AgdaPkt 2016-01-25 Closed and Interview and Joint SA PFA

Browse Search

REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager January 25, 2016 SUBJECT Update on Farm Hill Boulevard Pilot Program RECOMMENDATION Receive an update on the Farm Hill Boulevard Pilot Program and provide direction to staff regarding minor modifications to the pilot design BACKGROUND The Farm Hill Boulevard pilot project officially began in early September 2015. The Council initiated the project as a one-year pilot. The overall goal of this pilot project is to increase safety for all roadway users by increasing driver compliance with the speed limit and by reducing exposure to multiple lanes of traffic. The project reconfigured the traffic lanes on Farm Hill Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue, from the City’s western limit to Alameda de las Pulgas. The pilot design generally converted the existing 4-lane roadway (two lanes in each direction) into a design with one lane in each direction, a shared center turn lane and bike lanes. As the characteristics of the road (grade, curves, adjacent land uses, etc.) and its width change, the proposed design varies somewhat too. The pilot design maintains some existing features to minimize additional delays for drivers: · Both travel lanes on the upper part of Farm Hill, going towards Cañada College and I-280, were kept to keep cars from being trapped behind slower moving vehicles. · All travel lanes remain at the intersection with Emerald Hill to maintain the existing capacity. The pilot project was initiated after years of community outreach and concern. The concerns primarily focused on unsafe road conditions for people driving, walking, riding bikes and homes along the Farm Hill corridor due to unsafe vehicle speeds. Beginning in 2012, several interim improvements were taken prior to moving ahead with the pilot 8.A. - Page 1