HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2019-08-26 Item 3A - Powerpoint Presentation Shown at Meeting - 2019 Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program ProgressNEIGHBORHOOD
TRAFFIC
CALMING
PROGRAM
2019 MID -YEAR PROGRESS UPDATE
COMMITTEE OFTHEWHOLE
AUGUST 26, 2019
SAFETY IS A KEY
PRIORITY FORTUKWILA
SO WHAT IS BEING DONE?
SPRINT (Speeding Reduction
In Neighborhoods of Tukwila)
Initiative developed by Police &
Public Works in 2016
Neighborhood Traffic Calming
Program (NTCP) adopted by
Council in 2018 (Resolution
1955)
Funding in City budget adopted
in 2018
Public Works staff began
implementing the NTCP in
2019
VERY HIGH INTEREST IN THE NTCP!
REQUESTS FROM
THE CITY'S
WEBSITE
SEE-CLICK-
FIX/TUKWILA
WORKS
EMAIL INQUIRIES PHONE CALLS
HISTORICAL
KNOWLEDGE
ELECTED
OFFICIALS
OTHER
CONVERSATIONS DEPARTMENTS,
ESPECIALLY POLICE
FACE-TO-FACE
Level
Level 2
✓ Speed Feedback Signs Installed at 10 Locations ✓ RRFB Installed at I Location
✓ LED Enhanced Stop Signs Installed at 3 Locations ✓ Speed Cushions Installed at 2 Locations
✓ 6 Hour Parking Restriction Signs Installed at I ✓ Pedestrian Refuge Island Installed at I Location
Location (by WSDOT)
Previous installations include speed cushions at I location and 2 RRFBs at I location
WHATAREWEACTIVELYWORKING ON NOW?
• Additional LED Enhanced Sign
Locations
• New School Zone Delineation
• New Parking Restriction Signs
• Lighting Improvements
• Speed Zone Cameras (with PD)
• New Crosswalks
• Road Diet
Additional Speed Cushions
New RRFBs
WHAT ELSE CAN
BE DONE?
Many types of Level I and Level 2
Treatment Options Available
Level 1 Options Include: Leve
Speed Feedback Signs
S> Roadway Striping
>Signage
Changes/Improvements
Targeted Enforcement
Education Outreach
2 Options
nclud+e:
Neighborhood Entrance
Treatments
S>Traffic Circles and Chicanes.
S>Speed Cushions
>Turn Restrictions, Including
Road Closures
HOW IS IT WORKING?
New requests
come in frequently
but sporadically
Addressing
requests as quickly
as possible
Retained a
consultant to
provide additional
engineering support