SIS
Safe Streets and Roads for All
U.S. Department
4 A (SS4A) Grants of Transportation
Urban
South Main Street Complete Streets Project
Applicant: City of Riverside
Riverside, California
SS4A Award: $11,104,807
Project Description
The City of Riverside is awarded
funds to construct infrastructure
improvements on a well-traveled
and high-collision corridor along
South Main Street from 3rd Street
to State Route-60 Freeway.
Improvements will include several
Proven Safety Countermeasures,
such as a road diet,
dynamic/variable speed warning
signs, bicycle lanes and signage,
bicycle sharrows, sidewalk and curb
ramp improvements, high-visibility
crosswalks, audible pedestrian
push buttons within the half-mile
surrounding the corridor, and
zipper parking in the median. The
improvements will encourage
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slower vehicular speeds and further SIDEWALK PLAT PARKING TRAVEL PARKING BUT SHENUK
BUFFER LANE
support multimodal transportation.
Approximately 80 percent of the residents along the corridor live in underserved communities, with 25 percent living below the Federal poverty level. The population is about 68 percent Hispanic. The corridor is in the top 5 percent of most heavily pollution-burdened areas in California.
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