Agmt14 San Mateo County Transportation Authority Measure A Funds

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of people even outside of school hours. The proposed improvements will increase safety of people walking and bicycling to and around the schools. Many of the improvements will atso benefit people whose commutes pass by these schools. This is especially true in the case of improvements along collector and arterial streets in the project area. Examples of this include: • Farm Hill Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue (Roy Cloud and John Gill schools)which are major arterials in Redwood City. (see Project Area Map in Appendix B), • Alameda de las Pulgas (Roosevelt School), and • Roosevelt Avenue (Hawes Community School). b. Is the project identified in the San Mateo County Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (CBPP) as part of the Countywide Bikeway Nefinrork or located in a Pedestrian Focus Area in the CBPP? Yes � No ❑ Page number(s): 62-64, 73-74, 77, 81-83 c. Is the project identified in a local Bicycle and/or Pedestrian Plan? Yes � No ❑ Document Name and Page number(s): Redwood City Safe Routes to School Report Pages 2-13, 4-13, 5-13, 6-13, 7-13 Redwood City General Plan, Circulation Element Pages BE 100-104, and BE 135-139 d. Is pedestrian and/or bicycle safety improved because of the project? Yes � No ❑ Explain and cite any relevant history pertaining to accidents and safety issues in the immediate project vicinity: All of the proposed improvements respond to concerns raised in meetings with parents, caregivers, and school personnel about the challenges of safely getting children to school on foot or by bike. Common concerns are the speed and volume of traffic near schools, difficulty in crossing major streets, and lack of curb ramps. The Redwood City Safe Routes to School Report identified 15 collisions involving children within '/ miles of the participating schools over a five-year period. The proposed improvements increase safety in the following ways: • Increase awareness of school children—items such as updating school warning signage, pavement markings and removing overgrown plants increase awareness that children are present and increase the ability of drivers to see children —encouraging them to slow down, thereby increasing their ability to stop quickly if needed. • Improve accessibility— People forced to use nearby driveways currently enter the street at unexpected locations, potentially putting them a risk from REV;09-04-14 VR 22 ATTY/AGR/2014.160/SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY