CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
LOCAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN
May 22, 2023
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
LOCAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Prepared by:
William F. Janusz, P.E., PTOE
Principal Civil Engineer
(714) 374-1628
May 22, 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 Traffic Signal Synchronization Goals, Policies and Objectives 1 SECTION 2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Street Routes 3 SECTION 3 Traffic Signal Inventory 5
SECTION 4 Traffic Signal Synchronization System and Three Year Plan 9 SECTION 5 Traffic Signal Synchronization Assessment Review and revise, as may be Necessary, the Timing of Traffic Signals 14
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 Signal Synchronization Routes 4
FIGURE 2 Corridor Synchronization Performance Index (CSPI) 21
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1 Traffic Synchronization Inventory 6
TABLE 2 3-Year Outlook Traffic Signal Synchronization (Constrained) 11 TABLE 3 3-Year Outlook Traffic Signal Synchronization (Unconstrained) 12 TABLE 4 LSSP Implementation – Candidate Signal Synchronization Projects With Estimated Costs 13
TABLE 5 Traffic Signal Synchronization Assessment, Review and Revision 19 TABLE 6 Signal Timing Revisions 20
1 SECTION ONE
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION GOALS, POLICIES AND
OBJECTIVES
Eligibility requirements included in the Renewed Measure M specify that each local jurisdiction must adopt a Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP) and renew it on a three- year cycle. The initial LSSP was adopted by the City of Huntington Beach City Council on December 20, 2010, and was subsequently updated in 2014, 2017 and 2020 . This document is the City of Huntington Beach’s three-year update of the LSSP which is due to the Orange County Transportation Authority by June 30, 20 23. This plan includes the following:
• Traffic signal synchronization street routes;
• Traffic signal inventory;
• Three-year plan showing costs, available funding and phasing for capital, operations, and maintenance of traffic signal synchronization street routes and traffic signals; • Information on local signal synchronization policies, including how street routes and traffic signals may be synchronized with traffic signals on street routes in adjoining jurisdictions.
It is the City of Huntington Beach’s goal to have in- place traffic signal coordination on all major arterial roadways and to have the communication and monitoring capabilities to remotely control the traffic signals from the City’s Traffic Management Center (TMC) located at City Hall. Expanding on these primary goals is the objective to establish inter -agency communication with the traffic signal systems maintained by Caltrans and the adjacent local agencies.
Working toward these goals, the City maintains its coordinated traffic signal operations and continually monitors the operation for areas where operational improvements may be warranted. Over the past three years, the City has installed over three miles of new conduit with fiber optic cable. In addition, the city upg raded approximately one mile of its existing network of copper interconnect cable to fiber optic cable with another 3 and one-half miles currently scheduled for construction this year. The upgrade to fiber optic cable increases monitoring and communication capabilities and provides the infrastructure for the City to install closed circuit television cameras as funding opportunities arise in order to monitor traffic from the TMC. The City is constantly looking for opportunities to further expand and upgrade its traffic signal system such as pursuing grant funds to achieve this objective. 2 Ultimately, the City strives for a completely interconnected system of traffic signals, which can be remotely monitored and maintained, with a reasonable level of Public Works staff supervision. While several arterials are coordinated across city boundaries, no actual inter- agency real time communication exists. Ultimately, such communication is a goal of the City of Huntington Beach.
This document also acknowledges that the City of Huntington Beach supports a multi - agency, corridor-based approach that optimizes traffic signals based on existing traffic patterns. The City supports local agency responsibility for signal timing and working with neighboring agencies to develop synchronization timing.
This plan will require periodic updating on a three- year cycle throughout the duration of Renewed Measure M. The next update will be due to OCTA by June 30, 2026.
3 SECTION TWO
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION STREET ROUTES
(EXISTING AND PLANNED)
Figure 1 illustrates the Traffic Signal Synchronization Street Routes within the City of Huntington Beach. These include the routes contained in OCTA’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan. As indicated on the Traffic Synchronization List, Table 1, and the Map of Signal Synchronization Routes, Figure 1, not all intersections on these routes currently operate under coordination.
The primary factor for not operating the traffic signals under coordination is low traffic volumes. While most of the arterial streets are under coordination continuously from approximately 6:30 a.m. until approximately 7:00 p.m., there are several segments where, due to low off-peak traffic volumes, the signals operate free in the midmorning and mid-afternoon periods. There are also some segments, primarily on the far south and west sides of the City where traffic volumes approaching the ocean are so low (less than 20,000 vehicles per day), that cross street delay does not warrant operating the signals under coordination at any time of the day.
