Greenville expands traffic management and completes two-phase pedestrian safety work
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Greenville City staff updated council on the Traffic Management Center (TMC) and the pedestrian safety plan, reporting device installations and completed pedestrian countermeasures across school zones and corridors.
Greenville City staff updated council on upgrades to the Traffic Management Center (TMC) and the status of the citywide Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, describing device inventories, testing milestones and completed safety countermeasures in school zones and major corridors.
Mallory, a city transportation staff member, said the city moved into the TMC Sept. 3 and that NIM funds purchased field equipment now in active use: "We actually have a 117 in the field," she said, referring to Bluetooth devices used for traffic monitoring. Mallory added the city has about 60–61 video monitoring cameras with detection, bought 160 battery backup systems with the recent funding and installed roughly 210 emergency-vehicle preemption systems. She said programming for the TMC has been done in-house and allows staff to "push timing out" to address traffic issues on the spot.
Mallory said staff are completing cabinet/button testing for the emergency-vehicle preemption and hope to have vehicle systems fully operational with the fire department in the first quarter of next year; she also said some signal cabinets are physically too small to accept battery backup systems now and that upgrading those cabinets is a future priority.
On pedestrian safety, engineering lead Nick described Phase 1 and Phase 2 implementation across school zones and major corridors. "Every school zone has been touched," Nick said, reporting about 650 new curb ramps focused on accessibility and repair, roughly 680 new crosswalks, and several Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) at high‑priority crossings such as Washington/Irvine. He said the work prioritized corridors serving schools and vulnerable pedestrians and that Phase 2 work has just wrapped up.
Council members thanked staff and noted that sidewalk repairs are particularly critical for disabled residents and caregivers; one councilor cited recent maintenance work to install a railing on Mills Avenue after an elderly resident nearly fell into a creek. Staff confirmed a previously reported signal-connectivity problem had been addressed and that only one rebuilt intersection remains to be fully integrated with the TMC.
Staff have not requested a council vote in this presentation; their next steps include finishing testing for vehicle preemption, upgrading cabinets that cannot now accept battery backups, and continuing pedestrian-safety projects through planned bid and construction cycles.
