HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/21/2022 Item 2, Otto
Delgado, Adriana
From:Garrett Otto <garrettotto@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:ATC Item 2 - Traffic Safety Report
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With regards to the traffic safety study: The vast majority of collisions, severe injuries, and deaths are located on arterial
streets where prevailing speeds are high. This highlights the need for the City to explore options for universal lower
speed limits, road diets, and other speed mitigation measures to reduce the frequency and severity of collisions along
these routes.
Another high collision area is downtown where there is a lot of foot traffic. Popular downtown areas have implemented
car-free and car-lite strategies that practically elimidate collisions or severe injuries, while boosting revenues for those
local businesses. Though it's not likely to happen in the near future, that is what we should be striving for along Higuera
downtown. A short term solution would be to limit the ability to make left and right turns on-to and off-of Higuera and
Marsh between certain peak pedestrian hours (like 10AM-10PM). Also removing on-street parking prevents drivers from
being more concerned with finding a parking spot than looking out for people walking and biking.
Garrett Otto
San Luis Obispo
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