Brisbane subcommittee finalizes traffic‑calming options for Visitation Avenue, plans public forum

The Brisbane City Transportation and Public Works Subcommittee spent its Jan. 7 meeting refining recommendations for traffic‑calming and pedestrian safety on Visitation Avenue, including raised crosswalks, bulb‑outs, radar feedback signs and targeted parking adjustments. Staff said they will prepare a consolidated package of costs, timelines and effectiveness metrics for committee review before sending a recommendation to City Council.

Tomas, a staff presenter, told the committee that published reference costs for raised crosswalks range widely in older reports — “about $7,110 to $30,880 each” — and that current market trends likely put a typical location “in the ballpark of $15,000 to $20,000,” while emphasizing that each site’s utilities, ADA ramps and drainage needs could raise costs further. “Once the council authorizes a capital project we would move to design and put together refined cost estimates,”…