HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-10-18; City Council; ; Extending the Proclamation of a Local Emergency Regarding Bicycle, E-Bicycle and Motorized Mobility Device SafetyMeeting Date: Oct. 18, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager
geoff.patnoe@carlsbadca.gov 442-339-2820
Subject: Extending the Proclamation of a Local Emergency Regarding Bicycle,
E-Bicycle and Motorized Mobility Device Safety
Districts: All
Recommended Actions
1.Receive a report on recent actions relating to the local emergency declared on Aug. 23, 2022.
2.Adopt a resolution extending the Proclamation of Bicycle, E-Bicycle and Motorized Mobility
Device Safety Local Emergency until Dec. 17, 2022, at 5 p.m., unless otherwise extended or
terminated earlier by the City Council.
Executive Summary
Carlsbad’s City Manager/Director of Emergency Services proclaimed a state of local emergency1 on
Aug. 23, 2022, in response to a more than 200% increase in collisions involving bikes and e-bikes
since 2019, including two fatalities since Aug. 7, 2022. The proclamation was intended to
immediately increase attention and resources on a range of solutions including infrastructure,
safety, enforcement and safe driving and riding education.
Upon proclaiming the local emergency, the City Manager authorized the redeployment of resources
from the city’s police, fire, transportation and communication departments to develop a
comprehensive plan to address the emergency and actions that can be implemented immediately.
Staff are requesting the City Council’s approval to extend the state of emergency until Dec. 17, 2022,
unless it is otherwise extended or terminated earlier by the City Council.
Discussion
The exponential increase in e-bikes and cycling in general around Carlsbad has led to a
corresponding increase in collisions. E-bikes have been a main focus of community concerns, but
not the only focus. The emergency proclamation includes bikes, e-bikes and other motorized
mobility devices.
Since the emergency was declared, the city has undertaken a wide range of immediate actions and
developed a long-range plan (Exhibit 2) to address traffic safety issues that was presented to the
City Council Sept. 27, 2022. That plan is soon to be presented to the Planning Commission and the
1 California Government Code Section 8630, and the City of Carlsbad’s Emergency Services Ordinance, including
Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 6.04.100(A)(1), empower the City Manager, as the City of Carlsbad’s Director of
Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence of a local emergency, subject to ratification by the City Council when
there exists, or there is threatened to exist, conditions of extreme peril to safety of persons and property within the
City of Carlsbad.
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Traffic and Mobility Commission, as the City Council directed. Staff will then present the
commissions’ recommendations to the City Council.
The California Emergency Services Act allows cities to proclaim a local state of emergency when
needed to protect public safety in extreme circumstances. Carlsbad’s emergency proclamation went
into effect immediately and was ratified by the City Council at its meeting of Aug. 30, 2022. California
Government Code Section 8630, subdivision (c), requires the City Council to review the need for
continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the City Council terminates the local
emergency.
Fiscal Analysis
On Aug. 30, 2022, the City Council authorized the Deputy City Manager of Administrative Services
to appropriate $2 million from unspent funds from the fiscal year 2021-22 General Fund budget to
support the city’s coordinated efforts to increase attention and resources on a range of solutions,
including infrastructure, safety and enforcement, and a focus on safe driving behavior education.
Next Steps
Staff will continue to respond to the local emergency and provide regular updates to City Council.
Environmental Evaluation
The allocation of funding for anticipated actions intended to mitigate the emergency, which
includes infrastructure and safety improvements, and education and enforcement efforts focusing
on safe driving behavior are a Class 1 categorical exemption under California Environmental
Quality Act Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities. Specifically, Section 15301(c) exempts
existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities
(this includes road grading for the purpose of public safety), and other alterations such as the
addition of bicycle facilities, including but not limited to bicycle parking, bicycle-share facilities and
bicycle lanes, transit improvements such as bus lanes, pedestrian crossings, street trees and other
similar alterations that do not create additional automobile lanes.
The anticipated improvements to the city’s existing mobility network under this action will
improve public safety and address the critical issues raised in the emergency declaration. Actions
are anticipated to involve negligible expansion of the current facilities and infrastructure beyond
existing and will not result in additional automobile lanes. The actions are not expected to increase
vehicular use of a roadway, will occur within the existing public right-of-way, and will not change
the overall facility use of the mobility network. No exception to the exemption as set forth in CEQA
Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies.
For the reasons stated above, the action is categorically exempt from CEQA under CEQA
Guidelines Section 15304(e), which applies to the minor temporary use of land having negligible or
no permanent effects on the environment, and CEQA Guidelines Section 15304(h), which covers
the creation of bicycle lanes on existing rights-of-way.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and it was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1.City Council resolution
2.Safer Streets Plan
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-250
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE PROCLAMATION OF BICYCLE, E
BICYCLE AND MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY LOCAL
EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD UNTIL DEC. 17, 2022, AT
5 P.M., UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED OR TERMINATED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, on Aug. 23, 2022, the Carlsbad City Manager/Director of Emergency Services
proclaimed a state of local emergency in response to an alarming increase (233%) in collisions
involving bikes and e-bikes since 2019; and
WHEREAS, on Aug. 30, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, adopted
Resolution No. 2022-214, ratifying the Proclamation of Local Emergency (Attachment A); and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630, subdivision (c), requires the City
Council to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the
City Council terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Proclamation of Local Emergency will expire on Oct. 22, 2022, at 5 p.m.,
unless earlier extended or terminated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the plan to address the local emergency is being reviewed and implemented and
there remains a bicycle, e-bike, and motorized mobility device safety local emergency throughout
the City of Carlsbad.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.The Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services
(Attachment A) is extended and shall expire on Dec. 17, 2022, at 5 p.m., unless otherwise
extended or terminated earlier by the City Council.
Exhibit 1
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PROCLAMATION OF BICYCLE, E-BICYCLE AND
MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY LOCAL EMERGENCY
IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act, including California
Government Code Section 8630, and the City of Carlsbad’s Emergency Services
Ordinance, including Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 6.04.100(A)(1), empower the City
Manager, as the City of Carlsbad’s Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the
existence of a local emergency, subject to ratification by the City Council, when there
exists, or there is threatened to exist, conditions of extreme peril to safety of persons
and property within the City of Carlsbad.
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services finds:
1. Conditions or threatened conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons
and property have arisen within the City of Carlsbad caused by the increased
prevalence of e-bicycles (e-bikes), other similar electric or motorized mobility
devices, and traditional bicycles on city streets, which has led to increased
collisions resulting in injury or death.
2. In 2019 there were 30 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
3. In 2020 there were 62 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
4. In 2021 there were 100 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
5. To date in 2022, 57 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes were reported in
Carlsbad.
6. U.S. traffic fatalities began climbing in 2020 and the deadly trend is
continuing.
7. According to estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, U.S. roadway deaths rose 10.5% in 2021 and an additional
7% during the first three months in 2022, the highest number for the first
quarter in two decades.
8. The increase in deaths is due to speeding, impaired or distracted driving and
other reckless behavior.
9. E-bikes are faster and heavier than traditional bicycles and e-bike injuries are
more likely to be more severe and require hospitalization than traditional
bicycle injuries.
10. E-bikes and similar electric or motorized mobility devices are increasingly
used by school age children to go to and from school and for other activities
on local streets.
11. Schools in the Carlsbad Unified School District will be opening on August 24,
2022, joining the other schools in Carlsbad and additional education facilities
Attachment A
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Exhibit 2
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Introduction
National traffic safety trends show a dramatic increase in traffic-related deaths, with the first quarter
of 2022 showing the highest number of deaths in two decades. Here in Carlsbad, injury collisions
involving bikes and e-bikes have increased over 200% since 2019, with roughly half of those being
e-bikes in 2022. Community members have requested more neighborhood traffic calming, more
enforcement, stricter laws and faster implementation of the city’s program to adapt local streets to
current and future uses, which include more biking and walking.
The city has recently taken several steps to address these concerns:
• Approved a new comprehensive plan to transform the city’s road network to one that
prioritizes moving people, not just cars, and prioritized implementation in the city’s annual
budget
• Completed dozens of projects to slow traffic and expand bike lanes and sidewalks
• Passed stricter rules for e-bikes and similar motorized mobility devices
• Implemented a public education program focused on safe biking, including e-bikes
• Increased enforcement related to roadway safety and traffic violations
Despite these efforts, collisions involving bikes and e-bikes in 2022 are tracking at the same
unprecedented rate as last year’s high of one collision nearly every three days. With children
throughout Carlsbad returning to school in August and given the significant increase in bike and e-bike
collisions, the City of Carlsbad declared a local emergency on Aug. 23, 2022, to immediately provide
more options, tools and resources to reverse this trend.
About this plan
This plan provides potential immediate and longer-term actions to address traffic safety in three main
areas, often referred to as the three Es of traffic safety:
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Strategies and actions
Specific strategies, policies and approaches are presented as options according to the following
timeframes:
Estimated costs
Many initiatives in this plan are already funded and able to move forward. Others have funding
sources identified in the Capital Improvement Program but require City Council to appropriate funding
in this fiscal year. Finally, some options do not yet have funding identified. In these cases, the City
Council may choose to appropriate funding from one of the city’s fund balances, seek grant funding,
appropriate funding from the General Fund reserve or seek other funding sources.
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Foundational elements
The City of Carlsbad has already prioritized traffic safety through its policies, projects, services and
special initiatives. Some of these foundational elements include:
General Plan Mobility Element
Approved by the City Council in 2015, the Mobility Element
guides future decisions related to how the city plans the
connectivity of the city’s transportation system by
identifying the preferred attributes of various street types
found in Carlsbad. It incorporates a “complete streets”
approach to designing city streets that balances the needs
of all users on the street including motorists, pedestrians,
bicyclists, children, persons with disabilities, seniors,
movers of commercial goods and users of public
transportation. It is complementary to other elements
within the General Plan.
Planned projects
The city’s Capital Improvement Program includes 40 planned traffic and mobility related projects to be
completed over the next 15 years. Other projects are planned as part of the city’s Sustainable Mobility
Plan implementation and the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program. In all the city is
currently working on over 100 projects related to traffic and mobility improvements at a cost of about
$350 million. Funding for these projects has been appropriated from various sources including gas tax,
the TransNet transportation sales tax, and the city’s traffic impact fees. Some of the main projects are
listed below in order of the expected completion date.
• Tamarack Traffic Calming - Skyline Drive to Adams Street
• Tyler Street Traffic Circulation Study
• Safe Routes to School Plan – Hope Elementary
• Installation of permanent speed feedback signs at 8 locations in the Barrio
• Carlsbad Blvd pedestrian improvements between Mountain View Drive and Tamarack Avenue
• Melrose Drive right turn lane to westbound Palomar Airport Road
• Palomar Airport Road and College Boulevard improvements
• El Camino Real widening - Poinsettia Lane to Camino Vida Roble
• Kelly Drive and Park Drive complete street improvements
• Palomar Airport Road and Avenida Encinas improvements
• Traffic signal - Maverick Way and Camino De Los Coches
• Las Flores Street at I-5 Traffic Calming
• Barrio traffic circles
• Village decorative lighting
• Beach access repair & upgrades - Pine to Tamarack
• Avenida Encinas Coastal Rail Trail and Pedestrian Improvements
• El Camino Real right turn lane to eastbound Alga Road
• El Camino Real widening - Arenal Road to La Costa Avenue
• Terramar Area coastal improvements
• Carlsbad Boulevard and Tamarack pedestrian improvements
• El Camino Real widening - Sunny Creek to Jackspar
• Valley and Magnolia complete streets
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• ADA beach access – Pine to Tamarack
• Avenida Encinas and Palomar Airport Road pedestrian access improvement
• Camino De Los Coches and La Costa Avenue intersection control
• Carlsbad Boulevard pedestrian lighting - Tamarack Avenue to State Street
• Carlsbad Village Drive and Grand Avenue pedestrian improvements
• Christiansen Way improvements
• Valley Street traffic calming
• Barrio street lighting
• Chestnut Avenue complete street improvements - Valley Street to Pio Pico
• Chestnut complete street – Interstate 5 to railroad
• Grand Avenue Promenade
• La Costa Avenue traffic improvements
• State Street and Grand Avenue road improvements
• Poinsettia Lane and Oriole Court traffic control improvements
• Trail connectivity to Tamarack State Beach
• Carlsbad Boulevard realignment- Manzano Drive to Island Way
• College Boulevard extension
• South Carlsbad Coastline: Road Realignment and Public Spaces
Sustainable Mobility Plan
Approved by the City Council in January 2021, the Sustainable Mobility Plan implements the Mobility
Element of the city’s General Plan and guides the city in expanding and improving safe, healthy and
convenient travel options for people of all ages and abilities. It combines projects and programs from
12 previous planning documents into a single strategic plan that includes:
Safe Routes to School
An approach that includes infrastructure improvements, enforcement tools, safety education
and incentives to promote walking, bicycling and carpooling to school.
Transportation Demand Management
Strategies to encourage Carlsbad workers and residents to walk, bike, ride transit and carpool
instead of driving alone. This approach helps the city achieve its sustainability and mobility
goals while mitigating congestion and increasing access and connectivity in the transportation
network.
Local Roadway Safety Plan
A framework to systematically analyze and identify areas where transportation safety can be
improved and recommend specific safety improvements for all road users.
Street Design Guidelines
Provides a set of best practices that can be incorporated by the City of Carlsbad to create
streets that will serve all users. These guidelines were developed using best practices in street
design from Carlsbad, San Diego County, the state of California and around the world. They
are intended to evolve and adapt to incorporate new treatments and techniques as they are
developed and proven successful.
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Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program
This program provides a way for city staff to work directly with neighborhoods that have concerns
about traffic safety. Based on an initial assessment, staff can utilize one or more approaches to slow
down speeds, discourage cut-through traffic, enhance pedestrian and bike safety, and make other
changes. Solutions include traffic circles, speed cushions, extending curbs and other measures. Eleven
neighborhoods are a part of the program this fiscal year:
• Victoria Avenue from Pontiac Drive to Haverhill Street
• Highland from Carlsbad Village Drive to Buena Vista Way
• Nueva Castilla from La Costa Avenue to Levante Street
• Monroe Street from Basswood Avenue to Carlsbad Village Drive
• Circulo Sequoia from Camino Junipero to Avenida Diestro
• Celina Drive from Carlsbad Village Drive to Chestnut Avenue
• Park Drive from Tamarack Avenue to Monroe Street
• Hummingbird Road from Sanderling Court to Rock Dove Street
• Black Rail Road from Poinsettia Lane to Northern Terminus
• Plum Tree Road from Hidden Valley to Aviara Parkway
• Carrillo Way from Rancho Brasado to Rancho Caballo Annual streets maintenance projects
The city repaves dozens of streets annually, based on conditions, to ensure the 350 miles of city-
owned roads are properly maintained. During construction, the city also updates the striping to best
serve all the users of the streets.
