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Council extends traffic-survey interval, discusses curb-management plan and e-bike guidance
Summary
Walnut Creek council extended the city's engineering traffic survey interval from five to seven years to retain existing speed limits and enforce them by radar, and staff briefed council on a curb-management plan that includes measures on garage use, micro-mobility and events partnerships.
The Walnut Creek City Council voted to extend the city's engineering traffic surveys from five to seven years, a change that will keep existing posted speed limits in place and preserve radar-based enforcement where allowed under state law.
Matt Redmond, the city traffic engineer, explained survey methodology: collections of vehicle speeds, statistical measures (85th percentile) and periodic reevaluation when conditions change. Redmond told the council that the extension is a two-year change to the survey schedule and that posted limits remain unchanged unless future surveys indicate a need for revision.
Separately, council discussed item 2e, the curb-management plan. Councilmembers asked staff to integrate recommendations to market garage availability, to acknowledge micro-mobility/e-bike usage concerns within plan language, and to note partnerships for downtown events such as Walnut Creek Downtown and the Farmers Market. Brianna Byrne from traffic engineering said some recommendations are framed as planning guidance rather than mandatory actions and that some implementation details would be developed in subsequent work.
Council adopted the survey-extension resolution and supported minor narrative revisions to the curb management plan as part of routine implementation steps.
