Title:
Title
Establish Capital Improvement Project and Related Budgetary Adjustments for the Florin Road Vision Zero Safety Project (T15215800)
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00148
Location
Location: Florin Road from 24th Street to Munson Way, Districts 5 and 8
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) establishing the Florin Road Vision Zero Safety Project (T15215800) as a new Capital Improvement Project; and 2) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to transfer $893,000 (Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, Fund 2036) from the expenditure budget of the Transportation Corridor Program (R15210000) to the expenditure budget of the Florin Road Vision Zero Safety Project (T15215800).
FileName
Contact: William Shunk, Senior Engineer (916) 808-2986; Nader Kamal, Interim Engineering Services Manager (916) 808-7035, Department of Public Works
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Florin Road between 24th Street and Munson Way was identified in the Vision Zero Action Plan as one of the City's top five high injury corridors. Between 2009 and 2017, 16 crashes within the project's limits resulted in a fatality or severe injury, eight of which involved a person walking or biking. The corridor has a pavement condition index of 43 out of 100 (43 is considered poor condition) and needs resurfacing. This presents the City an opportunity to evaluate the functionality of the corridor and make cost-effective safety improvements while also completing much needed pavement rehabilitation.
A review of collision data in the Vision Zero Top 5 Corridors Plan reveals that nearly half of all crashes cited unsafe speed as the primary collision factor. Three-fourths of vehicles who crashed were proceeding straight or stopped at the time of the crash, with nearly half of the incidents being rear end collisions. Of the pedestrians who were hit, half were crossing ...
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