Local Roadway Safety Plan
City of South El Monte
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, September 13th
Presentation for Item 9.b.
Posted 9-14-22
Agenda
• Project Overview & Purpose
• Safety Trends
• Case Study Locations
• Tools in the Toolbox
• Questions
Project Overview
What is a Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP)?
• data-driven safety planning tool
• developed in close coordination with stakeholders
• goal is to proactively address local traffic safety needs, reduce traffic accident fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads • intended to be a living document that is periodically evaluated and updated
Project Overview
An LRSP:
• Creates a framework to systematically identify and analyze safety problems and recommend safety improvements.
• Offers a proactive approach to addressing safety needs and demonstrates agency responsiveness to safety challenges.
• Is a program organized and funded by Caltrans
• Is necessary to receive Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding and makes City competitive for other grant funding opportunities • The Caltrans Strategic Highway Safety Plan address the 4Es of traffic safety:
Engineering, Enforcement, Education, and Emergency Services Project Purpose
• Understand the factors that
contribute to collisions
• Develop strategies to reduce
traffic injuries
• Develop an action plan to
prioritize safety improvements
• Increase the City’s
competitiveness for safety
funding
Grant Opportunities
Highway Safety Improvement
Program (HSIP)
Safe Streets 4 All
• Install high-visibility crosswalks
• Install raised pavement markers and striping through
intersections
• Implementing Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) timing • Total project cost: $707,000 with a $70,700 City match Citywide Safety Background and Trends
• Crash data: January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2021 (latest available data) Crash Type by Year
(2017-2021)
Fatal & Severe Injury by Mode Involved
(2017-2021)
Involved With # of Fatal
Collisions
# of Severe
Injury
Collisions
Other Motor Vehicle 3 7
Pedestrian 2 3
Fixed Object 2 1
Bicycle 1 2
Other - 2
Case Study Locations :
8 1) Rosemead Bl and Garvey Ave
2) Durfee Ave/Peck Rd & Michael Hunt Dr
3) Merced Ave & Rush St
4) Troy Ave & Fern St
5) Chico Ave: Rush St to Fern St
Potential Tools in the Toolbox
• Implement Leading
Pedestrian Interval (LPI)
signal timing
• Install striping to delineate
parking and travel lanes
• Install retroreflective
backplates on signal heads
The plan identifies a variety of countermeasures for the City to chose from depending on the various situations. Here is a sample of these countermeasures
•Install continental
crosswalks
•Install speed feedback
signs
•Install raised medians
Questions?