5 SECTION THREE
TRAFFIC SIGNAL INVENTORY
Table 1 lists the corridors and intersections within the City that are included in the Local Signal Synchronization Plan and the present coordination status of each of these intersections.
Corridor Cross Street Intersection AM MID PM WKND
Maintenance
Responsibility Left Right Other Cabinet Type Software Detection Bike
Detection CCTV
Power
Backup Comm Other ITS ATMS Status
Adams Avenue Lake Street 80 65 70 65 Huntington Beach Permissive Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Delaware Street 80 65 70 65 Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A N/A Wireless Transparity Online Beach Boulevard 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Prot/Overlap 332 2070 C8 Loops Yes Cohu BBS Copper Transparity State Coldwater Lane 120 130 140 Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A N/A Fiber Transparity Online Newland Street 130 130 140 Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Magnolia Street 130 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Bushard Street 130 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Target Driveway 130 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Brookhurst Street 130 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Ranger Lane 130 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Beach Boulevard Center Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Other Permissive Other 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Edinger Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive Other 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Stark Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State MacDonald Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Heil Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A N/A Copper State Terry Drive 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Warner Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No Cohu BBS Copper State Slater Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Newman Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Talbert Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No Cohu BBS Copper State Ellis Avenue 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No Cohu BBS Copper State Garfield Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Yorktown Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Utica Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Adams Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No Cohu BBS Copper State Indianapolis Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Atlanta Avenue 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Pacific View Drive 120 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Pacific Coast Highway 140 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 C8 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Bolsa Avenue Bolsa Chica Street 120 120 120 120 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Amazon Driveway Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Permissive Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Graham Street Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Able Lane/ Dan Lane Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Springdale Street Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Bolsa Chica Street Bolsa Street 120 120 120 120 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Argosy Avenue 120 120 120 120 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online McFadden Avenue 120 120 120 120 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Robinwood Drive 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Edinger Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Heil Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Pearce Drive 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Warner Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Perm/Overlap 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Table 1
Traffic Synchronization Inventory
City of Huntington Beach
Cycle Length Operations Equipment
Corridor Cross Street Intersection AM MID PM WKND
Maintenance
Responsibility Left Right Other Cabinet Type Software Detection Bike
Detection CCTV
Power
Backup Comm Other ITS ATMS Status
Cycle Length Operations Equipment
Brookhurst Street Garfield Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Yorktown Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Beachmont Plaza 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Adams Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Indianapolis Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Atlanta Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Hamilton Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Banning Avenue Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Bushard Street Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Pacific Coast Highway 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 C8 Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Edinger Avenue Bolsa Chica Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Graham Street 70 65 70 65 Huntington Beach Permissive Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Springdale Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Edwards Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Goldenwest Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Golden West College 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Gothard Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Fortuna Lane 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Sher Lane 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Parkside Lane 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Beach Boulevard 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 C8 Loops No N/A BBS Copper Newland Street 130 130 130 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Goldenwest Street McFadden Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Wireless Transparity Offline Rustler (Golden West College) 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Wireless Transparity Offline Edinger Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Heil Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Offline Norma Dr/ Lydia Dr 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Permissive Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Offline Warner Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Slater Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Rio Vista Drive 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Library/Senior Center (Talbert) 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Ellis Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Garfield Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Summit Drive 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Yorktown Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Palm Avenue Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Orange Avenue Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Video Yes N/A BBS Copper Transparity Online Pacific Coast Highway 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Magnolia Street Garfield Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Home Depot 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Yorktown Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Adams Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Indianapolis Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Atlanta Avenue 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Edison H.S. Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A N/A Fiber Transparity Online Hamilton Avenue Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes Cohu BBS Fiber Transparity Online Corridor Cross Street Intersection AM MID PM WKND
