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Traffic commission recommends City Council not proceed with Tyler Street Complete Streets plan
Summary
After hearing staff data, public comments and extensive commissioner questioning about truck access, ADA impacts and costs, the Carlsbad Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission voted 4–1 to recommend that City Council not proceed with the proposed Tyler Street Complete Streets project (staff had recommended Option 1).
The Carlsbad Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission voted 4–1 on July 1 to recommend that the City Council not proceed with the proposed Tyler Street Complete Streets project, saying the street currently functions acceptably and city resources are better spent elsewhere.
Staff presented the Tyler Street study and recommended Option 1 — a targeted package of high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions, reconstructed eastern driveways for improved ADA access, sharrows and a limited west-side sidewalk extension to Walnut Avenue. Nick Gorman, associate engineer, told the commission the team collected traffic data in December 2022 showing the busiest block had about 760 daily vehicles, 145 trucks, 170 pedestrians and 27 bicycles, and reported two collisions in five years (a DUI sideswipe and a single-bicycle crash). Gorman summarized three initial concepts from the Village and…
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