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CITY OF SANTA MONICA PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN DRAFT OCTOBER 2015 Safe Streets Santa Monica, December 3, 2015 Beth Rolandson, AICP Principal Transportation Planner Strategic + Transportation Planning, Planning and Community Development

Planning Context 2

Community Themes Walking is part of the sustainable Santa Monica lifestyle and enhances wellbeing More pedestrians of all ages and fewer collisions Making the connections, removing the obstacles A shared priority, a shared responsibility 3

Action Plan Community vision Goals and policies that address four key themes Data analysis Short- and longterm actions Toolbox Implementation Measuring and monitoring 4

Community Engagement 5

Community Engagement 6

Top 10 Ideas 7

Plan Goals Vision Zero A Healthy Community Community Compassion Sustainability Stewardship Walking as a 1 st Choice Barrier-Free Network Pedestrian Awareness and Education Coordinated City Efforts 8

Vision Zero a strategy to strive to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. 9

Analysis of Santa Monica Conditions 1. Walking in Santa Monica 2. Physical Conditions 3. Performance 4. Transit 10

Anticipating Demand 11

Assessing Supply 12

Wellbeing 14

Addressing Safety Who Where What Why 15

Who is affected by collisions? 16

Where are collisions happening? 17

When are collisions happening? 18

Why are they happening? 19

How are they happening? 20

Prioritizing Transit Access Expo and Beyond 1. Colorado at Ocean 2. Colorado at 4th 3. Lincoln at Pico 4. Lincoln at Ocean Park 5. Wilshire at 14th 6. Wilshire at 26th 7. Santa Monica at 20th 8. Colorado at 17th 9. Olympic at 26th 10. Pico at 18th 21

Proposed Actions Walking Patterns Transit Walking Facilities Actions Vulnerable Populations Safety Feedback 22

Proposed Actions Practices Programs Built Projects 23

Practices Immediate: Reduce Speeds Prioritize Pedestrians in Projects Document Decisions Future: Resident Concerns Data Collection Vulnerable Populations Performance Monitoring Day-to-Day Activities State of the Art Technology 24

Programs Immediate: Vision Zero Santa Monica Safety Campaigns Safe Routes to Schools Wayfinding, Routes, Signs, Maps Safe Routes for Seniors Future: Walk Like a Local Open Streets Work Zone Safety Walk Downtown Group Events Activate Streets Public Improvements Pedestrian Lighting 25

Projects 26

5 Year, p. 91 Downtown Pedestrian Scrambles 11 intersections 27

10 Year, p. 93 Olympic Boulevard: sidewalk east of Stewart Street 28

15 Year, p. 98 Santa Monica Blvd: Streetscape 26 th St. to Centinela Ave. 29

Monitoring and Evaluation 30

Indicators: Pedestrian Activity/Mode Share, p.103 Walk Trips as % of All Trips Walk Trips as % of Work Trips Walk Trips as % of School Trips Number of Students walking on Bike It Walk It Day % of SM employees reporting they walk to work Number of Pedestrians in Select Locations Number of Car Trips of Less than 1 Mile 31

Indicators: Pedestrian Safety, p. 103 Number of Pedestrian fatalities and severe injury collisions Number of trafficrelated pedestrian collisions per 1000 population counts Change in Vehicle Speeds on high priority pedestrian corridors Number of School Site Access Improvements Number of Crossing Treatment Upgrades Number of K-12 Students Participating in Safe Routes to School Activities 32

Indicators: Pedestrian Perceptions and the Built Environment, p.104 Number of pedestrian-oriented enhancement projects Citizen Rating of Downtown Pedestrian Environment Juried Walkable Communities Score % of Priority Transit Intersections with Walkscore higher than 80 Number of Trees in Built Environment Miles of sidewalk network completed Density of enhanced crossing treatments 33

Feedback Received to Date Montana Avenue between 7 th and 17 th Streets 23 rd Street sidewalk 26 th Street east sidewalk north of Olympic Santa Monica Boulevard between Lincoln and Centinela 34

Feedback Received to Date Existing prohibition of sidewalk bicycle riding on sidewalk should be explicitly stated VZ 12 Discourage adults cycling on sidewalk through signage and better provision of on-street bicycle facilities; consider policy change to allow school age children to ride on the sidewalk (page 29) 35

Next Steps Commissions, Boards, Community Organizations: through January City Council: early 2016 Implementation 36

Commission Action Recommend Changes for inclusion in Pedestrian Action Plan Practices Programs Projects Indicators Recommend adoption by the City Council 37