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Staff Report for a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Program Supplement Agreement No. 027-F with the State of California to Provide $59,850 in Grant Funds for the Design Phase of the East 14th Street (State Route 185) at Joaquin Avenue Scramble Pedestrian Signal Project
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Program Supplement Agreement that accepts federal funding of $59,850 and obligates the City to provide matching funds of $6,650 in order to complete the design phase of the East 14th Street at Joaquin Avenue Scramble Pedestrian Signal Project.
BACKGROUND
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST), which was signed into law on December 4, 2015, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core Federal-aid program. The overall purpose of this program is to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of infrastructure-related highway safety improvements.
The City was awarded $335,250 in the 2016-17 HSIP cycle to add a scramble pedestrian signal phase to the existing signal at the East 14th Street at Joaquin Avenue intersection. Scramble pedestrian signals stop all vehicular traffic to allow pedestrians to cross an intersection in every direction, including diagonally, at the same time. This will be San Leandro's second scramble pedestrian signal installation in addition to the one at Bancroft Avenue and 136th Avenue.
The East 14th Street at Joaquin Avenue intersection ranked high on the City's High Collision Intersections list, which is regularly monitored and updated by City staff. Eleven collisions were reported between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015. One bicycle-related and five pedestrian collisions were recorded in this five-year period. It is one of the top pedestrian collision locations in San Leandro.
In light of the relative high frequency of pe...
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