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