Customized traffic control plans for large events
The city minimizes the traffic impact of large events through the coordinated deployment of traffic
control devices and special events personnel.
Regional coordination and advocacy
The city collaborates with agency partners at Caltrans, the San Diego Association of Governments and
the North County Transit District on regional projects and long-term planning studies.
Public education
The city promotes safe driving, cycling and walking through an ongoing public education program that
includes social media, videos, workshops and partnerships with mobility groups.
Engineering design standards
Establishes uniform and best practice policies and procedures for the design and construction of public
improvements, which promote safety for all infrastructure users.
E-bike ordinance
In April 2022, the City Council made Carlsbad the first city in the region with a law specific to e-bikes,
e-scooters and other similar mobility devices. The law makes it easier to enforce safe e-bike riding
behaviors and includes a provision that allows people to take a safety class in lieu of paying a fine for
their first citation.
School crossing guard program
The City of Carlsbad funds 36 school crossing guards who serve 14 schools in the city, under the
supervision of the Carlsbad Police Department.
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Traffic enforcement
There is a dedicated Traffic Division within the Carlsbad Police Department to enforce the rules of the
road.
Immediate actions (completed in 3 months) ________________________
Since the emergency proclamation on Aug. 23, 2022, the city has taken more than a dozen actions.
Many are funded through a $2 million budget appropriation made by the City Council when it ratified
the emergency on Aug. 30. Others are funded through existing budget appropriations for fiscal year
2022-23. In these cases, staff have accelerated the timing of implementation or temporarily
reprioritized other work.
Safer Streets Together roll out
Developed and implemented a short-term campaign to introduce the community to the
Safer Streets Together initiative, including the following activities:
• Created Safer Streets Together website within the city’s site to provide campaign
information and resources.
• Developed traffic safety related messages and engaged with followers on all city
social media channels. • Worked with school districts serving Carlsbad and private schools to distribute traffic
safety messages to students and parents via email newsletters and school site
banners. • Posted campaign banners along city streets and in city parks. • Created displays for city libraries and community centers with QR codes linking to
traffic safety related content. • Developed Spanish-language materials and distributed them through the Library
Learning Center and school district programs for Spanish-speaking parents.
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• Sent targeted information to large employers in Carlsbad with information to share
with employees. • Attended community events, including Back to School nights, Family Movie Night and
the farmer’s market to distribute traffic safety information and engage with
community members.
Bike lane enhancements
Painted about 20 potential conflict points
with high visibility green paint at road
segments with higher collision activity.
Digital roadway messaging
Installed 12 digital message boards and 17 speed feedback signs along streets and
intersections with higher collision rates.
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Immediate actions
The map below shows locations of safety banners, speed feedback signs, digital message
boards and green bike lane treatments installed since Aug. 23, 2022.
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Enhanced enforcement
Redeployed Police Department personnel to increase traffic enforcement around schools
during beginning weeks of classes. Reassigned two detectives to work overtime each
Friday, specifically to conduct traffic enforcement. Diverted one sergeant and two officers from their normal duties to specifically supplement the Traffic Division (to deploy on e-
bikes and in a vehicle). Purchased two additional e-bikes for police officer use.
Since the emergency was proclaimed and up to Sept 21, 2022, the Police Department has
issued a total of 253 warnings and 558 traffic citations, including:
• 136 citations and 51 warnings to e-bike users
• 22 citations and 32 warnings to bicyclists
• 397 citations and 170 warnings to motorists
• Three citations to pedestrians
Police have also made:
• 25 DUI arrests, five involving collisions
Immediate actions
Cost estimates
Funded and underway Category
Est. 1-time
cost
Ongoing
cost
Estimated
completion
Safer Streets Together roll out $30,000 No 10/23
Bike lane enhancements $421,000 Yes 11/23
Digital roadway messaging $215,000 No Completed
Enhanced enforcement $635,000 No 6/23
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Short-term (completed in 6 months) ________________________________
City staff have developed the following potential actions for the City Council’s consideration. These
actions could be completed within six months. Some would require new funding while others could be
funded through existing department budgets by accelerating the timing of planned work.
Adopt a Vision Zero resolution No cost
Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while
increasing safe, healthy and equitable mobility for all. Vision Zero recognizes that the
goal of zero roadway fatalities and severe injuries among all road users is bold and
daunting, yet setting that goal publicly is important to making real change. To date,
54 cities and counties across the nation have adopted Vision Zero, including
Encinitas, La Mesa and San Diego in the local region.
Vision Zero strategies
The following strategies are part of the Vision Zero approach:
• Building and sustaining leadership, collaboration, and accountability – especially
among a diverse group of stakeholders to include transportation professionals,
policymakers, public health officials, police, and community members
• Collecting, analyzing, and using data to understand trends and potential
disproportionate impacts of traffic deaths on certain populations
• Prioritizing equity and community engagement
• Managing speed to appropriate levels
• Setting a timeline to achieve zero traffic deaths and serious injuries, which brings
urgency and accountability, and ensuring transparency on progress and
challenges
Although the City of Carlsbad is already following many of the policies recommended
in the Vision Zero strategy, making a formal resolution would elevate the importance
of these policies and provide a framework for the actions already underway and any
additional actions the City Council chooses to add from this plan.
