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Consultants describe toolbox of safety treatments and policy review
Summary
Burns & McDonnell presented a toolbox of potential countermeasures (low-cost treatments, signal timing, design changes) and said a policy review will align recommendations with Mission’s comprehensive and bike-ped plans; council discussed Complete Streets and sidewalk priorities.
Consultants described a toolbox of safety treatments and a required policy review component of the SS4A planning grant.
Howard Loveliner said the toolbox will list treatments with rough planning-level costs, relative efficacy and recommended applications. The list may be prioritized in some communities or left unordered to allow public works discretion; consultants stressed treatments should align with local preferences.
The team also described a policy review to ensure recommendations are consistent with existing plans, including the Mission Connections plan and the city’s bike-ped documents. Councilmembers and staff said the upcoming planning hire—Taylor Cunningham, with previous Complete Streets experience in Joplin, Missouri—will help develop a local Complete Streets policy. The city plans a work session on Complete Streets in late September to inform eventual policy development.
Consultants said recommended measures could include infrastructure changes, education, enforcement recommendations and policy adjustments, and that funding source options (federal, state, local) will be identified for candidate projects.
