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Rosemount accepts data-driven guidance for pedestrian crossing improvements
Summary
Council accepted a staff report on a yearlong study that used 33 criteria and community input to prioritize crossings; the process narrows 762 city intersections to 14 concept-ready projects and provides staff guidance for future requests.
Rosemount city staff presented and the City Council accepted an informational report Sept. 16, 2025, that formalizes a data-driven process for prioritizing pedestrian crossing improvements citywide.
The report matters because it moves the city from an ad hoc, reactive approach toward a repeatable system that ranks locations using 33 criteria and a public dashboard, producing a short list of engineering-ready concepts that staff can program into capital work. “We began the study to create a proactive opportunity to identify high priority locations, for pedestrian crossing improvements in the city,” said Chris Brown, project manager at SRF Consulting Group.
City staff said the study analyzed every intersection in Rosemount and focused on city-owned corridors meeting a threshold of about 1,000 vehicles per day. From roughly 762 intersections the team examined, about 159 met the volume and ownership thresholds; those were scored using the 33 criteria. Public engagement — including an online map with nearly 250 responses and multiple pop-up events — informed the analysis but did not override the data-driven prioritization.
The consultant described a stepwise narrowing: an initial list of about 159 locations, a prioritized top 30, field counts at 20 sites, then 14 locations developed into conceptual, cost-estimated designs intended to be “shelf ready.” Brown listed corridors and locations highlighted by the tool, noting multiple candidates along Chippendale, 140th Street, Connemara and Shannon Parkway. He also said the guidance references MnDOT and FHWA best practices so staff have a defensible design approach when selecting treatments.
Council members expressed several recurring concerns. “The only thing I wanna point out is I think we need to be real we we can't rely on data only,” said Council Member Kresge, urging a discretionary component so local context or recent growth can be weighed alongside the scores. Other members requested clarity on bicyclist impacts, noting some conceptual curb-tightening designs could create pinch points for serious cyclists. Staff acknowledged the tension between applying a consistent threshold and responding to neighborhood requests, and said the tool and guidance are intended to be updated periodically as Rosemount grows.
Staff also discussed implementation capacity and cost. They reported a recent city crew curb-modification project at 140th and Addison cost about $30,000 in contracted work plus roughly $30,000 of staff time. Staff said more complex projects will vary widely by scope but estimated the in-house program might deliver one to three basic projects per year; contracting or larger extents would reduce that throughput.
The council did not take formal legislative action on the study beyond accepting the report. Mayor (unnamed in transcript) closed the discussion by treating the presentation as an accepted informational report: “This was for information and we'll consider that an accepted report.” The guidance will remain available to staff, and the city will refresh the underlying data periodically to reflect growth and changing travel patterns.
The report and the interactive map will be retained by staff to inform future capital and maintenance decisions; the guidance document is intended to be a living tool to be applied to both proactively identified locations and citizen requests.
