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Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Declaring A State Of Urgent Action With Regard To Bicycle And Pedestrian Safety In The City And Directing The City Manager To Undertake Certain Actions. (Christine Daniel / Ryan O'Connell)
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council direct the City Manager to undertake the following:
1. Apply for funding through the State of California’s LRSP program to create a Local Road Safety Plan that provides the framework to systematically identify and analyze safety problems and recommend safety improvements on the City’s streets;
2. Use existing funding sources and identify grant funding sources to support several “quick build” projects addressing pedestrian and bicycle safety based on the results of the Local Road Safety Plan and UCBerkeley SafeTREC Powell Street Corridor Study;
3. Complete an Engineering and Traffic Survey on Bicycle Boulevards to establish 20mph speed limits;
4. Assure completion of existing funded Capital Improvement Program Projects and that address pedestrian and bicycle safety, including the following:
a. Finalize construction of South Bayfront Bridge and Horton Landing Park
b. Finalize construction of ATP Greenway Crossing Improvements Project at 65th, 66th, and 67th Streets
c. Finalize construction of two new traffic signal projects at Powell/Doyle and 40th/Harlan
d. Finalize design and obtain Caltrans permitting for the San Pablo Avenue mid-block crosswalk adjacent to the Avalon senior housing project
e. Include appropriate traffic calming measures on Overland Avenue, Horton Street, Doyle Street, 62nd Street, and 59th Street as part of Fiscal Year 2019/2020 annual paving project
f. Include appropriate traffic calming measures along 45th Street and 53rd Street as part of Fiscal Year 2020-2021 annual paving project
g. Conduct Streetlight Survey and develop City standards;
5. Collaborate with private property developers to maximize the impact of bicycle and pedestrian i...
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