Community commitment campaign $42,000
Funded
Launch a campaign that creates opportunities for the community to publicly commit
to safe roadway behaviors and help promote the social norm around traffic safety to
other community members. Encourage participation by providing visual symbols of
commitment to reinforce bike, pedestrian and vehicle awareness and safety.
• Pledge campaign
• Yard signs
• Window clings
• Video testimonials • Neighborhood “pace” car • Campaign stickers • Other promo items
• Testimonials on social media posts and videos
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School collaboration $27,000
Funded
Develop partnerships with all districts and schools serving Carlsbad to raise
awareness of traffic safety. Opportunities could include student rallies, traffic safety
night at sporting events, chalk art interactive events and curriculum opportunities
such as the Sage Creek Genius Project. Partnerships could also include a student
ambassador program, a more in-depth program working with school broadcast
programs, tie-ins with the speech and debate clubs and twice-yearly presentations
by Carlsbad police officers. Another option is to engage elementary school students
in a contest to choose an official traffic safety mascot for the City of Carlsbad, which
once produced could appear at schools, libraries and other community events to
share traffic safety messages in an engaging way.
Business/non-profit partnership program $22,000
Funded
Work with businesses, such as bike shops, and local nonprofit organizations to
spread the message about traffic safety by displaying posters or window clings and
sharing the message to their networks through social media or other methods.
Encourage campaign promotion and encourage third-party engagement and support
through posters, reciprocal linking program and in-kind donations to be used as
incentives for other campaign components. Reach out to potential partners,
including:
• Driving schools
• Insurance companies
• Bike shops
• Health care providers
• Apparel stores • Local civic-minded businesses
Mobility organization partnership program $12,000
Funded
Create partnerships with local and regional organizations focused on mobility, DUI
awareness and other issues related to traffic safety. Engage these groups in sharing
messages to the Carlsbad community, co-hosting events, providing workshops and
other outreach. This could include outreach to businesses with large employee
bases, residents, seniors, teens and other audiences.
Video public service announcements $20,000
Funded
Develop a series of public service announcements that reinforce safe roadway
behaviors utilizing testimonials, graphics and other visuals targeting different
audiences and modes of travel. These videos will be adapted for multiple social
media channels and could be utilized as part of a paid advertising campaign.
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Upgrade high-pedestrian signal locations $60,000
Funded
Reduce vehicle-pedestrian conflicts by allowing pedestrians to begin crossing while
vehicles still face a red signal. Countdown pedestrian indications clarify pedestrian
crossing times and reduce confusion and ambiguity. Initial phase would include
approximately 30 locations.
School e-bike certification/permit program No cost
Work with the school districts within the city to explore creation of a certification
requirement for students to ride their bikes to campus. Students would need to upload
proof of attendance at a bike safety class to be able to ride their bicycles to school.
Carlsbad Village Faire outreach $5,000
Not funded
Create an engaging booth and display for the twice-yearly Carlsbad Village Faire to
share information on traffic safety.
Police officer Smart Cycling instructor program $2,000
Not funded
Police Department will explore with the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition training and
certifying police officers in the Smart Cycling program so the Police Department can
hold training courses for residents.
Install high-visibility crosswalks near schools $800,000
Not funded
Address speeding concerns around school areas by making crosswalks more
prominent on all city streets designated as “School Streets” by the General Plan
Mobility Element and other school-designated (yellow) crosswalks. Will highlight
pedestrian crossings at school locations by upgrading marked crosswalks to high-
visibility continental or ladder style at approximately 140 locations throughout the
city.
Evaluate roadway design treatments $50,000
Not funded
This strategy would analyze the physical placement of speed control treatments or
rumble strips ahead of residential intersections to change drive behavior to be alert
when approaching residential intersections, and along the inside buffer area of Class II
buffered bicycle lanes. These proposed analyses would include outreach to active
transportation user groups and other stakeholders. To address design immunity issues,
initial installations would be pilots conforming to the experimental treatments in the
California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device.
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Explore opportunities to obtain real time data $100,000
Not funded
Understanding Carlsbad roadways and the types of vehicles on the road is an
important component of traffic safety and adapting the city’s approach to education,
enforcement and engineering. This includes information like traffic flow, speed and
mode of transportation. The city is developing an active transportation monitoring
report to fulfill the 2019 Sustainable Mobility Plan recommendation to launch the
program. The plan is organized around three dimensions of mobility – travel
demand, mode share and safety. Reports like this are usually a snapshot in time and
provide the city with valuable data. There are new data products that may provide
similar data but on a more frequent and closer to real-time basis. Staff proposes to
explore opportunities to acquire products that could provide accurate mobility data
on a more frequent basis to inform city actions and public education.
