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Vista council backs study of neighborhood parking pilot, approves updates to traffic-calming policy including raised crosswalk criteria
Summary
The council directed staff to study a pilot for the Raintree–Lemon neighborhood on angled parking and circulation, asked for a consultant to perform professional analysis, and unanimously approved policy updates to include raised marked crosswalks with specific engineering criteria.
The Vista City Council signaled support for a neighborhood pilot to address chronic parking and circulation problems in the Raintree and Lemon area and approved formal updates to the city’s traffic-calming program to add criteria for marked raised crosswalks.
Councilmember Contreras introduced the parking-and-traffic item after constituent complaints about insufficient parking, red‑curb violations and safety sightlines near Raintree Park. She said residents want “creative ways to maybe enhance the amount of parking or make it safer by doing angled parking, which may necessitate doing one-way streets in some areas.”
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