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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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DATE: January 24, 19'06
TO: Perry Scott, City Manager
FROM: Bartlett L. Kennedy, City Engineer
SUBJECT: One way Streets - Central Business District
The Parking and Traffic Engineer and myself have completed
our study of the traffic movements that can be anticipated
with the completion of the Santa Monica Freeway and the
Tiaird Street Tt4all.
Based on these studies, the following recommendations are
made:
1. Arizona Avenue be made one-way, eastbound, from
Ocean Avenue to Lincoln Boulevard.
2. Santa Monica Boulevard be made one-~sray, westbound,
from Lincoln Boulevard to Ocean Avenue.
3. Broadway be made one-way, eastbound, from Ocean
Avenue to Twenty-sixth Street.
4. Colorado Avenue be made one-way, westbound, from
T-wrenty-sixth Street to Second Street.
y. All north-south alleys {Courts) between Ocean
Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard, from Wilshire
Boulevard to Colorado Avenue, be made one-way
as follows:
.^dilshire Blvd. to Arizona Ave. ------- Southbound
Arizona Ave. to Santa PZonica Blvd. --- Northbound
Santa Monica Blvd. to Broadway ------- Southbound
Broadway to Colorado Ave. ------------ Northbound
This will permit more direct access to the rear
entrances to all properties within the Central
Business District with a minimum of circulating
.travel.
It is not recommended that Second Street, Fifth Street, or
Sixth Street be made one-way at this time, nor is it recom-
mended that parking be removed from any street in the Central
January 24, 1906 Page 2
Subject: One-way Streets -
Central Business District
Business District. It is our recommendation that any action
on removal of on-street parking and~or the establishment of
one-way north-south streets be deferred at least until the
completion of the parking structure on Parking Authority
Lots 15 (Fourth Street}and 0 (Second Street).
^In making these recommendations we have based our considera-
tions on these factors.:
{1) Irrespective of any traffic effects resulting from the
opening of the Santa Monica Freeway, it is our opinion that
increased traffic capacity on certain streets is essential
to the well-being of downtown Santa Monica. This added
capacity can only be realized within existing. street widths,
for obvious economic reasons. To obtain added capacity within
existing street widths, we can either remove parking from one
or both sides of the street, or we can make the street one-
way, or take both actions where capacity becomes supremely
critical. In our opinion, the need for parking is almost as
great as the need for capacity in and near the downtown area,
and should be held intact wherever practicable. By retain-
ing the parking and converting these streets to one-way
operation, we will increase their traffic carrying capacity
by about 50~.
(2) The extension of one-way operation on Broadway and
Colorado to Twenty-sixth Street is proposed to provide a
nearly direct access to the downtown area to and from the
Cloverfield Boulevard interchange with the freeway. In this
manner, it is our belief that cve may in some degree ease
congestion at the Lincoln Boulevard off-ramp and in the
general Olympic-Lincoln area.
If the above recommendations are approved, it is further
recommended that the total one-way street program outlined
above be established and made effective as of 12:01 A.M.,
Sunday, April 3, 1806. This day and time is chosen both tc
permit weekend traffic to accustom itself to these changes,
rather than be faced with the same for the first time on
a business day, and to permit the actual change to be made
at a time when traffic volumes are at their lowest level.
January 24, 1966 Page 3
Subject: One-Gday Streets -
Central Business District
This date also provides ample time for advance public
notice of the proposed change. Such advance notice is
essential so that the motorist will know what is going
to happen, and where he can expect it to happen.
If the above recommendations are approved, it is re-
quested that the City Council appropriate the surn of
x,9,500 to finance the signs and labor required, as
follows:
a) X4,000 for purchase of approximately 350 one-way
directional signs and other warning signs and
posts.
b) $5,500 for the removal of approximately 49,000
lineal feet of markings and the. placement of
new markings. It is contemplated that the
removal of existing lines would be done by
contract and that the new markings would be
placed by our own forces.
BARTLETT L. KE a DY
City Engineer
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