CITY OF SAN MATEO
City Council Special Meeting
January 17, 2023
5:30 PM
City Hall Council Chamber
Entrance is on O’Farrell Street
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Amourence Lee, Mayor
Lisa Diaz Nash, Deputy Mayor
Rich Hedges
Adam Loraine
Rob Newsom Jr.
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CALL TO ORDER
Roll Call
STUDY SESSION
The public will have an opportunity to comment during the consideration of these items.
1. Speed Limit Setting and Program Update
Discuss speed limit setting policies and the plan for how to update speed limits in the City.
CEQA: This informational presentation is not a project subject to CEQA, because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).)
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Agenda Report
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
Agenda Number: 1 Section Name: STUDY SESSION Account Number: 10-4661 File ID: 22-7062 TO: City Council
FROM: Drew Corbett, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Public Works Department
MEETING DATE: January 17, 2023
SUBJECT:
Speed Limit Setting and Program Update
RECOMMENDATION:
Discuss speed limit setting policies and the plan for how to update speed limits in the City.
BACKGROUND:
Roadway safety for all users is a top priority for City Council. As such, Public Works has developed short- and long-term efforts focused on improving roadway safety for all users. One key aspect of the strategy includes speed enforcement, which is an effective tool utilized by police officers to ensure motorists travel at posted speed limits. Analyses from around the country suggest that it is an effective approach for reducing traffic collisions.
The requirements for the enforcement of posted speed limits are described in the California Vehicle Code (CVC). CVC Sections 40801 and 40802(a) prohibit police officers from using radar or other electronic devices to measure vehicle speeds, which would be used as justification for issuance of citations, if engineering and traffic surveys have not been conducted to establish a posted speed limit or if the engineering and traffic survey has expired. As certain engineering and traffic surveys have expired, updates are needed for the City to utilize radar and other electronic devices as effective tools to measure speeds and enforce limits.
Staff is proposing to update speed limits at seven priority locations to allow for enforcement as an immediate-term plan.
The longer-term plan, described in greater detail below, proposes a comprehensive review of City roadways to determine where newer CVC changes would allow for lowered speed limits on City streets and where additional engineering and traffic surveys may be needed, including a review of the seven locations identified in the immediate-term plan. A citywide update would be brought back to Council by the end of 2023.
California Vehicle Code Requirements for Speed Limit Setting1 The CVC establishes statutory prima facie speed limits (i.e., default limits) for local roadways, school zones, business districts, and senior zones at a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour (mph) (CVC Section 22352). For all other roadways, the maximum speed limit is 65 mph, or 55 mph on undivided highways (CVC Section 22349). Roadway sections that are not included in the statutory prima facie definition must have a posted speed limit that is determined based on an engineering and traffic survey as stated in CVC Section 22358(a):
Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of any street other than a state highway where the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima facie 1 All California Vehicle Code sections cited in this section are listed in full in Attachment 2.
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speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, or 15 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima facie limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
Once engineering and traffic surveys are conducted, they are valid for five years and can be extended for an additional two years based on specific criteria (CVC Section 40802). With California Assembly Bill 43 (AB 43), which was signed by Governor Newsom on October 8, 2021, these surveys can now to be extended up to a 14-year timeframe. For the City, the last engineering and traffic surveys were completed in 2015, and after seven years have now expired. With AB 43, staff will evaluate the criteria needed for an extension. This effort will involve an extensive assessment of the City’s roadways.
Plan to Update Speed Limits
While there are plans for a comprehensive assessment of the City’s roadways, Public Works and Police staff identified seven priority roadway segments, shown mapped in Attachment 1, where enforcement would address many staff- observed and resident-identified concerns. Engineering and traffic surveys were conducted for these segments. As shown in Table 1 below, the engineering and traffic survey findings require that speeds increase for the five of the seven locations as noted below. While increasing speeds seems counter to the City’s roadway safety strategy, the new speeds would allow the Police Department to enforce. As noted earlier, enforcement is an effective approach for reducing traffic collisions. It is also important to note that the longer-term roadway safety strategy proposes a multi-faceted approach to roadway safety.
This is described in further detail below.
