UC Davis outlines campus "Moving Forward Together" safety plan to address e-device collisions and mobility hubs
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Summary
UC Davis planners presented a draft local road safety plan focusing on infrastructure, policy and programs to address rising collisions tied to e-bikes and e-scooters, proposing mobility hubs, safety corridor pilots, design changes on Hutchinson Drive and education/enforcement steps.
UC Davis staff on Feb. 9 presented a draft local road safety plan, "Moving Forward Together," that aims to reduce collisions and improve multimodal circulation on campus amid a rise in e-bike and e-scooter activity. "The number of e-bikes and e-scooters on campus right now are very, very surprising numbers compared to where we were just 2 or 3 years ago," a presenter said.
Presenters described three buckets of work: infrastructure (corridor and spot improvements), policy and programming (education, safety ambassadors, potential training requirements) and data-driven monitoring to prioritize grant-funded projects. They emphasized hotspot mapping from police and fire data, noted anomalies where default response locations can distort densities, and proposed specific ideas such as reconfiguring the "silo terminal" into two mobility hubs, adding raised crosswalks and piloting safety-corridor daytime outreach.
On enforcement and culture, presenters described a safety corridor pilot in which staff and student ambassadors engaged about 50 people during a morning pilot; the approach focuses first on education and awareness with handouts and conversations before further enforcement steps. Commissioners and commenters raised enforcement limits and how to define and communicate a 15 mph shared-use guideline; a commissioner noted the city had landed on 15 mph for shared-use paths and staff said aligning messaging across city and campus would be beneficial.
Public commenters urged balancing safety with micromobility's role in reducing car trips. Commissioners asked for clearer performance metrics for proposed mobility hubs and for continued coordination between UC Davis and the City of Davis on data and policy alignment. Presenters said the draft plan (100+ pages) will be released with an executive summary and an ArcGIS story map for broader public review and invited feedback on priorities and items to remove or emphasize.
