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Tulare consultants present draft Active Transportation Plan and identify high-injury corridors
Summary
TJKM consultants presented a draft Active Transportation Plan (ATP), summarizing public outreach, a five-year collision analysis (2019'123) and identification of high-injury corridors including SR 137 and several city streets; staff will release a public-review draft and pursue grant-ready language for implementation.
TJKM Transportation Consultants updated the Tulare City Council on an Active Transportation Plan (ATP) intended to guide future pedestrian and bicycle investments, close gaps in the walking and biking network and position the city to pursue grants.
Principal Ruta Jarawala described the plan's vision and goals—safety, connectivity, equity, promotion of walking and biking, and pairing engineering improvements with education and enforcement. Jarawala said the consultant team reviewed existing plans and analyzed collision data from 2019 through 2023 to develop a "high injury network" for pedestrians and bicyclists. "Safety comes first," she said.
The analysis showed 238 injury collisions over five years; pedestrian collisions represented about 18 percent of those incidents and bicyclist collisions about 7 percent. The team identified several corridors of concern, including Caltrans-managed SR 137 and city streets Bradley, Blackstone, Jay Street and K Street as high-injury corridors for pedestrians and additional corridors for bicycle collisions.
Staff said planned bicycle facilities total roughly 92.56 miles in the pipeline, with 25 miles already existing, and that the ATP will include an implementation program, funding sources, and prioritized safety projects. The consultant said a public-review draft will be released and the project website (tulare safestreets.com) and an interactive map are available for community input.
Councilmembers asked for district-specific checks (new sports complex, Cottonwood Estates) and staff said the draft map will be updated to reflect current and planned projects. The plan will be used to pursue state and federal grants and to guide capital-improvement programming.