Table 1. Roadway Segments Included in Ordinance
Street Name and Segment Existing Speed
(Miles per Hour)
Proposed
Speed (Miles
per Hour)
Kehoe Avenue between Norfolk Street and Roberta Drive 25 25 W. Hillsdale Boulevard between 31st Avenue and Del Monte Street 25 30 W. Hillsdale Boulevard between Del Monte Street and Alameda de las Pulgas 25 30 Kehoe Avenue between US-101 northbound ramps and Norfolk Street 30 30 Norfolk Street between Kehoe Avenue and Roberta Drive 25 30 E. Poplar Avenue between N. Delaware Street and N. Amphlett Boulevard 25 30 J. Hart Clinton Drive between Ryder Park and Detroit Drive in both directions 45 50 Roadway Safety Strategy
Over the last few years, the City has emphasized the need to shift toward a safety strategy that moves away from a vehicle-centric focus to a multimodal transportation approach that addresses the need of all users. In response, staff has focused on developing planning documents that define goals that reflect this shift to the incorporation of multi-modal elements in current capital projects, and on changing the day-to-day operations to a more data-driven safety approach.
Planning efforts have focused on the following:
•Draft General Plan Update Circulation Element proposes the implementation of a Vision Zero policy that aims to eliminate traffic collisions.
•Bicycle Master Plan, a planning document that utilized bicyclists stress levels and roadway characteristics data to
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propose a safe, comprehensive, and connected bike network. •Local Roadway Safety Plan will identify data-driven safety improvements that can be implemented proactively throughout the City.
•Transit-Oriented Development Pedestrian Access Study reviewed pedestrian access to transit destinations throughout the City and, along with community input, identified improvements to close access gaps and improve safety along pedestrian travel routes.
•Downtown Parking Garage Pedestrian Safety Project recently completed design and identified localized modifications to improve pedestrian access and driver awareness of pedestrians near the City’s parking garages.
This planning effort is currently pursuing construction funding to complete the identified improvements. •Complete Streets Plan will compile recommendations for numerous City infrastructure plans and provide detailed recommendations on holistic, inclusive, and equitable roadway improvements citywide.
At the project level, Public Works has taken an integrative approach to capital delivery that includes the incorporation of pedestrian and bicycle safety features. Street paving projects, for example, are assessed for opportunities to improve pedestrian ramps, roadway striping, and bicycle infrastructure to increase connectivity. Request-driven installations of pedestrian improvements such as flashing beacons at uncontrolled crosswalks and improved roadway striping have resulted in the City installing nearly 50 flashing beacons at intersections around the City in the last five years. Similarly, several streets have been identified for implementation of speed cushions to help reduce motorists speed in City neighborhoods. Using the CVC, staff assessed proposed citywide school-zone speed limit reductions whereby speed limits will be reduced to 15 mph near schools when children are present.
Additionally, Police led programs work toward increasing safety. Grant money from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) provides funding to establish targeted programs that improve safety in the realm of impaired driving, bike and pedestrian safety, distracted driving, red light enforcement, etc. Separately from the OTS program, and in response to feedback from the community, the Police Department has created a program to conduct targeted pedestrian right-of-way compliance throughout the City and work traffic beats to ensure traffic safety issues are addressed. The Police Department also actively reviews collision data and structures enforcement efforts to address data trends when they are identified.
Assembly Bill 43 Considerations
It is also worth noting that recent changes were made to the CVC through AB 43. The intent of AB 43 is to allow for consideration of bicyclists and pedestrians and particularly vulnerable users such as children and seniors when evaluating and establishing speed limits. Other changes made through AB 43 are the expansion of statutory prima facie speed limits of 20 and 25 mph to newly defined “business activity districts” where certain findings are made, and the ability to establish 15 and 20 mph speed limits under CVC Section 22358. Additional changes made to the required criteria for speed limits to be set will go into effect by 2024 and are not yet applicable.