E-citation expansion $55,000
Not funded
Building on the existing use of electronic citations by the traffic division, the Police
Department can complete its digital transformation related to writing, tracking, and
reporting citations. The technology has proven to increase citation writing speed,
improve efficiency and reduce the chance for human error when issuing paper
citations and entering them into a database. The acquisition of e-cite printers will
allow the remaining patrol officers who manually write paper tickets to use software
they already have to write the citation, print it in the field, and give it to the person
receiving the ticket. Data is transmitted electronically removing the potential for
human error from keying paper citations into a database. This will improve data
quality and will help the city in analyzing citation data to support safer streets.
Juvenile traffic safety incentive program $1,000
Not funded
Create a program in which police officers contact juveniles who are obeying the laws
while riding their bikes and e-bikes and reward them with donated gift cards, ice
cream, etc. This positive reinforcement program will continue the positive
relationships the Police Department has with residents in our city even during times
of heavy enforcement. Potential to eliminate cost by engaging business partners who may want to contribute incentives.
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Short-term actions
Cost estimates
Funded Category
Est. 1-time
cost
Ongoing
cost
Est.
completion
Adopt a Vision Zero resolution
n/a n/a 10/22
Community commitment
campaign
$42,000 No 3/23
School collaboration
$27,000 No 3/23
Business/non-profit partnership
program
$22,000 No 3/23
Mobility organization
partnership program
$12,000 No 3/23
Video public service
announcements
$20,000 n/a 3/23
Upgrade high-pedestrian signal
locations
$60,000 No 1/23
School e-bike
certification/permit program
n/a n/a 4/23
Not funded
Carlsbad Village Faire outreach
$5,000 No 5/23
Police officer Smart Cycling
instructor program
$2,000 No 4/23
Install high-visibility crosswalks
near schools
$800,000 Yes 1/23
Evaluate roadway design treatments
$50,000 No 12/22
Explore opportunities to acquire
more real-time data
$100,000 TBD 11/22
E-citation expansion
$55,000 No 4/23
Juvenile traffic safety incentive
program
$1,000 No 4/23
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Mid-term (completed in 12 months) _______________________________
Expanded street resurfacing and restriping $3.7 million
Funded
Accelerated slurry seal and restriping of major east/west arterial corridors to balance
the needs of the users of the streets. Will seal the roadways to improve pavement
condition as part of our pavement management program and improve conditions for
all the users on the road. The first phase of this strategy includes: • La Costa Avenue – from western city border near I-5 to Fairway Lane • Poinsettia Lane – from Carlsbad Boulevard to Melrose Drive
• Cannon Road – from Avenida Encinas to Faraday Avenue
• Carlsbad Village Drive – from Interstate 5 to College Boulevard
This strategy will reduce the long-term maintenance costs of the restriped road
segments by reducing the width of the vehicular travel lanes. The strategy will also
include coordinating with Caltrans to improve the road markings for all users through
the state highway interchanges.
Received and deployed a new striper truck to assist with road striping maintenance
efforts.
Tamarack Avenue traffic calming $200,000
Funded
Kicked off work with community members to identify short-term traffic calming
strategies for Tamarack Avenue, between Skyline Drive and Adams Street. Curb
extensions were installed and a pedestrian hybrid beacon signal is in the
process of being installed at the intersection of Tamarack Avenue and Valley
Street. The intersection project is scheduled to be completed in October 2022.
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Reconfigure arterials $2 million
Funded
Reconfigure arterial streets including vehicular lane reductions and seal the
roadways to improve pavement condition as a part of our Pavement Management
Program and enhance conditions for all users of the road. Reconfiguring roadways
also reduces the long-term pavement maintenance costs and improves the line of
sight for side street users approaching the arterial. This program would be phased,
with the first phase including:
• Carlsbad Boulevard – from Pine Avenue to southern border near La Costa
Avenue
• El Fuerte Street – from Faraday Avenue to tie into the existing one
vehicular lane in each direction south of Rancho Pancho, excluding the
segments approaching Loker Avenue to Bressi Ranch Way
• Grand Avenue – from Ocean Street to Hope Way. This would be the first
phase to the Grand Avenue Promenade Project to provide short-term
benefits until the ultimate promenade improvements are completed. • Poinsettia Lane – from Avenida Encinas to Carlsbad Boulevard
• Cannon Road - Avenida Encinas to El Arbol Drive
Expand street resurfacing and restriping $2 million
Funded
Accelerate slurry seal and restriping major east/west arterial corridors to balance the
needs of the users of the streets. Seal the roadways to improve pavement condition
as part of our pavement management program and improve conditions for all the
users on the road. This second phase will include:
• Palomar Airport Road – from Avenida Encinas to eastern city border
• Rancho Santa Fe Road and Olivenhain Road – from eastern city border to
western city border
This strategy will reduce the long-term maintenance costs of the restriped road
segments by reducing the width of the vehicular travel lanes.
Continue to use the new striper truck to assist with road restriping maintenance
efforts.
