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Commission reviews Transportation Safety Plan section on workforce and emergency‑responder safety
Summary
Staff proposed a framework to protect city workers, contractors and emergency responders in the right of way emphasizing elimination of conflicts, engineering protections, speed management, training and near‑miss reporting. Fire staff described thermal‑runaway risks for lithium‑ion batteries and an aggressive heat‑stress program for responders.
Transportation staff presented a Transportation Safety Plan section focused on workforce and emergency‑responder safety in the public right of way. Nathan Domingue said the goal is to protect city employees, contractors, emergency responders and the traveling public across roadways, alleys, paved paths and trails.
Domingue listed common hazards—work‑zone intrusions, approach speeds, complex traffic interactions, visibility and vulnerable road users—and proposed a hierarchy of controls: eliminate exposure where possible (work outside the travel way), engineering protections (lane tapers, buffers), administrative controls (traffic control plans,…
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