Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
City of Indian Wells
Complete Streets Safety Assessment
September 2021
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 95 APPENDIX D: STREET CONNECTIVITY
Importance of Street Connectivity
Providing direct paths for bicyclists and pedestrians via well-connected street networks is important for encouraging bicycling and walking by helping people overcome real and perceived senses of distance.
Street connectivity is also associated with public health benefits. The SMARTRAQ Project analysis in Atlanta, Georgia, found that doubling the current regional average intersection density, from 8.3 to 16.6 intersections per square kilometer was associated with a reduction in average per capita vehicle mileage of about 1.6 percent. Furthermore, the Frank et al. (2006) study of King County, Washington, found that per-household VMT declines with increased street connectivity, all else held constant.
Policies for Street Connectivity
A network of safe, direct, and comfortable routes and facilities: A 2004 PAS report recommends that pedestrian (and bicycle) path connections be every 300 to 500 feet; for motor vehicles, they recommend 500 to 1,000 feet.
3,4 For new development, such standards can be implemented through ordinances, like those of the regional government of Portland Oregon, Metro, which requires street connectivity in its Regional Transportation Plan and in the development codes and design standards of its constituent local governments.
5 Measuring Connectivity
The following discussion of measuring street connectivity is provided as a resource and not officially a part of regular BSA processes. However, individuals are certainly encouraged to make such calculations.
3 Susan Handy, Robert G. Paterson, and Kent Butler, 2004, Planning for Street Connectivity: Getting from Here to There, PAS Report #515 (Chicago: APA Planners Press).
4 For more information on this topic, see American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AASHTO Guide for the Design of Pedestrian Facilities (Washington, D.C., AASHTO, 2004); AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities (Washington, D.C., AASHTO, 1999; updated 2009); Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE), Traffic Calming Guidelines and ITE Context -Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities ? (Washington, D.C.: ITE, 2006), http://www.ite.org/bookstore/RP036.pdf (accessed September 3, 2008).
5 The regional government of Portland Oregon, Metro, requires street connectivity in its Regional Transportation Plan and in the development codes and design standards of its constituent local governments as follows: local and arterial streets be spaced no more than 530 feet apart (except where barriers exist), bicycle and pedestrian connections must be made (via pathways or on road right of ways) every 330 feet, Culs-de- sac (or dead-end streets) are discouraged and can be no longer than 200 feet, and have no more than 25 dwelling units.
Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
City of Indian Wells
Complete Streets Safety Assessment
September 2021
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 96 Jennifer Dill (2004) presents the following measures of street connectivity:
• Intersection density
• Street density
• Average block length
• Link/node ratio
• Connected node ratio = intersections/ (intersections + culs-de-sac) • Alpha index = number of actual circuits/ maximum number of circuits Where a circuit is a finite, closed path starting and ending at a single node • Gamma index = number of links in the network/ maximum possible number of links between nodes
• Effective walking area = number of parcels within a one -quarter mile walking distance of a point/ total number of parcels within a one-quarter mile radius of that point
• Route directness = route distance/ straight-line distance for two selected points Dill suggests that route directness (RD) is perhaps the best connectivity measure to reflect minimizing trip distances, but may be difficult to use in research and policy. However, it may be applied in practice by randomly selecting origin- destination pairs and calculating a sample for the subject area.
Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
SAFE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
(SAFETREC)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
About the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) Founded in 2000, SafeTREC is part of the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the School of Public Health and the Institute of Transportation Studies, with additional partnerships with the Department of City and Regional Planning, Public Policy, and Transportation Engineering. SafeTREC helps the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) administer its Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training workshops and support various safety initiatives from other California agencies, including the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), by providing programs such as:
• Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program
• Complete Streets Safety Assessments
• Global Road Safety
• Tribal Road Safety
• Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
SafeTREC’s mission is to reduce transportation -related injuries and fatalities through research, education, outreach, and community service.
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Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
1 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIAN
WELLS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN (LRSP) AND PLEDGING TO TAKE ACTION TO PROVIDE MOTORIZED,
NON-MOTORIZED, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THROUGH
EDUCATION, PLANNING, AND ENGINEERING
WHEREAS, the City has seen approximately 466 traffic related collisions from 2018 through 2022 that included 4 pedestrian-related traffic accidents with 2 of them resulting in fatalities and 4 bicyclist-related traffic accidents; and
WHEREAS, the estimated economic losses due to traffic injuries amounted to approximately $48 million from 2018 through 2022; and
WHEREAS, a Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) provides a framework for organizing stakeholders to identify, analyze, and prioritize roadway safety improvements on local and rural roads; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the LRSP is to develop safety measures using the four E’s of safety; Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Response to provide recommended actions, projects, and programs to support increasing safety for all road users and pro mote multimodalism; and
WHEREAS, fatalities and injuries on our streets are unacceptable when they are preventable; and
WHEREAS, streets and transportation systems have traditionally been designed primarily for maximum vehicular capacity and mobility, rather than the safe accommodation of all modes and users; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that the lack of appropriate and complete roadway infrastructure is an equity issue that affects primarily disadvantaged and rural areas within its borders; and
WHEREAS, the City of Indian Wells goals include protecting the safety, health and security of its residents, businesses, employees and visitors; and WHEREAS, successful traffic safety programs are a result of both a complete government approach (i.e. interdepartmental, coordinated initiatives) and community support of safety goals and action plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Approves the City of Indian Wells Local Road Safety Plan.
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City of Indian Wells
Resolution No. 2024-__
SECTION 2. The City of Indian Wells pledges to take action on the essential elements of traffic safety to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2050, including activities related to education, enforcement, engineering, evaluation, encouragement and equity.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Indian Wells, California, at a regular meeting held on this 5th day of September 2024.
____________________________
GREG SANDERS
MAYOR
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 2024-___
I, Angelica Avila, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Indian Wells, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five (5); that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Indian Wells on the 5th day of September 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY CLERK BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
CITY ATTORNEY
Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL
September 5, 2024
To: City Council
From: City Manager Department
Prepared by: Chris Freeland, City Manager
Subject: Councilmember Reed Request to Place a Discussion Item on a Future City Council Agenda
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Council DISCUSSES and provides DIRECTION on Councilmember Reed’s request to place a discussion item on a future City Council agenda.
BACKGROUND:
Per Section 2.06.040 of the City Council Policy Manual, Councilmember Dana Reed would like to discuss cellular coverage and reliability of cell service in Indian Wells.
Recently, the City of Rancho Mirage initiated an analysis to offer their community a roadmap to improve connectivity and identify areas that have poor cellular coverage.
Councilmember Reed would like to have a discussion with the City Council at a future meeting, to determine if the City Council has an interest in examining the existing cellular coverage and gaps in the system. If so, staff would be directed to bring back options for discussion at a future City Council meeting.
Council Agenda - September 5, 2024
INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL
September 5, 2024
To: City Council
From: City Manager Department
Prepared by: Chris Freeland, City Manager
Subject: Councilmember Peabody Request to Place a Discussion Item on a Future City Council Agenda
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Council DISCUSSES and provides DIRECTION on Councilmember Peabody’s request to place a discussion item on a future City Council agenda.
BACKGROUND:
Per Section 2.06.040 of the City Council Policy Manual, Councilmember Ty Peabody would like to discuss the proposed redesign of the Players Course at the Indian Wells Golf Resort.
At the April 2, 2024, City of Indian Wells Strategic Planning Session, the Council voted to redesign the Players Course and to seek bids for the construction of the redesigned course. The City received two bids for the redesign of the Players Course. Unfortunately, one of the vendors withdrew their bid. Currently, the project is out for rebidding, with the closing date at the end of September.
Councilmember Peabody would like to have a discussion on this project. Per the Council Policy Manual, if the City Council has an interest in doing so, staff will bring back the matter at a future City Council meeting.
Council Agenda - September 5, 2024