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Staff and board weigh scope and capacity after Safer Streets presentation
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Summary
Staff recapped the Safer Streets presentation and answered board concerns about implementation capacity, prioritization of 90+ actions, KPIs and how Safer Streets will align with the Transportation Master Plan update.
City transportation staff reviewed the Safer Streets presentation and associated work plan with the Transportation Building Board at the Aug. 2025 meeting, and board members pressed staff on prioritization, staffing and measurable outcomes.
Staff said the Safer Streets materials showed more than 90 potential actions and stressed the city’s limited staff and funding capacity for simultaneous projects. “The load capacity has been a big topic…just realizing that the level of projects we have set out to do is unsustainable long term, from a staff capacity, from a funding capacity,” a staff presenter said.
Board members and public commenters praised specific pilots — including practice parks and small-scale education programs — while urging clearer commitments. One board member said the public had interpreted parts of the presentation as promises rather than an inventory of activities to be prioritized later. “When we go back to council, typically, it’s February time frame when we really talk about…what we are going to be doing over the next year,” a staff presenter said.
Staff reviewed proposed performance indicators for culture change and engagement: tracking event counts, participation in safety education, communications reach, percentage of students walking or biking to school and mode split from census data. The indicators were not part of the public presentation, staff said, but will be used to track progress and can be refined.
Discussion also covered coordination with Littleton Public Schools on student travel surveys, inclusion of Safer Streets projects in capital planning and the need to sequence work with the larger Transportation Master Plan update so projects align with staffing and funding.
Why it matters: Safer Streets is intended to reduce traffic injuries and change travel behavior through programmatic work and infrastructure. Board members urged staff to set a prioritized, achievable short list of work to increase public confidence and ensure city resources are not over-committed.
Next steps: Staff said they will return with refined priorities and suggested the February council update to propose an annual promise list. Staff also noted potential budget requests for engagement staff and a public-works communications position to maintain outreach for Safety Streets and other projects.
