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CITY OF SANTA MONICA PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN DRAFT OCTOBER 2015 Safe Streets Santa Monica, December 3, 2015 Beth Rolandson, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Strategic + Transportation Planning, Planning and Community Development Planning

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Beth Rolandson, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Strategic + Transportation Planning, Planning and Community Development

DRAFT OCTOBER 2015 CITY OF SANTA MONICA

PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN

Safe Streets Santa Monica, December 3, 2015

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Planning Context

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Community Themes

  • Walking is part of the

sustainable Santa Monica lifestyle and enhances wellbeing

  • More pedestrians of all

ages and fewer collisions

  • Making the connections,

removing the obstacles

  • A shared priority, a shared

responsibility

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Action Plan

  • Community vision
  • Goals and policies

that address four key themes

  • Data analysis
  • Short- and long-

term actions

  • Toolbox
  • Implementation
  • Measuring and

monitoring

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Community Engagement

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Community Engagement

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Top 10 Ideas

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Plan Goals

Vision Zero A Healthy Community Community Compassion Sustainability Stewardship Walking as a 1st Choice Barrier-Free Network Pedestrian Awareness and Education Coordinated City Efforts

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Vision Zero…

…a strategy to strive to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.

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Analysis of Santa Monica Conditions

  • 1. Walking in

Santa Monica

  • 2. Physical

Conditions

  • 3. Performance
  • 4. Transit

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Anticipating Demand

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Assessing Supply

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Wellbeing

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Addressing Safety

  • Who
  • Where
  • What
  • Why

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Who is affected by collisions?

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Where are collisions happening?

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When are collisions happening?

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Why are they happening?

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How are they happening?

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Prioritizing Transit Access – Expo and Beyond

  • 1. Colorado at Ocean
  • 2. Colorado at 4th
  • 3. Lincoln at Pico
  • 4. Lincoln at Ocean Park
  • 5. Wilshire at 14th
  • 6. Wilshire at 26th
  • 7. Santa Monica at 20th
  • 8. Colorado at 17th
  • 9. Olympic at 26th
  • 10. Pico at 18th

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Proposed Actions

Actions

Walking Patterns Walking Facilities Safety Feedback Vulnerable Populations Transit

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Proposed Actions

  • Practices
  • Programs
  • Built

Projects

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Practices

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Reduce Speeds Prioritize Pedestrians in Projects Document Decisions Performance Monitoring Data Collection Vulnerable Populations Resident Concerns Day-to-Day Activities State of the Art Technology

Immediate: Future:

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Programs

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Vision Zero Santa Monica Safety Campaigns Safe Routes to Schools Wayfinding, Routes, Signs, Maps Safe Routes for Seniors Walk Like a Local Open Streets Work Zone Safety Walk Downtown Group Events Activate Streets Public Improvements Pedestrian Lighting

Immediate: Future:

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Projects

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5 Year, p. 91

Downtown Pedestrian Scrambles – 11 intersections

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10 Year, p. 93

Olympic Boulevard: sidewalk east of Stewart Street

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15 Year, p. 98

Santa Monica Blvd: Streetscape 26th St. to Centinela Ave.

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Monitoring and Evaluation

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Indicators: Pedestrian Activity/Mode Share, p.103

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Walk Trips as % of All Trips Walk Trips as % of Work Trips Walk Trips as % of School Trips

% of SM employees reporting they walk to work Number of Pedestrians in Select Locations Number of Students walking

  • n Bike It Walk It

Day Number of Car Trips of Less than 1 Mile

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Indicators: Pedestrian Safety, p. 103

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Number of Pedestrian fatalities and severe injury collisions Change in Vehicle Speeds on high priority pedestrian corridors

Number of Crossing Treatment Upgrades Number of School Site Access Improvements Number of traffic- related pedestrian collisions per 1000 population counts Number of K-12 Students Participating in Safe Routes to School Activities

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Indicators: Pedestrian Perceptions and the Built Environment, p.104

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Number of pedestrian-oriented enhancement projects Citizen Rating of Downtown Pedestrian Environment

Juried Walkable Communities Score % of Priority Transit Intersections with Walkscore higher than 80 Number of Trees in Built Environment Miles of sidewalk network completed Density of enhanced crossing treatments

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Feedback Received to Date

  • Montana Avenue

between 7th and 17th Streets

  • 23rd Street sidewalk
  • 26th Street east

sidewalk north of Olympic

  • Santa Monica

Boulevard between Lincoln and Centinela

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Feedback Received to Date

  • Existing prohibition of sidewalk bicycle riding on

sidewalk should be explicitly stated

  • VZ 12 – Discourage adults cycling on sidewalk through signage

and better provision of on-street bicycle facilities; consider policy change to allow school age children to ride on the sidewalk (page 29)

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Next Steps

  • Commissions,

Boards, Community Organizations: through January

  • City Council: early

2016

  • Implementation

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Commission Action

  • Recommend Changes for inclusion in Pedestrian

Action Plan

  • Practices
  • Programs
  • Projects
  • Indicators
  • Recommend adoption by the City Council

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Beth Rolandson, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Strategic + Transportation Planning, Planning and Community Development

DRAFT OCTOBER 2015 CITY OF SANTA MONICA

PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN

Safe Streets Santa Monica, December 3, 2015