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[23:30] Good afternoon everyone. Um, today is
Wednesday, June 10th, and uh, it is now
[23:36] 5:08 p.m. and I call this meeting to
order. Welcome everyone to the Vision
[23:40] Zero uh, community advisory committee
meeting. Our
[23:46] second agenda item, that's a call to
order. Second agenda item, um, we'll do
[23:50] a roll call. Uh, street transportation
department staff leazison is uh, Jamie
[23:56] Buttermore. Um, Jamie, will you please
conduct the roll call for this meeting,
[23:59] please?
[24:34] Thank you, Madam Chair. Sorry for the
delay. I will begin roll call. Uh first
[24:39] member, uh chair Kandur here.
Vice Chair Dipper
[24:46] » here.
>> Member Yuas.
[24:49] Member Edington
>> here.
[24:52] » Member Malcarin,
[24:57] member Malarin.
[25:03] Member Ventura
present.
[25:07] Can you guys hear me online?
>> Thank you. Member Burns here.
[25:13] » Member Hayes.
[25:18] Member Haynes.
[25:22] » [laughter]
[25:24] » And we uh no longer have active student
members so I won't announce any names
[25:28] but we have attendance completed and we
do have quorum. Thank you.
[25:35] Thank you Jamie.
Um
[25:40] our lawyer is not here. Do we just skip
that section Jamie?
[25:45] Thank you. Uh we'll move to agenda item
number three. Um is item number three is
[25:50] posted for discussion and possible
action to approve the minutes from April
[25:55] 15, 2026 meeting.
Can I have a motion to approve the
[26:00] minutes?
>> Motion to approve as written.
[26:06] » Can I have a second, please? Thank you.
Um, I have a motion by committee member
[26:13] Steve Burns to approve the minutes and
second by
[26:17] u member Joseph to um second it. All
those in favor please say I
[26:23] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[26:29] The motion passes unanimously. U Jamie,
can you please um take the call?
[26:36] Item number four um is for information
only and this is the road safety
[26:42] education minute. Um at the beginning of
each meeting uh we take a minute to
[26:47] highlight an important message related
to road safety action plan. Today we
[26:52] will view a summer safety video about
driving during monsoon storm. I'll now
[26:57] turn it over to Jamie to play the
message please.
[27:15] Monsoon season is upon us. There's a few
things we need to remember as we drive
[27:19] through the monsoon season. First of
all, storms can come upon us at any
[27:22] time. One of the concerns we always have
is hydroplaning, and that's when the
[27:28] tire surface does not touch the road. As
we drive through that, speed is a key
[27:34] factor. If we find ourselves in a storm,
we have to drive slow down. When it
[27:39] comes to hydroplaning, speed is one of
the major factors. That plus the amount
[27:43] of tread on the tires and the amount of
water in the roadway. But remember to
[27:47] slow down and maintain control of your
vehicle. That's important. Also, as we
[27:54] talk about monsoons, let's talk about
dust storms. Dust storms can come upon
[27:58] us. Usually, we see them coming.
Sometimes we don't. If you find yourself
[28:02] in a dust storm and you have to drive,
pull off to the side of the road, turn
[28:07] off your lights so that the vehicle
behind you doesn't follow you following
[28:11] your tail lights. The rule number one
when it comes to storms is if you don't
[28:15] have to drive, don't drive and be safe.
[28:26] » Thank you, Jamie. Appreciate that. Um
item number five is the director's
[28:33] update. Um we'll have
um item number five is the director's
[28:39] update is an agenda for street
transportation department director um
[28:43] update for post posted for information
only. Um at this time I will introduce
[28:50] uh Matt Wilson to provide this update
please. Looks like Brianna is not here
[28:53] today.
Oh there she is.
[28:58] Yep. I I'll proceed. Thank you, uh,
Madam Chair, members of the committee,
[29:02] uh, to share with you some updates for
the Street Transportation Department in
[29:05] the last two months. Um, we'll give just
a moment for the presentation to come
[29:11] up.
[29:20] » All right. Thank you.
So to give an update on our photo safety
[29:24] program which continues uh the citation
period for this program began on March
[29:29] 25th. In the time since then up through
earlier this week we had issued 19,200
[29:35] citations across the city through all
cameras which consist of the 17 portable
[29:40] tower units. Nine of those are on major
arterial corridors. Uh the number
[29:46] includes the eight school zones which
operated on a weekly basis throughout
[29:50] the school year and some of those units
have been relocated to arterial
[29:54] corridors during the break in summer
school.
[30:00] Uh we'll be providing more of an update
on this here uh with Denise giving a
[30:04] presentation shortly, but we did wanted
to just acknowledge our staff's hard
[30:08] work in submitting a grant for the safe
streets and roads for all that was
[30:12] recently um advertised for funding
opportunity. We submitted for 27th
[30:18] Avenue Campbell and Northern which
overlaps with the community safety plan
[30:21] published by the by the city. This is
the final no year of the SS4A program.
[30:27] We're optimistic that additional funding
will become available from the federal
[30:30] government, but for now that's up in the
air and as I mentioned, we'll be
[30:35] providing more detail on this uh later
in the meeting. Another grant that our
[30:41] team uh was was able to submit for
was a railroad crossing elimination
[30:46] grant um through the Federal Rail
Administration. This was a partnership
[30:51] uh with BNSF railroad um where we
partner on the local match aspect and
[30:57] then work together through the study if
we're awarded. Um the study area is
[31:01] generally Grand Avenue. We'll look at 31
uh crossing locations and then identify
[31:08] five top priority locations. The
requested funding amount for this
[31:11] project was 1.2 million.
uh to update you on two projects that we
[31:17] are just beginning uh here at Street
Transportation. One is our 35th Avenue
[31:21] safety corridor project. Uh this was a
build grant. Uh construction is
[31:26] anticipated to start end of the month
this month or just after the 4th of
[31:30] July. Uh we're ready to get going here.
Contract award was uh several months ago
[31:36] in the spring. Uh you can see some of
this information which includes uh
[31:41] corridor improvements uh hawk additions
uh technology for managing speed
[31:47] modulation as well.
The second project we want to highlight
[31:52] was our 56 street Thomas to Camelback um
complete streets improvements. This was
[31:56] a committee communitydriven project
contract award just occurred. So we look
[32:02] for construction to begin uh this
summer.
[32:06] With that, I uh will conclude my updates
here. Thank you for the attention.
[32:13] » Thank you, Matt. I appreciate that. Um
item number six is uh on the agenda is
[32:18] the police update posted for information
only. Um at this time, I will introduce
[32:26] um Sergeant Wood and Sergeant Dro from
Community and Employee Resources Bureau.
[32:53] Sorry, trying to fit a gun belt in the
chair. Doesn't work so well. All right.
[32:57] Good evening, uh, Madam Chair, members
of the Vision Zero Committee. Um, just a
[33:02] little update on what the Phoenix Police
Department has done so far this year.
[33:06] We've conducted 17 bicycle safety rodeos
throughout the city of Phoenix. Um, we
[33:13] have participated with the Deer Valley
Unified School District in talking and
[33:19] educating newer about to be drivers
through the driver's education program.
[33:24] We have three more classes scheduled to
assist that school district with their
[33:28] driver's ed program coming up this
summer.
[33:32] We currently are participating in the
West Valley Speed Enforcement Task Force
[33:37] where we travel to different
jurisdictions and cities and help them
[33:42] uh combat speed and dangerous driving
behaviors in their dangerous speed
[33:46] quarters and they come to Phoenix and
help us out. We tend we do that twice a
[33:50] month and on average we issue between
the entire task force members two to 300
[33:56] citations for dangerous driving
behaviors including speed, reckless
[34:00] driving and distracted driving.
Uh we have a couple of holidays coming
[34:05] up including the fourth of July holiday
in which we are going to be working
[34:09] several DUI related enforcement task
force programs. Uh we will be bringing
[34:14] in supplemental officers uh to work
these programs that are supplemented by
[34:19] funding from the Arizona Governor's
Office of Highway Safety.
[34:23] And on a regular day-to-day basis, we
conduct traffic enforcement programs
[34:27] throughout the city of Phoenix targeting
again highspeed corridors and dangerous
[34:32] driving inter excuse me, high collision
intersections that uh have been
[34:37] identified with the help of this uh
Phoenix Streets department.
[34:43] Uh currently we are working along
Greenway from roughly 51st Avenue to the
[34:49] Scottsdale border, Scottsdale Road, 7th
Street South from Poria to Mcdow and
[34:57] along Broadway from 19th Avenue to
around 35th Avenue and a little bit west
[35:04] of there.
We are current also deploying our radar
[35:10] trailers to help gather data on speed
corridors throughout the city of Phoenix
[35:15] to identify locations to best deploy our
traffic enforcement officers.
[35:21] We are working with the Poria Police
Department to conduct an enforcement
[35:26] program on weekends for the ebikes and
uh electric motorcycles that are
[35:33] predominantly
along Happy Valley Road. So that will be
[35:37] a partnership with the Prior Police
Department and we are looking to expand
[35:40] this type of an enforcement and
education program throughout the city of
[35:44] Phoenix.
[35:48] Believe our next enforcement program for
that will be in the Desert Horizon and
[35:55] Desert Horizon precinct around uh Desert
Ridge Marketplace. And
[36:01] that's all that I have for an update.
[36:09] Thank you, Sergeant Broadman and
Sergeant Ro. Appreciate it.
[36:14] Moving on to item number seven, uh, road
safety action plan 2025 annual updates.
[36:21] Uh, this item is posted for information
and discussion. Here to present are uh
[36:27] Reed Henry from Street Transportation
Department's traffic services division
[36:31] and Yanka from Y2T Engineering.
[36:42] » Good evening. Thank you chair and
members of the committee for this
[36:45] opportunity to present the findings of
the 2025 vision zero road safety action
[36:49] plan and the report.
[36:53] Although the report isn't finalized yet,
we want to share with you some of our
[36:56] findings.
[37:00] Today, we will present the updated crash
facts, which shows the latest trends
[37:04] through the end of 2024. We will present
an updated high injury network, which
[37:09] highlights locations concentrated with
severe injury and fatal crashes
[37:13] citywide. We will discuss the
performance measures that track our
[37:16] progress towards our safety goal. We
will highlight a few of our safety
[37:21] initiatives for 2026 and then wrap up
our presentation with a few questions
[37:26] that you may have.
[37:31] So, as most of you may recall, the
vision zero road safety action plan was
[37:35] approved and adopted by city council in
September 2022. The plan identifies
[37:40] specific safety focus areas and
strategies to improve traffic safety
[37:44] with the ultimate goal to reduce fatal
and serious injury crashes to zero by
[37:49] 2050.
[37:54] There are over there are 41 strategies
over five focus areas with input
[37:58] received from multiple multiple
departments, stakeholders, and the
[38:02] community at large that specifically
address fatal and serious injury
[38:07] crashes. The general strategies focus
area focuses on data analysis, process
[38:12] improvements, and stakeholder
communication.
[38:16] The behavior related focus area
addresses strategies to modify user
[38:19] behavior.
With with 50% of the reported fatal
[38:24] crashes and RSAP being pedestrian
bicycle related, the pedestrian bicycle
[38:29] focus area was established.
And the last two focus areas
[38:33] specifically address collisions,
intersections, and roadway segments.
[38:38] to measure our progress. Performance
measures were established for each focus
[38:42] area and Young will share will be
sharing those with you in a moment. But
[38:46] before she does that, she will be
discussing updated crash facts and the
[38:49] high injury network.
[38:57] » Good evening. Good evening, chair and
members of the committee.
[39:00] In looking at the crash facts, we
evaluated a 5-year period from 2020 to
[39:05] 2024 uh of post-planned conditions
compared to the road safety action plan
[39:10] baseline. There were 830 fatal and
serious injury crashes occurring on city
[39:16] of Phoenix roadways per year on average.
This is a 1.7% decrease from the
[39:22] previous annual report
and this is a 15% decrease from the road
[39:28] safety action plans. baseline 5-year
annual average from 2016 to 2020. So
[39:36] overall, we're trending in a positive
direction.
[39:40] When we look at
crashes, the KSI crashes that involved
[39:46] killed and seriously injured persons,
we're seeing that 23% of those crashes
[39:52] are speed related. This is an increase
compared to 20% of the baseline.
