1 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:49,799 One, two. One, two. One, two. Does he want to 2 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:09,719 Testing. Testing. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,920 down there. I need to get him 4 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:43,720 Testing. One, two, one, two, three, four. 5 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:58,919 Any audio that you hear on the speakers will be uh recorded. 6 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,960 It won't automatically start. So you do have to 7 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,560 One, two. Testing. One, two. 8 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,280 Is that better? 9 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,600 Sure. 10 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:01,160 Testing one, two, testing one, two, and test one, two. 11 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:30,560 Test. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:37,120 testing one two test one 13 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:38,480 Good afternoon everyone. Um, today is Wednesday, June 10th, and uh, it is now 14 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:42,880 5:08 p.m. and I call this meeting to order. Welcome everyone to the Vision 15 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:47,919 Zero uh, community advisory committee meeting. Our 16 00:23:46,159 --> 00:23:53,760 second agenda item, that's a call to order. Second agenda item, um, we'll do 17 00:23:50,799 --> 00:23:58,400 a roll call. Uh, street transportation department staff leazison is uh, Jamie 18 00:23:56,559 --> 00:24:02,799 Buttermore. Um, Jamie, will you please conduct the roll call for this meeting, 19 00:23:59,919 --> 00:24:02,799 please? 20 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:44,799 Thank you, Madam Chair. Sorry for the delay. I will begin roll call. Uh first 21 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:47,520 member, uh chair Kandur here. Vice Chair Dipper 22 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:51,200 » here. >> Member Yuas. 23 00:24:49,919 --> 00:24:55,799 Member Edington >> here. 24 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,799 » Member Malcarin, 25 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,080 member Malarin. 26 00:25:03,679 --> 00:25:09,760 Member Ventura present. 27 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:17,000 Can you guys hear me online? >> Thank you. Member Burns here. 28 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,000 » Member Hayes. 29 00:25:18,159 --> 00:25:21,120 Member Haynes. 30 00:25:22,237 --> 00:25:24,257 » [laughter] 31 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:30,799 » And we uh no longer have active student members so I won't announce any names 32 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:35,159 but we have attendance completed and we do have quorum. Thank you. 33 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:42,960 Thank you Jamie. Um 34 00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:47,440 our lawyer is not here. Do we just skip that section Jamie? 35 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:52,640 Thank you. Uh we'll move to agenda item number three. Um is item number three is 36 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:58,159 posted for discussion and possible action to approve the minutes from April 37 00:25:55,039 --> 00:26:01,279 15, 2026 meeting. Can I have a motion to approve the 38 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:05,320 minutes? >> Motion to approve as written. 39 00:26:06,559 --> 00:26:15,760 » Can I have a second, please? Thank you. Um, I have a motion by committee member 40 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:21,600 Steve Burns to approve the minutes and second by 41 00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:25,120 u member Joseph to um second it. All those in favor please say I 42 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:28,440 » I. >> Any opposed? 43 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:40,320 The motion passes unanimously. U Jamie, can you please um take the call? 44 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:45,520 Item number four um is for information only and this is the road safety 45 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:49,600 education minute. Um at the beginning of each meeting uh we take a minute to 46 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:54,480 highlight an important message related to road safety action plan. Today we 47 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:59,120 will view a summer safety video about driving during monsoon storm. I'll now 48 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:02,520 turn it over to Jamie to play the message please. 49 00:27:15,039 --> 00:27:21,279 Monsoon season is upon us. There's a few things we need to remember as we drive 50 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:25,520 through the monsoon season. First of all, storms can come upon us at any 51 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:32,400 time. One of the concerns we always have is hydroplaning, and that's when the 52 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:36,640 tire surface does not touch the road. As we drive through that, speed is a key 53 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:41,360 factor. If we find ourselves in a storm, we have to drive slow down. When it 54 00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:45,760 comes to hydroplaning, speed is one of the major factors. That plus the amount 55 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:51,279 of tread on the tires and the amount of water in the roadway. But remember to 56 00:27:47,919 --> 00:27:56,000 slow down and maintain control of your vehicle. That's important. Also, as we 57 00:27:54,159 --> 00:28:00,320 talk about monsoons, let's talk about dust storms. Dust storms can come upon 58 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:05,279 us. Usually, we see them coming. Sometimes we don't. If you find yourself 59 00:28:02,399 --> 00:28:09,360 in a dust storm and you have to drive, pull off to the side of the road, turn 60 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:13,200 off your lights so that the vehicle behind you doesn't follow you following 61 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:20,840 your tail lights. The rule number one when it comes to storms is if you don't 62 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:20,840 have to drive, don't drive and be safe. 63 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:37,520 » Thank you, Jamie. Appreciate that. Um item number five is the director's 64 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:40,960 update. Um we'll have um item number five is the director's 65 00:28:39,279 --> 00:28:45,520 update is an agenda for street transportation department director um 66 00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:51,760 update for post posted for information only. Um at this time I will introduce 67 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:55,600 uh Matt Wilson to provide this update please. Looks like Brianna is not here 68 00:28:53,360 --> 00:29:00,640 today. Oh there she is. 69 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,919 Yep. I I'll proceed. Thank you, uh, Madam Chair, members of the committee, 70 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:08,480 uh, to share with you some updates for the Street Transportation Department in 71 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:14,200 the last two months. Um, we'll give just a moment for the presentation to come 72 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,200 up. 73 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:27,600 » All right. Thank you. So to give an update on our photo safety 74 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:33,039 program which continues uh the citation period for this program began on March 75 00:29:29,679 --> 00:29:38,480 25th. In the time since then up through earlier this week we had issued 19,200 76 00:29:35,919 --> 00:29:43,840 citations across the city through all cameras which consist of the 17 portable 77 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:48,159 tower units. Nine of those are on major arterial corridors. Uh the number 78 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:52,799 includes the eight school zones which operated on a weekly basis throughout 79 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:56,720 the school year and some of those units have been relocated to arterial 80 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:59,720 corridors during the break in summer school. 81 00:30:00,159 --> 00:30:06,559 Uh we'll be providing more of an update on this here uh with Denise giving a 82 00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:11,200 presentation shortly, but we did wanted to just acknowledge our staff's hard 83 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:15,600 work in submitting a grant for the safe streets and roads for all that was 84 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:19,919 recently um advertised for funding opportunity. We submitted for 27th 85 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:24,640 Avenue Campbell and Northern which overlaps with the community safety plan 86 00:30:21,919 --> 00:30:29,279 published by the by the city. This is the final no year of the SS4A program. 87 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:33,360 We're optimistic that additional funding will become available from the federal 88 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:38,159 government, but for now that's up in the air and as I mentioned, we'll be 89 00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:44,559 providing more detail on this uh later in the meeting. Another grant that our 90 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:48,640 team uh was was able to submit for was a railroad crossing elimination 91 00:30:46,399 --> 00:30:55,200 grant um through the Federal Rail Administration. This was a partnership 92 00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:59,200 uh with BNSF railroad um where we partner on the local match aspect and 93 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:05,279 then work together through the study if we're awarded. Um the study area is 94 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:10,320 generally Grand Avenue. We'll look at 31 uh crossing locations and then identify 95 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:15,440 five top priority locations. The requested funding amount for this 96 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:19,279 project was 1.2 million. uh to update you on two projects that we 97 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:23,840 are just beginning uh here at Street Transportation. One is our 35th Avenue 98 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:29,039 safety corridor project. Uh this was a build grant. Uh construction is 99 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:33,919 anticipated to start end of the month this month or just after the 4th of 100 00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:39,120 July. Uh we're ready to get going here. Contract award was uh several months ago 101 00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:44,640 in the spring. Uh you can see some of this information which includes uh 102 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:50,559 corridor improvements uh hawk additions uh technology for managing speed 103 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:55,120 modulation as well. The second project we want to highlight 104 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:59,919 was our 56 street Thomas to Camelback um complete streets improvements. This was 105 00:31:56,799 --> 00:32:04,559 a committee communitydriven project contract award just occurred. So we look 106 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:08,240 for construction to begin uh this summer. 107 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:12,840 With that, I uh will conclude my updates here. Thank you for the attention. 108 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:22,080 » Thank you, Matt. I appreciate that. Um item number six is uh on the agenda is 109 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:28,720 the police update posted for information only. Um at this time, I will introduce 110 00:32:26,159 --> 00:32:33,240 um Sergeant Wood and Sergeant Dro from Community and Employee Resources Bureau. 111 00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:59,360 Sorry, trying to fit a gun belt in the chair. Doesn't work so well. All right. 112 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:03,679 Good evening, uh, Madam Chair, members of the Vision Zero Committee. Um, just a 113 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:10,399 little update on what the Phoenix Police Department has done so far this year. 114 00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:16,640 We've conducted 17 bicycle safety rodeos throughout the city of Phoenix. Um, we 115 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:21,919 have participated with the Deer Valley Unified School District in talking and 116 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:26,480 educating newer about to be drivers through the driver's education program. 117 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:30,720 We have three more classes scheduled to assist that school district with their 118 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:34,320 driver's ed program coming up this summer. 119 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:39,200 We currently are participating in the West Valley Speed Enforcement Task Force 120 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:44,480 where we travel to different jurisdictions and cities and help them 121 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:48,000 uh combat speed and dangerous driving behaviors in their dangerous speed 122 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:53,840 quarters and they come to Phoenix and help us out. We tend we do that twice a 123 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:58,399 month and on average we issue between the entire task force members two to 300 124 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:04,240 citations for dangerous driving behaviors including speed, reckless 125 00:34:00,799 --> 00:34:08,000 driving and distracted driving. Uh we have a couple of holidays coming 126 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:11,760 up including the fourth of July holiday in which we are going to be working 127 00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:16,960 several DUI related enforcement task force programs. Uh we will be bringing 128 00:34:14,399 --> 00:34:21,200 in supplemental officers uh to work these programs that are supplemented by 129 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:25,919 funding from the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety. 130 00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:29,359 And on a regular day-to-day basis, we conduct traffic enforcement programs 131 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:35,599 throughout the city of Phoenix targeting again highspeed corridors and dangerous 132 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:39,839 driving inter excuse me, high collision intersections that uh have been 133 00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:46,000 identified with the help of this uh Phoenix Streets department. 134 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:52,960 Uh currently we are working along Greenway from roughly 51st Avenue to the 135 00:34:49,760 --> 00:35:01,280 Scottsdale border, Scottsdale Road, 7th Street South from Poria to Mcdow and 136 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:07,920 along Broadway from 19th Avenue to around 35th Avenue and a little bit west 137 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:13,520 of there. We are current also deploying our radar 138 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:17,920 trailers to help gather data on speed corridors throughout the city of Phoenix 139 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:23,520 to identify locations to best deploy our traffic enforcement officers. 140 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:31,200 We are working with the Poria Police Department to conduct an enforcement 141 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:35,119 program on weekends for the ebikes and uh electric motorcycles that are 142 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:38,880 predominantly along Happy Valley Road. So that will be 143 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:42,560 a partnership with the Prior Police Department and we are looking to expand 144 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:47,560 this type of an enforcement and education program throughout the city of 145 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,560 Phoenix. 146 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:58,480 Believe our next enforcement program for that will be in the Desert Horizon and 147 00:35:55,599 --> 00:36:06,680 Desert Horizon precinct around uh Desert Ridge Marketplace. And 148 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:06,680 that's all that I have for an update. 149 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:18,320 Thank you, Sergeant Broadman and Sergeant Ro. Appreciate it. 150 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:24,079 Moving on to item number seven, uh, road safety action plan 2025 annual updates. 151 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:29,520 Uh, this item is posted for information and discussion. Here to present are uh 152 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:36,920 Reed Henry from Street Transportation Department's traffic services division 153 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:36,920 and Yanka from Y2T Engineering. 154 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,880 » Good evening. Thank you chair and members of the committee for this 155 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:53,400 opportunity to present the findings of the 2025 vision zero road safety action 156 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,400 plan and the report. 157 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:59,720 Although the report isn't finalized yet, we want to share with you some of our 158 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,720 findings. 159 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:06,960 Today, we will present the updated crash facts, which shows the latest trends 160 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:11,359 through the end of 2024. We will present an updated high injury network, which 161 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:15,200 highlights locations concentrated with severe injury and fatal crashes 162 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:20,320 citywide. We will discuss the performance measures that track our 163 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:24,480 progress towards our safety goal. We will highlight a few of our safety 164 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:29,800 initiatives for 2026 and then wrap up our presentation with a few questions 165 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,800 that you may have. 166 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:37,359 So, as most of you may recall, the vision zero road safety action plan was 167 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:42,720 approved and adopted by city council in September 2022. The plan identifies 168 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:46,800 specific safety focus areas and strategies to improve traffic safety 169 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:52,359 with the ultimate goal to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes to zero by 170 00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:52,359 2050. 171 00:37:54,079 --> 00:38:00,720 There are over there are 41 strategies over five focus areas with input 172 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:05,040 received from multiple multiple departments, stakeholders, and the 173 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:09,760 community at large that specifically address fatal and serious injury 174 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:14,480 crashes. The general strategies focus area focuses on data analysis, process 175 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,760 improvements, and stakeholder communication. 176 00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:21,760 The behavior related focus area addresses strategies to modify user 177 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:27,040 behavior. With with 50% of the reported fatal 178 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:31,920 crashes and RSAP being pedestrian bicycle related, the pedestrian bicycle 179 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:35,359 focus area was established. And the last two focus areas 180 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:40,880 specifically address collisions, intersections, and roadway segments. 