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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda AGENDA Transportation Committee Regular Meeting 2:30 PM - Monday, May 20, 2019 Council Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way 1. 20 mph Speed Limit in Neighborhoods a) Memo 2. Emerging Issues in Transportation • TIP Schedule and Priorities Discussion a) 2019 TIP Ranking b) DRAFT Lift of Projects 2020 c) TIP Workflow 1 Presentation to Transportation & Aviation Committee For Speed Limit 20 MPH On City of Renton Residential Streets May 20, 2019 Issue: Should we reduce the speed limit in the LaCrosse neighborhood as requested by its Home Owners Association and recommend a procedure for City Council to apply to other neighborhood requests to lower their residential streets’ speed limit to 20mph? Recommendation: The City of Renton should reduce the Speed Limit to 20 miles per hour on all streets in the LaCrosse neighborhood. The basis for this was the traffic speed study of the neighborhood streets and application of the FHWA’s USLIMITS2 analytical program. Public Works Transportation Systems will prepare an agenda bill for City Council to adopt a resolution to establish Speed Limit 20 mph on the LaCrosse residential streets and approve a procedure to establish the Speed Limit 20 mph as requested by other neighborhoods in the future. Background: COUNCIL MEETING REFERRAL– 5/15/2017 MOVED BY PERSSON, SECONDED BY PÉREZ, COUNCIL REFER THE TOPIC OF SPEED LIMITS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. – Moloney & Milosevich LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION TO ENACT SPEED LIMIT 20 MPH IN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS In 2013, the State of Washington amended RCW 46.61.415 under House Bill 1045 by adding Section (3) which allows cities and towns to establish a maximum speed of twenty (20) miles per hour on non-arterial roads in residential or business districts. In paragraph (b), cities and towns may do so without a traffic engineering study provided that they developed procedures for doing so. If a city or town does lower its speed limit to 20 miles per hour under this code, they may, if they decide, restore the previous speed limit without a traffic engineering study, provided that the city or town does so within one year of the initial speed limit reduction. LACROSSE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEED STUDY The speed study results for the LaCrosse neighborhood are summarized below in the tables and narrative. Speeding was considered to be five miles per hour over the speed limit for the study. Our study included Lincoln Avenue NE, north of NE 34th Place and Monterrey Court NE, north of NE 33rd St. for the week of March 13th – 19th, 2019. AGENDA ITEM #1. a) 2 Lincoln Avenue NE Weekday Avg. 85% %> Daily # of Year Direction Volumes Speed Speed 30 mph Speeders 2019 Northbound 133 15 22 0.00 0 2019 Southbound 160 17 23 0.06 1 Lincoln Avenue NE experiences about one speeding driver per day, which can occur anytime from late morning to an hour before midnight. Monterrey Court NE Weekday Avg. 85% %> Daily # of Year Direction Volumes Speed Speed 30 mph Speeders 2019 Northbound 127 19 26 3.93 5 2019 Southbound 84 18 26 2.38 2 After collecting a week of speed data on Monterrey Court NE, we found about seven speeders per day with an average of two from 7:00 am - 8:00 am. The 85th percentile speed represents the speed that 85% of the motorists are not exceeding. The remaining 15% of motorists with all but a few are staying below 30mph. The vast majority of the motorists are staying below or one mph over the 25mph Speed Limit. However, entering the street conditions and collected speed data into the USLIMITS2 program, the recommended speed limit came out to 20 mph. USLIMITS2 – FHWA PROGRAM TO DETERMINE SPEED LIMITS USLIMITS2 is an analytical program developed by the Federal Highway Administration that given a set of roadway conditions can determine an appropriate speed limit. Applying the USLIMITS2 program to the data collected for the residential streets in the LaCrosse, it recommends a speed limit of 20 miles per hour. A major component of the parameters that influenced the outcome was using the average speeds on the majority of the streets plus 5 mph that resulted in the Speed Limit 20 mph recommendation. AGENDA ITEM #1. a) 3 SPEED LIMIT 20 MPH IN OTHER COMMUNITIES City of Seattle Currently, the City of Seattle remains the only community in Washington that reduced the speed limit on their residential streets to 20 miles per hour. They also decided to reduce the speed limit on arterials by five miles per hour. It established a blanket procedure which applies to every road, instead of individual roadways on a case by case basis. In additional to police enforcement, a highly visible part of its Vision Zero to reduce crashes campaign are yard signs which state, “20 is Plenty.” Vision Zero literature typically expresses the survival chance of pedestrians for a given impact speed: at 20 miles per hour, 9 out 10 pedestrians survive. Several cities in the United States have adopted Vision Zero as their philosophy regarding road design and operations. Portland, Oregon In 2011, House Bill 3150 in the State of Oregon allows local authorities to decrease speed limits by five miles per hour on residential streets but requires volume and speed thresholds to be met. In June of 2017, the governor of Oregon signed into law House Bill 2682 which allowed the City of Portland to decrease its speed limit on residential streets citywide to 20 miles per hour. Like Seattle, Portland has adopted a residential street speed limit of 20 miles per hour throughout the entire city, in the spring of 2018. The City of Portland has also adopted a campaign to give away free “20 is plenty” yard signs to publicize its new speed limit. New York, New York In May of 2011, the City of New York established their first 20 miles per hour slow zone in the Claremont Neighborhood and extended it to a total of 28 neighborhoods. In 2015, the City of New York discontinued their 20 miles per hour Slow Zone program and did not extend to any additional neighborhoods, but now concentrate on safety measures for arterials to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities. AGENDA ITEM #1. a) Priority 2019-2024 TIP No. 2019-2024 Project Title Community Planning Area MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 1 1 Street Overlay Citywide 2 2 Arterial Rehabilitation Program Citywide 3 2.1 Renton Avenue S Resurfacing, City Center S 130th St to Taylor Ave NW 4 2.2 SW 43rd St Resurfacing, Valley SR 167 to west City Limits 5 15 Bronson Way Bridge - Seismic Retrofit and Painting, City Center across Cedar River 6 17 Houser Way Bridge - Seismic Retrofit and Painting, City Center across Cedar River 7 25 Williams Ave Bridge - Seismic Retrofit and Painting, City Center 8 9 Sidewalk Rehabilitation and Replacement Program Citywide 9 37 Nile Ave NE Bridge Repair Program East Plateau across May Creek 10 10 Bridge Inspection & Repair Program Citywide OPERATIONS AND SAFETY 1 4 Roadway Safety and Guardrail Program Citywide 2 5 Intersection Safety & Mobility Program Citywide 3 6 Traffic Safety Program Citywide 4 8 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Citywide 5 7 Traffic Operation Devices Program Citywide 6 34 Maple Valley Highway Barriers, Cedar River west edge of Riverview Park 7 47 Talbot Road S / S 177th St Signalization and Roadway Improvements, Talbot adjacent to Valley Medical Center NON-MOTORIZED PROJECTS 1 18 Lake Washington Loop Trail, City Center south perimeter of the Renton Airport 2 30 Lake to Sound (L2S) Trail, Valley & City Center East-West Trail connecting Lake Washington to Puget Sound 3 28 Houser Way S/N Non-Motorized Improvements, City Center Mill Ave S to Bronson Way S 4 11 Barrier-Free Transition Plan Implementation Citywide 5 3 Walkway Program Citywide 6 45 Sunset Area Green Connections, Highlands OTHER PROGRAMS 1 13 Arterial Circulation Program Citywide 2 12 Project Development & Pre-Design Program Citywide 3 40 Transit Master Plan Citywide 4 14 1% for the Arts Program N/A Priority 2019-2024 TIP No. 2019-2024 Project Title Community Planning Area CORRIDOR PROJECTS 1 16 Duvall Ave NE Roadway Improvements, Highlands & E. Plateau NE 7th St to Sunset Blvd NE 2 26 Williams Ave S and Wells Ave S Conversion Project, City Center S Grady Way to N 1st St 3 20 Park Ave North Extension, City Center Logan Ave N to Southport 4 21 Rainier Ave S/N Corridor Improvements Phase 4, City Center S 3rd St to NW 3rd Pl 5 24 South 2nd Street Conversion Project, City Center Rainier Ave S to Main St 6 19 NE Sunset Boulevard (SR 900) Corridor Improvements Highlands I-405 to east City Limits 7 23 116th Ave SE Improvements, Benson Puget Drive SE to the south City Limits 8 41 South 3rd Street Conversion Project, City Center Rainier Ave S to Main St 9 22 Renton Connector, City Center S 2nd St to S 5th St 10 44 South Lake Washington Transit Stop, City Center vicinity of Southport Dr N and Garden Ave N 11 27 Carr Road improvements, Talbot & Benson Lind Ave SW to 116th Ave SE 12 39 Renton Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Improvements, City Center S Renton Village Pl extension to S Grady Way 13 42 South 7th Street Corridor Improvements, City Center Rainier Ave South to Talbot Road South 14 31 Lake Washington Blvd N/Southport Access Improvements, City Center Park Ave N to Gene Coulon Park 15 43 South Grady Way Multi-Modal Improvements, City Center Talbot Rd South to Rainier Ave South 16 38 Rainier Ave N Corridor