Next Steps
Staff recommends introducing an ordinance to City Council in February 2023 to declare prima facie speed limits for seven roadways as an immediate-term strategy to reduce collisions through speed enforcement. Staff would bring the ordinance to City Council again in March 2023 for the second reading and adoption. Following this ordinance adoption for the priority locations, staff will update speed limits throughout the City based on the changes to the CVC as a result of AB 43. While the proposed ordinance would increase the speed limits in certain segments, these would be re-evaluated based on the new CVC provisions and those that will come into effect by 2024.
BUDGET IMPACT:
If directed by Council, the cost to implement signage for the speed limits is estimated at $10,000 and would be performed by the Public Works Department’s Operations and Maintenance group. Sufficient funding is available for these costs in the fiscal year 2022-23 operating budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
This informational presentation is not a project subject to CEQA, because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).)
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NOTICE PROVIDED
All meeting noticing requirements were met.
ATTACHMENTS
Att 1 – Mapped Priority Locations
Att 2 – Referenced California Vehicle Code Sections
STAFF CONTACT
Bethany Lopez, Senior Engineer
[email protected]
(650) 522-7313
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Referenced California Vehicle Code Sections
Section 627
(a) “Engineering and traffic survey,” as used in this code, means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by state and local authorities.
(b) An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all of the following:
(1) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements. (2) Accident records.
(3) Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver. (c) When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b) may consider all of the following:
(1) Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:
(A) Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(B) Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(C) The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) Safety of bicyclists and pedestrians, with increased consideration for vulnerable pedestrian groups including children, seniors, persons with disabilities, users of personal assistive mobility devices, and the unhoused.
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Section 22349
(a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway, or portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by the Department of Transportation or appropriate local agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
(1) A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
(2) Passing lanes may not be considered when determining the number of through lanes. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be reasonable signing on affected two-lane, undivided highways described in subdivision (b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit, including placing signs at county boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate locations.
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Section 22352
The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if so changed, only when signs have been erected giving notice thereof:
(a) Fifteen miles per hour:
(1) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the last 100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of any traffic on the railway for a distance of 400 feet in both directions along the railway. This subdivision does not apply in the case of any railway grade crossing where a human flagperson is on duty or a clearly visible electrical or mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed but does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway train or car.
(2) When traversing any intersection of highways if during the last 100 feet of the driver’s approach to the intersection the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection and of any traffic upon all of the highways entering the intersection for a distance of 100 feet along all those highways, except at an intersection protected by stop signs or yield right-of-way signs or controlled by official traffic control signals.
(3) On any alley.
(b) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(1) On any highway, in any business or residence district unless a different speed is determined by local authority or the Department of Transportation under procedures set forth in this code. (2) When approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching or passing any school grounds which are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign. For purposes of this subparagraph, standard “SCHOOL” warning signs may be placed at any distance up to 500 feet away from school grounds. (3) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily used by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a state highway and posted with a standard “SENIOR” warning sign. A local authority may erect a sign pursuant to this paragraph when the local agency makes a determination that the proposed signing should be implemented. A local authority may request grant funding from the Active Transportation Program pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2380) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other grant funding available to it, and use that grant funding to pay for the erection of those signs, or may utilize any other funds available to it to pay for the erection of those signs, including, but not limited to, donations from private sources.
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Section 22358
(a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of any street other than a state highway where the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, or 15 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima facie limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
Section 40801
No peace officer or other person shall use a speed trap in arresting, or participating or assisting in the arrest of, any person for any alleged violation of this code nor shall any speed trap be used in securing evidence as to the speed of any vehicle for the purpose of an arrest or prosecution under this code.
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Section 40802
(a) A “speed trap” is either of the following:
(1) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance. (2) A particular section of a highway with a prima facie speed limit that is provided by this code or by local ordinance under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 22352, or established under Section 22354, 22357, 22358, or 22358.3, if that prima facie speed limit is not justified by an engineering and traffic survey conducted within five years prior to the date of the alleged violation, and enforcement of the speed limit involves the use of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects. This paragraph does not apply to a local street, road, school zone, senior zone, or business activity district, or speed limit adopted under Section 22358.7 or 22358.8. (b) (1) For purposes of this section, a local street or road is one that is functionally classified as “local” on the “California Road System Maps,” that are approved by the Federal Highway Administration and maintained by the Department of Transportation. It may also be defined as a “local street or road” if it primarily provides access to abutting residential property and meets the following three conditions:
(A) Roadway width of not more than 40 feet.