[39:58] At signalized intersections, um 42% of
all KSI crashes have occurred there,
[40:05] shifting some of the share from the
segments. This represents a slight
[40:09] increase from 40% at baseline and the
remaining share of 58% of all KSI
[40:15] crashes occurred on roadway segments,
which includes unsalized intersections.
[40:20] This represents a decrease compared to
60% at the baseline.
[40:26] When we consider u the fatal crashes
that occurred in that 5-year period,
[40:33] the proportion of fatal crashes that
involve pedestrians or was 41%.
[40:39] This proportion has decreased compared
to 45% of the baseline.
[40:45] The pro the proportion involving of
fatal crashes involving bicyclists is
[40:49] 5%. This is a slight increase compared
to 4% at the baseline. And the share of
[40:55] fatal crashes involving motorcyclists
was 19% which represents an increase
[41:00] compared to 18% at the baseline.
The chart on the screen illustrates the
[41:09] serious injury crashes with the blue
bars and the fatal crashes with the
[41:14] orange bars. So, what this is
illustrating is that over the past
[41:18] several years, the trend of serious
injury crashes is trending downwards.
[41:24] However, the fatal crashes have risen by
21% compared to baseline data due to the
[41:33] peaks in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Preliminary data indicates a potential
[41:41] future decline in fatal crashes.
[41:49] This slide is showing our frequency of
those fatal and and serious injury
[41:54] crashes.
The frequency for the evaluated period
[41:58] are generally lower than the baseline.
So the maroon bar is the baseline and
[42:03] the blue bar below it is from the
analysis period of 2020 to 2024.
[42:11] The fatal crash frequency is higher as I
mentioned because of those peaks in
[42:16] 2021, 2022 and 2023.
[42:22] We have seen the greatest um frequency
reductions in the areas of intersection
[42:28] segments and impaired driving.
[42:36] Based on feedback that we received from
this body last year, we conducted a
[42:42] statistical test of the five crash
categories that you see on the screen.
[42:49] So a statistical trend test was applied
to the annual crash data and essentially
[42:54] the test asked a simple question. Is the
overall direction of the data whether it
[43:00] is going up or down over time strong
enough that it is unlikely to have
[43:04] occurred by chance? So when we look at
serious injury crashes and seeing it
[43:09] trending downwards, yes, this is
statistically significant
[43:15] with the pedestrian KSI crashes showing
a trend downwards. This is showing that
[43:21] it's not statistically significant. It
may be by chance.
[43:26] Bicycle KSI crashes are showing a
decreasing trend and this is marginally
[43:32] significant. Fatal crashes have shown an
increasing trend and this is significant
[43:39] and fatal crashes involving motorcycles
is showing an increasing trend and this
[43:43] is also significant.
[43:48] Every time that there are two new years
of available crash data, the high injury
[43:55] network in the city of Phoenix is
updated. So that occurred
[44:00] with this year's annual report. The high
injury network was updated with new
[44:06] crash data um which totaled 4,347
crashes in the period of 2020 through
[44:13] 2024.
[44:16] This overall resulted in um fewer
intersections and segments than in past
[44:23] high- injury network evaluations.
for signalized intersections. Um, this
[44:28] represents
4% fewer signalized intersections
[44:34] or sorry, excuse me. The signalized
intersections that are identified on the
[44:40] high injury network represents less than
4% of all of the city's signalized
[44:45] intersections. However,
um, contain 23% of the KSI crashes that
[44:52] occur at signalized intersections.
for the segments. This group represents
[44:58] less than 1% of all of Phoenix's roads
um yet contain 11% of all KSI crashes.
[45:05] We also had 11 unsalized intersections
on the high injury network, but you will
[45:12] notice that many of these are contained
within high injury network segments as
[45:18] well.
[45:22] Since the
injury network was developed for the
[45:27] original road safety action plan 2022
and comparing it to the updates in 2024
[45:33] and 2026,
they each had the same criteria for
[45:38] signalized intersections. These
intersections need to have six or more
[45:42] KSI crashes
to reach the threshold. So what we're
[45:47] seeing is a decrease in the number of
signalized intersections that appear on
[45:51] the list for the high energy network
segments. These segments need to have a
[45:56] minimum of 3 ksi crashes and a rate of
12 ksi crashes per mile. We did see the
[46:05] the linear number of miles slightly
increase in this year's update
[46:14] for unsalized intersections uh which was
added to the analysis the last time that
[46:20] it was done. We did see an increase of
identifying um 11 unsignized
[46:27] intersections compared to five the first
analysis period.
[46:35] And for the unsalized intersections,
they would have
[46:40] four or more KSI crashes.
[46:45] Moving on to performance measures.
[46:50] Looking back in 2025, there were 78
traffic safety projects completed,
[46:55] including 35 new traffic signals, 25
traffic signal modernizations, which
[47:01] involve upgrades or rebuilds of aging
traffic signal infrastructure,
[47:06] eight traffic signal modifications,
which may be updates to operations or
[47:13] left turn arrows, for example, and 14
signals.
[47:19] The map on the right on the screen
illustrates where the locations of these
[47:24] projects were in comparison to the high
injury network which has a fairly strong
[47:30] correlation.
[47:36] Also in the past year, the city of
Phoenix and Valley Metro completed the
[47:40] South Central light rail extension.
The city developed a plan to implement
[47:44] high visibility crosswalk markings and
stop bars citywide. And the city of
[47:49] Phoenix installed over 40 miles of new
bike lanes and approximately 18 miles of
[47:54] existing bike lanes were enhanced with
buffer protection.
[48:00] As you heard a little bit earlier in the
evening, um the fire department
[48:07] community risk education section um
enhanced and relaunched its teen safe
[48:12] driving program, survive the drive. So
this includes free monthly community
[48:16] classes.
The street transportation staff
[48:20] participated in a series of 12 bike
rodeo events providing bike helmets and
[48:25] professional helmet fittings to the
community. Uh there were additional
[48:29] events held that were attended by other
city staff.
[48:37] In 2025, there was a $10 million budget
for road safety action plan related
[48:42] projects um for the 2026 fiscal year,
July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026.
[48:50] The lion share of this went to
construction of 11 projects. uh they
[48:56] were designed over the past several
years. Uh but there are still some
[49:00] projects advancing through scoping and
design. Uh the proportion for planning
[49:05] which helps uh fund the annual update
that's being presented today and then
[49:11] additional monies for education and
evaluation.
[49:20] In the 2025 cycle of the Safe Streets
and Roads for All grant, the city of
[49:25] Phoenix was awarded over $24 million to
fund a project uh identified on Dunlap
[49:33] Avenue and 19th Avenue.
And you'll hear more about uh
[49:41] this year's grant application later
[49:46] based on feedback we received from this
body. uh in last year. This year's
[49:52] annual report also included benefit cost
evaluations. There were sign there were
[49:57] enough projects to review um that were
completed.
[50:03] We looked at three different types of
projects.
[50:06] We looked at signal modernization
projects that were funded with local
[50:10] monies.
We looked at signal modernization
[50:13] projects that were federally funded. and
we looked at uh the Hawk projects that
[50:18] were fedally federally funded through
highway safety improvement program
[50:22] monies. When we looked at these
projects,
[50:26] um each project was assigned a benefit
cost ratio which compares the estimated
[50:31] safety benefits of a project to its
cost. We used crash modification factors
[50:37] published in FHWA's CMF clearing house.
And a ratio above one means that
[50:44] estimated safety benefits from the
reduced crashes exceed the project
[50:48] costs. And projects in this evaluation
averaged a BC ratio of over 15,
[50:55] indicating that for every dollar
invested, nearly $15 in safety benefits
[51:00] are expected in return through the
estimated crash reductions.
[51:08] From a performance measure standpoint,
there were 28 tracked performance
[51:14] measures uh that were identified and
tracked um as part in in 2025. 26 of
[51:21] those are either complete or in
progress.
[51:25] What those measures are telling us is
that traffic safety projects are
[51:30] continuing to be delivered, including
hawk signals, signal upgrades, bike
[51:34] facilities, and pedestrian improvements.
We're also seeing the intended expansion
[51:40] of behavioral safety efforts through
enforcement partnerships, bike rodeos,
[51:44] and teen driver education.
There were several crashbased measures
[51:50] that are showing improvement, including
an improvement in the positive
[51:54] direction. So, a reduction in serious
injury crashes, nighttime crashes,
[52:00] impaired driving crashes, and
intersection related crashes.
[52:05] the pedestrian related fatal crashes
remain above the established safety
[52:10] reduction targets. So that does make uh
pedestrian safety a continued priority
[52:16] and focus area for future investments.
The height injury network uh
[52:21] identification and prioritization tools
have been updated and completed and are
[52:26] helping to guide where those investments
should occur.
[52:31] I'm gonna turn it back to Reed to
provide the look ahead into 2026.
[52:40] » Thank you, Y. In 2026, the city remains
committed to improving safety for all
[52:45] road users through continued investments
and implementation efforts. The city
[52:50] will be investing in a five-year update
to the road safety action plan as it is
[52:55] our intent to update the plan every five
years.
[52:58] The city is pursuing additional funding
opportunities such as tribal grant
[53:01] opportunities for tribal gaming
agreements have set aside
[53:06] funds for community improvements and the
2026 safety SS4A grant opportunity that
[53:11] Denise will will be presenting later
this evening.
[53:16] Construction of several bond projects
which include new traffic signals, new
[53:19] box and traffic signal modization
projects are scheduled to occur this
[53:24] year.
As Matt mentioned, construction of the
[53:28] 35th Avenue safety quarter project will
begin uh this month and includes hawks,
[53:34] modernized traffic signals, and raised
medians.
[53:38] And we will see the expansion of the
leading pedestrian intervals program at
[53:42] signalized intersections. So those are
just a few of our RAP initiatives for
[53:46] this year. And Young and I are happy to
answer any questions you may have.
[53:56] Thank you, Jen. Thank you, Reed.
Questions? Can I You want to go? Can I
[54:02] go?
Yeah, go ahead.
[54:09] I'm I'm baffled by the stat that says
even though we've had fewer accidents,
[54:15] we've had more fatalities. I I I I can't
get my head around that. I mean,
[54:20] intuitively, you would think automobiles
are getting safer.
[54:24] Um,
and that could be a contributing factor
[54:28] to the fewer crashes, but they're also
safer from a
[54:34] passenger standpoint, too. I I I don't
understand it. And can you you a couple
[54:40] times you mentioned, you know, during
that there was that peak over that
[54:43] three-year period, but what why I mean,
how do you have any thoughts about
[54:49] why that's the case.
[54:53] » I think you're correct in that uh
vehicles are getting safer. However, we
[54:59] still have behavioral issues in terms of
speeding. So, when we have higher speeds
[55:05] in a collision, we have
the forces are actually squared the
[55:11] faster someone's going. So that can
result in more serious injuries and the
[55:19] pedestrians, bicyclists, and
motorcyclists that don't have the
[55:23] protection of a vehicle are more
vulnerable and they tend to result in
[55:29] more fatal crashes involving those
vulnerable road users. We've um at last
[55:36] year's presentation, we talked a little
bit about uh some of the laws related to
[55:40] motorcyclists that may be contributing
to higher risk in that area. Um you're
[55:45] probably well aware of um ebike use and
you know this new newer availability and
[55:53] technology again higher speeds is higher
risk. So those are all contributing
[55:58] factor. So, so are you saying we may be
having fewer accidents, but they're
[56:03] worse,
more a higher likelihood that they'll
[56:06] that they could be fatal because the
accidents themselves are more
[56:11] catastrophic.
>> That's the way that it's trending.
[56:14] Overall, the number of when like when
you add the fatal and serious injury
[56:18] crashes, that total number is going down
because those serious injury crashes are
[56:23] are going down. Um however
there is a greater share of and and
[56:30] frequency of of the fatal crashes um
that has been occurring.
