LOCAL ROAD
SAFETY PLAN
SUMMARY
April 22, 2022
09/16/2021
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................4
2. DATA SUMMARY...................................................................... 10
3. EMPHASIS AREAS: WHAT’S NEXT? 16
4. EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION 22
1:
Introduction
4 City of Santa Monica
The City of Santa Monica has a long-standing commitment to enhance safety for all road users with the adopted aim to eliminate fatal and severe injury crashes from occurring in the city by 2026. The City has established guiding transportation safety programs, policies, and goals with the following planning documents: Land Use and Circulation Element (2010), Bike Action Plan (2011), Pedestrian Action Plan (2016), Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (2019), and Bike Action Plan Amendment (2020). This long tradition of expanding mobility choices for people that live, work, and play in Santa Monica is founded on creating a transportation network with increased and targeted safety enhancements that serve users of all ages and abilities. This Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) builds upon previous work by analyzing the latest available crash data to prioritize safety improvements throughout the City. The LRSP is a technical requirement for the California Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Improvement Program and will facilitate the City’s efforts to apply for future grant funds.
Vision & Goals
The City’s Vision Zero commitment was adopted on February 23, 2016 with the premise that fatal and severe injury collisions are unacceptable. The premise led to the guiding vision for the Santa Monica Department of Transportation (SaMoDOT): reduce the number of fatal and severe injury crashes to zero by 2026.
SaMoDOT will achieve this vision by identifying the
measures necessary to care for the wellbeing of everyone, while increasing health, safety, and promoting equitable mobility for all.
1. Introduction
Local Road Safety Plan | Summary 5
Safety Partners
SaMoDOT staff convenes an interdepartmental Vision Zero working group that meets quarterly to review crash data. The internal departmental partners include staff from:
• Police
• Fire
• Public Works
• SaMoDOT - Big Blue Bus
• SaMoDOT - Mobility
• City Attorney’s Office
• Office of Communications
The group was created in 2017 to increase the transparency and frequency of crash data sharing between departments. In addition to identifying locations with high concentrations of crashes, the group reviews crash patterns to identify resources that would help prevent future crashes (e.g., developing communication strategies to educate drivers about roadway safety and identifying locations where deployment of City resources would help alleviate a pattern of crashes).
The Vision Zero working group played an integral part in the development of the LRSP and was consulted to verify the crash data and development of the emphasis areas. Each City partner provided specific insight to address roadway safety: Police and Fire provided insightful perspectives into historic crashes and first-hand knowledge of the daily traffic and crash patterns present in the City; Communications provided input on messaging and outreach; Mobility and Public Works guided the general framework on advancing safety related infrastructure projects; Big Blue Bus led the transit safety discussion; the City Attorney’s Office informed legal considerations.
Process
The LRSP provides an overview of existing conditions and analyzes the last five years (2015-2019) of crash data to update and identify corridors and intersections where the highest number of crashes are taking place. Additional priority was given to crashes that occur in communities with negative health outcomes as identified by the state of California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s CalEnviroScreen tool, a screening tool used to help identify communities disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution and with population characteristics that make them more sensitive to pollution. This combination of crash intensity and social equity helped develop a plan of action to implement proven safety measures. 6 City of Santa Monica
Existing Efforts
Since the adoption of the Vision Zero program, SaMoDOT analyzed crash data from 2006-2016 and identified locations with high concentrations of crashes. This work effort resulted in the Vision Zero Priority Map (Figure 1). Staff used the map to create a work plan to alleviate and prevent future crashes. Table 1 identifies a sample of key safety projects and actions taken or planned to improve safety.
Figure 1: Vision Zero Priority Map, 2017
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Table 1: Sample of Key Safety Projects
Project Description Status Result
Safety evaluation of the top 10
priority intersections identified
in the Vision Zero priority map
(Figure 1)
Complete
All intersections have been evaluated and have a
concept design to address safety issues. Six of the
intersections have funding identified to construct the
concept safety improvements.
