Submitted By
Jack Chalabian, Transportation Commission Chairperson Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
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A Motion to Reject the Transportation Commission's Recommendations for the Use of a Traffic Calming Toolbox to be used in the Development and Implementation of a Neighborhood Traffic Management Program for Residential Streets
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Overview
Overview
One item on the Transportation Commission's approved work plan is to develop a traffic calming toolbox in order to provide a list of accepted options to address traffic problems on residential streets in the Village. A traffic calming toolbox is one component of a Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP). Such a program provides a process for identifying and addressing problems related to speeding, vehicle crashes, excessive vehicle volumes, and pedestrian/bicycle safety on residential streets in the Village.
The Transportation Commission has completed its development of a draft traffic calming toolbox for use in a NTMP. The Commission is tonight submitting its draft traffic calming toolbox to the Village Board of Trustees for review and approval. The Commission voted unanimously at its July 24, 2017 meeting to submit the draft traffic calming toolbox.
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Staff Recommendation
Staff has concerns and does not support the inclusion of speed humps, speed tables, raised crosswalks, and raised intersections as tools which are included in the traffic calming toolbox due to impacts to operations for the Fire Department. Staff recommends modifying the Transportation Commission's recommended toolbox to remove these items.
Fiscal Impact
Expenditures for implementing traffic calming measures varies from inexpensive ($500 to $3,000) for "Level 1 - No Traffic Flow Changes" measures up to expensive (in excess of $10,000) for "Levels 2/3 - Some/Significant Traffic Flow Changes" and "4 - Street Closures" measures.
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