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BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN: OPPORTUNITY CORRIDORS
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Meeting Date: November 29, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Sanjana Mada/Public Works Administration
Phone Number: (310) 251-5616
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (11/26/2018);
Department Approval: Charles Herbertson, Public Works Director/City Engineer (11/26/2018);
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) provide input on the revised opportunity corridors, and conceptual drawings for the Bicycle & Pedestrian Action Plan (BPAP).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
As part of the development of the BPAP, one of the tasks is to identify three Opportunity Corridors for analysis and evaluation. Opportunity Corridors are urgent gap closures in the Culver City bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure identified for conceptual designs and renderings:
1. The Downtown Core, defined as Culver Boulevard & Washington Avenue, between Duquesne Avenue east, following Washington Boulevard to Ince Boulevard (0.6 miles in total)
2. Overland Avenue, from Ballona Creek Path to Freshman Drive (0.5 miles)
3. Farragut Drive, from Overland Avenue to Duquesne Avenue (0.75 miles),
complemented by an exploration of Jackson Avenue intersection.
These corridor options have been identified by the consultant team, Alta Planning & Design, using several key factors including: 1) heat map of comments from the BPAP project website, 2) the 10 High-Injury Network (HIN) corridors with the highest rates of Killed/Severely Injured (KSI) collisions, 3) corridors without current, proposed, or ongoing projects, 4) diversity of street classifications & land use, a...
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