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Beth Rolandson, AICPPrincipal 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
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 ZeroA Healthy
CommunityCommunity 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:
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 StreetsWork Zone
SafetyWalk
Downtown
Group EventsActivate Streets
Public Improvements
Pedestrian Lighting
Immediate:
Future:
Projects
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5 Year, p. 91Downtown Pedestrian Scrambles – 11 intersections
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10 Year, p. 93Olympic Boulevard: sidewalk east of Stewart Street
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15 Year, p. 98Santa 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 on Bike It Walk It
Day
Number of Car Trips of Less than 1
Mile
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
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
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, AICPPrincipal 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