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Salinas traffic staff outlines engineering, Safe Routes, AB 43 daylighting and new tech
Summary
On March 13 the commission received an overview of traffic engineering and operations including resurfacing opportunities, Safe Routes to School planning, AB 43 ‘daylighting’ at intersections, neighborhood traffic‑calming options and emerging virtual detection technology for signals.
Jaime Rodriguez, the city’s on‑call traffic engineer, gave a broad introduction to traffic engineering and operations on March 13, describing how resurfacing projects, master plans and small operations tasks combine to shape what drivers, cyclists and pedestrians experience on Salinas streets.
Rodriguez explained that resurfacing and restriping create opportunities to implement bicycle and pedestrian network elements and described master plans such as bicycle/pedestrian networks, complete‑streets policies and Safe Routes to School studies. He said Safe Routes work typically produces two outputs: preferred walking/biking route maps and per‑school infrastructure recommendations (for example, new crosswalks or pedestrian‑activated beacons).
On state law, Rodriguez reviewed Assembly Bill 43 (AB 43), the so‑called daylighting requirement for intersections. He…
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