APPROVAL OF SAFER
STREETS BURBANK
ACTION PLAN
City Council
August 12, 2025
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
1 WHY WE ARE HERE
2 • Adopt Safer Streets Burbank
Action Plan
• Direct staff to implement the
action items listed in the Plan
• Adopt Safer Streets Burbank
Action Plan
• Direct staff to implement the
action items listed in the Plan
Goal: Eliminate traffic -related fatalities and severe
injuries within a specified period
• Breaks from traditional planning/engineering in two
major ways:
1. Recognizes that mistakes happen, and the severity
can be minimized through safer street design.
2. Streamlines and focuses multidisciplinary approach
to roadway design and management.
3 VISION ZERO BACKGROUND
LOCAL POLICY FOUNDATION
4 FEDERAL AND STATE ALIGNMENT
“In order to apply for the HSIP funds, an agency must
have completed their LRSP or an equivalent of the
LRSP, such as Systemic Safety Analysis Report (SSAR)
or Vision Zero Action Plan.”
5 VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Burbank seeks to bring the number of severe and fatal
crashes down to zero by 2035.
- Safety is our highest priority.
- Our streets should be safe and comfortable for all who use them. - Manage speeds to save lives.
- Use a context-sensitive and data-driven approach.
- Immediate action is critical.
- Each City department has a leadership role in helping us reach zero.
- Build on prior planning work.
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All Collisions
Property Damage Only Injury (Non-KSI) Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) 2,123 collisions with
some injury
Basis for analysis
Source: Burbank Police Dept Collision Data
DATA ANALYSIS
7 PROPOSED PROJECT CORRIDORS
- Glenoaks Blvd (Cypress to Olive)
- Victory Blvd (Burbank to Providencia)
- Alameda Ave (Main to Glenoaks)
- Hollywood Way (Vanowen to Clark)
- Vanowen (Ontario to Buena Vista)
- San Fernando Blvd (I-5 On-Ramps to Cypress)
- Victory Blvd (Ontario to Burbank)
- Buena Vista Blvd (San Fernando to Clark)
- Olive Ave (Orchard to 6th)
- 8 additional signalized intersections
- 18 side-street stop intersections
8 COUNTERMEASURE TOOLBOX
- Proven methods to address
road safety issues
- Drawn from state and federal
safety resources
- Many already in place around
the City
- Complementary safety
benefits when layered
9 PROJECT CUTSHEETS
- Underlying conditions
- Countermeasures and concepts to be utilized
- Lays initial groundwork for project design
- Support from collaborating City departments
10 ACTION ITEMS
- Implement priority projects.
- Incorporate strategies into routine
repaving/maintenance and new
capital projects.
- Utilize available state laws to lower
speed limits.
- Launch a public safety education
campaign.
- Establish durable funding and
policy goals.
- Improve data collection, tracking,
and reporting.
11 ENGAGEMENT
During Plan Development
- Public Presentations
- Online survey (89 responses, 232
pinpoint comments)
- In-person workshop (30+
attendees)
After Adoption (Action Item 4)
- Road user education
- City departmental ongoing
education, coordination, process
improvement
- Project feedback and amendment
12 AFTER ADOPTION
- Develop Action Item policies
- Retain consultant to begin
project design
- Further coordination and study
- Once designed, on-call striping
contractor for installation
- Ongoing observation /
engagement, design tweaks (if
needed)
13 PAINTING OF BIKE LANES
Painting all Bike Lanes Green
- Differentiates space and provide visual
cues
- Paint vs thermoplastic
- $11M cost to cover only Class II bikeways
in green thermoplastic
- $1M cost to stripe all conflict points
- “Green Conflict Striping” included in
Countermeasure Toolbox
Front St, Burbank
Sonora Ave, Glendale
14 RECOMMENDATION
15 Adopt a Resolution of the City Council
Approving the Safer Streets Burbank
Action Plan and direct staff to implement
the action items listed in the Plan.
QUESTIONS
Chris Buonomo
Senior Transportation Planner
[email protected]
818-238-5290
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