Review citywide speed limits for potential reduction $40,000
Funded
Review speed limits citywide to determine whether speed limit reductions should
occur, in accordance with Assembly Bill 43 (2021).
Legislative advocacy for e-bike licensing requirement No additional cost
Utilize the city’s existing contracts with legislative affairs specialists to advocate for
California Legislature to enact a statute that requires a licensing process and training
to ride an e-bike.
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Complete Vision Zero plan $150,000
Not funded
The Vision Zero Action Plan would formalize the city’s existing and planned actions
into actionable, measurable strategies, emphasizing design and policy solutions,
including designing Complete Streets and lowering speeds for safety. Each strategy
would identify the lead agency responsible, along with supporting and partner
agencies, a projected timeline and budget needs.
Paid advertising campaign $105,000
Not funded
Prepare and implement a multi-media ad campaign that could include public service
announcements placed on local cable and streaming services, intro video ads on
YouTube, social media advertising, digital banner ads, a mobile digital billboard and
print placements.
Teen engagement program $34,000
Not funded
Effectively reaching the teen audience requires a customized approach that focuses
on peer-to-peer communication and engagement. This program will use Office of
Traffic Safety research specific to teens to tailor a Carlsbad program that encourages
and reinforces safe roadway behaviors.
Messages on city assets $16,500
Not funded
Utilize city buildings, banner holders and vehicles to display traffic safety messages,
including banners, murals and vehicle wraps – all focused on keeping traffic safety at
the forefront throughout the city.
Travel Safe visitors program $34,000
Not funded
Work with Visit Carlsbad, hotel properties, vacation rental owners and local
attractions to provide traffic safety information to visitors. Approach LEGOLAND with a
potential partnership utilizing the LEGO driving attractions (show your LEGO driver’s
license and get a Carlsbad traffic safety promo item at City Hall). Program could
include a video public service announcement aimed at visitors that play on in-house
hotel TV channels.
Mobile digital signage $15,000
Not funded
Place safety messages on a mobile digital billboard that can be moved around the
city and placed at community events.
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Expedite infrastructure projects $620,753 (annually)
Not funded
In June 2022, the City Council directed staff to expedite the following traffic-safety
related projects:
• Barrio Traffic Circles Project
• Village and Barrio Lighting Project • Evaluation of making Tyler Street one-way only • Grand Avenue Promenade
• Sustainable Mobility Plan projects
With additional staff capacity, additional projects could be expedited, including:
• Terramar Area Coastal Improvements.
• Tamarack Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard
• Kelly Drive and Park Drive Complete Streets Project
• Valley Street and Magnolia Avenue Complete Streets Project
Resourcing
To expedite more traffic-safety related projects, the city could consider delaying
projects with objectives other than promoting multimodal safety benefits.
Alternatively, the city could expand the size of its engineering staff to increase the
city’s capacity to complete projects sooner. Costs listed for this option include the
new annual cost of the following positions:
• 2 Associate Engineers
• 1 Assistant Engineer
• 1 Municipal Project Manager
• 1 Reclassified Senior Inspector from Inspector
Develop access plans for all schools $150,000
Not funded
Working with the school districts and administrations, develop access plans for all
schools. This strategy will focus on improving safety and efficiency for all modes of
travel entering the schools, including the pick-up and drop-off process. Plans are
typically led by the parent and teacher associations and the city in an advisory role. The
implementation is led by the schools’ PTAs to get ownership and buy-in from parents.
Safer Streets data analytics and visualization program $50,000
Not funded
Reports on traffic volumes and speeds are usually a snapshot in time and done on an annual basis. This strategy would use existing data to create a way to visualize data
so the city could adapt to changing conditions to support enforcement, traffic
calming and infrastructure improvements more rapidly. Additional data sources may
be necessary to create a robust data product so the acquisition of more accurate and
frequent information is included earlier in this plan.
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Speed cushions on streets around schools $1.3 million
Not funded
Assess speeds on all streets designed as “School Streets” in the General Plan’s
Mobility Element and install speed cushions as needed.
Update Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management
Program
$150,000
Not funded
Update the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program, including removal of
the stop sign option, re-evaluation of qualification criteria and reduction of the
number of phases from three to two. The goal of the update is to align it with best
industry practices including the recommendations found in the California Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable city and industry guidelines.
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Mid-term actions
Cost estimates
Funded Category
Est. 1-time
cost
Ongoing
cost Est.