[56:35] » And
while overall those crashes are random
[56:41] in occurrence again the outcomes are
largely predicted by the mass
[56:48] differences between the motor vehicle
and a person for example. Um and then
[56:53] this and the velocity the speed
>> regarding motorcycles. Are are you
[56:58] seeing anything and you just mentioned
it mentioned it quickly about there's
[57:03] laws affecting motorc Okay. So I'm going
to get right to the point. Is the term
[57:08] lane lane splitting? Is that what
>> are you seeing anything where that's a
[57:12] contributing factor? that appears to be
a contributing factor as we're seeing
[57:17] higher
um numbers of of motorcyclists that are
[57:23] being involved in collisions. And what
we're seeing is the motorcyclists get in
[57:29] in advance of a vehicle platoon and now
they can get ahead and they're no longer
[57:35] in the platoon and now they're in
between platoon and the opposing
[57:40] vehicles making left turns are not
seeing them, not looking at them and and
[57:44] either they are striking the
motorcyclists or the motorcyclists are
[57:47] striking those turning.
>> Yeah. Can I I don't want to assume
[57:49] everybody knows what what we're talking
about. Can you explain what lane
[57:52] splitting is? Lane splitting is when uh
vehicles are stopped at a traffic
[57:57] signal, motorcyclists are allowed to
proceed in between vehicles to the front
[58:03] of the queue.
>> And that's a new recent [clears throat]
[58:05] law, a recent change in the law
>> two, three years ago. Yes.
[58:09] » Yeah.
Madam Chair, just one other question.
[58:13] The just curious,
what are you seeing on the federal level
[58:19] in terms of grant opportunities? Are
they becoming more competitive? are they
[58:22] becoming more difficult to obtain
funding cuts, whatever. I'm just kind of
[58:27] curious to what degree will we have to
step in locally to fund projects that in
[58:32] the past may have been the beneficiaries
of federal programs.
[58:35] » So, as mentioned earlier, this is the um
the fifth of five years that was
[58:41] officially authorized by the US
Department of Transportation for the
[58:44] safe uh safe streets and roads for all
program. We are hearing that the program
[58:50] will continue in some form or fashion.
Um currently as it's drafted in the
[58:55] draft reauthorization of what's called
bill 250, uh there may be overall um
[59:03] less money but a lot more set aside for
implementation and a reduction in in the
[59:08] funds available for planning which
wouldn't affect the city of Phoenix as
[59:12] you already have your plan.
>> Thank you.
[59:17] » Thank you. Um
I have a question. Um
[59:23] on slides 7 through nine you presented
uh KSI crash facts and there's also
[59:30] presentation on high injury network. So
first on the crash facts um there are
[59:38] increased
fatal bicycle crashes. There are
[59:42] increased signalized intersection
crashes. But then in the high injury
[59:48] network, the trends show that there's a
decrease in signalized intersection
[59:53] crashes and the increase in the segment
crashes. What's any
[59:59] um have you seen anything that is
actually contributing to this? What is
[1:00:03] going on? What's the anomaly between uh
what the KSI facts that we are seeing
[1:00:08] and high injury network?
>> Sure. I will I think the differentiator
[1:00:14] is is how the data is being evaluated.
So when we provide these crash facts for
[1:00:21] fatal crashes, this is looking at all
fatal crashes in the city of Phoenix
[1:00:25] during the five-year period. So it's one
whole population and we're illustrating
[1:00:30] the percent of that population that um
involve pedestrians or involve
[1:00:36] bicyclists or involve motorcyclists.
When we look at the high injury network,
[1:00:41] um the difference is that the high
injury network is identifying locations
[1:00:48] that meet a threshold of concentration.
So
[1:00:55] while the number of crashes, it's
essentially saying that the crashes may
[1:01:00] be getting more distributed and not as
concentrated. if they were being
[1:01:04] concentrated, we would start seeing more
of them on the high injury network. But
[1:01:09] we but we use the Hyundai network as a
tool because we know that it has the
[1:01:13] highest concentration of KSI crashes. So
we know that the investments on those
[1:01:19] areas are going to have the greatest
benefit in the community.
[1:01:23] » Um I know we talked about motorcycle
crashes, but I want to touch on the
[1:01:28] bicycle related crashes. Is there any
more research done on where is this
[1:01:33] happening? Why is the why are the
fatalities increased for bicycle related
[1:01:37] crashes? Is it areas where there's no
bicycle lanes or is it areas where there
[1:01:42] is bicycle lanes but still crashes are
happening? Is there any more research
[1:01:47] done on that?
>> That level of detail was not conducted
[1:01:50] in the annual report. However, it would
likely be conducted in the uh five-year
[1:01:56] update of the road safety action plan
that re mentioned
[1:01:59] » and and we also, [clears throat] excuse
me, we also looked at the pedestrian
[1:02:02] high-risisk network. I think we talked
about that at last last our last meeting
[1:02:07] um where we did look for risk factors
associated with pedestrians as well as
[1:02:12] bicyclists. So, we have done a little
deeper dive into into that. But I think
[1:02:16] when we're talking about the bicycles, I
think you're right about four or five
[1:02:20] percent of the total fatal crashes.
>> So it went up from four to five, I
[1:02:27] think, in the percentages. So it went up
a little bit over this time period. But
[1:02:31] yeah, we are trying to look to see if
there's is there something we can do
[1:02:34] specifically for cyclists as well as
what can we do for the pedestrians.
[1:02:38] » Yeah. Um I have one more question,
Randy, and then I'll turn it over to
[1:02:42] you. Um on the speed related crashes um
there's a increase in speed related CA
[1:02:48] crashes as reported here. Um the
speeding cameras are deployed. I know it
[1:02:54] takes time for us to see the aftermath
or what's going on there but did this
[1:03:00] contribute to the locations where the
speed cameras were deployed um where
[1:03:05] speed related crashes are increasing?
[1:03:09] A lot of the data that we showed here
regarding crashes is a four or five year
[1:03:12] period. So a lot of the stuff we're
looking at here occurred prior to the
[1:03:16] implementation of photo cameras that are
currently in place.
[1:03:23] » Yeah. Go ahead.
Go ahead, Randy.
[1:03:26] » Thank you.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair and Bre Young.
[1:03:28] Thank you very much. Great presentation.
