision Zero First Step
Vision Zero Background
• Goal: Eliminate traffic-related fatalities across all modes of travel within a specified period
• Breaks from traditional planning and engineering in two major ways:
1. Recognizes that mistakes happen, and the severity of those mistakes can be minimized through safer street design
2. Streamlines and focuses multidisciplinary approach to roadway design and management, bringing together diverse and necessary stakeholders to address this complex problem 11 Other Vision Zero Cities
12 Source: Vision Zero Network
Vision Zero in Burbank
13 These complementary policies and program
frameworks are a foundation, and Vision Zero can be
the means of more effective implementation
Existing
• Burbank2035 General Plan
• Bicycle Master Plan
• Complete Streets Plan
Upcoming
• Golden State SP
• Downtown Burbank Metrolink Station
TOD SP
• Media District SP
Current Safety Landscape
• Planning, engineering, and enforcement efforts have resulted in declining rates of collisions, injuries, and deaths from 2013 to 2021 • Burbank averaged about 542 injury collisions and 4 fatalities per year during this time period
• Burbank is safe compared to peer cities but can improve 14 Current Safety Landscape
15 Source: Berkeley Transportation Injury Mapping System (https://tims.berkeley.edu)
Injury Collisions per 1,000 Residents
Burbank Glendale Pasadena Los Angeles
2013 6.07 4.28 5.96 6.48
2014 6.62 3.77 6.79 6.54
2015 5.05 4.41 6.63 6.79
2016 5.81 2.69 6.15 7.51
2017 5.18 3.98 6.82 7.61
2018 5.16 3.76 6.43 7.52
2019 4.53 3.63 6.53 7.34
2020 3.12 2.18 4.22 5.43
'13-'20 Avg 5.19 3.59 6.19 6.90
2021 4.33 *2021 Data Not Available
Fatalities per 100,000 Residents
Burbank Glendale Pasadena Los Angeles
2013 5.78 4.65 8.70 6.56
2014 4.79 4.09 4.31 6.34
2015 3.82 2.03 8.58 6.18
2016 0.96 5.05 10.69 8.24
2017 4.77 3.50 5.66 7.19
2018 1.92 2.00 4.96 7.37
2019 0.96 1.00 4.96 7.18
2020 2.90 1.50 5.63 7.35
'13-'20 Avg 3.24 2.98 6.69 7.05
2021 8.54 *2021 Data Not Available
Building on CSP to Achieve Vision Zero
16 • Outlines goals, priorities,
and policies
• Includes recommendations
for project-specific safety
data collection and analysis
• Identifies broad
stakeholders
What CSP does
• Specifies implementation
methods
• Formalizes data analysis
for targeted projects
• Focuses on speed
reduction measures
What CSP does not do
What a Vision Zero Plan Can Do
• Streamline and focus implementation
of Complete Streets policies
• Provide clear guidance on how to
implement them more efficiently
• Focus on vehicle speed management
and reducing/restricting vehicle
throughput
• Address immediate safety concerns
with quick-build projects
• Fortify successful quick-build projects
with permanent infrastructure
17 Source: City of San Diego
Trade-Offs of a Vision Zero Plan
• Slows vehicle speeds
• Restricts vehicle throughput
• Deprioritizes vehicle congestion
• May divert existing traffic
• Requires City to modify legacy
policies
• Getting to zero may be disruptive
18 Source: Detroit Greenways
Specific Vision Zero Focus Areas
Data management
19 Speed management Quick-build projects
Organizational collaboration Enforcement Budget prioritization Implementing Vision Zero
• Vision Zero Plan
• Formalized data management system
• Improved path to implementation for CSP projects
• Quicker implementation of non-CSP projects
• Pathway from quick-build to permanent
• Recurring staffing and capital
20 North Hollywood Way Class IV
(Source: Streetsblog LA)
What Vision Zero Improvements Look Like
21 Crosswalk Visibility – Hoboken, NJ
Vehicle Daylighting – Hoboken, NJ
Quick-Build Bike Lane – Minneapolis, MNLeft Turn Calming – Washington, D.C.
Bulb-Out – Fremont, CA
Protected Intersection – San Jose, CA Road Reconfiguration – Long Beach, CA Speed Management – Santa Barbara, CA
Conclusion
• The Complete Streets Plan and a Vision Zero program are complementary, can work together to improve access to all modes
• Requires a commitment to set safety as the highest focus, even when that focus conflicts with other values such as convenience, speed
• While Burbank’s streets are safe relative to its neighbors, a Vision Zero plan would include a commitment by the City Council to further elevate and improve safety
22 Questions and Discussion
David Kriske
Assistant Community Development Director
[email protected]
Chris Buonomo
Associate Transportation Planner
[email protected]
818-238-5290
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