Leading Pedestrian Interval
(LPI) signal timing at key
intersections in the city
Complete Installed LPIs at 54 intersections since 2018
Colorado Esplanade Complete
Installed new pedestrian sidewalk and protected
cycletrack on Colorado Avenue between Ocean
Avenue and 5th Street
Pedestrian scrambles Complete Installed a total of 11 pedestrian scrambles in June 2016 Wilshire Boulevard Safety
Study Complete
Completed safety evaluation of Wilshire Boulevard in
February 2020; first phase of safety enhancements to
be installed in 2022
Protected bikeways on Ocean
Avenue and Broadway Complete
Installed 4 block protected bikeway pilot on Broadway
in March 2020 and protected bikeway on Ocean
Avenue on 4 blocks in November 2020; Bike Action Plan
Amendment calls for extending the protected bikeway
on these corridors in the future
Pico Boulevard and 3rd Street
connection
Under
construction
Install a new crosswalk, additional Rapid Rectangular
Flashing beacons, and other quick build improvements
Road safety enhancements
around 10 SMMUSD Santa
Monica schools
Four locations
complete,
remaining six
locations in
design
Completed safety improvements at four SMMUSD
school sites. The remaining six sites are in design. The improvements include curb extensions, crosswalk and
ramp upgrades, enhancements to existing bicycle
facilities, pick-up/drop-off circulation improvements,
and new school signage.
Pedestrian crossing
improvements at Olympic
Boulevard and 26th Street
Funding
secured for
design
Funding identified for design and outreach in 2022
Protected bicycle facility on
Broadway from 5th Street to
26th Street
Funding
secured for
design
Funding identified for design and outreach in 2022
Pedestrian safety
improvements on Pico
Boulevard between 16th Street
and Cloverfield Boulevard
Funding
secured for
construction
Construction scheduled to start by Spring 2022
Safety study of eastern
section of Pico Boulevard
with quick build safety
enhancements
Funding
secured for
design
Funding identified for community engagement and
safety evaluation in 2022
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A large proportion of the projects identified in 2016 are in the process of being implemented or are complete. This LRSP will enable the City to refresh the safety data and continue advancing successful transportation safety projects.
Vision Zero Campaign
As part of the ongoing commitment to safety, the Vision Zero program also includes an outreach and education campaign called Take the Friendly Road. The campaign aims to increase traffic safety awareness, improve driving behavior, and highlight capital interventions. The campaign was amplified by participation from local community partners including schools, neighborhood associations, business districts, Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance, Santa Monica Spoke, and Adopt-a-Walk. These efforts resulted in:
• The campaign had over 16 million impressions generated by utilizing digital and traditional media, including advertisements on the Big Blue Bus and Metro buses and Expo trains, banners posted on light poles along Wilshire Boulevard, messages hung on local park and construction site fencing, messages on the digital overhead signage located in the downtown and beach areas, and social media.
• In partnership with the Safe Routes to School program, over 1,700 lawn signs were distributed to allow people to show their support for road safety while reinforcing a key campaign message:
slow down.
• Stop, look, wave stencils were added to crosswalks to remind pedestrians to be vigilant at the ten priority intersections where fatal and severe injury crashes were most prevalent between 2006-2016.
• Placement of the campaign logo on all City-issued parking hangtags provided a reminder to drivers to look out for vulnerable road users.
• Staff developed an online community feedback map that received over 900 comments from the community. The public input was used to inform the LRSP evaluation and give a nuanced, community-informed understanding of the transportation safety issues impacting the city.
The Take the Friendly Road campaign will continue to be the public facing communication point for the public to learn about capital projects or other safety related initiatives from the City. 2:
Data Summary
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2. Data Summary
This chapter provides an update on crash patterns using 2015-2019 reported crash data from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). From 2015-2019, there were 2,334 crashes on Santa Monica’s local streets.
