HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-11-07; Traffic and Mobility Commission; ; Complete Streets Engineering WorkshopMeeting Date: Nov. 7, 2022
To: Traffic and Mobility Commission
Staff Contact: Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer
Tom.Frank@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2766
Subject:
District:
Complete Streets Engineering Workshop
Citywide
Recommended Action
Receive a presentation on the transportation department approach to the design of complete
streets throughout the city.
Executive Summary
Staff will present and discuss the transportation department approach to the design of
complete streets throughout the city. This presentation will provide the Commission with a
high-level understanding of the engineering best practices that the city follows consistent with
the “Livable Streets” approach identified in the city’s General Plan Mobility Element to create
safer, more vibrant streets that serve all users including people walking, riding bicycles and
personal mobility devices, taking transit, and driving vehicles.
A livable streets vision is more than implementation of a state-mandated approach during a
general plan update process. It is a fundamental shift in how the city will plan and design the
street system – recognizing the street as a public space and ensuring that the public space
serves all users of the system (elderly, children, bicycles, pedestrians, etc.) within the urban
context of that system (e.g. accounting for the adjacent land uses).
These city’s approach to the design of complete streets projects is centered on using best
practices in street design from Carlsbad, San Diego County, the state of California, and around
the world. As such, they are intended to evolve and adapt to incorporate new treatments and
techniques as they are developed and proven successful. These guidelines are meant only to
guide future street design work in Carlsbad. While there may be streets that exist in Carlsbad
today that are not consistent with these standards, it is intended that those conditions be
addressed over time as street reconstruction or resurfacing projects are proposed.
The development of the city’s Complete Street Design guidelines builds on national research,
engineering standards, and best practices. Baseline precedents for these guidelines are set by
the California Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or CAMUTCD, and national
standards such as the Geometric Design of Highways and Streets published by the American
Association
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of State Highway and Transportation Officials, or AASHTO, and the Federal Highway
Administration, or FHWA. The National Association of City Transportation Official’s, or NACTO,
Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeways Design Guide provides a secondary source on
complete streets best practices. Caltrans endorsed the NACTO design guides in 2014 and to the
maximum extent possible; the principles and approach of these documents has been reflected.
Discussion
Questions and comments are encouraged at the end of a staff’s presentation.
Fiscal Analysis
This item is a presentation on the work related to management of the city’s transportation
assets and, as such, there is no financial impact related to this item.
Environmental Evaluation (CEQA)
Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065, receiving a presentation on the work of the
Public Works Branch, Transportation Department does not constitute a “project” within the
meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, in that it has no potential to
cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
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Complete Streets
Engineering Workshop
Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer
Nov. 7, 2022
TODAY’S PRESENTATION
•What is Complete Streets?
•How do we design complete streets?
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Space needs for each mode?
Budget?
Schedule?
Context?
Hardscape design?
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Balance the Road to Users
•Model Design Manual of Living Streets
•http://www.modelstreetdesignmanua
l.com/
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Design Guidelines
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What’s more inviting?
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ITEM 2: Mobility
What’s more inviting?
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What’s more inviting?
1.Review guidelines of topic
2.Case study
3.Carlsbad candidate projects
4.Frequently asked questions
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Approach for presentation
1.Horizontal design
2. Bikeway design
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Todays Topics
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Horizontal Design
1. What’s the current and future demand?
2. Address capacity
3. Balance mode area and lane widths
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Horizontal Design
Case Study
1.Arterial Realignment-Avenida Pico, San
Clemente.
2.Transformative Project –N. El Camino
Real, San Clemente
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Horizontal Design
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Bicycle Design
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Horizontal Design
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Horizontal Design
Carlsbad candidate projects
1.Arterial Realignment-El Fuerte, and La
Costa Avenue
2.Transformative Project –S. Carlsbad
Blvd. –Manzano Drive to Island Way
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Horizontal Design
Frequently Asked Questions
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Horizontal Design
Horizontal Design
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Questions?
1. What’s the current and future demand?
2. Address capacity
3. Balance mode area and lane widths
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Bikeway Design
Case Study
1.Arterial Realignment-Avenida Pico, San
Clemente.
2.Transformative Project –N. El Camino
Real, San Clemente
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Bikeway Design
Carlsbad candidate projects
1.Arterial Realignment-La Costa Avenue
2.Transformative Project –S. Carlsbad
Blvd. –Manzano Drive to Island Way
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Bikeway Design
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Bikeway Design
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Bikeway Design
Frequently Asked Questions
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Bikeway Design
Bikeway Design
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Questions?
•Pedestrian Crossings
•Intersection Control
•Traffic Calming
•Others
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Potential Future Topics
THANK YOU!
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