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TCAG Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) Meeting Agenda

Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Tulare County Association of Governments 210 N. Church St., Suite B

(Sequoia Conference Room) Visalia, CA 93291

1. Welcome & Introductions 2. Public Comments

This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the TCAG Active Transportation Advisory Committee on items within its purview but not on this agenda. Unscheduled comments are limited to 3 minutes. Note: Prior to the action by the Committee on any item on this agenda, the public may comment on that item.

3. Information: Rocky Hill (east of Exeter) Bike & Pedestrian Path Feasibility Study presentation from 4-Creeks Consultant

4. Action: Approval of Meeting Minutes for July 26, 2018 (Attached) 5. Information: Tulare County Public Health Bicycle and Pedestrian Fatality Update 6. Information: Active Transportation Program (ATP) Update 7. Information: Visalia Waterways and Trails Committee Update 8. Information: Bike and Pedestrian Safety Report Presentation and Discussion: Bike and pedestrian incidents

analysis, before and after “Bike and Stride.” (Attached) 9. Information: Caltrans District 6 Update 10. Other Business 11. Adjourn

The next scheduled TCAG Active Transportation Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at the Tulare County Association of Governments, 210 N. Church Street, Suite B, Visalia, CA 93291.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Ralph M. Brown Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids, translation requests, or other accommodations, or to be able to access this agenda and documents in the agenda packet, please contact the TCAG office at 559-623-0450 at least 3 days prior to the meeting.

Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) Active Transportation Advisory Committee Members

City of Dinuba City of Exeter City of Farmersville City of Lindsay City of Porterville City of Visalia City of Tulare City of Woodlake County of Tulare County of Tulare-Public Health County of Tulare-Resource Management Agency County of Tulare-Sheriff California Highway Patrol City of Visalia Waterways and Trails Committee

Cristobal Carrillo Ted Macaulay (Chair) Lisa Wallis-Dutra Michael Camarena (Vice-Chair) Richard Tree Frank Senteno Jan Bowen** Monique Mello Dave Bryan* Jose Ruiz-Salas or Sharon Minnick* Michael Winton Robert Schimpf or Ixchel Franks* Steve Beal Grant Barnes or Alternate* Vacant Interest Group #2 Vacant Interest Group #3 Vacant Interest Group #4 Vacant Interest Group #5 Vacant Interest Group #6 Russ Dahler Citizens’ Oversight Committee (At Large #1) Vacant At Large #2 Pedro Ramirez Caltrans, District 6 * Agency rotates alternate** Application in process

TCAG STAFF Office Address Ted Smalley, Executive Director Tulare County Association of Governments Ben Kimball, Deputy Executive Director 210 N. Church, Suite B Ben Giuliani, Executive Officer- LAFCO Visalia, CA 93291 Leslie Davis, Fiscal Manager P: (559) 623-0450 Elizabeth Forte, Principal Regional Planner F: (559) 733-6720 Roberto Brady, Principal Regional Planner www.tularecog.org Mark Hays, Senior Regional Planner www.tcmeasurer.com Derek Winning, Senior Regional Planner Gabriel Gutierrez, Senior Regional Planner Kasia Poleszczuk, Associate Regional Planner Steven Ingoldsby, Associate Regional Planner Philip Shabanov, Associate Regional Planner Barbara Pilegard, Associate Regional Planner-EH Maria Garza, Associate Regional Planner-EH Britt L. Fussel, Engineer III-EH Michele Boling, Accountant II Brideget Moore, Staff Services Analyst III Amie Kane, TCAG Administrative Clerk Wendy Gutierrez, TCAG Administrative Clerk-EH

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TCAG Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) Meeting Minutes 07/26/2018

Cristobal Carrillo City of Dinuba P Ted Macaulay (Chair) City of Exeter P Lisa Wallis-Dutra City of Farmersville A Michael Camarena (Vice Chair) City of Lindsay P Richard Tree City of Porterville A Frank Senteno* City of Visalia P Jan Bowen* City of Tulare P Monique Mello City of Woodlake A Dave Bryant* County of Tulare N/A Sharon Minnick or Jose Ruiz-Salas Tulare County Public Health P Michael Winton Tulare County Resource Management Agency (RMA) P Robert Schimpf or Ixchel Franks Tulare County Sheriff A Steve Beal California Highway Patrol A Mark Wall or Grant Barnes Waterways and Trails Committee P Vacant Interest Group #2 N/A Vacant Interest Group #3 N/A Vacant Interest Group #4 N/A Vacant Interest Group #5 N/A Vacant Interest Group #6 N/A Russ Dahler Citizens’ Oversight Committee A Vacant At Large #2 N/A Pedro Ramirez Caltrans District 6 A

*Application in progress

TCAG Staff: Roberto Brady, Gabriel Gutierrez, Steven Ingoldsby, Brideget Moore, Philip Shabanov

1) Welcome & Introductions

a) Meeting opened 8:37 by Chair Ted Macaulay, seconded by Member Christobal Carillo.2) Public Comments

i) This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the TCAG Active TransportationAdvisory Committee on items within its purview but not on this agenda. Unscheduled comments arelimited to 3 minutes. Note: Prior to the action by the Committee on any item on this agenda, the publicmay comment on that item.

b) No Public Comments at the time.3) Action: Approval of Meeting Minutes for June 28, 2018

a) Minutes approved at 8:40am. Motioned by Vice Chair Michael Camarena and seconded by MemberMike Winton.