(B) Not more than one-half of a mile of uninterrupted length. Interruptions shall include official traffic control signals as defined in Section 445.
(C) Not more than one traffic lane in each direction.
(2) For purposes of this section, “school zone” means that area approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof that is contiguous to a highway and on which is posted a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. “School zone” also includes the area approaching or passing any school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children if that highway is posted with a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign.
(3) For purposes of this section, “senior zone” means that area approaching or passing a senior center building or other facility primarily used by senior citizens, or the grounds thereof that is contiguous to a highway and on which is posted a standard “SENIOR” warning sign, pursuant to Section 22352. (4) For purposes of this section, “business activity district” means a section of highway described in subdivision (b) of Section 22358.9 in which a standard 25 miles per hour or 20 miles per hour speed limit sign has been posted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of that section. (c) (1) When all of the following criteria are met, paragraph (2) of this subdivision shall be applicable and subdivision (a) shall not be applicable:
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(A) When radar is used, the arresting officer has successfully completed a radar operator course of not less than 24 hours on the use of police traffic radar, and the course was approved and certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. (B) When laser or any other electronic device is used to measure the speed of moving objects, the arresting officer has successfully completed the training required in subparagraph (A) and an additional training course of not less than two hours approved and certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
(C) (i) The prosecution proved that the arresting officer complied with subparagraphs (A) and (B) and that an engineering and traffic survey has been conducted in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2). The prosecution proved that, prior to the officer issuing the notice to appear, the arresting officer established that the radar, laser, or other electronic device conformed to the requirements of subparagraph (D).
(ii) The prosecution proved the speed of the accused was unsafe for the conditions present at the time of alleged violation unless the citation was for a violation of Section 22349, 22356, or 22406.
(D) The radar, laser, or other electronic device used to measure the speed of the accused meets or exceeds the minimal operational standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and has been calibrated within the three years prior to the date of the alleged violation by an independent certified laser or radar repair and testing or calibration facility. (2) A “speed trap” is either of the following:
(A) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance. (B) (i) A particular section of a highway or state highway with a prima facie speed limit that is provided by this code or by local ordinance under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 22352, or established under Section 22354, 22357, 22358, or 22358.3, if that prima facie speed limit is not justified by an engineering and traffic survey conducted within one of the following time periods, prior to the date of the alleged violation, and enforcement of the speed limit involves the use of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects:
(I) Except as specified in subclause (II), seven years. (II) If an engineering and traffic survey was conducted more than seven years prior to the date of the alleged violation, and a registered engineer evaluates the section of the highway and determines that no significant changes in roadway or traffic conditions have occurred, including, but not limited to, changes in adjoining property or land use, roadway width, or traffic volume, 14 years.
(ii) This subparagraph does not apply to a local street, road, or school zone, senior zone, or business activity district.
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Plan for Setting
Speed Limits
January 17, 2023
Bethany Lopez
Senior Engineer
Public Works
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Outline
• Why is it important to set speed limits?