Improvements (Phase 5), City Center NW 3rd Pl to City Limits 17 29 Houser Way North Widening and Realignment, City Center N 8th St to Lake Washington Blvd 18 33 Logan Ave North Improvements, City Center S 2nd St to Park Ave N 19 36 NE 3rd Street/NE 4th Street Corridor Improvements, Highlands & E. Plateau Sunset Blvd N to the east City Limits 20 32 Lind Ave SW Roadway Widening, Valley SW 16th to SW 43rd St 21 35 Monster Road SW/68th Ave S Roadway Improvements, Valley Monster Rd Bridge and City Limits 22 46 SW 27th Street/Strander Boulevard Connection Valley AGENDA ITEM #2. a) 2020-2025 TIP PROJECTS LIST [DRAFT] TIP No.Project Title 1 Street Overlay 2 Arterial Rehabilitation Program 2.1 Renton Avenue S Resurfacing, S 130th St to Taylor Ave NW 2.2 SW 43rd St Resurfacing, SR 167 to west City Limits 3 Walkway Program 4 Roadway Safety and Guardrail Program 5 Intersection Safety & Mobility Program 6 Traffic Safety Program 7 Preservation of Traffic Operation Devices 8 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program 9 Sidewalk Rehabilitation and Replacement Program 10 Bridge Inspection & Repair Program 11 Barrier-Free Transition Plan Implementation 12 Project Development & Pre-Design Program 13 Arterial Circulation Program 14 1% for the Arts Program 15 Bronson Way N Bridge Repair, across Cedar River 16 Duvall Ave NE Roadway Improvements, NE 7th St to Sunset Blvd NE 17 Houser Way Intersection and Pedestrian Improvements,between Williams Ave S and Wells Ave S 18 Houser Way N Bridge Seismic Retrofit and Painting 19 Lake Washington Loop Trail, perimeter of the Renton Airport 20 NE Sunset Boulevard (SR 900) Corridor Improvements, I-405 to east City Limits 21 Park Ave North Extension, Logan Ave N to Southport 22 Rainier Ave S/N Corridor Improvements Phase 4, S 3rd St to NW 3rd Pl 23 Renton Connector, S 2nd St to S 5th St 24 Renton Elementary and Middle School Crossings 25 South 2nd Street Conversion Project, Rainier Ave S to Main St 26 South/Southwest 7th Street Corridor Improvements, Naches Ave S to Talbot Road South 27 Williams Ave N Bridge Seismic Retrofit and Painting 28 Williams Ave S and Wells Ave S Conversion Project, S Grady Way to N 1st St 29 116th Ave SE Improvements, Puget Drive SE to the south City Limits 30 Carr Road improvements, Lind Ave SW to 116th Ave SE 31 Houser Way North Widening and Realignment, N 8th St to Lake Washington Blvd 32 Houser Way S/N Non-Motorized Improvements, Mill Ave S to Bronson Way S 33 Lake to Sound (L2S) Trail, East-West Trail connecting Lake Washington to Puget Sound 34 Lake Washington Blvd N/ Southport Access Improvements, Park Ave N to Gene Coulon Park 35 Lind Ave SW Roadway Widening, SW 16th St to SW 43rd St 36 Logan Ave North Improvements, S 2nd St to Park Ave N 37 Maple Valley Highway Barriers, west edge of Riverview Park 38 Monster Road SW/68th Ave S Roadway Improvements, Monster Rd Bridge and City Limits 39 NE 3rd Street / NE 4th Street Corridor Improvements, Sunset Blvd N to the east City Limits 40 Nile Ave NE Bridge Repair, across May Creek 41 Rainier Ave N Corridor Improvements Phase 5, NW 3rd Pl to City Limits 42 Renton Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Improvements, S Renton Village Pl extension to S Grady Way 43 South 3rd Street Conversion Project, Rainier Ave S to Main St 44 South Grady Way Multi-Modal Improvements, Talbot Rd South to Rainier Ave South 45 South Lake Washington Transit Stop, vicinity of Southport Dr N and Garden Ave N 46 Southport Pedestrian Connection 47 Sunset Area Green Connections, vicnity of Sunset Area Revitilzation Area 48 SW 27th Street/Strander Boulevard Connection, west City limits to Naches Ave SW 49 Talbot Road S / S 177th St Signalization and Roadway Improvements, adjacent to Valley Medical Center 50 Walkway Master Plan 05/20/2019 AGENDA ITEM #2. b) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Land Use Vision COMMUNITY PLANS City Center Community Plan Benson Hill Community Plan Sunset Area Community Investment Strategy Downtown Civic Core Vision and Action Plan Renton Trails and Bicycle Master Plan PROGRAM INPUT Maintenance and Operations Walkway and Safety Bridge and Guardrail Project Development/Planning STATE & REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (STIP/RTIP) Mandated by law Capital Investment Program (CIP) Funded Priorities Projects in the City to be built to City standards/plans By Others Other Regional Projects in with the City may wish to Participate The Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) is a planning document that identifies transportation- related projects which are, or may become, eligible for federal, state and/or local funding. The primary importance of a local TIP is that local projects must be included to be eligible for state and federal grant programs. AGENDA ITEM #2. c)