4) Information: Tulare County Public Health Bicycle and Pedestrian Fatality Updatea) Member Sharon Minnick updated the committee. There have been 8 pedestrian incidents since her last

update, with two being residents who were outside of the county. A discussion ensued.5) Information: Active Transportation Program (ATP) Update

a) Staff Gabriel Gutierrez announced that the call for projects for the ATP program would end in July, andshould be ready for submittal. Gabe requested a copy of the applications that they submit to the state.Gabriel stated that five hard copies needed to be made of the application as well, with one going toCaltrans.

6) Information: Visalia Waterways and Trails Committee Updatea) Member Mark Wahl discussed applications for the ATP including Goshen, which had problems during

rain. The Mill Creek trail improvement near Demaree was the other. He mentioned the Waterways and

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Trails Committee was also partnering with the Southern Sierra Cyclists on a senior bike time trial event, eligible for seniors age 50 and over.

7) Information: Rocky Hill (east of Exeter) Bike & Pedestrian Path Feasibility Study Update a) Staff Steven Ingoldsby announced that the consultants are moving forward with the Public Outreach

portion of the study, and discussed the timing for them to come to the ATAC meeting and that their outreach had begun that week. They were looking into attending a marathon with a booth, and perform outreach on weekends. Chair Ted Macaulay recommended they also hit the morning during the week.

8) Information: Bike and Pedestrian Safety Update (Page 5-8 of Attachments) a) Staff Roberto Brady discussed handout, with a deadline coming up on the application. Staff Philip

Shabanov discussed current bicycle fatalities in the county year to date, and historical trends. There had been zero documented bike vs. car fatalities in the county. The committee also has not heard of any this year.

9) Information: Regional Map of Bike and Pedestrian Paths Update a) Staff Philip Shabanov requested that agencies who had not submitted the bike lane changes, both

implemented and planned, to submit them to him. 10) Information: Caltrans District 6 Update

a) Member Pedro Ramirez was not available for an update. 11) Other Business 12) Adjourn

i) The next scheduled TCAG Active Transportation Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at the Tulare County Association of Governments, 210 N. Church Street, Suite B, Visalia, CA 93291.

Follow Up Items Staff Gabriel Gutierrez requested a copy of the ATP applications that will be submitted to the state. Staff Steven Ingoldsby will follow up with the committee as to where the survey locations will be.

Staff Roberto Brady will see if agencies are allowed to “team up” on the application.

Bike and pedestrian incidents analysis, before and after “Bike and Stride” 08/03/2018

Public Outreach Performance Update | Acknowledgments Page ii

AcknowledgmentsTCAGActiveTransportationAdvisoryCommittee(ATAC)CristobalCarrillo–CityofDinuba

TedMacaulay(Chair)–CityofExeter

LisaWallis‐Dutra–CityofFarmersville

MichaelCamarena(Vice‐Chair)–CityofLindsay

RichardTree–CityofPorterville

RebeccaKeenan–CityofVisalia

JanBowen**‐CityofTulare

MoniqueMello–CityofWoodlake

JoseRuiz‐SalasorSharonMinnick*‐CountyofTularePublicHealth

MichaelWinton–CountyofTulareRMA

IxchelFranks*‐CountyofTulareSheriff

SteveBeal–CaliforniaHighwayPatrol

GrantBarnesorAlternate*‐CityofVisaliaWaterwaysandTrailsCommittee

RussDahler‐Citizens’OversightCommittee(AtLarge#1)

PedroRamirez‐Caltrans,District6*Agencyrotatesalternates**Pendingapproval

TCAGmemberagencies CountyofTulare • CityofPorterville CityofDinuba • CityofTulare CityofExeter • CityofVisalia CityofFarmersville • CityofWoodlake CityofLindsay

TCAGstaff TedSmalley,ExecutiveDirector BridegetMoore,ProjectManager PhilipShabanov RobertoBrady WendyGutierrez GabrielGutierrez DerekWinning

CaltransSpecialthankstoCaltrans,whichprovidedanSCS(SustainableCommunities)Grantforthisprogram!PedroRamirez,fromDistrict6,helpedassistthroughouttheprogram.

Bike and Stride Analysis


PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ThepurposeofthisreportistodetermineifbicycleandpedestrianoutreachtothecommunityofTulareCountyhadanyimpactonbicycleandpedestriansafety,perrequestofTCAG’sActiveTransportationAdvisoryCommittee.TCAGperformedananalysisofbicycleandpedestriantrafficincidents,toseeiftheBikeandStrideprogramhadapositivecorrelationwithareductioninincidents.

WHAT IS BIKE AND STRIDE? BikeandStridewasaprogramputonbyTCAGandfundedbyaCaltransFTASection5304,SustainableCommunitiesgrant.Theprogramranduring2016andearly2017,reachingouttoover50,000TulareCountyresidentsviaeventsandsocialmedia.

