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Council Meet1ng, April 8,1986
Santa Mon1ca, California
To :
Mayor and City Council
Fr om :
City Staff
Subject
Pico Boulevard and Euclid Street Pedestrian Signal
Introduction
This report adv1ses C1ty Counc1l of the effect1veness of
enforcement at the 1ntersection of Pico Boulevard and Euclid
Street and recommends against a signal be1ng installed.
Background
The 1985-86 f1scal year Cap1tal Improvement Budget included a
project for the installation of the pedestrian signal at the
intersection of P1CO Boulevard and Euclid Street. City staff
recommended the installation of a pedestrian s1gnal on the bas1s
that pedestr1an aCCldents occurr1ng at that intersection had
increased from 1 pedestrian accident a year in 1980, 1981, 1982
and 1983 to 3 pedestr1an acc1dents in 1984 (traffic acc1dent
records only go back to 1980). In recent years there have been
more than 100 pedestrian acc1dents each year Citywide. Three
pedestrian acc1dents at Pico Boulevard and Eucl1d Street was
unusually h1gh compared to sim1lar 1ntersections citywide. In
add1tion the number of complaints from area res1dents about the
difficulty in crossing the 1ntersection and of the near miss
accldents had been increaslng.
In July,
1985,
Clty CounC1l requested that
C1ty staff
re-evaluate the need for a pedestrian s1gnal at Pico Boulevard
and Eucl1d Street. It was suggested that a concentrated effort by
Pol1ce Department traffic enforcement personnel be implemented to
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m~t~gate the pedestr~an concerns and to see if acc~dents related
to crossing Pico Boulevard could be reduced.
A six month trial per~od for ~ncreased traffic enforcement on
Pico Boulevard ~n the area of Eucl~d was conducted from July
through December~ 1985 to determine the affect of enforcement on
pedestrian related accidents. The traffic enforcement personnel
continue to do spot enforcement of the area as they do with other
problem areas in the City.
City staff recently analyzed the traffic acc~dents at Pica
Boulevard and Eucl~d Street and found that there have been no
pedestr~an accidents ~n 1985 and none to date in 1986. Th~s
reduct~on may be attributed to two factors. The f1rst factor may
be the increased level of traffic enforcement in the area. The
second factor may have been that 1984 was not a typ~cal year and
had
an
unusually
high
number
of
pedestrian
accidents.
In
add1tion,
decreased.
the number of complaints from area residents has
In
d~scuss~ons
with
Po11ce
traffic
enforcement
personnel it has been concluded that the problem is no longer
present.
Staff believes that there are sufficient gaps in vehicle
traffic on Pica Boulevard for pedestrians to safely cross Pico
Boulevard, Therefore~ staff proposes that a pedestrian signal not
be installed at the intersect10n of Pico Boulevard and Euc11d
Street. Staff will continue to monitor acc1dent data at th1s
intersect10n and will take appropriate act10n if the acc1dent
rate rises aga1n.
Comments were also made by the C:Lty Council when discussing
t he need for a pede st rian signal at Pi co and Eucl ~ d a bout the
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need for the pedestrian signal on P~co and 18th Court adjacent to
Santa Monica College. The 1ntersection of Pico Boulevard/18th
Court/College Way has been fully signalized for both vehicles and
pedestr1ans as part of the redesign of Santa Monica College's new
main entrance and new parking lot. No addit10nal changes are
recommended at th1s t1me.
Financial/Fiscal Impact
The FY 1985-86 Cap1tal Improvement Budget included $20,000 of
SCAG Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilit1es Funds (20-770-416-000-920)
for th~s project. Deletion of the Capital project will 1ncrease
the SCAG B1cycle and pedestrian FaC1lities Funds available for
future appropriation 1n the C1ty'S Miscellaneous
Grants Fund by
$20,000.
Recommendation
It is recommended that City Council delete the Capital project
for a pedestrian traffic signal on Pico Boulevard at Euclid at
account number 20-770-416-000-920.
Prepared by:
Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Ray Dav1s, City Park1ng and Traffic Engineer
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