181 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:44,480 to measure our progress. Performance measures were established for each focus 182 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:47,760 area and Young will share will be sharing those with you in a moment. But 183 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:53,560 before she does that, she will be discussing updated crash facts and the 184 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,560 high injury network. 185 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:02,960 » Good evening. Good evening, chair and members of the committee. 186 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:08,960 In looking at the crash facts, we evaluated a 5-year period from 2020 to 187 00:39:05,839 --> 00:39:14,160 2024 uh of post-planned conditions compared to the road safety action plan 188 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:19,680 baseline. There were 830 fatal and serious injury crashes occurring on city 189 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:25,440 of Phoenix roadways per year on average. This is a 1.7% decrease from the 190 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:31,680 previous annual report and this is a 15% decrease from the road 191 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:37,680 safety action plans. baseline 5-year annual average from 2016 to 2020. So 192 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,680 overall, we're trending in a positive direction. 193 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:49,760 When we look at crashes, the KSI crashes that involved 194 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:54,880 killed and seriously injured persons, we're seeing that 23% of those crashes 195 00:39:52,560 --> 00:40:02,800 are speed related. This is an increase compared to 20% of the baseline. 196 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:07,200 At signalized intersections, um 42% of all KSI crashes have occurred there, 197 00:40:05,359 --> 00:40:12,640 shifting some of the share from the segments. This represents a slight 198 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:18,000 increase from 40% at baseline and the remaining share of 58% of all KSI 199 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:22,800 crashes occurred on roadway segments, which includes unsalized intersections. 200 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:26,680 This represents a decrease compared to 60% at the baseline. 201 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:35,520 When we consider u the fatal crashes that occurred in that 5-year period, 202 00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:41,680 the proportion of fatal crashes that involve pedestrians or was 41%. 203 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:47,839 This proportion has decreased compared to 45% of the baseline. 204 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:52,160 The pro the proportion involving of fatal crashes involving bicyclists is 205 00:40:49,839 --> 00:40:57,839 5%. This is a slight increase compared to 4% at the baseline. And the share of 206 00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:05,200 fatal crashes involving motorcyclists was 19% which represents an increase 207 00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:11,760 compared to 18% at the baseline. The chart on the screen illustrates the 208 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:16,560 serious injury crashes with the blue bars and the fatal crashes with the 209 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:21,920 orange bars. So, what this is illustrating is that over the past 210 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:29,200 several years, the trend of serious injury crashes is trending downwards. 211 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:38,880 However, the fatal crashes have risen by 21% compared to baseline data due to the 212 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:46,359 peaks in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Preliminary data indicates a potential 213 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,359 future decline in fatal crashes. 214 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:55,920 This slide is showing our frequency of those fatal and and serious injury 215 00:41:54,319 --> 00:42:00,319 crashes. The frequency for the evaluated period 216 00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:07,200 are generally lower than the baseline. So the maroon bar is the baseline and 217 00:42:03,359 --> 00:42:14,560 the blue bar below it is from the analysis period of 2020 to 2024. 218 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:20,839 The fatal crash frequency is higher as I mentioned because of those peaks in 219 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,839 2021, 2022 and 2023. 220 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:32,599 We have seen the greatest um frequency reductions in the areas of intersection 221 00:42:28,079 --> 00:42:32,599 segments and impaired driving. 222 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:46,640 Based on feedback that we received from this body last year, we conducted a 223 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:52,000 statistical test of the five crash categories that you see on the screen. 224 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:57,760 So a statistical trend test was applied to the annual crash data and essentially 225 00:42:54,640 --> 00:43:02,800 the test asked a simple question. Is the overall direction of the data whether it 226 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:07,200 is going up or down over time strong enough that it is unlikely to have 227 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:11,760 occurred by chance? So when we look at serious injury crashes and seeing it 228 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:18,560 trending downwards, yes, this is statistically significant 229 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:23,440 with the pedestrian KSI crashes showing a trend downwards. This is showing that 230 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:29,359 it's not statistically significant. It may be by chance. 231 00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:36,400 Bicycle KSI crashes are showing a decreasing trend and this is marginally 232 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:41,760 significant. Fatal crashes have shown an increasing trend and this is significant 233 00:43:39,599 --> 00:43:47,240 and fatal crashes involving motorcycles is showing an increasing trend and this 234 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,240 is also significant. 235 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:56,480 Every time that there are two new years of available crash data, the high injury 236 00:43:55,040 --> 00:44:04,079 network in the city of Phoenix is updated. So that occurred 237 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:10,560 with this year's annual report. The high injury network was updated with new 238 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:16,040 crash data um which totaled 4,347 crashes in the period of 2020 through 239 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,040 2024. 240 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:25,599 This overall resulted in um fewer intersections and segments than in past 241 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:29,839 high- injury network evaluations. for signalized intersections. Um, this 242 00:44:28,079 --> 00:44:38,319 represents 4% fewer signalized intersections 243 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:42,480 or sorry, excuse me. The signalized intersections that are identified on the 244 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:48,000 high injury network represents less than 4% of all of the city's signalized 245 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:55,200 intersections. However, um, contain 23% of the KSI crashes that 246 00:44:52,560 --> 00:45:01,119 occur at signalized intersections. for the segments. This group represents 247 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:09,760 less than 1% of all of Phoenix's roads um yet contain 11% of all KSI crashes. 248 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:15,520 We also had 11 unsalized intersections on the high injury network, but you will 249 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:21,240 notice that many of these are contained within high injury network segments as 250 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,240 well. 251 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:30,480 Since the injury network was developed for the 252 00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:36,240 original road safety action plan 2022 and comparing it to the updates in 2024 253 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:40,240 and 2026, they each had the same criteria for 254 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:45,200 signalized intersections. These intersections need to have six or more 255 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:49,440 KSI crashes to reach the threshold. So what we're 256 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:54,480 seeing is a decrease in the number of signalized intersections that appear on 257 00:45:51,599 --> 00:46:01,280 the list for the high energy network segments. These segments need to have a 258 00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:08,880 minimum of 3 ksi crashes and a rate of 12 ksi crashes per mile. We did see the 259 00:46:05,839 --> 00:46:13,560 the linear number of miles slightly increase in this year's update 260 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:24,240 for unsalized intersections uh which was added to the analysis the last time that 261 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:30,000 it was done. We did see an increase of identifying um 11 unsignized 262 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:33,560 intersections compared to five the first analysis period. 263 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:44,760 And for the unsalized intersections, they would have 264 00:46:40,319 --> 00:46:44,760 four or more KSI crashes. 265 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:50,040 Moving on to performance measures. 266 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:58,720 Looking back in 2025, there were 78 traffic safety projects completed, 267 00:46:55,280 --> 00:47:04,160 including 35 new traffic signals, 25 traffic signal modernizations, which 268 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:09,599 involve upgrades or rebuilds of aging traffic signal infrastructure, 269 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:17,040 eight traffic signal modifications, which may be updates to operations or 270 00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:21,680 left turn arrows, for example, and 14 signals. 