Focus on Traffic Safety

• New Signal Timing Parameters for Enhanced Safety
• Completion of a “Local Road Safety Plan”
• Grant Funded Safety Projects Underway
• Grant Funding Opportunities
• Focus on Schools
• Street and Intersection Safety Lighting
• Safety Partnerships

2023 Traffic Safety Accomplishments

Implementation of New Signal Timing Parameters

• 32 Intersections
• Added/Extended All-Red Intervals
• Extended Pedestrian Clearance Times
• Extended Green Times for Cyclists
• Reduced Stops and Delays

New Traffic Signal Operations

Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPI)

• Deployed the First Two LPI’s in the City
• Lemon & Valencia
• Bastanchury & Puente
• Pedestrian’s Go First
• School Zones
• Counteract Aggressive Driver Behavior

Rest-in-Red

• First Deployment in the City
• Malvern & Basque
• Used to Control Excessive Speeds
• Active Between 9 pm and 5 am

Bike Signals

• First Deployment in the City Harbor & Wilshire
• Combination of Signs/Signals
• Exclusive Movement for Bikes
• Understood by Road Users

Flashing Yellow Arrows Operations

• 16 Existing Intersections
• Upgraded Timing at 8 Intersections
• All-Red Clearance Intervals
• New Delayed Yellow Interval

Safety Projects

• New Rapid Flashing Beacons at 16 Intersections
• New Countdown Pedestrian Indications Citywide
• New Safety Lights

School Zone Safety Reviews

• Maple Elementary
• Pacific Drive Elementary
• Acacia Elementary
• Commonwealth Elementary

Traffic Safety Grant Activity

• Completed two Federally Funded Safety Projects

1. Rapid Flashing Beacons
2. Countdown Pedestrian Indications

• Awarded $200,000 in Federal Funds Under the Safe Streets & Roads For All (SS4A) Program

1. To Develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
2. In the Consultant Selection Process

• Submitted an Application to OCTA for $4.85M in Complete Streets Program Funding

1. Harbor Boulevard Complete Streets Improvement Project
2. Currently Responding to Questions from OCTA Staff

2023 Traffic Collison Statistics

• Total Reported Crashes in the City Were Down 16% from 2022
• Crashes Involving Pedestrians Were Down 26%
• Crashes Involving Cyclists Increased By 29%
• 82% of Crashes Occurred Outside of Intersections
• 43% of Crashes Occurred in the Dark
• 30% of Crashes Occurred on Weekends
• 23% of Crashes Were Hit & Runs
• 21% of Crashes Involved Alcohol

What is our Traffic Safety Focus in 2024?

• Retiming of the Harbor, Yorba Linda, & Euclid Corridors
• Completion of the Flashing Yellow Arrow Timing Upgrades
• Implementation and Testing of the New Red-Protect Feature
• Further Implementation of LPI
• Design of Three Traffic Signal Safety Projects

1. Euclid & Rosecrans
2. Harbor & La Entrada
3. Lemon & Valencia

• Development of a Safety Action Plan
• School Safety Reviews

1. Troy High School
2. Fisler Elementary School

• Seeking out Additional Grant Funding Opportunities