East Olive Avenue
Reconfiguration
Complete Streets
Project Update
City Council
January 28, 2025
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
1 Overview
• Background
• Project Objectives
• Pre- and Post -installation Analysis
• Community Feedback
• Striping Changes and Next Steps
2 Background
• Restriped Olive Avenue in the hillside to
reconfigure travel lanes in support of a
future Complete Streets Project
• Project seeks to improve pedestrian safety
and reduce vehicular speeds
• Leverage a scheduled repaving project to
restripe at very low cost
Public outreach
2023
Project
installation
February 2024
Data collection
Fall 2024
3 Background
Project Alignment with City’s Burbank 2035 General Plan Goal 6: Neighborhood Protection
• Policy 6.2: Consider reconfiguring travel lanes and introducing reduced speed limits as part of comprehensive efforts to calm traffic.
Goal 9: Safety, Accessibility, and Equity
• Policy 9.1: Ensure safe interaction between all modes of travel that use the street network, specifically the interaction of bicyclists, pedestrians, and equestrians with motor vehicles.
Project Alignment with City’s Complete Our Streets Plan 9A Green Infrastructure Policy Goal
• Future green infrastructure improvements throughout the City should be designed and maintained to integrate traffic calming measures. 4 Reconfiguration Project Changes
Previous Striping Current Striping
Future Complete Streets
Project
5 Project Objectives
1. Reduce Conflicts
• Reduce number of travel lanes
2. Reduce Speeds
• Narrow travel lanes
3. Test Complete Streets Project
• Center median to simulate Greening Project
Vehicle Collisions(2022)
Average Daily Traffic (2018)6
Project Evaluation
• Before and After Data Collection
o Traffic Collisions
o Speeds
o Volumes
o Community feedback
• Collision Analysis
o Six months before and after
o 5th Street – Sunset Canyon Drive
o Two collisions before and one collision
after
7 Projec
t
Evalu
ation
0 5
10 15
20 25
30 35
40 45
Glenoaks & Fifth Fifth & Sixth Seventh & Kenneth Kenneth & Ninth Bel Aire & Sunset Miles per Hour
Street Segments
85th Percentile Speeds Nov 2023 vs Oct 2024
Eastbound November 2023 Eastbound October 2024 Westbound November 2023 Westbound October 2024 Typical speed limit
on residential
streets
• Posted speed limit
is 35MPH
• Speed trends
above and below
the posted speed
limit
• High speeds
between Seventh
Street and Sunset
Canyon Drive
Project Evaluation
8 Project Evaluation
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Glenoaks & Fifth Fifth & Sixth Seventh & Kenneth Kenneth & Ninth Bel Aire & Sunset Daily Vehicle Volume
Street Segment
Vehicle Volumes Nov 2023 vs Oct 2024
Eastbound Nov-23 Eastbound Oct-24 Westbound Nov-23 Westbound Oct-24 • Volumes remain lower
than pre-pandemic
levels
• Diversion pattern along
corridor remains
consistent
• Volume shifts in both
directions
• No noticeable spikes
9 Project Evaluation
Community Feedback
• Received and responded to more than 50 phone calls
and more than 70 emails
Expressed Concerns Percent
Narrow Through Lanes 41%
Parking Proximity to Travel Lane 17%
Traffic Congestion / Bottlenecks 10%
Project Design / Median Width Concerns 7%
Safety Concerns (General) 6%
Request for Additional Lanes / Turning
Lanes 5%
Appreciation for Speed Reduction 7%
Desire for Bike Lanes 6%
Trash Pickup Blocking Traffic 1%
10 Existing Striping
11 Modified Striping
• Reduce center median
• Travel lanes remain 11’
• Expand parking lane by 2’
• Increases separation between parked cars, keeps narrow lanes • Allows for continued testing of Complete Streets project 12 Conclusion
Project Objectives
1. Reduce conflicts : fewer lanes reduce conflicts, no change in collisions
2. Reduce speeds : data inconclusive
3. Test Complete Streets : median tested, concerns about Fire accessibility if Greening project eventually built
Stakeholder feedback
• Top complaint is narrow lanes and proximity to parked cars • Coordination with Fire Department: wide center turn lane facilitate access to hillside 13
Next Steps
• Adjust striping to address top
concern of narrow lanes near
proximity to parked cars
• Contractor to install new
striping in March 2025 (weather
permitting)
• Collect one additional set of
data in fall 2025
• Any further changes to the
street would be done as part of
a separate future project
14 Questions or Comments?
Marcos Fuentes
Senior Transportation Planner
Community Development Department
(818) 238-5270
[email protected]
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