completion
Expanded street resurfacing and
restriping
$3,700,000 No 10/23
Tamarack Avenue traffic calming
$200,000 No 3/23
Reconfigure arterials
$2,000,000 No 10/23
Expanded street resurfacing and
restriping (Palomar Airport Road,
Rancho Santa Fe/Olivenhain Road)
$2,000,000 No 10/23
Review citywide speed limits for
potential reduction
$40,000 Yes Ongoing
Legislative advocacy for e-bike
licensing requirement
None No 7/23
Not funded
Complete Vision Zero plan
$150,000 No 3/23
Paid advertising campaign
$105,000 No 4/23
Teen engagement program
$34,000 No 4/23
Messages on city assets
$16,500 No 4/23
Travel Safe visitors program
$34,000 No 4/23
Mobile digital signage
$15,000 No 4/23
Expedite infrastructure projects
$620,753 Yes Ongoing
Develop access plans for all schools
$150,000 No 12/23
Safer Streets data analytics and
visualization program
$50,000 No 11/31
Install speed cushions on streets
around schools
$1,300,000 No 10/23
Update Carlsbad Residential Traffic
Management Program
$150,000 No 10/23
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Long-term (completed in 1+ years) _________________________________
Community service project plan $20,000
Not funded
Work with community service groups to engage them in the traffic safety issue. This
could include Boy Scout Eagle projects, Girl Scouts Gold Award, and Rotary and
Kiwanis club programs. Each would be approached with the challenge and asked to
develop or participate in community-based programs to support a strong social norm
around traffic safety in Carlsbad.
Entry signage $2,500 to $250,000
Not funded
The City of Carlsbad is one of the few cities in the region without monument signs at
the city’s main entrances. The city could commission entryway signage and include
the expectation that all road users practice good traffic safety behaviors.
Alternatively, signage could be placed on existing smaller “Welcome to Carlsbad” street poles with a similar message.
Activate CERT, Citizens Academy alumni, trail volunteers $12,000
Not funded
Connect with volunteers on the Community Emergency Response Team and Citizens
Academy graduates to develop a traffic safety ambassador program in which, after
undergoing training, they could serve as neighborhood leads to help promote traffic
safety best practices and help educate neighbors on various engineering solutions,
such as roundabouts.
Experiential community art $38,000 to $150,000
Not funded
Partner with artists to develop safety-related murals, chalk art or temporary art
exhibits throughout the city, such as:
• Mobile art show
• Mural project on city-owned buildings, schools or private property
participants
• Partnership with the cultural arts office for a Cannon Art Gallery exhibit
related to traffic safety (the gallery has an existing program with all third
grade classes in Carlsbad)
• Creative video contest
Update the Mobility Element in the General Plan $150,000
Not funded
Consider revisions to the Mobility Element to emphasize slower vehicle speeds and
increased bike and pedestrian safety.
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Explore school busing program $44,000,000*
Not funded
Work with North County Transit District and school districts serving Carlsbad to
explore opportunities for school busing programs, including potential partnerships to
use innovative transit solutions and a seasonal beach shuttle program.
Construct Transformative Corridor Projects $TBD
Not funded
Transformative Corridors will provide a multi-modal, backbone network of high-quality
bikeways, pedestrian facilities and transit services so that Carlsbad residents and
visitors have an array of travel options that do not require driving.
New community-oriented policing team $914,484 (annually)
Not funded
Request additional permanent staffing for the Police Department to implement a full-
time Community-Oriented Policing Team that would also serve as an e-bike team. This
would include four new officers and one new sergeant.
Long-term actions
Cost estimates
Not funded Category
Est. 1-time
cost Ongoing
Est.
completion
Community service project plan
$20,000 No 10/23
Entry signage
$2,500 -
$250,000
No 10/23
Activate Community Emergency
Resource Team, Citizens Academy
alumni, trail volunteers
$12,000 No 12/23
Experiential community art
$38,000 -
$150,000
No 12/23
Update the Mobility Element in the
General Plan
$150,000 No 12/23
Explore school busing program*
$44 million Yes 12/25
Construct Transformative Corridor
Projects
TBD TBD TBD
New community-oriented policing
team
$914,484
Annually
Yes 12/23
* Cost for 110 electric buses. Does not include administration, staffing, other costs.
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Oct. 18, 2022
Item 11 –Extending the Proclamation of a
Local Emergency Regarding Bicycle, E-Bicycle,
and Motorized Mobility Device Safety
Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager
David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer
October 18, 2022
1.Receive a report on recent actions relating to the local emergency declared on Aug. 23, 2022
2.Adopt a resolution extending the Proclamation of Bicycle, E-Bicycle and Motorized Mobility Device
Safety Local Emergency until Dec. 17, 2022, at 5 p.m., unless otherwise extended or terminated earlier by the City Council
Recommended Actions
ACTIONS TO DATE
DATA INFORMED ACTIONS
•Community Engagement
•Enforcement
•Mapping
•Geospatial
•Project
•Injury Collision
DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS
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Digital Message Boards
Speed Feedback Signs
Traffic Safety Banners
Injury Collisions 2017-2022
Injury Collisions 2017-2022
Resurfacing and Restriping
Injury Collisions 2017-2022
Resurfacing and Restriping
Traffic Circles
Injury Collisions 2017-2022
Resurfacing and Restriping
Traffic Circles
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Resurfacing and Restriping
Traffic Circles
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High Visibility Green Paint
Injury Collisions 2017-2022
Resurfacing and Restriping
Traffic Circles
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High Visibility Green Paint
•Work with other government agencies on data collaboration
•Explore the availability of real-time data
–Traffic Volumes
–Speed
–Transportation Mode
•Continue using a data-informed approach to improve safety for all
THE FUTURE