REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department
JILL GORMLEY, TE, City Traffic Engineer/Traffic Operations & Planning Manager
Public Works Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting a Residential Speed Hump Policy (Citywide) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the Council approve a Residential Speed Hump Policy.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Residents in the City of Fresno regularly report speeding vehicles along residential streets. Staff recognizes the need for traffic calming options to slow speeds on residential streets. Speed humps, also commonly referred to as speed bumps, speed tables, and pavement undulations, are a traffic calming option and can be an effective measure to alter driver behavior and reduce negative impacts of vehicles on residential streets. Installation of speed humps on City streets has been restricted since a 2006 policy was adopted by City Council. This policy, as drafted, would define the planning, design and construction of speed humps on residential streets.
BACKGROUND
In 2006 the City Council adopted a policy to restrict the installation of pavement undulations on City roadways. Pavement Undulation Policy was brought before Council in 2006 because it was thought to be consistent with the Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) Resolutions previously approved by City Council on April 9, 2002, and January 27, 2004. However, upon further inquiry, pavement undulations were not expressly prohibited by any RACM Resolution and are not prohibited by either SJVAPCD or the EPA.
The 2006 policy was rescinded by Council on October 28, 2021, and a pilot program to install pavement undulations along two (2) streets in Council District 3 was established. Public Works was to return to the City Council within 90 days with a new policy outlining the procedures for ...
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