Agmt14 San Mateo County Transportation Authority Measure A Funds

Browse Search

inattentive drivers. Installing curb ramps ensures that people crossing fhe street are able to cross the street within crosswalks—where drivers are expecting them. • Improve crossings— increasing the visibility of crossings increases the safety of people using them by improving the likelihood that drivers will yield. Some of the proposed treatments also shorten crossing distances— thereby reducing pedestrians' exposure to cars, as well as providing a median refuge—a safe place to wait for a gap in traffic. III. EFFECTIVENESS — Up to 35 points a. Does the project provide facilities that accommodate both pedestrians and bicycles? If so, please describe. The majority of the proposed improvements around the schools are targeted towards people walking, though people bicycling will also benefit from reduced vehicle speeds and increased awareness of vulnerable roadway users. In addition, many children ride their bicycles on sidewalks—so improvements to sidewalks and pedestrian crossings will directly benefit them. b. What is the relationship of the project to other bicycle or pedestrian ' routes/facilities (i.e. does it provide access to, or close a gap in the countywide bicycle or pedestrian network)? The project closes safety gaps (around schools)that are perpetuated by coordination challenges stemming from schools that share boundaries with multiple jurisdictions. Redwood City will be coordinating with these jurisdictions (the County of San Mateo and the Town of Woodside) as part of this project. Many of the improvements are within the Pedestrian Focus Area for San Mateo County as identified in the San Mateo County Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan (p. 77). Some of the improvements near Roosevelt School are at the intersection of Alameda de Las Pulgas (the Alameda) and Vera Avenue. In the San Mateo County Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan the Alameda is identified as a Countywide Key Corridor for bicycling (figure on p.64) and is described as providing "an inland alternative to the North South Bikeway" (p. 62). c. Does the project provide access to bicycle and/or pedestrian facilities in high use activity centers (schools, transit stations and other activity nodes)? If so, please describe. Yes, all of the schools in this project are high activity centers in and of themselves. Most, if not all, have fields and playgrounds that are open to the public outside of school hours or are used for recreational sports (e.g. soccer practice and games). As such, they attract large numbers of people even outside of standard school hours. REV:09-04-14 VR 23 ATTY/AGR/2014.160/SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY