Coversheet


Agenda Item 6.


TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY *Memorandum*

To:	Technical Advisory Committee
From:	Madilyn Jacobsen, Transportation Planner
Meeting Date:	October 3, 2019
Subject:	Safe Streets Pilot Program

RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECEIVE presentation and PROVIDE FEEDBACK on the proposed Safe Streets Pilot Program.

SUMMARY:

The Transportation Agency wants to encourage Cities and the County to utilize road repaving projects as an opportunity to add low-cost pedestrian and bicycle safety features to a corridor. The Safe Streets Pilot Program is an Agency effort that would provide, on a one-time basis, supplemental funding to cover some of the added costs of including safety improvements in existing pavement and restriping projects. The intent of the program would be to encourage public works departments to integrate low-cost safety features into all pavement jobs.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for the Safe Street Pilot Program would come from the Regional Surface Transportation Program funds the Board of Directors set aside for Complete Street implementation as part of the last round of funding.

DISCUSSION:

Staff is proposing to create a Safe Streets Pilot Program whose goal would be to demonstrate the ability of maintenance projects, such as repaving, to serve as a platform for enhancing bicycle and pedestrian safety in Monterey County.

Under the program, TAMC staff would work with each community to identify an eligible repaving project and work with that community's public works and engineering departments on a "Safe Street" design. TAMC would provide incentive funding, up to a certain amount, for the project to include the bicycle and/or pedestrian safety features.

While communities would be encouraged to propose a pilot project based on their road maintenance schedule, Transportation Agency staff suggests focusing the grant funding on streets and roads that:

Provide access to a school, community center, or park;
Are identified for bicycle or pedestrian improvements in TAMC's Active Transportation Plan and/or existing city-level bicycle or pedestrian plans; and/or,
Provide access to transit.

Staff is seeking feedback on the proposed Safe Streets Pilot Program from the Technical Advisory Committee and how it could best fit into regular street maintenance programs.