271 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:27,520 The map on the right on the screen illustrates where the locations of these 272 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:33,720 projects were in comparison to the high injury network which has a fairly strong 273 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,720 correlation. 274 00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:43,200 Also in the past year, the city of Phoenix and Valley Metro completed the 275 00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:46,720 South Central light rail extension. The city developed a plan to implement 276 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:51,599 high visibility crosswalk markings and stop bars citywide. And the city of 277 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:56,880 Phoenix installed over 40 miles of new bike lanes and approximately 18 miles of 278 00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:00,440 existing bike lanes were enhanced with buffer protection. 279 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:09,839 As you heard a little bit earlier in the evening, um the fire department 280 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:15,040 community risk education section um enhanced and relaunched its teen safe 281 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:19,280 driving program, survive the drive. So this includes free monthly community 282 00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:23,040 classes. The street transportation staff 283 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:26,960 participated in a series of 12 bike rodeo events providing bike helmets and 284 00:48:25,359 --> 00:48:30,960 professional helmet fittings to the community. Uh there were additional 285 00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:34,200 events held that were attended by other city staff. 286 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:46,720 In 2025, there was a $10 million budget for road safety action plan related 287 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:53,359 projects um for the 2026 fiscal year, July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. 288 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:58,800 The lion share of this went to construction of 11 projects. uh they 289 00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:02,480 were designed over the past several years. Uh but there are still some 290 00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:09,280 projects advancing through scoping and design. Uh the proportion for planning 291 00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:14,240 which helps uh fund the annual update that's being presented today and then 292 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:17,240 additional monies for education and evaluation. 293 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:28,800 In the 2025 cycle of the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant, the city of 294 00:49:25,119 --> 00:49:36,960 Phoenix was awarded over $24 million to fund a project uh identified on Dunlap 295 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:45,880 Avenue and 19th Avenue. And you'll hear more about uh 296 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:45,880 this year's grant application later 297 00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:55,280 based on feedback we received from this body. uh in last year. This year's 298 00:49:52,079 --> 00:50:00,800 annual report also included benefit cost evaluations. There were sign there were 299 00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:05,200 enough projects to review um that were completed. 300 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:08,720 We looked at three different types of projects. 301 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:12,160 We looked at signal modernization projects that were funded with local 302 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:16,240 monies. We looked at signal modernization 303 00:50:13,839 --> 00:50:21,520 projects that were federally funded. and we looked at uh the Hawk projects that 304 00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:25,200 were fedally federally funded through highway safety improvement program 305 00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:29,359 monies. When we looked at these projects, 306 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:34,240 um each project was assigned a benefit cost ratio which compares the estimated 307 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:41,440 safety benefits of a project to its cost. We used crash modification factors 308 00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:46,319 published in FHWA's CMF clearing house. And a ratio above one means that 309 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:52,319 estimated safety benefits from the reduced crashes exceed the project 310 00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:56,880 costs. And projects in this evaluation averaged a BC ratio of over 15, 311 00:50:55,280 --> 00:51:02,000 indicating that for every dollar invested, nearly $15 in safety benefits 312 00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:05,960 are expected in return through the estimated crash reductions. 313 00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:16,720 From a performance measure standpoint, there were 28 tracked performance 314 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:23,200 measures uh that were identified and tracked um as part in in 2025. 26 of 315 00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:28,000 those are either complete or in progress. 316 00:51:25,359 --> 00:51:32,720 What those measures are telling us is that traffic safety projects are 317 00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:37,359 continuing to be delivered, including hawk signals, signal upgrades, bike 318 00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:42,559 facilities, and pedestrian improvements. We're also seeing the intended expansion 319 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:48,000 of behavioral safety efforts through enforcement partnerships, bike rodeos, 320 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:52,240 and teen driver education. There were several crashbased measures 321 00:51:50,079 --> 00:51:56,960 that are showing improvement, including an improvement in the positive 322 00:51:54,160 --> 00:52:02,000 direction. So, a reduction in serious injury crashes, nighttime crashes, 323 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:08,000 impaired driving crashes, and intersection related crashes. 324 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:13,920 the pedestrian related fatal crashes remain above the established safety 325 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:19,680 reduction targets. So that does make uh pedestrian safety a continued priority 326 00:52:16,079 --> 00:52:24,880 and focus area for future investments. The height injury network uh 327 00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:28,640 identification and prioritization tools have been updated and completed and are 328 00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:33,520 helping to guide where those investments should occur. 329 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:38,520 I'm gonna turn it back to Reed to provide the look ahead into 2026. 330 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:48,079 » Thank you, Y. In 2026, the city remains committed to improving safety for all 331 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:52,960 road users through continued investments and implementation efforts. The city 332 00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:57,040 will be investing in a five-year update to the road safety action plan as it is 333 00:52:55,200 --> 00:53:00,160 our intent to update the plan every five years. 334 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:03,760 The city is pursuing additional funding opportunities such as tribal grant 335 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:08,800 opportunities for tribal gaming agreements have set aside 336 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:14,160 funds for community improvements and the 2026 safety SS4A grant opportunity that 337 00:53:11,839 --> 00:53:17,839 Denise will will be presenting later this evening. 338 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:22,240 Construction of several bond projects which include new traffic signals, new 339 00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:26,800 box and traffic signal modization projects are scheduled to occur this 340 00:53:24,720 --> 00:53:31,280 year. As Matt mentioned, construction of the 341 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:36,000 35th Avenue safety quarter project will begin uh this month and includes hawks, 342 00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:40,319 modernized traffic signals, and raised medians. 343 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:44,960 And we will see the expansion of the leading pedestrian intervals program at 344 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:48,880 signalized intersections. So those are just a few of our RAP initiatives for 345 00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:53,000 this year. And Young and I are happy to answer any questions you may have. 346 00:53:56,640 --> 00:54:04,559 Thank you, Jen. Thank you, Reed. Questions? Can I You want to go? Can I 347 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:08,040 go? Yeah, go ahead. 348 00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:17,920 I'm I'm baffled by the stat that says even though we've had fewer accidents, 349 00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:22,559 we've had more fatalities. I I I I can't get my head around that. I mean, 350 00:54:20,319 --> 00:54:27,359 intuitively, you would think automobiles are getting safer. 351 00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:31,599 Um, and that could be a contributing factor 352 00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:37,760 to the fewer crashes, but they're also safer from a 353 00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:42,000 passenger standpoint, too. I I I don't understand it. And can you you a couple 354 00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:45,839 times you mentioned, you know, during that there was that peak over that 355 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:52,760 three-year period, but what why I mean, how do you have any thoughts about 356 00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:52,760 why that's the case. 357 00:54:53,280 --> 00:55:02,640 » I think you're correct in that uh vehicles are getting safer. However, we 358 00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:08,720 still have behavioral issues in terms of speeding. So, when we have higher speeds 359 00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:13,760 in a collision, we have the forces are actually squared the 360 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:21,440 faster someone's going. So that can result in more serious injuries and the 361 00:55:19,599 --> 00:55:25,040 pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists that don't have the 362 00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:32,880 protection of a vehicle are more vulnerable and they tend to result in 363 00:55:29,359 --> 00:55:37,920 more fatal crashes involving those vulnerable road users. We've um at last 364 00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:42,400 year's presentation, we talked a little bit about uh some of the laws related to 365 00:55:40,319 --> 00:55:50,400 motorcyclists that may be contributing to higher risk in that area. Um you're 366 00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:56,720 probably well aware of um ebike use and you know this new newer availability and 367 00:55:53,920 --> 00:56:01,599 technology again higher speeds is higher risk. So those are all contributing 368 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:04,720 factor. So, so are you saying we may be having fewer accidents, but they're 369 00:56:03,119 --> 00:56:09,680 worse, more a higher likelihood that they'll 370 00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:12,880 that they could be fatal because the accidents themselves are more 371 00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:17,200 catastrophic. >> That's the way that it's trending. 372 00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:21,520 Overall, the number of when like when you add the fatal and serious injury 373 00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:27,920 crashes, that total number is going down because those serious injury crashes are 374 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:33,680 are going down. Um however there is a greater share of and and 375 00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:37,839 frequency of of the fatal crashes um that has been occurring. 376 00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:44,319 » And while overall those crashes are random 377 00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:51,040 in occurrence again the outcomes are largely predicted by the mass 378 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:56,400 differences between the motor vehicle and a person for example. Um and then 379 00:56:53,599 --> 00:57:00,480 this and the velocity the speed >> regarding motorcycles. Are are you 380 00:56:58,319 --> 00:57:05,440 seeing anything and you just mentioned it mentioned it quickly about there's 381 00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:10,720 laws affecting motorc Okay. So I'm going to get right to the point. Is the term 382 00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:15,440 lane lane splitting? Is that what >> are you seeing anything where that's a 383 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:19,040 contributing factor? that appears to be a contributing factor as we're seeing 384 00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:26,079 higher um numbers of of motorcyclists that are 385 00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:32,720 being involved in collisions. And what we're seeing is the motorcyclists get in 386 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:37,200 in advance of a vehicle platoon and now they can get ahead and they're no longer 387 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:42,480 in the platoon and now they're in between platoon and the opposing 388 00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:45,520 vehicles making left turns are not seeing them, not looking at them and and 389 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:48,079 either they are striking the motorcyclists or the motorcyclists are 390 00:57:47,119 --> 00:57:50,960 striking those turning. >> Yeah. Can I I don't want to assume 391 00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:55,599 everybody knows what what we're talking about. Can you explain what lane 392 00:57:52,240 --> 00:58:00,000 splitting is? Lane splitting is when uh vehicles are stopped at a traffic 393 00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:04,240 signal, motorcyclists are allowed to proceed in between vehicles to the front 394 00:58:03,119 --> 00:58:07,760 of the queue. >> And that's a new recent [clears throat] 395 00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:11,200 law, a recent change in the law >> two, three years ago. Yes. 396 00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:16,400 » Yeah. Madam Chair, just one other question. 397 00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:21,040 The just curious, what are you seeing on the federal level 398 00:58:19,119 --> 00:58:25,839 in terms of grant opportunities? Are they becoming more competitive? are they 399 00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:29,280 becoming more difficult to obtain funding cuts, whatever. I'm just kind of 400 00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:34,240 curious to what degree will we have to step in locally to fund projects that in 401 00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:39,040 the past may have been the beneficiaries of federal programs. 402 00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:43,440 » So, as mentioned earlier, this is the um the fifth of five years that was 403 00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:48,079 officially authorized by the US Department of Transportation for the 404 00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:52,960 safe uh safe streets and roads for all program. We are hearing that the program 405 00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:57,760 will continue in some form or fashion. Um currently as it's drafted in the 406 00:58:55,359 --> 00:59:06,160 draft reauthorization of what's called bill 250, uh there may be overall um 407 00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:10,720 less money but a lot more set aside for implementation and a reduction in in the 408 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:16,079 funds available for planning which wouldn't affect the city of Phoenix as 409 00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:20,160 you already have your plan. >> Thank you. 410 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:27,119 » Thank you. Um I have a question. Um 411 00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:33,119 on slides 7 through nine you presented uh KSI crash facts and there's also 412 00:59:30,559 --> 00:59:39,920 presentation on high injury network. So first on the crash facts um there are 413 00:59:38,319 --> 00:59:45,599 increased fatal bicycle crashes. There are 414 00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:51,920 increased signalized intersection crashes. But then in the high injury 415 00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:56,640 network, the trends show that there's a decrease in signalized intersection 416 00:59:53,760 --> 01:00:02,319 crashes and the increase in the segment crashes. What's any 417 00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:06,720 um have you seen anything that is actually contributing to this? What is 418 01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:11,119 going on? What's the anomaly between uh what the KSI facts that we are seeing 419 01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:17,119 and high injury network? >> Sure. I will I think the differentiator 420 01:00:14,079 --> 01:00:23,599 is is how the data is being evaluated. So when we provide these crash facts for 421 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:28,160 fatal crashes, this is looking at all fatal crashes in the city of Phoenix 422 01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:34,240 during the five-year period. So it's one whole population and we're illustrating 423 01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:38,480 the percent of that population that um involve pedestrians or involve 424 01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:44,480 bicyclists or involve motorcyclists. When we look at the high injury network, 425 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:52,319 um the difference is that the high injury network is identifying locations 426 01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:58,640 that meet a threshold of concentration. So 427 01:00:55,040 --> 01:01:02,480 while the number of crashes, it's essentially saying that the crashes may 428 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:06,480 be getting more distributed and not as concentrated. if they were being 429 01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:11,280 concentrated, we would start seeing more of them on the high injury network. But 430 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:16,799 we but we use the Hyundai network as a tool because we know that it has the 431 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:21,839 highest concentration of KSI crashes. So we know that the investments on those 432 01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:26,640 areas are going to have the greatest benefit in the community. 433 01:01:23,839 --> 01:01:31,359 » Um I know we talked about motorcycle crashes, but I want to touch on the 434 01:01:28,799 --> 01:01:35,119 bicycle related crashes. Is there any more research done on where is this 435 01:01:33,359 --> 01:01:40,400 happening? Why is the why are the fatalities increased for bicycle related 436 01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:45,200 crashes? Is it areas where there's no bicycle lanes or is it areas where there 437 01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:48,640 is bicycle lanes but still crashes are happening? Is there any more research 438 01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:53,280 done on that? >> That level of detail was not conducted 439 01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:57,680 in the annual report. However, it would likely be conducted in the uh five-year 440 01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:01,359 update of the road safety action plan that re mentioned 441 01:01:59,839 --> 01:02:04,480 » and and we also, [clears throat] excuse me, we also looked at the pedestrian 442 01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:10,160 high-risisk network. I think we talked about that at last last our last meeting 443 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:14,640 um where we did look for risk factors associated with pedestrians as well as 444 01:02:12,319 --> 01:02:18,240 bicyclists. So, we have done a little deeper dive into into that. But I think 445 01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:24,079 when we're talking about the bicycles, I think you're right about four or five 446 01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:28,880 percent of the total fatal crashes. >> So it went up from four to five, I 447 01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:32,640 think, in the percentages. So it went up a little bit over this time period. But 448 01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:36,480 yeah, we are trying to look to see if there's is there something we can do 449 01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:40,640 specifically for cyclists as well as what can we do for the pedestrians. 