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Pleasant Hill staff outline SS4A high-injury network, community workshops and new smart-signal camera demo
Summary
City staff said the High Injury Network for the SS4A project will focus on corridors responsible for the majority of serious crashes (a 70th-percentile threshold), announced outreach events (April 16 tabling; May 19 workshop), and confirmed a No Traffic camera demo is live at Contra Costa/Taylor for traffic operations.
Anthony, an engineering division staff member, briefed the Traffic Safety Commission on several safety projects, saying the city is finalizing its High Injury Network (HIN) as part of its SS4A work and will host community outreach events in the coming weeks.
"We are finalizing our high injury network... we are going to host an off-the-grid tabling event on April 16th," Anthony said, and staff scheduled a second public workshop for May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the same meeting room. He said staff will circulate another stakeholder survey and do additional outreach ahead of the in-person stakeholder meeting.
Anthony explained the HIN methodology: the city chose a 70th-percentile threshold to capture the subset of streets where a majority of fatalities and serious injuries occur, with extra weighting for pedestrian and bicyclist incidents. He named several corridors included in the HIN, including Contra Costa Boulevard, Monument, Gregory and Taylor.
Staff also provided details on the flashing-beacon project: a public information meeting is set for March 30 from 6:00–7:00 p.m., and the design is at about 35% complete; planned locations include Westover (at the bike trail), near the Salvation Army store, and two points on Pleasant Hill Road including Wood Creek.
Commissioners discussed a newly installed No Traffic camera at the Contra Costa/Taylor intersection that went live the day of the meeting. Staff said the system is cloud-hosted, county signals staff can adjust timings, and the cameras are intended for traffic modeling and operational adjustments rather than enforcement. One participant warned the imagery can be detailed; staff and police emphasized there is no license-plate recognition or ALPR capture on the installed cameras.
City staff said the smart-signal functionality will eventually let staff adjust pedestrian timing and signal parameters remotely, and that county signal operations will initially assist until the system is fully integrated with city operations.
The commission offered to assist with outreach for the tabling event and public workshops. No formal action was taken; staff will return with further materials and outreach plans.
