Administrative
Report
N.1., File # 22-4733 Meeting Date: 9/6/2022
To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: TED SEMAAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
TITLE
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEASURABLE GOALS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXISTING BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND REVIEW OF LOCAL
TRAVEL NETWORK CONCEPTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This item has been prepared in response to the City Council’s Strategic Plan objective to discuss measurable goals for implementation of the City’s adopted bicycle master plan and to receive a report on the Local Travel Network (LTN) concepts being developed by the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG). The following report is a cooperative effort between City staff addressing the Bicycle Master Plan and SBCCOG staff addressing the LTN.
BACKGROUND
Bicycle Master Plan Implementation
The City’s adopted Bicycle Master Plan envisions a network of over 38 miles of bicycle facilities making connection within the City and to other networks outside the City. Currently, about 3.8 miles of the total have been fully implemented and another 28.4 miles are in various stages of planning, engineering design, or construction. Of those, about 22.5 miles are expected to be completed in projects scheduled to begin in the current fiscal year.
The City received a grant from Metro’s Call for Projects program to implement a large share of the network. That project is fully designed and ready for implementation as soon as authority to expend funds is granted by Caltrans, who acts as a gatekeeper for all grants supported through Federal monies. Other maintenance and CIP projects within the City, supported with annual appropriations from regional programs, competitive grants and general funds will also contribute to the completion of the network, to the extent feasible. Approximately 20% of the envisioned Bicycle Master Plan network, roughly 7.4 miles, is not yet feasible. In its proposed from, there are issues with inadequate right of way geometry, jurisdictional limits and other technical concerns.
A street-by-street indexing of the routes included in the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, their proposed improvements, and a status of implementation is included as an attachment. A summary those portions in the planning, design and construction phases, along with an anticipated year of completion is provided in the table below.
Projects Implementing Bicycle
Master Plan Facilities
Bike
Facility
Miles
Expected
Completion
Pending Construction Projects
Call for Projects - CMAQ Grant 11.1 2022
Residential Rehab 0.5 2022
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Projects Implementing Bicycle
Master Plan Facilities
Bike
Facility
Miles
Expected
Completion
Pending Construction Projects
Call for Projects - CMAQ Grant 11.1 2022
Residential Rehab 0.5 2022
Beryl St 0.3 2022
Torrance Blvd 0.9 2023
Striping FY22-23 9.7 2023
Subtotal 22.5
Projects in Planning and Design
Traffic Calming 0.7 2023
Manhattan Beach Blvd 1 2023
BCHD Measure M 0.2 2024
Kingsdale Widening 0.5 2025
MAT Grant 3.5 2025
Subtotal 5.9
Total Active Projects 28.4
The next table below provides a list of the corridors needing more time to coordinate support with neighboring jurisdictions or that have been determined to be infeasible without right of way improvements that are beyond the scope of the Bicycle Master Plan implementation.
Corridor Bike Facility
Miles
Issue
Inglewood Ave – Marine to Ripley 1.8 Insufficient ROW, excessive vehicle speeds for unbuffered
CL2
Artesia Blvd – West limits to
Hawthorne
2.3 Competing interest for parking,
AACAP development
recommendations
Marine Ave – Aviation to
Inglewood
1.0 Portions in other jurisdictions,
Insufficient ROW
No. Catalina – Gertruda to PCH 0.2 No facility on PCH
Aviation Blvd. - Marine to Harper 1.7 Haven’t obtained buy in from all Beach Cities
182nd St. - Firmona to Hawthorne 0.4 Jurisdiction, ROW limitations Total 7.4
Goal making as a strategy to accelerate project delivery of these various projects will apply more successfully to some than to others. For instance, making a goal to have the City resources (internal crew and contracted pavement striper) complete the items identified as part of the citywide striping project should be more successful than making a goal for Caltrans to complete its review and authorization to expend Call for Project grant funds. Other CIP projects that are in the design or construction phase are being fully attended to by staff and the City's contractors and schedules are
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construction phase are being fully attended to by staff and the City's contractors and schedules are no longer discretionary, without increasing costs or demoting other important priorities.
Despite the long gap between adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan and its pending implementation, the City is on the verge of seeing a profound jump in the number of miles implemented, perhaps to roughly 66% in this fiscal year and over 80% in the coming three years. The final 20% should continue to be studied with alternatives developed for feasible implementation.
Local Travel Network
With funding from a California Department of Transportation “Sustainability Planning” grant, the SBCCOG has been developing a route refinement study to design and then refine a slow-speed network for the South Bay Cities of Los Angeles County, with a goal of developing a safe network of local street routes to accommodate the growing market of personally owned zero-emission slowspeed vehicles.
This two-year study identifies a network of slow-speed, low-stress streets that, with relatively low-cost street treatments, could be improved to accommodate the safe use of personal zero-emission micro mobility modes. Dubbed a LTN, the selected routes would support the universe of slow-speed sustainable vehicles (from pedal bikes to e-bikes to e-scooters to neighborhood electric vehicles to 3- wheel e-trikes to e-mono-boards). Modeling the use of such routes by vehicles that would be a more sustainable choice for most short trips taken by residents of the South Bay forecasts a significant reduction of Vehicle Miles Travelled and greenhouse gas emissions to support the efficacy and rationale for implementation of the LTN.
The LTN is a network of local slow-speed, low-volume streets that will connect neighborhoods to neighborhoods to destinations in the South Bay. “Sharrow” markings on the road as well as wayfinding signage on the curb will be implemented to inform users that they are on the network and direct them towards destinations within their city and across the South Bay. The SBCCOG has developed a FAQ response document regarding the LTN, that is included in the attachments.
The SBCCOG has identified important next steps for implementation of the LTN including adoption of resolutions by City Councils and the SBCCOG to request the State to approve the start of the local and sub-regional agency’s process to create an implementation plan. This should happen in concurrence with continuing community engagement work to inform, educate, and promote the implementation of the LTN and the zero-emissions vehicles that will, ultimately, be used on the network. SBCCOG intends to continue working with South Bay cities to design, plan, and prepare for Measure M applications for sub-regional or local return funds to construct the sharrow and wayfinding elements of the LTN.
COORDINATION
This item has been coordinated by the Public Works Department with consultation and support from SBCCOG staff.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the preparation of this report.
APPROVED BY:
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Mike Witzansky, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
· Redondo Beach Bicycle Master Plan Street by Street Status · SBCCOG FAQ’s Regarding the LTN