450 01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:46,480 » Yeah. Um I have one more question, Randy, and then I'll turn it over to 451 01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:51,680 you. Um on the speed related crashes um there's a increase in speed related CA 452 01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:57,200 crashes as reported here. Um the speeding cameras are deployed. I know it 453 01:02:54,400 --> 01:03:02,079 takes time for us to see the aftermath or what's going on there but did this 454 01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:09,400 contribute to the locations where the speed cameras were deployed um where 455 01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:09,400 speed related crashes are increasing? 456 01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:14,640 A lot of the data that we showed here regarding crashes is a four or five year 457 01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:19,039 period. So a lot of the stuff we're looking at here occurred prior to the 458 01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:22,440 implementation of photo cameras that are currently in place. 459 01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:26,880 » Yeah. Go ahead. Go ahead, Randy. 460 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:30,880 » Thank you. >> Thank you, Madam Chair and Bre Young. 461 01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:35,680 Thank you very much. Great presentation. Some really, really good information 462 01:03:32,319 --> 01:03:41,520 there. And I especially appreciate um the up the uh uh willingness to 463 01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:46,079 incorporate some of our comments from previous uh sessions too. So thank you 464 01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:51,599 very much. Really really good information. I have just a couple 465 01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:58,160 questions. Um, [clears throat] can you is there a way to maybe verbally 466 01:03:54,880 --> 01:04:04,880 just describe what sort of changes have you observed in the HIN 467 01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:11,119 as you're updating the numbers of crashes over time? Are we seeing say 90% 468 01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:16,319 of the intersections are the same from one year to the next and there's a 469 01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:20,160 handful of new ones or is it you know most of the intersections are now moving 470 01:04:17,839 --> 01:04:26,559 to different locations and I'm I'm asking because I know that the city is 471 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:32,000 spending a lot of resources targeting safety improvements on the HIN and if 472 01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:36,160 the HIN is changing a lot every couple years then that kind of complicates 473 01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:41,599 matters. So, I just wanted to maybe get your thoughts on that. 474 01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:47,520 » Yes, I appreciate that comment. And while I don't have the details in front 475 01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:53,359 of me, we have developed and updated the GIS story map that will be published 476 01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:58,960 online. And in the updated story map, we have um included a comparison of all 477 01:04:56,000 --> 01:05:04,720 three years. So, we do have that number. I will say that the locations of the 478 01:05:01,359 --> 01:05:09,760 hydra network are not shifting vastly. So we have recorded exactly which 479 01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:15,359 locations have stayed on for all three years uh or all three evaluation 480 01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:19,920 periods. We have um basically all the data of what dropped off, what got added 481 01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:22,640 and we have that mapped visually that will be available when the annual update 482 01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:28,319 is published. >> That's great. Thank you. Um, and I guess 483 01:05:26,770 --> 01:05:33,520 [clears throat] maybe that kind of leads into another question, which is, um, I 484 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:39,119 know you said that you're in the process of 485 01:05:35,119 --> 01:05:43,599 wrapping up the annual update, and so is that something that is going to come to 486 01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:48,200 this group like it has in previous years to to review as well? 487 01:05:54,720 --> 01:06:01,680 Vice Chair Durner, um, members of the, uh, CAC, um, I know I believe it was 488 01:05:59,839 --> 01:06:04,799 last year was the first year we did provide you guys an opportunity to 489 01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:08,160 review the draft before we made it public and I don't have any concerns 490 01:06:06,480 --> 01:06:12,480 with doing that this year as well. So, we will make sure um, we get you guys 491 01:06:10,319 --> 01:06:15,920 all um, Jamie will make sure she gets that sent out um, so that you guys can 492 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:21,039 review before we make that. >> Okay. Thank you. And would that be 493 01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:25,200 coming soon or or is it still got a ways to go yet? 494 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:29,760 » Okay. Yeah, soon. It'll be very soon. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Um that's my 495 01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:34,880 questions. Thank you. >> Um Amanda, um Ventura has a question. 496 01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:41,359 Amanda. >> Yeah, thank you so much. Um I listening 497 01:06:38,799 --> 01:06:48,079 to you guys talk about um how some of the increase in cycling crashes are 498 01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:53,119 related to ebikes. I'm really curious if this group is thinking about breaking 499 01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:59,839 that out because they kind of exist in this space between motorcyclists and you 500 01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:02,799 know manually pedled bicycles. Um, and I know we're looking at this as like a 501 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:07,359 long-term uh, you know, study, so it's hard to 502 01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:15,039 break out an entirely new vehicle type, but just would be really interested to 503 01:07:10,079 --> 01:07:18,240 know if if that's being discussed. Um, as we kind of look at, you know, 504 01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:23,760 educational materials and other things that are going to come from this kind of 505 01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:28,480 work. uh how seriously should we be taking the ebike situation based on your 506 01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:33,520 guys' data or like is there kind of a like a subreport or like a you know just 507 01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:38,559 a readout from the last couple years to understand 508 01:07:35,119 --> 01:07:44,039 um the situation with with with those vehicles in particular and their impact. 509 01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:51,200 » Yeah, thank you for that question. Um currently it is difficult to disting 510 01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:57,039 dist distinguish in the crash data that distinction. Um the Arizona Department 511 01:07:54,319 --> 01:08:03,039 of Transportation is making updates to the crash report form. So, in future 512 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:09,680 years, we will start seeing that crash data likely show up maybe starting in 513 01:08:05,839 --> 01:08:13,920 2027 where they'll have a breakout of um bicyclists, ebikes, and then 514 01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:19,839 motorcyclists in the upcoming um road safety action 515 01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:23,199 plan updates. That could certainly be a focus area where those could be reviewed 516 01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:28,319 manually. Regionally, there are numerous cities 517 01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:33,839 that are evaluating ebike ordinances. The city of Phoenix was one of the first 518 01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:40,199 to implement one, but maybe with um the increased attention that could always be 519 01:08:37,199 --> 01:08:40,199 reviewed. 520 01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:50,319 But overall, the data was showing from a fatal crash perspective, uh the change 521 01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:56,239 from 7 to 11. So, it's a very it's a still a very small number and a small 522 01:08:53,279 --> 01:08:59,679 quantity to evaluate overall. >> Got it. Thanks. 523 01:08:57,759 --> 01:09:02,560 » Committee member Yuas has a question. Go ahead. I 524 01:09:00,239 --> 01:09:06,719 » I assume that that ebikes are currently in the the bicycle category. Is that is 525 01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:12,480 that fair to assume? >> It gets complicated. Um if you Google 526 01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:18,880 know your ride, there are numerous websites now that will help um people 527 01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:24,080 identify maybe what they're riding. Um ebikes come in three different classes, 528 01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:31,600 class one, class two, and class three. and it's based on uh this maximum speed 529 01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:37,279 that they can go. There are also now electric motorcycles that have come into 530 01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:41,679 the market, sirons, and people may refer to them as ebikes, but they don't have 531 01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:46,480 pedals. Um so there's kind of some slight nuance as to what gets 532 01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:54,560 classified. The e- motorcycles are classified as motorcycles and um 533 01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:59,679 golf carts fall into like uh fall into a motorcyclist category in crash reports. 