Maintenance
Responsibility Left Right Other Cabinet Type Software Detection Bike
Detection CCTV
Power
Backup Comm Other ITS ATMS Status
Cycle Length Operations Equipment
Banning Avenue Free Free Free Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Pacific Coast Highway 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Pacific Coast Highway Anderson Street 120 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Admiralty Lane / 18th Street 120 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Broadway 120 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Corral Cay Ln/ 5th Street 120 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Warner Avenue 130 120 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Bolsa Chica State Beach Free Free Free Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Seapoint Avenue Free Free Free Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Goldenwest Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Seventeenth Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Ninth Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Sixth Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Main Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State First Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Huntington Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Twin Dolphin Drive 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Beach Boulevard 140 Free 140 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Newland Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Magnolia Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Brookhurst Street 120 Free 120 Free Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 TSCP Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Talbert Avenue Beach Boulevard 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 C8 Loops No N/A BBS Copper State Walmart Driveway Free 120 120 Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Video Yes Bosch N/A Fiber Transparity Offline Newland Street 120 120 120 Free Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Warner Avenue Pacific Coast Highway 120 100 100 100 Caltrans Protected Perm/Overlap 332 170/170E BI Tran 200/233 Loops Yes N/A BBS Copper State Fire Signal/ Warner Dock (y) (y) (y) (y) Huntington Beach Permissive Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Offline Algonquin Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Bolsa Chica Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Greentree Lane/ Plaza Lane 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Graham Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Springdale Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Edwards Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Goldenwest Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Home Depot 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Gothard Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes Bosch BBS Fiber Transparity Online Nichols Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Ash Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach PPLT Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Beach Boulevard 140 130 140 130 Caltrans Protected Permissive 332 2070 C8 Loops No N/A BBS Fiber State Rotterdam Lane 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online Newland Street 140 130 140 130 Huntington Beach Protected Permissive 332 2070 Omni Loops Yes N/A BBS Fiber Transparity Online (y) indicates intersection receives an end of yellow sync pulse from adjacent intersection Intersections designated as offline but running coordination are operating under time-based coordination.
With upgrades to the TMC underway, intersections designated as "online" may be offline while work is in progress. Time-based coordination is maintained during this period. 9 SECTION FOUR
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND THREE
YEAR PLAN
The City of Huntington Beach utilizes in-house staff for the maintenance and operations of the traffic signal system. The traffic signal system maintenance and operations are only one of numerous duties that these staff members perform, so there is no exact dollar amount that is dedicated to traffic signal synchronization.
The City of Huntington Beach has several traffic signal communication construction projects that have either been completed within the past three years or are currently underway.
Four current projects are under the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP). These projects include conduit and fiber optic installation along segments of Warner Avenue, Edinger Avenue and Talbert Avenue. The fiber optic cable installation is complete along Talbert Avenue and Warner Avenue and is scheduled to begin this summer on Edinger Avenue. A fourth RTSSP project along Bolsa Avenue will maintain the existing twisted copper interconnect cable for communication and will include controller and detection upgrades. All four of these RTSSP projects will include the installation of updated coordinated traffic signal timing. The projects along Edinger Avenue, Warner Avenue and Talbert Avenue will include the installation of new closed circuit television cameras.
City funded projects completed within the past three years include installation of fiber optic cable and conduit along Lake Street and the replacement of existing twisted copper interconnect cable along Garfield Avenue and Main Street as part of the buildout of the City’s fiber optic backbone.
The City of Huntington Beach has one project pending under the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP). This project, in conjunction with the Cities of Garden Grove and Westminster, will provide improvements along Bolsa Chica Street within the City of Huntington Beach from Rancho Road to Warner Avenue. This project includes the change out of approximately one and one-half miles of twisted pair copper interconnect cable to fiber optic cable. Also included is the change out of four existing type 170 controllers to 2070 ATC controllers and the installation of three CCTV cameras.
10 The Traffic Signal Synchronization Reporting Forms as provided in the guidelines are included as Tables 2 and 3. Only the projects located on the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan roadway network are shown. Table 4 lists candidate signal synchronization projects. These projects, while not funded at this time, have been identified in the City’s Traffic Signal System Master Plan.
For purposes of the unconstrained three year outlook of Table 3, two projects from Table 4 have been identified as candidate projects; the North Fiber Backbone Completion and the Goldenwest Street Fiber Optic installation. Actual project selection will be based on funding opportunities and restrictions.
