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Transportation staff to craft neighborhood protection toolkit to address cut‑through traffic and parking
Summary
Senior transportation planner Marcus Fuentes said staff will develop a neighborhood protection plan with tools like speed humps, cul‑de‑sacs and parking restrictions to preserve residential livability as the Golden State area grows.
Councilmembers raised concerns about parking, traffic and safe bike crossings near the railroad and airport gateway. Mayor and councilmembers asked how the plan will protect established residential areas as new housing and commercial uses come online.
Marcus Fuentes, Senior Transportation Planner in Community Development, said the neighborhood protection plan is being developed in parallel with the specific plan and will collect data on existing conditions to propose a tailored toolkit. "That toolkit could include things like cut‑through traffic mitigation measures, like speed humps, cul‑de‑sacs ... all the way to ... parking regulations, time restrictions, permit parking, etc.," Fuentes said. He cited recent approaches used in other parts of the city as examples and said detailed treatments will be developed after data collection.
Councilmembers also stressed the need for safe north–south bike connectivity across railroad tracks and for streetscape improvements that shape first impressions at the airport gateway.