534 01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:04,880 ATVs fall into into the motorcyclist category. So, there's some nuance there. 535 01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:10,400 Um, and police departments valleywide, you know, are 536 01:10:07,679 --> 01:10:14,719 they they follow the Arizona revised statutes on those classifications for 537 01:10:12,320 --> 01:10:18,640 the ebikes versus the motorcycles. I'm sure that you you you probably all agree 538 01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:23,600 that the suggestion is a good one, you know, 539 01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:26,800 um but it also just makes sense. All right, so ebikes are still in their 540 01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:31,360 infancy. It's fair to assume that ebike use is 541 01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:36,320 growing at a higher rate than than bicycles are. So all the more reason why 542 01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:40,080 yes, this trend is going to continue for the foreseeable future. All the more 543 01:10:37,679 --> 01:10:45,120 reason why that it ought to be segmented out in order to give accurate data. It's 544 01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:51,600 certainly something worth monitoring es especially with the um increasing 545 01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:55,679 availability um direct to the consumer. >> Right. 546 01:10:53,040 --> 01:10:59,239 » Thank you. >> Any other questions? 547 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:03,000 » Anyone online? 548 01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:11,440 Thank you Reed. Thank you. Appreciate the presentation. It was very uh 549 01:11:08,400 --> 01:11:18,960 informative. Moving on to uh the next agenda item um SS4A grant update. Uh 550 01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:23,840 this item is posted for information and discussion. Uh presenting this is Denise 551 01:11:22,159 --> 01:11:28,159 Lee with the street transportation department division design and 552 01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:31,159 construction management division. Denise, 553 01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:36,560 » good evening and thank you for the introduction. 554 01:11:34,719 --> 01:11:41,199 Um, it is great to be here to discuss our exciting plan for the 27th Avenue. 555 01:11:39,199 --> 01:11:46,800 Today we are focusing on transforming 27th Avenue, a project aimed at creating 556 01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:50,320 safer streets and stronger communities. The initiative is part of our safe 557 01:11:48,400 --> 01:11:54,560 streets and roads for all effort for which we have applied a grant for in 558 01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:58,480 2026. Our ultimate goal is to achieve vision 559 01:11:56,480 --> 01:12:02,960 zero where traffic fatalities are a thing of the past. In alignment with 560 01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:07,440 vision zero, we are committed to making 27th Avenue a model of safety and 561 01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:12,880 accessibility for everyone. Whether you are a pedestrian, cyclist, or driver. 562 01:12:11,199 --> 01:12:17,199 Remember, this is not about just about infrastructure. It's about building a 563 01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:20,199 community where everyone feels safe and valued. 564 01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:28,880 The Safe Streets and Roads for All grant or the SS4A is a federal initiative 565 01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:32,560 designed to help local communities like ours make impactful changes to road 566 01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:38,159 safety. The program focuses on funding regional 567 01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:42,719 and local projects with ultimate goal of achieving zero traffic fatalities. 568 01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:47,920 Phoenix is committed to this vision by ensuring the safer streets for all all 569 01:12:45,520 --> 01:12:52,080 roadway users. In efforts to implement the strategies 570 01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:57,199 in our road safety action plan, we identified 27th Avenue as one of the 571 01:12:54,960 --> 01:13:01,840 high injury networks needing transformation and applied for 24 572 01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:04,840 million in federal funding this past May. 573 01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:17,679 As mentioned earlier, my colleagues In FY22, Phoenix was awarded an SS4A 574 01:13:14,480 --> 01:13:23,520 grant to conduct a pedestrian risk um network study. This data along with the 575 01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:29,600 high injury network data was selected um for the 27th Avenue Campbell Road to 576 01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:35,920 Northern Avenue corridor. A 3.52 mile corridor with nine 577 01:13:32,239 --> 01:13:40,159 signalized intersections. If you look here at the bottom of the 578 01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:44,800 page, you'll see that this data was acquired from the US dot fatility 579 01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:50,080 analysis reporting system. And what it is showing is that out of 1,086 total 580 01:13:47,679 --> 01:14:01,719 crashes occurring between the years of 2021 and 2025, the corridor had 18 fatal 581 01:13:55,199 --> 01:14:01,719 crashes and 31 serious injury crashes. 582 01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:13,520 The city of Phoenix community safet safety action plan directly supports the 583 01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:19,520 SS4A federal grant requirements by aligning localized crime prevention with 584 01:14:16,239 --> 01:14:26,000 infrastructure safety fi um frameworks. Most recently, our city council 585 01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:30,159 allocated 6.5 million um to for the establishment of the real-time 586 01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:34,880 operations center aimed at surveillance and crime reduction, 587 01:14:32,719 --> 01:14:39,960 installation of street lights on local cross streets of the 27th Avenue 588 01:14:36,960 --> 01:14:39,960 corridor. 589 01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:50,320 The proposed safety improvements are rebuilding traffic signals, one signal 590 01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:56,080 head over each traffic lane, leading pedestrian interval, retroflective back 591 01:14:53,040 --> 01:15:03,199 plates, passive pedestrian detection with fiber optic optic connection. 592 01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:09,280 Also, ADA compliant sidewalks, landscaping and shade improvements. 593 01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:16,840 creating a safe routes to school for all schools within a quarter mile corridor 594 01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:16,840 of um 27th Avenue, 595 01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:24,960 expanding street lighting and improving nighttime visibility. 596 01:15:22,159 --> 01:15:31,040 Coordinating with GCU's college arts, college of arts and media students for 597 01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:34,960 corridor art beautifification. And lastly, 598 01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:40,159 um, speed, I'm sorry, speed management, increasing vehicle speed enforcement. 599 01:15:38,159 --> 01:15:46,600 And lastly, midblock crossings, implementing hot crossings to increase 600 01:15:42,159 --> 01:15:46,600 pedestrian and crossing opportunities. 601 01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:55,040 This map is an example of the is a actually a a map that we created and 602 01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:59,280 submitted with the grant and it shows the showcases the enhancements made 603 01:15:57,040 --> 01:16:04,880 along the corridor. So we are proposing three hawks here at 604 01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:09,600 Montabelloo Avenue and another at Missouri and the Orangewood Avenue. 605 01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:14,000 You can also see where the proposed street lights will be implemented. 606 01:16:11,440 --> 01:16:18,800 Glendale to Northern Avenue and Coulter to Missouri Avenue. 607 01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:23,440 You can see how close the GCU college students are to the corridor and our 608 01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:27,280 elementary school age children. And there are several elementary schools 609 01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:31,719 along this corridor. I'll give you a minute to review the 610 01:16:28,719 --> 01:16:31,719 map. 611 01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:45,280 » Thank you, Denise. >> Okay. In April CAC meeting, Simon Ramos 612 01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:51,199 presented on the evidence-based high impacts IT strategies. 613 01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:56,640 We will implement several of the IT strategies along the corridor. 614 01:16:53,920 --> 01:17:03,040 Passive pedestrian detection, crosswalk illumination, Hawk passive detection, 615 01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:08,920 walk time extension, vehicle VUR detection, connected vehicle mobility 616 01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:08,920 and safety. 617 01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:22,400 This picture at the top is 27th Avenue in Campbell where signal upgrade an 618 01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:29,120 upgrade is needed. Below and the right is a picture of the sidewalk um sidewalk 619 01:17:25,600 --> 01:17:34,640 improvements as well as ADA compliance need needed improvements needed. And in 620 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:39,640 the left you'll see that there's shade. So we need shade upgrades along the 621 01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:39,640 corridor. 