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City advances leading-pedestrian interval rollout, submits $25M SS4A grant and plans automated enforcement pilot
Summary
Streets staff reported two more leading-pedestrian-interval (LPI) installations, described plans to use NAU warrants for site selection, said the city submitted a $25 million SS4A grant focused on the Dunlap corridor, and noted an automated enforcement contract will go to council with an anticipated early-2026 start if approved.
City Street Transportation staff told the Vision 0 Citizen Advisory Committee that the department is stepping up pedestrian-safety engineering while preparing an automated enforcement program that would need council approval before starting.
Director Brandy Kelso said the city "did over this last month implement 2 more locations" with leading pedestrian intervals and reiterated a goal to implement 12 LPIs this calendar year. She said staff is relying on Northern Arizona University’s warrants and prioritization matrix to select high-priority intersections: "We're still using NAU's, prescribed, I guess, you'd say warrants or matrixes to try to figure out what's the highest priority."
SS4A grant and corridor design Kelso told the committee the city submitted an SS4A (Safe Streets and Roads for All) application worth $25 million focused on Dunlap between 30th and 19th avenues and included additional locations for crossings and lighting. "Just today we submitted our our next safe streets and roads, all for grama ... it is up for $25,000,000 focused on safety improvements," she said. The Indian School Road re-envisioning project — previously approved by council for design — remains a separate, ongoing corridor project; Kelso said the council approved hiring Aztec to design the Indian School segment the city previously won SS4A funding for.
Automated enforcement and emergency response concerns Kelso also updated the committee on the city’s automated enforcement initiative, which staff plans to take to council for contract approval. "If the council approves that, then we don't anticipate the start of the program until early 2026," she said. Committee members raised questions about whether LPIs and signal changes could affect emergency-vehicle response; fire and streets staff said they will monitor and collect data. Captain Kimberly Ragsdale of Phoenix Fire confirmed the department and executive staff plan to gather operational data as LPI installations proceed.
Staff asked the committee to be prepared to provide design feedback on corridor projects; Kelso said once consultants receive a notice to proceed the city will identify touchpoints for committee input on Indian School and other corridor plans.
Ending: Staff emphasized paired approaches — engineering, education and enforcement — and asked the committee to expect follow-up briefings as designs, grant outcomes and council votes progress.