• 125 crashes resulted in a fatality or severe injury
• 42% of fatal and severe crashes involved pedestrians
Figure 2: Total Injury Crashes on Streets Under the City’s Jurisdiction by Year and Mode Figure 3: Severity of Crashes by Mode
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This map shows crash hot spots in Santa Monica, weighted by how severe they were, and locations of fatal and severe injury crashes. Weighting crashes helps us focus our resources and work toward the goal of zero fatalities and severe injuries. In this weighting system, fatal and severe injury crashes get about ten times as many “points” as other visible injury crashes.
Figure 4: Density of Crashes in Santa Monica, 2015-2019 Edison Elementary
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Density of Crashes,
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Crashes are weighted by
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Fatal or severe: 22
Other visible injury: 2
Complaint of pain: 1
Data sources: Transportation Injury Mapping
System, Safe Transportation Research and
Education Center, University of California,
Berkeley; City of Santa Monica
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Fatal or severe: 22
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Data sources: Transportation Injury Mapping
System, Safe Transportation Research and
Education Center, University of California,
Berkeley; City of Santa Monica
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The Priority Network is comprised of the 14% of Santa Monica’s streets that see the top 50% of weighted crashes. Much of the Priority Network falls in and around areas of the city that bear the greatest pollution burden according to CalEnviroScreen’s equity tool, which combines environmental, health, and socioeconomic factors.
Figure 5: Priority Network, 2015-2019
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Grant Elementary
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Olympic
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Santa Monica College
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Franklin Elementary
Lincoln
Middle
Santa
Monica
College
Santa Monica
High S chool
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14TH ST
11TH ST
26TH ST
PICO BLVD
LINCOLN BLVD
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20TH ST
MONTANA AVE
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COLORADO AVE
SANTA MONICA BLVD
SAN VICENTE BLVD
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STEWART ST
CLOVERFIELD BLVD
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BARNARD WAY
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11TH ST
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WASHINGTON AVE
ARIZONA AVE
CALIFORNIA AVE
LINCOLN BLVD
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INCLINE
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PICO BLVD
ASHLAND AVE
BRYN MAWR AVE
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Priority Network,
2015-2019
Crashes are weighted by severity
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Fatal or severe: 22
Other visible injury: 2
Complaint of pain: 1
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Priority Network,
2015-2019
Crashes are weighted by severity
as follows:
Fatal or severe: 22
Other visible injury: 2
Complaint of pain: 1
Data sources: Transportation Injury Mapping
System, Safe Transportation Research and
Education Center, University of California,
Berkeley; City of Santa Monica
Map created June, 2021
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Grant Elementary
John Adams Middle
McKinley Elementary
Olympic
High School
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Santa Monica College
Will R ogers Elementary
Franklin Elementary
Lincoln
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Monica
College
Santa Monica
High S chool
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14TH ST
11TH ST
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LINCOLN BLVD
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COLORADO AVE
SANTA MONICA BLVD
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STEWART ST
CLOVERFIELD BLVD
DEWEY ST
BARNARD WAY
EXPOSITION BLVD
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
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11TH ST
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WASHINGTON AVE
ARIZONA AVE
CALIFORNIA AVE
LINCOLN BLVD
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Other visible injury: 2
Complaint of pain: 1
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The maps on these two pages show the intersections with the highest number and severity of total crashes, crashes taking place after dark, and crashes involving the most vulnerable road users: those walking, riding a bike, and riding a scooter. The first map shows the top signalized intersections, and the second map shows the top unsignalized intersections.
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Top ten locations are identified based on the
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More than ten intersections are included in
each category because many locations
have equal scores.
Crashes are weighted by severity as follows:
Fatal or severe: 22
Other visible injury: 2
Complaint of pain: 1
Data sources: Transportation Injury Mapping
System, Safe Transportation Research and
Education Center, University of California,
Berkeley; City of Santa Monica
Map created June, 2021
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3. Emphasis Areas: What’s Next?
The emphasis areas were developed through a combination of data analysis and input from the interdepartmental Vision Zero working group. The emphasis areas provide staff a plan for how to address some of the more persistent crash types that take place in the city.
