REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on a Design Professional Services Agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. for the Uncontrolled Crosswalks Improvements Project and Amend the Uncontrolled Crosswalks Capital Improvement Project Locations
Report
BACKGROUND
An uncontrolled crosswalk is a striped pedestrian crossing where motorists do not have a traffic control device (i.e. stop sign, traffic signal) controlling their movement across the crosswalk. There are approximately 200 uncontrolled crosswalk locations throughout the City and staff has received community feedback related to several of these locations.
Included within the FY 2018/19 Adopted Capital Improvement Program Budget is the Uncontrolled Crosswalks Capital Improvement Project (Project) supported by gas tax funding for the study, design, and construction of improvements at seven uncontrolled crosswalk locations in the City as listed below:
1. Benton Street east of Sonoma Place
2. Pruneridge Avenue east of Redwood Avenue
3. Homestead Avenue at University Street west of Monastery Way
4. Homestead Road east of Viader Court
5. Washington Street north of Manchester Drive
6. Washington Street south of Linden Drive
7. Scott Boulevard and Cabrillo Avenue
These locations were identified based on several criteria including adjacent land uses (i.e. proximity to schools, senior centers, or other major pedestrian generators) and roadway characteristics (i.e. posted speed limit, traffic volumes, and number of lanes in the roadway that the pedestrians have to cross).
The goal of the Project is to improve pedestrian safety at these seven locations by: 1) performing a traffic study to determine if additional improvements are necessary and 2) installing the necessary improvements. Some examples of improvements include enhanced crosswalk warning systems such as Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons, also known as HAWKs (High-intensity Activated crossWalK), In-Pavement Warning Lights, roadway striping, median island refuges, ...
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