Some really, really good information
[1:03:32] there. And I especially appreciate um
the up the uh uh willingness to
[1:03:39] incorporate some of our comments from
previous uh sessions too. So thank you
[1:03:44] very much. Really really good
information. I have just a couple
[1:03:47] questions. Um, [clears throat]
can you is there a way to maybe verbally
[1:03:54] just describe what sort of changes have
you observed in the HIN
[1:04:02] as you're updating the numbers of
crashes over time? Are we seeing say 90%
[1:04:09] of the intersections are the same from
one year to the next and there's a
[1:04:12] handful of new ones or is it you know
most of the intersections are now moving
[1:04:17] to different locations and I'm I'm
asking because I know that the city is
[1:04:23] spending a lot of resources targeting
safety improvements on the HIN and if
[1:04:29] the HIN is changing a lot every couple
years then that kind of complicates
[1:04:33] matters. So, I just wanted to maybe get
your thoughts on that.
[1:04:38] » Yes, I appreciate that comment. And
while I don't have the details in front
[1:04:44] of me, we have developed and updated the
GIS story map that will be published
[1:04:49] online. And in the updated story map, we
have um included a comparison of all
[1:04:56] three years. So, we do have that number.
I will say that the locations of the
[1:05:01] hydra network are not shifting vastly.
So we have recorded exactly which
[1:05:07] locations have stayed on for all three
years uh or all three evaluation
[1:05:12] periods. We have um basically all the
data of what dropped off, what got added
[1:05:18] and we have that mapped visually that
will be available when the annual update
[1:05:21] is published.
>> That's great. Thank you. Um, and I guess
[1:05:26] [clears throat] maybe that kind of leads
into another question, which is, um, I
[1:05:31] know you said that you're in the process
of
[1:05:35] wrapping up the annual update, and so is
that something that is going to come to
[1:05:40] this group like it has in previous years
to to review as well?
[1:05:54] Vice Chair Durner, um, members of the,
uh, CAC, um, I know I believe it was
[1:05:59] last year was the first year we did
provide you guys an opportunity to
[1:06:03] review the draft before we made it
public and I don't have any concerns
[1:06:06] with doing that this year as well. So,
we will make sure um, we get you guys
[1:06:10] all um, Jamie will make sure she gets
that sent out um, so that you guys can
[1:06:14] review before we make that.
>> Okay. Thank you. And would that be
[1:06:18] coming soon or or is it still got a ways
to go yet?
[1:06:23] » Okay. Yeah, soon. It'll be very soon.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Um that's my
[1:06:27] questions. Thank you.
>> Um Amanda, um Ventura has a question.
[1:06:33] Amanda.
>> Yeah, thank you so much. Um I listening
[1:06:38] to you guys talk about um how some of
the increase in cycling crashes are
[1:06:45] related to ebikes. I'm really curious if
this group is thinking about breaking
[1:06:50] that out because they kind of exist in
this space between motorcyclists and you
[1:06:56] know manually pedled bicycles. Um, and I
know we're looking at this as like a
[1:07:01] long-term
uh, you know, study, so it's hard to
[1:07:05] break out an entirely new vehicle type,
but just would be really interested to
[1:07:10] know if if that's being discussed. Um,
as we kind of look at, you know,
[1:07:16] educational materials and other things
that are going to come from this kind of
[1:07:20] work. uh how seriously should we be
taking the ebike situation based on your
[1:07:26] guys' data or like is there kind of a
like a subreport or like a you know just
[1:07:31] a readout from the last couple years to
understand
[1:07:35] um the situation with with with those
vehicles in particular and their impact.
[1:07:44] » Yeah, thank you for that question. Um
currently it is difficult to disting
[1:07:49] dist distinguish in the crash data that
distinction. Um the Arizona Department
[1:07:54] of Transportation is making updates to
the crash report form. So, in future
[1:08:00] years, we will start seeing that crash
data likely show up maybe starting in
[1:08:05] 2027 where they'll have a breakout of um
bicyclists, ebikes, and then
[1:08:11] motorcyclists
in the upcoming um road safety action
[1:08:17] plan updates. That could certainly be a
focus area where those could be reviewed
[1:08:21] manually.
Regionally, there are numerous cities
[1:08:25] that are evaluating ebike ordinances.
The city of Phoenix was one of the first
[1:08:29] to implement one, but maybe with um the
increased attention that could always be
[1:08:37] reviewed.
[1:08:41] But overall, the data was showing from a
fatal crash perspective, uh the change
[1:08:47] from 7 to 11. So, it's a very it's a
still a very small number and a small
[1:08:53] quantity to evaluate overall.
>> Got it. Thanks.
[1:08:57] » Committee member Yuas has a question. Go
ahead. I
[1:09:00] » I assume that that ebikes are currently
in the the bicycle category. Is that is
[1:09:05] that fair to assume?
>> It gets complicated. Um if you Google
[1:09:10] know your ride, there are numerous
websites now that will help um people
[1:09:15] identify maybe what they're riding. Um
ebikes come in three different classes,
[1:09:21] class one, class two, and class three.
and it's based on uh this maximum speed
[1:09:28] that they can go. There are also now
electric motorcycles that have come into
[1:09:33] the market, sirons, and people may refer
to them as ebikes, but they don't have
[1:09:38] pedals. Um so there's kind of some
slight nuance as to what gets
[1:09:44] classified. The e- motorcycles are
classified as motorcycles and um
[1:09:50] golf carts fall into like uh fall into a
motorcyclist category in crash reports.
[1:09:57] ATVs fall into into the motorcyclist
category. So, there's some nuance there.
[1:10:02] Um, and police departments valleywide,
you know, are
[1:10:07] they they follow the Arizona revised
statutes on those classifications for
[1:10:12] the ebikes versus the motorcycles. I'm
sure that you you you probably all agree
[1:10:16] that
the suggestion is a good one, you know,
[1:10:21] um but it also just makes sense. All
right, so ebikes are still in their
[1:10:25] infancy.
It's fair to assume that ebike use is
[1:10:29] growing at a higher rate than than
bicycles are. So all the more reason why
[1:10:34] yes, this trend is going to continue for
the foreseeable future. All the more
[1:10:37] reason why that it ought to be segmented
out in order to give accurate data. It's
[1:10:43] certainly something worth monitoring es
especially with the um increasing
[1:10:48] availability um direct to the consumer.
>> Right.
[1:10:53] » Thank you.
>> Any other questions?