Emphasis Area: Pedestrians Crossing at Intersections
In Santa Monica, pedestrians were involved in 42% of all fatal and severe injury crashes, despite being involved in only 17% of all crashes. Pedestrian victims of fatal and severe injury crashes tend to be older. People in the age group of 65+ are involved in 30% of our fatal and severe injuries but are only 18% of the Santa Monica population. Pedestrians of color, specifically Hispanic or Latino people, are overrepresented in fatal and severe crashes (at 23% of pedestrians and only 15% of the Santa Monica population).
The most common type of fatal or severe pedestrian crash involves a person crossing in a crosswalk at an intersection and a driver proceeding straight. This type of crash represents 20% of all pedestrian crashes and 31% of fatal and severe pedestrian crashes, with most (69%) occurring at unsignalized intersections.
Goals for Emphasis Area
• Conduct detailed safety evaluation of all fatal and severe injury pedestrian crashes. Investigate at least five priority intersections per year based on the locations identified in Figures 5 and
6. Each crash location will be evaluated based on detailed crash records and field visits with safety partners that will determine the specific treatments for short- and long-term interventions and policy actions to treat the primary cause of the crashes. • Implement recommended treatments.
Strategies for Emphasis Area
• Implement proven safety measures that will alleviate the more persistent crash-inducing conditions including best practice treatments identified by the FHWA & Caltrans, and may include enhancements to lighting and/or improvements to lighting conditions in and around intersections.
• Implement safety strategies that eliminate conflicts, such as traffic calming, in and around high pedestrian crash intersections.
• Work with internal departments to identify and apply for safety grant funding to further advance safety projects.
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Emphasis Area: Crashes Involving People Bicycling and Using Shared Mobility Devices
People riding bicycles and scooters are involved
in 20% of all crashes but represent 24% of all
fatal and severe injury crashes in Santa Monica,
according to the data available from the statewide
SWITRS system. Local crash data suggests that
the actual number of crashes involving people
on scooters is higher, with 14 resulting in a fatality
or severe injury from 2015- 2019. These crashes
are undercounted in the state data due to
inconsistencies in how scooter use is reported.
Bicyclists involved in fatal and severe injury crashes
tend to be younger adults. In 43% of fatal and
severe injury bicyclist crashes the person bicycling
was aged 25-39, an age group that represents
only 29% of the population. Bicyclists of color,
specifically Black and Hispanic or Latino people,
are overrepresented in fatal and severe crashes, at
25% of involved bicyclists and only 19% of the Santa
Monica population.
While pedestrian crashes occurred most frequently at unsignalized intersections, crashes involving bicyclists occurred at signalized intersections, unsignalized intersections, and between intersections at approximately equal frequency. Overall, 27% of fatal and severe injury crashes involving bicyclists take place where both the bicycle and vehicle are proceeding straight.
Goals for Emphasis Area
• Conduct detailed safety evaluation of top locations for fatal and severe injury crashes involving bicyclists or people using shared mobility devices. Investigate five intersections per year based on the top locations identified in Figures 5 and 6. Each crash location will be evaluated based on detailed crash records and field visits with safety partners that will determine the specific treatments for short- and long-term treatments, and policy actions to treat the primary cause of the crashes.
• Implement recommended treatments with a goal of implementing all safety enhancements within five years.
• Work with SMPD to ensure consistent and reliable data with a goal of more uniform data entry for scooters and other shared mobility devices.
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Strategies for Emphasis Area
• Complete the planned five-year protected bicycle network as defined in the City’s Bike Action Plan Amendment (2020).
• Implement proven safety measures that will alleviate some of the more persistent conditions. • Implement safety strategies that help manage vehicular speeds in and around intersections. • Implement safety enhancements to create protected left turn signals at intersections with persistent left-turn-related bicycle and shared mobility involved crashes. • Include a focus on bicycle and scooter safety in traffic safety education materials with a specific emphasis in developing materials that target the most impacted 25-39 age group. • Work with internal departments to identify and apply for safety grant funding to further advance safety enhancements.
• Work with Police and Fire to verify and analyze crash data for bicyclists and shared mobility devices.
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Emphasis Area: Priority Network – Prioritized by CalEnviroScreen The LRSP identifies the roadway segments that represent the highest concentration (weighted by severity) of crashes in the City, in Figure 4. The City will focus resources on investigating these priority segments to develop plans of action. The investigation of roadway segments will be further prioritized based on equity using CalEnviroScreen rankings.
The City is already making progress to address some roadway segments identified in the LRSP priority map. For example, staff recently completed a comprehensive safety evaluation of Wilshire Boulevard and are procuring a contractor to install the safety improvements identified in the plan. In-progress work for priority roadway segments will be accelerated when possible, and the remaining priority segments will be a priority for funding. This will allow the City to focus resources on streets with the greatest need for traffic safety improvements.
Goal for Emphasis Area
• Continue to advance in-progress safety projects.
• Within five years, complete new detailed safety evaluation on corridors in the Priority Network that are in areas with high CalEnviroScreen scores. This focus area includes priority roadway segments located in Downtown Santa Monica, and Santa Monica and Pico Boulevards.
Strategies for Emphasis Area
• Identify opportunities to accelerate traffic safety projects already in progress on the Priority Network.
• Work with City departments including Police and Fire to address safety issues on the Priority Network through education and emergency response efforts. Work with internal departments to identify and apply for funding to conduct comprehensive safety evaluations on roadway segments identified as part of the Priority Network.
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Emphasis Area: Speed Management
Unsafe speed is the second most common violation cited in fatal and severe crashes in the City, at 14% of the total. It is the most common violation for fatal and severe crashes involving motor vehicles only, at 28% of the total. About 5% of Unsafe Speed crashes result in a fatality or severe injury. Most fatal and severe crashes due to unsafe speeds take place on the Priority Network, including on Pacific Coast Highway. Streets under the City’s jurisdiction where unsafe speeds resulted in more than one fatality or severe injury include Pico Boulevard, Broadway, and Wilshire Boulevard. Strategies that reduce motor vehicle speeds will be a particular focus as the City conducts safety evaluations and identifies improvements for street segments on the Priority Network.
Streets with a higher posted speed are also associated with a higher rate of fatalities and severe injuries. Thirty-five mph streets make up only 3% of street centerline miles but are the site of 15% of all crashes and 9% of fatal and severe crashes.
Goal for Emphasis Area
• Reduce the number of crashes in which unsafe motor vehicle speeds are a factor.
Strategies for Emphasis Area
• Develop a toolkit of proven safety countermeasures that reduce motor vehicle speeds and are appropriate for streets on the Priority Network.
• Ensure speed limits are set appropriately and consistent with recent legislation (Assembly Bill No. 43).
• Coordinate with neighboring jurisdictions and law enforcement on an enforcement strategy for unsafe speeds on the Pacific Coast Highway.
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4. Evaluation and Implementation
This plan represents a commitment to implement
infrastructure that will save lives and improve mobility options for all.
To measure success of the LRSP, the City will evaluate projects two years after implementation by analyzing collision patterns and, if appropriate, speed patterns and reporting on the findings. The analysis will assess:
1. if the intervention has increased safety for vulnerable road users and
2. if additional measures need to be taken to adjust the design to further enhance safety.
The City anticipates that crash data will be analyzed and refreshed every three years to understand where new crash patterns arise, and old problems have been resolved. Meanwhile, a project work plan that specifically identifies the goals and strategies of each priority location will also be developed and revisited every six years.
The Vision Zero Working Group will continue to meet quarterly to discuss progress on the plan goals and to review proposed design interventions.
Staff will continue to engage with neighboring cities and agencies in Los Angeles, such as Caltrans, to improve efficiencies related to roadway design and to promote traffic safety across jurisdictions.
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