Traffic Calming
Policy and Process
Improvements
City Council Meeting May 17, 2022
Recent History - Neighborhood TC
Neighborhood Bulb- Signage & Radar Turn Speed Speed Ped Xing AWS Mini outs Striping Feedback Restrictions Cushions Tables enhance- Traffic ments Circles
Ford Ave
Maria / Paulina
Inglewood
Corridor V
Firmona
Emerald
Beryl St
Dow / Johnston
Julia / Alta Vista
Riviera Village
- Approved - Considered but not ultimately approved
Policy / Process Current Barriers
• All-Way Stop Request Current Barriers
• Resident petition process
• Linear approach
• Traffic Calming Current Barriers
• Requests for specific treatments
• Requests for single street concerns - law of unintended consequences • Limited public outreach
• Iterative / temporary facility approach
Policy / Process Proposed Improvements
• All-Way Stop Request Proposed Improvements
• Staff generated survey of residents
• Contemporaneous safety evaluation
• Traffic Calming Request Proposed Improvements
• Early discussion of problem/concern
• Holistic / Neighborhood approach
• Council Member directed outreach
• Final solutions - Measure twice, cut once
AWS Request Flow Chart - DRAFT, for discussion purposes AWS
Requests come in from email,
AWS Request letter, phone call, Comcate,
City Council
Referral webpage, and Smartsheet
Flowchart Week 1
Log. Acknowledge and Staff to make contact with
Reply requestor within 5
working days.
Safety Review & Resident Survey**
Evaluation* **Resident survey by
*Safety review
City staff of addresses
includes collision
within 150ft of
Weeks 2-5 history and sight line
intersection. 66%
Meets 66% analysis by staff
No response rate required
Threshold Response
by policy.
Schedule shown is approximate minimum time required, and assumes no backlog, room on agendas, staff availability, etc. Yes Yes Traffic study includes traffic
Weeks 6-9 Traffic Study counts, speed data, and
alternatives analysis (i.e.
funding commitment).
Public Works Commission
Meeting
Item will be
scheduled for PWC
Weeks 10-14 and CC as agendas
permit.
City Council Meeting
Approve -Does Not Approve
Implementation
schedule will vary
Week 15+ Do Not Implement and Close Request
with inventory and Implement
backlog
Traffic Calming Request Flow Chart - DRAFT, for discussion purposes TC Traffic Calming Requests come in from email,
Request letter, phone call, Comcate,
City Council webpage, and Smartsheet
Referral
Flowchart Weeks 1-4 Log, Acknowledge and Reply
Staff to make initial contact with
requestor within 5 working days
and set meeting within 3 weeks.
Preliminary Review & Meet with Requestor
Analysis may require traffic counts,
Analysis & Develop Options Package speed data, and alternatives analysis (i.e. funding commitment).
Weeks 5-15 Meet with Council
Member from District
availability, etc. to determine outreach
Outreach
goals and activities
Schedule shown is approximate minimum time required, and assumes no backlog, room on Decision whether to continue staff project will be based on feedback
Weeks 16-20 Continue? received during outreach and
made by Council Member
agendas,
Public Works Commission
- - Item will be
Meeting
scheduled for PWC
Weeks 21-25 and CC as agendas
permit.
City Council Meeting
Approve -Does Not Approve
Implementation
schedule will vary
Week 26+
with solution,
funding, etc. Implement Do Not Implement and Close Request Improved Communications
• Tracking and reporting systems
• Accessible software / Team assignments
• Automation - tickler emails
• "Open ticket" report
• Public information improvements
• Log, Acknowledge, Reply
• Updates to Traffic Engineering webpage
• Policy by flow chart
Recommendations
• Provide input and direction on current policies and procedures • Approve proposed All-way Stop policy / procedure modifications • Approve proposed Traffic Calming policy / procedure modifications