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Council hears multi‑year 'Safer Streets' strategy: immediate spot fixes, later corridor redesigns and lowered speed limits
Summary
Transportation staff unveiled a three‑phase safer‑streets plan prioritizing immediate intersection spot improvements and traffic‑calming tests this year, followed by corridor projects and a citywide transportation plan to support permanent design and policy changes including reduced local speed limits.
The city’s transportation team presented a multi‑year safer‑streets strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries that begins with low‑cost, rapid 'spot' interventions this year and scales to larger corridor redesigns and regulatory changes in later phases.
Ben Chambers (Speaker 13) said Phase 1 (year 1) focuses on targeted intersection upgrades and testing: enhanced sidewalks, rapid‑flashing beacons, pedestrian‑activated 'no‑turn on red' signs, flex‑post bump‑outs, mini‑roundabouts and temporary traffic‑calming trials on…
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