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*TIME CHANGE* TRANSPORTATION, WATER&INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	07/09/2018
Subject: RECEIVE update on the Contra Costa County Safety Action Plan, DIRECT staff as appropriate.
Submitted For:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	12
Referral Name:	Monitor the implementation of the County Complete Streets Policy.
Presenter:	Jamar Stamps, DCD - AICP, Senior Planner	Contact:	Jamar Stamps (925)674-7832

Information

Referral History:

7/12/2016: The Board of Supervisors adopted a Complete Streets Resolution & Policy. The resolution included implementation obligations. Oversight of implementation was subsequently referred to the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee.

10/09/2017: As staff proceeded with implementation efforts, a report, "RECEIVE Update and DIRECT staff as appropriate regarding Complete Streets/”Vision Zero” Implementation" was brought to TWIC.

Staff provided an update to the TWIC on the County’s Complete Streets Policy, the Board-directed “Vision Zero” concept, and Automated Speed Enforcement (“ASE”) implementation and assist in developing a Vision Zero (or similar) plan.

Referral Update:

In May 2018, County staff (DCD and PWD) retained Fehr & Peers to provide transportation engineering services to analyze transportation safety-related topics in the unincorporated County. Development of the Plan is approximately 1/3 complete.

Fehr & Peers is working with staff to build a collision database (locating severe and fatal collisions on the unincorporated area’s roadway network and identifying their contributing factors). This information will form what is known as the “High Injury Network” which illustrates where the highest frequency of severe and fatal collisions are occurring. Further analysis of this data will help create “Collision Profiles” which indicate common collision characteristics and contextual variables (e.g. user behavior, collision type, roadway facility characteristics, etc.).

A Technical Advisory Committee (“TAC”) has been assembled with staff-level representatives from various County departments and non-government organizations, including County Health Services, Highway Patrol, Bike East Bay, 511 Contra Costa, and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. The TAC will convene for the first time in July to discuss the aforementioned data and begin to consider priority project locations on the High Injury Network. After identifying priority locations, the TAC will begin to consider safety countermeasures intended to help reduce and possibly eliminate severe and fatal collisions. Following that, County staff will return to the TWIC to present the Implementation Strategy and receive feedback.

County staff is also seeking direction from the TWIC on finalizing the program branding, currently referred to as a “Safety Action Plan.” Most similar programs use the title “Vision Zero,” “Toward Zero Deaths” or some variation of the two. The distinction with the latter titles is the stated goal (usually by resolution); bringing severe and fatal traffic collisions to zero by a time certain (e.g. zero deaths on roadways by the year 2030). Fehr & Peers will provide further information on both branding options for the Committee’s consideration.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE update on Contra Costa County Safety Action Plan/Complete Streets implementation, DIRECT staff as appropriate.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None to the General Fund. Staff time for recommended activities is covered under existing budgets (50% Road Fund and 50% Measure J Fund).

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