Outreachprograms,eventstypes,andlocationsincludedthefollowing,withaheavyfocusonbiking,andremindingpeopleofthebasicsofpedestriansafety:

‐BicycleRodeos‐Schoolassemblies‐Afterschoolprograms‐Boothsatcommunityevents‐ContinuingoftheAirQualityArtContest,withwinnersreceivingbikes,withtheirartdisplayedatvenuesacrossthecounty.‐Creationofsafetyvideosmadebykids‐Mobileapp‐SocialMediablasts‐WebsitepostsTheeventsfeaturedtheactivitieslistedherewherespaceandtimeallowed.EventsfeatureddemonstrationsfromTCAGstaff,lawenforcement,schoolstaff,andstudentswhenpossible.Activeattendeeparticipationoccurredaswellinmanyevents,withchildrenbringingtheirownbikes:

‐Obstaclecourseswithlife‐sizecut‐outs‐Leisureloopriding,likeataskatingfacility‐Helmetsmashingwithmelons‐Jeopardy‐True/Falsequiz‐Stopcontests,withandwithoutbrakes‐Safetyreviews‐Slowandfastridingcompetitions‐DUIbikedemonstrations‐Giveawayswithrafflesofbikelightsandhelmets ‐Partneringwithcommunityorganizationsandevents‐Abilitiesdemonstrations‐Plentyoffun!

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BikeandStrideoutreacheventsreachedover2,500childreninpersonthroughoutthecounty,andincludedawiderangeofdemographics,withTCAGbeingsuretoincludedisadvantagedcommunities.TCAGstaffdidtheirbesttonotjustgetkidsworriedaboutputtingahelmeton,buttogetthemtrulyexcitedaboutbikingtoinfluencepositivechangesintheircommunity,inhopethattheywouldtaketheireducationandpassitontotheirfriendsandfamily.Over58,000individualswereimpactedbytheBikeandStridemessage,eitherinpersonorviasocialmedia.


DID BIKE AND STRIDE REDUCE BICYCLE RELATED ACCIDENTS? PerrequestofTCAG’sActiveTransportationAdvisoryCommittee,TCAGperformedananalysisofbicycleandpedestriantrafficincidents,toseeiftheBikeandStrideprogramhadapositivecorrelationwithareductioninincidents.

Toattempttopredictthetrendfor2018toanalyzeaworldafterBikeandStride,staffcollecteddatafromallninelocalpoliceagenciesfromJanuarytoearlyJune,2018,andappliedalineargrowthprojectiontothedatacollected.Thusfarin2018,therehavebeennobicyclerelatedfatalities,making2018thebestyearinrecenthistorythusfar.Withnationalbicyclefatalitiesspreadthroughouttheyear,itispossiblethatthezerofatalitiesfor2018mayoccur,andthatBikeandStrideoutreachmayhavehelped!


Otherbikedataprojectedfor2018includesthefollowing:

‐a38%decreaseinsevereinjuryaccidents‐a64%reductioninvisibleinjuryaccidents

‐a55%increaseincomplaintofpainaccidents

Thefollowingfigurecomparesthese2018projectedmetricswithpastdata:


Basedonthedata,2018isonpacetohaveanoticeablyloweramountoffatalities,severeinjuries,andvisibleinjuriestocyclistsonroadways,withahigheramountofcomplaintofpainincidents.WiththeamountofbicycleoutreachTCAGperformedinthe2016‐2017years,itispossiblethattheBikeandStrideprogramplayedaroleinreducingthecriticalnumbers.However,therearelikelyothercontributingfactors,aswellaschanceandapossibilitythatinjuriesandfatalitiesmaypickupinthelatterpartoftheyear,andonelowyeardoesnotnecessarilysupportatrend.TCAGwillcontinuetocollectthisdataandmonitorthetrend.


PEDESTRIAN DATA FOR 2018 TCAGappliedthesameapproachtopedestriandatathatitdidbicycledata,collectingdatafromalllocalpolicedepartmentsfromJanuary2018toearlyJune,andappliedalinearprojectiontothedatacollected.Thusfarin2018therehavebeenthreepedestrianrelatedfatalities,settingthecountyupforalowerfatalityyear.

Pedestriandataprojectedfor2018includesthefollowing:‐a52%decreaseinfatalaccidents

‐a10%increaseinsevereinjuryaccidents‐a3%reductioninvisibleinjuryaccidents

‐a14%increaseincomplaintofpainaccidents

Thefollowingfigurecomparesthese2018projectedmetricswithpastdata:


Basedonthedata,2018isonpacetohaveanoticeablyloweramountoffatalities,withanincreaseincomplaintofpainandsevereinjuriesof14%and10%,anda3%reductioninvisibleinjuries.WiththeamountofpedestrianoutreachTCAGperformedinthe2016‐2017years,itispossiblethattheBikeandStrideprogramplayedaroleinreducingthecriticalnumbers.However,therearelikelyothercontributingfactors,aswellaschanceandapossibilitythatfatalitiesmaypickupinthelatterpartoftheyear,andonelowyeardoesnotnecessarilysupportatrend.

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