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City staff report progress on Active Transportation Plan, Safe Routes grants and several infrastructure projects
Summary
Staff reported the short-term active-transportation work plan is complete, a midterm plan is underway, grant funding will support Safe Routes work at seven schools, and several projects (Glenville, Cotton Belt, Collins overpass, US 75/Arapahoe crossing) are moving from design toward construction; staff also presented performance metrics on sidewalks, ramps, lane-mile work and transit accessibility.
City transportation staff updated the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee on progress across the Active Transportation Program, reported near-term project schedules and summarized new and evolving performance metrics.
Staff framed the program under three categories: evaluation & planning, education & encouragement, and engineering. They said the short-term work plan (years 1—2 following the 2023 plan) is complete and that the midterm work plan (years 3—6) is in progress. Supporting policies cited included a Complete Streets policy adopted in 2024 and an ADA transition plan completed in 2026; staff said they will publish an annual performance report and post materials publicly.
Safe Routes to School and education: staff said recently awarded grant funding will support work at seven additional schools, including development of a traffic-safety education curriculum that the city intends to pilot with those schools and then use in a train-the-trainer model for broader deployment. The presenter said the education materials will be tailored for elementary, middle and high school audiences and coordinated with the school district, but placement in high school schedules remains a challenge.
Metrics and outcomes: presenters reported output measures and outcomes for 2024—25. Highlighted infrastructure outputs included an increase in street reconstruction lane-miles and 10,000+ linear feet of sidewalk replaced; staff said 550 corner ramps were installed in 2025. For bicycle facilities, 2025 emphasized maintenance (bike-lane refreshes) rather than network expansion. On safety outcomes, staff reported reductions in severe and fatal injuries per capita compared with prior years and said fatal-injury counts declined; presenters cautioned some figures come from lagging data sources and that denominators or exact per-capita bases were not always specified during the update.
Project updates: Glenville Drive is substantially complete with final signal programming pending; the Cotton Belt Trail work is advancing (gaps near freight-rail crossings remain subject to permitting delays); the Collins Overpass and the US 75/Arapahoe crossing projects are funded and will advance under TxDOT or partner timelines, with bidding and construction expected in coming years.
Safety and enforcement: a police official described emergency response and crash-investigation procedures: major crashes receive immediate lights-and-siren responses, traffic-unit reconstruction and drone imagery are used for scene documentation, and the department conducts post-crash safety reviews to identify structural remedies or enforcement needs. The official noted the department does not currently have a systematic near-miss reporting mechanism; repeated reports at a location typically trigger targeted reviews, counts or enforcement actions.
Next steps: staff will finalize map corrections (some access-map areas will be revised), publish the annual performance report online, proceed with public engagement sessions in June/July, and present a draft plan to council for consideration in late summer. Staff said grant-funded school work and design efforts will phase into construction over the next two'three years depending on funding and partner schedules.
Quotes used in this article are attributed to functional roles in the committee record ("staff member," "presenter," "police official") because several speakers spoke as staff or officials without a full name in the transcript.