11 Table 2
3-YEAR OUTLOOK
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION
Funding Needs for Synchronized Operation (Constrained)
Reporting Jurisdiction Expenditures: City of Huntington Beach _
Type of Traffic Signal Synchronization Expenditures in Year of Expenditure Dollars
MAINTENANCE
PROJECT FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Communication and Software Maintenance 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000
Subtotal Maintenance 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Bolsa Chica Street TSSP (OCTA) 760,000 760,000
Subtotal Construction 760,000 760,000
OPERATIONS
PROJECT FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Citywide Signal Timing Maintenance 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000
Subtotal Operations 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000
790,000 30,000 30,000 850,000
12 Table 3
3-YEAR OUTLOOK
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION
Funding Needs for Synchronized Operation (Unconstrained)
Reporting Jurisdiction Expenditures: City of Huntington Beach _
Type of Traffic Signal Synchronization Expenditures in Year of Expenditure Dollars
MAINTENANCE
PROJECT FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Communication and Software Maintenance 80,000 80,000 80,000 240,000
Subtotal Maintenance 80,000 80,000 80,000 240,000
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Citywide Signal Synchronization (a)
DESIGN 25,000 50,000 75,000
CONSTRUCTION 800,000 900,000 1,700,000
Carryover from table 2 760,000 760,000
Subtotal Construction 760,000 825,000 950,000 2,535,000
OPERATIONS
PROJECT FY 22/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 TOTAL
Citywide Signal Timing Maintenance 90,000 90,000 90,000 270,000 Consultant Services – Signal Timing 150,000 150,000 300,000
Subtotal Operations 90,000 240,000 240,000 570,000
930,000 1,145,000 1,270,000 3,345,000
(a) For illustrative purposes, projects include the North Backbone Fiber Completion project and the Goldenwest Street Fiber Optic Installation (as shown in table 4).
Actual candidate projects are contained in Table 4 and project selection will depend upon funding opportunities and restrictions.
13 Table 4
LSSP IMPLEMENTATION – CANDIDATE SIGNAL
SYNCHORNIZATION PROJECTS WITH ESTIMATED COSTS
Reporting Jurisdiction Expenditures: City of Huntington Beach
The following projects, while not funded at this time, have been identified in the City’s Traffic Signal System Master Plan. These projects will be considered as funding opportunities are identified.
CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT SUMMARY ESTIMATED
COST
Magnolia Street
Install interconnect conduit and fiber optic
cable from Hamilton Avenue to Pacific Coast
Highway.
$650,000
Goldenwest Street
Install interconnect conduit and fiber optic
cable from Bolsa Avenue to Heil Avenue.
Install fiber optic cable in existing conduit
from Yorktown Avenue to Pacific Coast
Highway
$950,000
North Backbone
Completion
Install interconnect conduit and fiber optic
cable on Gothard Street from Edinger
Avenue to Warner Avenue.
$825,000
South Backbone
Completion
Install interconnect conduit and fiber optic
cable on Main Street from Utica Avenue to
Orange Avenue/Atlanta Avenue, along
Orange Avenue/Atlanta Avenue to Newland
Street, along Newland Street from Atlanta
Avenue to Hamilton Avenue and along
Hamilton Avenue from Newland Street to
Brookhurst Street. Install 1.5 miles of fiber in
existing conduit.
$3,000,000
Citywide Change out of existing 170 controllers to new
2070 ATC controllers $775,000
Total Estimated Cost $6,200,000
14 SECTION FIVE
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION ASSESSMENT REVIEW
AND REVISE, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, THE TIMING OF
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Significant timing plan updates and projects completed FY 2020/2021 through 2022/2023
Over the past three years, the City of Huntington Beach has undertaken traffic signal retiming efforts on five of the routes within the City that are included in OCTA’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan. These projects along Magnolia Street, Edinger Avenue, Warner Avenue, Talbert Avenue and Bolsa Avenue were undertaken as part of OCTA’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP). Smaller scale retiming efforts were undertaken at various locations as changing traffic patterns or opportunities for improvement were identified.
Figure 2 is the Corridor Synchronization Performance Index (CSPI) map for the City of Huntington Beach. The CSPI is a performance measure utilized by OCTA that factors the average speed, greens per red and the number of stops per mile. It is a 100 point scale with any score over 80 considered to be “very good progression” and a score under 60 being classified as ‘limited progression”.
Adams Avenue
The timings on Adams Avenue were updated in 2016 as part of the Adams Avenue RTSSP project and have not been significantly revised since that time. Adams Avenue operates at a cycle length of 130 seconds in the morning, 130 seconds in the midday and 140 seconds in the evening. This provides for continuous coordination in the midday and evening from Beach Boulevard to Ranger Lane.
Since Caltrans runs a 120 second cycle in the morning, there is still a break point between Coldwater Lane and Newland Street during this period, although the traffic signals from Lake Street to Coldwater Lane are coordinated with respect to Beach Boulevard.
Beach Boulevard
Beach Boulevard is a state highway, operated and maintained by Caltrans. The state indicates that there are no immediate plans for retiming.
Bolsa Avenue
The City of Huntington Beach maintains only five traffic signals at the far westerly end of Bolsa Avenue. With traffic volumes ranging from 15,000 to 19,000 vehicles 15 per day, the negative impacts to cross street traffic will outweigh any benefit of traffic signal coordination on Bolsa Avenue.
Currently, an RTSSP project is underway along Bolsa Avenue. This project will develop traffic signal timing recommendations along Bolsa Avenue. At that time, a determination will be made regarding whether to implement the recommended coordination timing and significantly impact cross street delay or to leave the traffic signals running free as they currently operate.
Bolsa Chica Street
The City maintains coordinated traffic signal timings on Bolsa Chica Street from Bolsa Avenue to Warner Avenue. From Robinwood Drive to Warner Avenue there is a 140 second cycle length in the morning and afternoon and 130 seconds in the midday period. From McFadden Avenue to the north, Bolsa Chica Street has a 120 second cycle length throughout the day.
There is currently an OCTA Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP) project commencing along Bolsa Chica Street. This project is envisioned to bring the entire segment of Bolsa Chica Street within the City of Huntington Beach to operate under a consistent cycle length.
Brookhurst Street
The current traffic signal timing was implemented in 2020 as part of an OCTA Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP). The existing cycle lengths are 130 seconds in the morning and midday and 140 seconds in the afternoon.
Edinger Avenue
The timings on Edinger Avenue were updated in 2014 as part of the Edinger Avenue RTSSP project. Currently the Edinger Avenue signals operate on cycle lengths of 140 seconds in the morning, 130 seconds in the midday and 140 seconds in the evening for the segment from Bolsa Chica Street to Beach Boulevard. This provides for continuous coordination with the Caltrans-operated Beach Boulevard and Edinger Avenue intersection.
Edinger Avenue from Newland Street eastward into Westminster runs at a cycle length of 130 seconds during peak periods with a free operation during the mid- morning and mid-afternoon periods.
Edinger Avenue is being retimed as part of a current OCTA RTSSP project. It is anticipated that the new optimized timings will be installed by summer 2023 and will retain the existing cycle lengths. This project includes the replacement of the 16 existing twister pair copper interconnect cable with fiber optic cable. New 2070 ATC controllers will be installed along with seven new CCTV cameras.
Goldenwest Street
The timings on Goldenwest Street were last updated in 2016 as part of the Goldenwest Street RTSSP project. The current cycle lengths are 140 seconds in the morning, 130 seconds in the midday and 140 seconds in the evening. As part of a federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) project, new interconnect conduit with fiber optic cable was installed along Goldenwest Street from Heil Avenue to Warner Avenue, a distance of approximately one-half mile. This brought two additional signalized intersections into communication with the City’s TMC utilizing fiber optic cable and eliminating the need for a wireless link.
Magnolia Street
Revised traffic signal timing was implemented in 2020 as part of an OCTA Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP) project. This project included the change out of approximately one mile of existing twisted pair interconnect cable with fiber optic cable. In addition, approximately one and one-half mile of new conduit and fiber optic cable was installed, eliminating the need for a wireless link to four signalized intersections. The cycle lengths are 130 seconds in the morning and midday and 140 seconds in the afternoon, maintaining crossing arterial coordination with Adams Avenue.
Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Coast Highway is a state highway, operated and maintained by Caltrans.
The state indicates that there are no immediate plans for retiming.
Talbert Avenue
Revised traffic signal timing was implemented in 2023 as part of an OCTA Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP) project. The current cycle lengths are 140 seconds in the morning, 130 seconds in the midday and 140 seconds in the evening. As part of the RTSSP project, new fiber optic cable and conduit was installed along with CCTV cameras.
Warner Avenue
Warner Avenue from Algonquin Street to Newland Street was retimed in 2023 as part of an RTSSP project. Coordinated traffic signal timings operate at a cycle lengths of 140 seconds in the morning, 130 seconds in the midday and 140 seconds in the evening. This provides for continuous coordination with the Caltrans-operated Beach Boulevard and Warner Avenue intersection.
17 Included with the 2023 RTSSP project is the change out of the existing 170 controllers to 2070 ATC controllers and the installation of seven CCTV cameras.
As the new timing has been recently implemented, the after-analysis is not complete and it can be anticipated that there may be fine tuning adjustments.
General Signal Timing Practice
It is typically the City’s practice to coordinate its major arterials at 140 seconds in the morning and afternoon periods and at 130 seconds in the midday to ensure consistency with Caltrans at Beach Boulevard. The exception to this practice is along Adams Avenue, Brookhurst Street and Magnolia Street, which run at a cycle length of 130 seconds during the morning period. Caltrans morning cycle length south of Ellis Avenue is 120 seconds, which cannot be accommodated along Adams Avenue, Magnolia Street and Brookhurst while maintaining an acceptable operation including accommodation of proper clearance intervals.
Coordination Equipment
In 2011, the city completed a Traffic Signal System Master Plan (TSSMP) which planned out a communication system for the City. Principal elements in this plan include establishing hardwire communications to almost all signalized intersections and creating a fiber optic backbone for system reliability and redundancy. The RTSSP projects on Goldenwest Street, Edinger Avenue, Warner Avenue, Magnolia Street, Brookhurst Street, Adams Avenue and Talbert Avenue placed fiber optic cable and conduit along most of the City’s major arterials, connecting with the City’s traffic management center located in City Hall. The TSSMP identified two fiber optic backbones and additional conduit and cable links to ensure a comprehensive traffic signal system operation.
Over the past three years, the City has upgraded approximately three miles of its existing network of copper interconnect cable to fiber optic cable. In addition, approximately four and one-half miles of new communication conduit and fiber optic cable has been installed along with approximately one mile of new conduit with twisted pair copper interconnect cable, which can be upgraded to fiber optic cable in the future.
A component of the Traffic Signal System Master Plan is to identify opportunities to communicate with the traffic signal systems in the adjacent cities and with Caltrans.
Although no formal projects have been programmed, intertie opportunities have been identified with Westminster at the intersection of Bolsa Chica Street and Rancho Road, Fountain Valley at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Magnolia Street and with Costa Mesa at the intersection of Adams Avenue and Shantar Drive.
18 Currently approved OCTA RTSSP projects will install approximately one and one- half mile of additional conduit and approximately six miles of fiber optic cable, toward a goal of interconnecting virtually every City traffic signal and providing the gateway for interagency communication.
19 Table 5
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION ASSESSMENT, REVIEW, AND REVISION
LOCAL AGENCY
CORRIDOR
TIMING
REVIEWED
(Past 3 Years)
DID TIMING
REQUIRE
AN UPDATE?
TIMING UPDATE RESULTS (if available)
Speed Travel Stops per mile Greens per red CSPI Score*
Before After Before After Before After Before After
Adams Avenue No (c) No Significant Timing Modifications Beach Boulevard (CALTRANS) (b) (c) Studies not available.
Bolsa Avenue Yes (a) Current TSSP Corridor – Timing Study Underway Bolsa Chica Street No (d) Current TSSP Corridor – Project Commences Fall 2023 Brookhurst Street Yes Winter 2020 No Significant Timing Modifications Edinger Avenue Yes (a) Current TSSP Corridor – Timing Study Underway Goldenwest Street No (c) No Significant Timing Modifications Magnolia Street Yes Summer 2020 (b) 26.4 (b) 1.4 (b) 1.9 (b) 66.0 Pacific Coast Hwy. (CALTRANS) (b) (c) Studies not available.
Talbert Avenue Yes (a) Current TSSP Corridor – Timing Study Underway Warner Avenue Yes (a) Current TSSP Corridor – Timing Study Underway
* Optional
(a)- Current TSSP corridor. New timing planned 2023
(b)- Information not available
(c)- No significant modifications (Cycles and offsets unchanged) (d)- Current TSSP corridor
20 Table 6
SIGNAL TIMING REVISIONS
PROJECT CORRIDOR CROSS STREET CYCLE LENGTH (sec)(a)
Magnolia Street
Garfield Avenue 130/130/140
Hamilton Avenue
Warner Avenue
Algonquin Street
140/130/140 (b) Newland Street
(a) Indicates AM/MIDDAY/PM
(b) Fine tuning / modifications still in progress
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Source: OCTA; Data current as of September 2022.
Please check with OCTA prior to CTFP Call for Projects
* Eligible for funding upon completion per CTFP Guidelines Corridor Synchronization
Performance Index
Currently Funded Corridor *
Eligible Corridor
Tier V
Tier IV
Tier III
Tier II
Tier I
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50 to 60
60.01 to 70
70.01 to 80
More than 80
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2023 Corridor Operational Performance
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