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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9718Resolution No. 9718 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto to Establish Target Speeds for Arterials, Residential Arterials, and Collector Streets within Palo Alto R E C I T A L S A. Speed plays a critical role in the cause and severity of crashes. There is a direct correlation between higher speeds, crash risk, and the severity of injuries. B. Embracing a proactive design approach on new and existing streets with the goal of reducing speeds may be the single most consequential intervention in reducing pedestrian injury and fatality. C. Conventional roadway design uses the Operating Speed when making geometric design and traffic engineering decisions. D. A higher Design Speed often mandates larger curb radii, wider travel lane widths, on-street parking restrictions, guardrails, and clear zones. E. A lower Design Speed reduces observed speeding behavior, providing a safer place for people to walk, park, and drive. F. Streets should be designed using a Target Speed, which is the speed motorists at which should operate, rather than the Operating Speed, which is the speed at which motorists currently drive. G. The Design Speed should be brought in line with the Target Speed by implementing measures to reduce and stabilize the Operating Speed as appropriate. H. Ultimately, the Target Speed, Design Speed, Posted Speed, and Operating Speed should be consistent on each roadway. I. The City desires to establish Target Speeds for certain Arterials and Residential Arterials where the Operating Speed has been found to exceed the Posted Speed Limit in order to reduce the Operating Speed through roadway design. The Target Speeds will have no regulatory effect, and merely sets forth the desired Operating Speed to guide City efforts to redesign and improve the relevant roadways. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES, as follows: SECTION 1. Definitions. A. “Target Speed” is the highest speed at which motorists should operate on a street in a specific context, consistent with the level of multimodal activity generated by adjacent land uses, to provide both mobility for motor vehicles and a safe environment for pedestrians and bicyclists. B. “Design Speed” is the speed a roadway designer uses to determine curb radii, travel lane widths, merge taper length, signal stopping distance, guardrails, and clear zones. C. The “Posted Speed” is the speed limit, which is posted and enforced by the agency with jurisdiction over a particular street segment. DocuSign Envelope ID: 049D0AE8-39FB-4F2C-9AA5-7FF02051BA6C D. The “Operating Speed” is the speed at which 85% of motorists travel at or below on a particular street segment during free flow conditions as established in an engineering and traffic study. SECTION 2. Establishment of Target Speeds. A. In order to ensure consistency between the Design Speed, Posted Speed, and Operating Speed, a Target Speed of 25 miles per hour is established for the following streets: 1) Alma Street between University Avenue and Lincoln Avenue 2) Embarcadero Road between eastern terminus (east of Highway 101) and western city limits 3) Middlefield Road from northern city limits to southern city limits 4) University Avenue from eastern city limits to western city limits B. In order to ensure consistency between the Design Speed, Posted Speed, and Operating Speed, a Target Speed of 35 miles per hour is established for the following streets: 1) Coyote Hill Road between western city limits and Hillview Avenue SECTION 3. CEQA. This resolution is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15301 in that this proposed resolution will have a minor impact on existing facilities. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: November 7, 2017 AYES: FILSETH, FINE, HOLMAN, KNISS, KOU, SCHARFF, TANAKA, WOLBACH NOES: ABSENT: DUBOIS ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: __________________________ __________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: __________________________ __________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager __________________________ Director of Planning and Community Environment DocuSign Envelope ID: 049D0AE8-39FB-4F2C-9AA5-7FF02051BA6C Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 049D0AE839FB4F2C9AA57FF02051BA6C Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: RESO 9718 Establishing Target Speeds_10.3.17.docx Source Envelope: Document Pages: 2 Signatures: 5 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 5 Initials: 0 Irma Mora AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Irma.Mora@CityofPaloAlto.org IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Record Tracking Status: Original 11/9/2017 10:08:56 AM Holder: Irma Mora Irma.Mora@CityofPaloAlto.org Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Hillary Gitelman Hillary.Gitelman@cityofpaloalto.org Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Sent: 11/9/2017 10:14:22 AM Resent: 11/16/2017 8:00:56 AM Viewed: 11/9/2017 12:02:04 PM Signed: 11/16/2017 9:31:31 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Sandra Lee Sandra.Lee@cityofpaloalto.org Assistant City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Sent: 11/16/2017 9:31:32 AM Viewed: 11/19/2017 7:44:04 PM Signed: 11/19/2017 7:44:40 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign James Keene James.Keene@cityofpaloalto.org City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Using IP Address: 73.231.36.101 Signed using mobile Sent: 11/19/2017 7:44:41 PM Viewed: 11/20/2017 6:15:01 AM Signed: 11/20/2017 6:15:13 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 4/14/2015 5:40:07 PM ID: 44fe333a-6a81-4cb7-b7d4-925473ac82e3 H. 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