622 01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:49,840 Again focusing on what is needed to transform 27th Avenue. The city of 623 01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:57,440 Phoenix and May applied for 24.8 8 million in SS4A funding and 6.2 million 624 01:17:54,719 --> 01:18:03,280 will be the local match local matching funds. If awarded, a total of 30.1 625 01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:07,960 million will be invested into the transformation of 27th Avenue. 626 01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:19,199 As we look forward to the timeline for the SS4A, there are a few key date key 627 01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:27,600 dates to keep on our radar. Award notices are planned for December 628 01:18:21,679 --> 01:18:31,600 2026 or possibly early January 2027. This is a significant milestone as it 629 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:36,800 determines it'll receive the funding to push our init initiatives forward. If 630 01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:42,159 awarded, the team will begin to meet with the Federal Highway Administration 631 01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:45,159 around spring through probably summer 2027. 632 01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:53,679 Thank you for your time today. Our team put a lot of effort into preparing this 633 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:58,360 grant application and we are truly grateful for your 634 01:18:55,360 --> 01:18:58,360 support. 635 01:18:58,719 --> 01:19:08,320 Thank you Denise. Um first we'll see if there's any uh anyone public comment. 636 01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:13,040 No. Thank you. Um really informative presentation Denise. I know this is uh 637 01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:17,199 last no so good luck with it. >> Thank you. 638 01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:20,480 » Any questions? Go ahead, Randy. >> Thank you, Denise. Thanks very much for 639 01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:23,120 your work in putting this application together and for being here today and 640 01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:28,800 sharing it with us. It's great information. I just have maybe a big 641 01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:37,040 picture question. How did the city decide on this segment of 27th Avenue? 642 01:19:33,679 --> 01:19:41,520 » Yes. So, we as we actually looked at the um high injury network. We use that data 643 01:19:40,080 --> 01:19:45,679 and then we also looked at the pedestrian high injury network. high 644 01:19:43,360 --> 01:19:50,159 injury network and we reviewed that data and so that's when we decided to 645 01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:56,239 actually walk the corridor in the heat and we actually walked the corridor. We 646 01:19:52,960 --> 01:20:01,600 gathered um Reed's team, Simon Ramos's team. We reviewed the data. We walked 647 01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:06,400 the corridor. We took notes um and we use the data to determine if this would 648 01:20:03,280 --> 01:20:09,280 fit for the grant and looking at the criterion in the grant, it it was a good 649 01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:16,800 fit. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Anyone else? 650 01:20:14,320 --> 01:20:24,480 Jamie, anyone online? Um I have one question. Um this is u 651 01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:30,080 very urbanized and um looks a very highly traveled corridor. Um forgive me. 652 01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:36,159 I are there bike lanes already on this corridor. So there are some bike lanes 653 01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:39,840 on the side streets of the corridor but on the corridor I didn't see we didn't 654 01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:44,400 see as we walked it we didn't see any bike lanes at all. The reason I'm asking 655 01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:49,840 is for the proposed improvements I haven't seen anything relating to bike 656 01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:54,239 lanes. Um and the previous presentation we saw there are increased bicycle 657 01:20:52,159 --> 01:20:57,600 related crashes. Was there any consideration of that for the proposed 658 01:20:56,000 --> 01:21:03,040 improvements on this corridor when applying for the grant? 659 01:21:01,199 --> 01:21:07,600 I think one of the criteria this in the grant was not to have any reduction in 660 01:21:05,199 --> 01:21:11,199 lane capacity and therefore we weren't really able to look at that on the main 661 01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:15,920 line but I think there's there may be some consideration for providing some 662 01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:21,280 more facilities along the frontage roads and connections to to the intersection 663 01:21:18,239 --> 01:21:26,400 so you can continue continue along. >> Thank you. 664 01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:29,920 That's all from me. Um, >> all right. Thank you, Denise. Again, 665 01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:37,840 appreciate it. And like I said, good luck with the funding. Um, next agenda 666 01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:43,280 item, item nine, uh, is request for future agenda items. Um, I will turn it 667 01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:49,440 to our members to see if there's any request 668 01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:54,639 for future agenda items. Go ahead, Randy. 669 01:21:51,360 --> 01:22:00,719 Do we have Okay, I'll go next. Okay. Um, Madame Chair, at at a future 670 01:21:56,880 --> 01:22:06,800 meeting, I would like to um discuss further the issue of funding for 671 01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:12,880 safety improvements. And in particular, I'd like to put forth a resolution, a 672 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:20,000 draft resolution for consideration by the vision zero committee um that would 673 01:22:17,679 --> 01:22:26,920 provide some feedback to the city about um use of 674 01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:26,920 safety funding. 675 01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:33,000 » Thank you, Randy. Um, Committee Member Yuans, 676 01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:40,480 » Madam Chair, I, it doesn't have to be at the next meeting by any means, u,, but 677 01:22:38,639 --> 01:22:45,520 at some point in the near future, I would hope to have on the agenda a 678 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:52,239 conversation about Arizona's new state of the right law. Um, last 679 01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:56,239 February, HB 2235 was introduced in the legislature, passed by the legislature 680 01:22:54,239 --> 01:23:03,520 in June, signed into law. It's now state law that motor vehicles in in on streets 681 01:23:00,719 --> 01:23:07,920 that have multiple lanes, it's illegal essentially to stay to to to ride in the 682 01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:14,000 left lane when you're not going with the flow of traffic. Uh obviously there's a 683 01:23:11,199 --> 01:23:20,320 variety of reasons why the the law was was was enacted. Convenience, 684 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:24,480 frustration on the part of drivers, but there must be some safety reasons as 685 01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:29,760 well. So, I'm kind of curious to know what, if anything, 686 01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:37,440 um, we're doing to inform motorists of this new law, what impact it's having on 687 01:23:32,639 --> 01:23:41,360 road safety, uh, flow of traffic, um, just anything at this early stage. But 688 01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:48,080 I'm particularly interested in knowing if we are actually enforcing it. Um 689 01:23:46,400 --> 01:23:52,880 there's an interesting court case surrounding this too where there was an 690 01:23:50,239 --> 01:23:55,600 enforcement action where the car was searched and it turned they pulled over 691 01:23:54,400 --> 01:24:00,480 and the car was searched and it turned out to be this major drug bust. So it's 692 01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:05,679 become a little controversial now too. Um but I but I am c personally I think 693 01:24:03,040 --> 01:24:10,239 it's it's long overdue. Law should have been on the books years ago. But I am 694 01:24:08,639 --> 01:24:14,719 kind of curious to know what what if anything is the city's posture on this 695 01:24:12,400 --> 01:24:20,920 and is it being enforced? What are the plans to make voters aware that this is 696 01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:20,920 now state law? 697 01:24:22,159 --> 01:24:31,840 » Thank you member Yuas. Appreciate that. Any other solutions on future agenda 698 01:24:29,440 --> 01:24:37,600 items by the committee members? Jamie, anyone online? 699 01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:42,000 Thank you. Uh moving on to item 10, public comment. 700 01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:46,239 Um this is the time for public comment. According to state law, members of the 701 01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:51,600 committee may not discuss items as mentioned by a lawyer during the 702 01:24:48,239 --> 01:24:56,159 previous meetings. Um action taken as a result of public comment will be limited 703 01:24:53,360 --> 01:25:00,960 to directing staff to study the matter. Um respond to any criticism or 704 01:24:58,639 --> 01:25:06,639 scheduling the matter for further consideration at a later date. 705 01:25:03,679 --> 01:25:09,760 Jamie, do we have any speakers? >> Madam Chair, we do not have anybody 706 01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:16,280 signed up for public comment in person or virtual. 707 01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:16,280 » Thank you. 708 01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:24,239 We do not have a lawyer here to talk about public comments, but we don't have 709 01:25:21,199 --> 01:25:31,760 any public comments. So, moving on. Um, item 11 journment. Thank you all for um 710 01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:37,760 attending and the public who have attended online or here um and the 711 01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:42,320 committee members, staff and um support staff in attendance today. Seeing other 712 01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:47,520 items on the agenda, this meeting is adjourned at 6:10 p.m. That's the 713 01:25:46,320 --> 01:25:51,239 record. >> Thank you, Madam Chair.