• California Vehicle Code law for setting speed limits
• Immediate-term and long-term strategy
• Questions/discussion
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Roadway
Safety
Ensure roadway users
follow rules
Ensure roadway users
are not distracted or
impaired
Autonomous
emergency braking
Seatbelts and airbags
First responders and
medical care
Incident management
Design roadways for
the speeds you want
to achieve
Ensure compliance
with speed limits
Adopt speed limits
that consider all
roadway users
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Laws and Requirements for
Setting Speed Limits
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Themes for Speed Limit Setting
• Ensuring speeds are set in a way that do not create violators of the majority of drivers (CVC 40801)
• Speeds should be set near what drivers consider are reasonable and prudent (CVC 22350 and CA MUTCD)
• Connection to 85th percentile speed
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Terminology – Prima Facie
• Prima facie speed limits
• Default speed limit
• Statutory prima facie speed limits
• Specific speed limits defined for use under specific conditions • e.g., 25 mph school zone speed limits
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Terminology – 85th Percentile Speed
• Speed at which 85 percent of
vehicles are traveling at or below
• Also called “prevailing” or
“critical” speed
• Collected using calibrated radar
• Measures speed of free-flow
traffic
Source: www.dot.alaska.gov
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California Vehicle Code Laws for
Setting Speed Limits
• Statutory prima facie speed limits in certain areas
• 15 mph – railroad crossings, hills, alleys
• 25 mph – business or residence district, school zones, senior zones • Statutory prima facie speed limit for all other areas is 55 mph on undivided highways and 65 mph everywhere else
• Lower prima facie speed limits can be established with an ETS when adopted by ordinance
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Engineering and Traffic Survey (ETS)
• For a specific roadway segment, an ETS includes -
• Prevailing speed
• Collision records
• Roadway and traffic conditions “not readily apparent to the driver” • CA MUTCD outlines requirements for what posted speed limit to recommend
• Recommendation is generally to round prevailing speed to the nearest 5 mph • ETS is approved by licensed engineer
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Immediate- and Long-Term Plan
to Update Speed Limits
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Immediate-Term
Plan to Update
Speed Limits
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7• Identify top roadway
segments in the City
• Adopt an ordinance to
establish speeds on these
roadways based on ETS
findings
• Timeline to enforcement:
Approximately two
months to begin
following ordinance
adoption
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Roadway Segment Existing
Speed Limit
85th
Percentile
Proposed
Speed Limit
Methodology
Hillsdale Blvd 31st Ave to Del Monte 25 32 30
Hillsdale Blvd Del Monte to ADLP 25 36 30
J Hart Clinton Ryder Park to Detroit Dr 45 53 50
Kehoe US-101 ramp to Norfolk 30 34 30
Kehoe Norfolk to Roberta 25 32 25
Norfolk Kehoe to Roberta 25 36 30
Poplar Delaware to Amphlett 25 36 30
Proposed Speed Limits
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Long-Term Plan to Update Speed Limits
• Identify all locations where statutory prima facie speed limits may apply
• Apply AB 43 and AB 1938 changes
• E.g., business activity districts
• Complete ETS’ for all locations other locations (will include review of seven priority locations)
• Adopt new ordinance for speed limits city-wide
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Assembly Bills 43 and 1938
Changes Currently in Effect
• Allows consideration of bike and ped safety in ETS recommendation • Allows expanded speed limit considerations of 15 and 20 mph • Expands lowered speed limits in a “business activity district” similar to the allowance in school zones
• Allows for ETS to remain valid for greater lengths of time where certain findings are made
• Allows for retention of currently adopted or immediately prior adopted speed limit where certain findings are made
Changes Applicable in June 2024
• 5 mph speed limit reduction beyond the findings of an ETS in certain locations
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School Zone
Speed Limits
• Resolution adopted in December
2021 to implement school-zone
speed limits for all schools
• Establishes 15 mph speeds within
500’ of schools and 25 mph from
500-1000’ of schools
• Will result in lowered speeds on
16 miles of city roadways during
school hours
• Overlaps with two of the seven
priority locations
15 mph zones
25 mph zones
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Feb. 2023
Seven priority locations:
Ordinance introduction
Mar. 2023
Seven priority locations:
Ordinance adoption
Spring 2023
Citywide long-term plan:
Begin background research
Winter 2024
Citywide long-term plan:
Ordinance adoption
Jan. 2023
Phase 1 – Bid PS&E
Mar. 2023
Phase 1 –
Award contract
June 2023
Phase 1 –
Complete construction
Feb. 2023
Phase 2 and 3 –
Begin PS&E design
Fall 2023
Phase 2 and 3 –
Bid PS&E
Winter 2024
Phase 2 and 3 –
Begin construction
Citywide Speed
Limit Update
School Zone
Speed Limit
Implementation
Timeline
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Council Feedback
• Recommendation is for staff to proceed with implementing speed limit changes at priority locations
• Continue with long-term safety strategy development and implementation
• Discussion/questions
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Thank You
Bethany Lopez
Senior Engineer
www.cityofsanmateo.org/publicworks
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