[1:10:59] » Anyone online?
[1:11:04] Thank you Reed. Thank you. Appreciate
the presentation. It was very uh
[1:11:08] informative. Moving on to uh the next
agenda item um SS4A grant update. Uh
[1:11:15] this item is posted for information and
discussion. Uh presenting this is Denise
[1:11:22] Lee with the street transportation
department division design and
[1:11:25] construction management division.
Denise,
[1:11:31] » good evening and thank you for the
introduction.
[1:11:34] Um, it is great to be here to discuss
our exciting plan for the 27th Avenue.
[1:11:39] Today we are focusing on transforming
27th Avenue, a project aimed at creating
[1:11:43] safer streets and stronger communities.
The initiative is part of our safe
[1:11:48] streets and roads for all effort for
which we have applied a grant for in
[1:11:52] 2026.
Our ultimate goal is to achieve vision
[1:11:56] zero where traffic fatalities are a
thing of the past. In alignment with
[1:12:01] vision zero, we are committed to making
27th Avenue a model of safety and
[1:12:05] accessibility for everyone. Whether you
are a pedestrian, cyclist, or driver.
[1:12:11] Remember, this is not about just about
infrastructure. It's about building a
[1:12:15] community where everyone feels safe and
valued.
[1:12:21] The Safe Streets and Roads for All grant
or the SS4A is a federal initiative
[1:12:26] designed to help local communities like
ours make impactful changes to road
[1:12:31] safety.
The program focuses on funding regional
[1:12:35] and local projects with ultimate goal of
achieving zero traffic fatalities.
[1:12:40] Phoenix is committed to this vision by
ensuring the safer streets for all all
[1:12:45] roadway users.
In efforts to implement the strategies
[1:12:49] in our road safety action plan, we
identified 27th Avenue as one of the
[1:12:54] high injury networks needing
transformation and applied for 24
[1:12:59] million in federal funding this past
May.
[1:13:07] As mentioned earlier, my colleagues
In FY22, Phoenix was awarded an SS4A
[1:13:14] grant to conduct a pedestrian risk um
network study. This data along with the
[1:13:20] high injury network data was selected um
for the 27th Avenue Campbell Road to
[1:13:26] Northern Avenue corridor.
A 3.52 mile corridor with nine
[1:13:32] signalized intersections.
If you look here at the bottom of the
[1:13:37] page, you'll see that this data was
acquired from the US dot fatility
[1:13:42] analysis reporting system. And what it
is showing is that out of 1,086 total
[1:13:47] crashes occurring between the years of
2021 and 2025, the corridor had 18 fatal
[1:13:55] crashes and 31 serious injury crashes.
[1:14:05] The city of Phoenix community safet
safety action plan directly supports the
[1:14:11] SS4A federal grant requirements by
aligning localized crime prevention with
[1:14:16] infrastructure safety fi um frameworks.
Most recently, our city council
[1:14:21] allocated 6.5 million um to for the
establishment of the real-time
[1:14:27] operations center aimed at surveillance
and crime reduction,
[1:14:32] installation of street lights on local
cross streets of the 27th Avenue
[1:14:36] corridor.
[1:14:42] The proposed safety improvements are
rebuilding traffic signals, one signal
[1:14:48] head over each traffic lane, leading
pedestrian interval, retroflective back
[1:14:53] plates, passive pedestrian detection
with fiber optic optic connection.
[1:15:00] Also, ADA compliant sidewalks,
landscaping and shade improvements.
[1:15:07] creating a safe routes to school for all
schools within a quarter mile corridor
[1:15:12] of um 27th Avenue,
[1:15:16] expanding street lighting and improving
nighttime visibility.
[1:15:22] Coordinating with GCU's college arts,
college of arts and media students for
[1:15:27] corridor art beautifification.
And lastly,
[1:15:32] um, speed, I'm sorry, speed management,
increasing vehicle speed enforcement.
[1:15:38] And lastly, midblock crossings,
implementing hot crossings to increase
[1:15:42] pedestrian and crossing opportunities.
[1:15:47] This map is an example of the is a
actually a a map that we created and
[1:15:52] submitted with the grant and it shows
the showcases the enhancements made
[1:15:57] along the corridor.
So we are proposing three hawks here at
[1:16:02] Montabelloo Avenue and another at
Missouri and the Orangewood Avenue.
[1:16:08] You can also see where the proposed
street lights will be implemented.
[1:16:11] Glendale to Northern Avenue and Coulter
to Missouri Avenue.
[1:16:16] You can see how close the GCU college
students are to the corridor and our
[1:16:21] elementary school age children. And
there are several elementary schools
[1:16:25] along this corridor.
I'll give you a minute to review the
[1:16:28] map.
[1:16:37] » Thank you, Denise.
>> Okay. In April CAC meeting, Simon Ramos
[1:16:43] presented on the evidence-based high
impacts IT strategies.
[1:16:49] We will implement several of the IT
strategies along the corridor.
[1:16:53] Passive pedestrian detection, crosswalk
illumination, Hawk passive detection,
[1:17:00] walk time extension, vehicle VUR
detection, connected vehicle mobility
[1:17:05] and safety.
[1:17:13] This picture at the top is 27th Avenue
in Campbell where signal upgrade an
[1:17:19] upgrade is needed. Below and the right
is a picture of the sidewalk um sidewalk
[1:17:25] improvements as well as ADA compliance
need needed improvements needed. And in
[1:17:32] the left you'll see that there's shade.
So we need shade upgrades along the
[1:17:36] corridor.
[1:17:42] Again focusing on what is needed to
transform 27th Avenue. The city of
[1:17:46] Phoenix and May applied for 24.8 8
million in SS4A funding and 6.2 million
[1:17:54] will be the local match local matching
funds. If awarded, a total of 30.1
[1:18:01] million will be invested into the
transformation of 27th Avenue.
[1:18:12] As we look forward to the timeline for
the SS4A, there are a few key date key
[1:18:16] dates to keep on our radar.
Award notices are planned for December
[1:18:21] 2026 or possibly early January 2027.
This is a significant milestone as it
[1:18:29] determines it'll receive the funding to
push our init initiatives forward. If
[1:18:34] awarded, the team will begin to meet
with the Federal Highway Administration
[1:18:38] around spring through probably summer
2027.
[1:18:47] Thank you for your time today. Our team
put a lot of effort into preparing this
[1:18:51] grant application
and we are truly grateful for your
[1:18:55] support.
[1:18:58] Thank you Denise. Um first we'll see if
there's any uh anyone public comment.
[1:19:04] No. Thank you. Um really informative
presentation Denise. I know this is uh
[1:19:10] last no so good luck with it.
>> Thank you.
[1:19:13] » Any questions? Go ahead, Randy.
>> Thank you, Denise. Thanks very much for
[1:19:18] your work in putting this application
together and for being here today and
[1:19:22] sharing it with us. It's great
information. I just have maybe a big
[1:19:25] picture question. How did the city
decide on this segment of 27th Avenue?
[1:19:33] » Yes. So, we as we actually looked at the
um high injury network. We use that data
[1:19:40] and then we also looked at the
pedestrian high injury network. high
[1:19:43] injury network and we reviewed that data
and so that's when we decided to
[1:19:47] actually walk the corridor in the heat
and we actually walked the corridor. We
[1:19:52] gathered um Reed's team, Simon Ramos's
team. We reviewed the data. We walked
[1:19:58] the corridor. We took notes um and we
use the data to determine if this would
[1:20:03] fit for the grant and looking at the
criterion in the grant, it it was a good
[1:20:08] fit.
>> Okay, great. Thank you. Anyone else?
[1:20:14] Jamie, anyone online?
Um I have one question. Um this is u
[1:20:20] very urbanized and um looks a very
highly traveled corridor. Um forgive me.
[1:20:27] I are there bike lanes already on this
corridor. So there are some bike lanes
[1:20:33] on the side streets of the corridor but
on the corridor I didn't see we didn't
[1:20:38] see as we walked it we didn't see any
bike lanes at all. The reason I'm asking
[1:20:42] is for the proposed improvements I
haven't seen anything relating to bike
[1:20:46] lanes. Um and the previous presentation
we saw there are increased bicycle
[1:20:52] related crashes. Was there any
consideration of that for the proposed
[1:20:56] improvements on this corridor when
applying for the grant?
[1:21:01] I think one of the criteria this in the
grant was not to have any reduction in
[1:21:05] lane capacity and therefore we weren't
really able to look at that on the main
[1:21:09] line but I think there's there may be
some consideration for providing some
[1:21:13] more facilities along the frontage roads
and connections to to the intersection
[1:21:18] so you can continue continue along.
>> Thank you.
[1:21:23] That's all from me. Um,
>> all right. Thank you, Denise. Again,
[1:21:28] appreciate it. And like I said, good
luck with the funding. Um, next agenda
[1:21:33] item, item nine, uh, is request for
future agenda items. Um, I will turn it
[1:21:41] to our
members to see if there's any request
[1:21:45] for future agenda items.
Go ahead, Randy.
[1:21:51] Do we have Okay, I'll go next. Okay.
Um, Madame Chair, at at a future
[1:21:56] meeting, I would like to um
discuss further the issue of funding for
[1:22:04] safety improvements. And in particular,
I'd like to put forth a resolution, a
[1:22:09] draft resolution for consideration by
the vision zero committee um that would
[1:22:17] provide some
feedback to the city about um use of
[1:22:23] safety funding.
[1:22:28] » Thank you, Randy. Um, Committee Member
Yuans,
[1:22:33] » Madam Chair, I, it doesn't have to be at
the next meeting by any means, u,, but
[1:22:38] at some point in the near future, I
would hope to have on the agenda a
[1:22:42] conversation about Arizona's new
state of the right law. Um, last
[1:22:48] February, HB 2235 was introduced in the
legislature, passed by the legislature
[1:22:54] in June, signed into law. It's now state
law that motor vehicles in in on streets
[1:23:00] that have multiple lanes, it's illegal
essentially to stay to to to ride in the
[1:23:05] left lane when you're not going with the
flow of traffic. Uh obviously there's a
[1:23:11] variety of reasons why the the law was
was was enacted. Convenience,
[1:23:18] frustration on the part of drivers, but
there must be some safety reasons as
[1:23:22] well. So, I'm kind of curious to know
what, if anything,
[1:23:26] um, we're doing to inform motorists of
this new law, what impact it's having on
[1:23:32] road safety, uh, flow of traffic, um,
just anything at this early stage. But
[1:23:39] I'm particularly interested in knowing
if we are actually enforcing it. Um
[1:23:46] there's an interesting court case
surrounding this too where there was an
[1:23:50] enforcement action where the car was
searched and it turned they pulled over
[1:23:54] and the car was searched and it turned
out to be this major drug bust. So it's
[1:23:57] become a little controversial now too.
Um but I but I am c personally I think
[1:24:03] it's it's long overdue. Law should have
been on the books years ago. But I am
[1:24:08] kind of curious to know what what if
anything is the city's posture on this
[1:24:12] and is it being enforced? What are the
plans to make voters aware that this is
[1:24:17] now state law?
[1:24:22] » Thank you member Yuas. Appreciate that.
Any other solutions on future agenda
[1:24:29] items by the committee members? Jamie,
anyone online?
[1:24:34] Thank you. Uh moving on to item 10,
public comment.
[1:24:39] Um this is the time for public comment.
According to state law, members of the
[1:24:43] committee may not discuss items as
mentioned by a lawyer during the
[1:24:48] previous meetings. Um action taken as a
result of public comment will be limited
[1:24:53] to directing staff to study the matter.
Um respond to any criticism or
[1:24:58] scheduling the matter for further
consideration at a later date.
[1:25:03] Jamie, do we have any speakers?
>> Madam Chair, we do not have anybody
[1:25:08] signed up for public comment in person
or virtual.
[1:25:13] » Thank you.
[1:25:16] We do not have a lawyer here to talk
about public comments, but we don't have
[1:25:21] any public comments. So, moving on. Um,
item 11 journment. Thank you all for um
[1:25:29] attending and the public who have
attended online or here um and the
[1:25:35] committee members, staff and um support
staff in attendance today. Seeing other
[1:25:40] items on the agenda, this meeting is
adjourned at 6:10 p.m. That's the
[1:25:46] record.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair.