A council consideration request (CCR) filed by District 5’s Teri Castillo to adopt a more holistic approach to traffic measures in San Antonio is inching closer to a full council vote.
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Read full article: Spring into savings for your home and lifestyle with these Insider DealsGet a highly rated refurbished 13.3″ i5 8GB 128GB Apple MacBook Air for just $200– A council consideration request to adopt a more holistic approach to traffic calming measures in San Antonio is inching closer to a full council vote. A District 5 official sent KSAT the following statement, on behalf of Castillo, regarding the CCR’s movement. The Holistic Traffic Calming policy request is pushing the City of San Antonio to look beyond the status quo for solutions to stop speeding. Speedbumps and signs are one part of the solution, but there is so much more we should be doing as a city to reduce speeding. By implementing the Holistic Traffic Calming policy, the City will have an opportunity to create slow-zones near sensitive areas like schools and neighborhoods as well as increase residents’ access to more innovative traffic calming devices and designs. Just as importantly, this policy will also improve the public’s traffic calming petition process by making it easier to track requests and including multiple experts from the Transportation and Planning Departments. I look forward to the input from the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee next.The CCR will next go before an upcoming Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting.Castillo, by filing paperwork for the CCR, said she “regularly” heard from District 5 residents “over the need for more traffic calming measures to reduce speeding and protect lives.” “Dangerous streets affect so many parts of our public life,” Castillo said in filing paperwork. “Speeding commuters shouldn’t deter us from walking to school or our parks.” The CCR would require the traffic requests to be up for review by the city’s Public Works, Transportation and Planning departments.Promoting Complete Streets measuresReevaluating the reasonable and safe maximum speed limit on public streets Exploring feasibility around “in-house contracting” units through Ready to Work participants to expedite quick-builds.Safe Streets and Roads for All grant awards to address quick-build installations$1 million for 60 radar feedback signs and 70 flashing stop signs $650,000 in Neighborhood Access and Mobility Program projects across the city’s 10 city council districtson previously held guidance around “road diets,” a term synonymous with Vision Zero and Complete Streets programs across the United States. Road diets typically involve reconfiguring roadways to include infrastructure supporting pedestrians, alternative transportation users and easing traffic.for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s forthcoming Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program state that it will view applicants “less favorably” if they include language that reduces lane capacity.The funding is expected to help the city build out a quick-build implementation program. As for how the criteria might affect quick-builds connected to this project, a City of San Antonio spokesperson sent KSAT the following statement on Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve seen the new criteria from the U.S. Department of Transportation, but it’s too soon to say how, or if, that might affect the grant we received last year. Right now, we’re staying focused on meeting the requirements tied to that funding and continuing the work we committed to.”City receives funding for ‘quick-build’ installs; padding ongoing street safety programsMason Hickok is a digital journalist at KSAT. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a communication degree and a minor in film studies. He also spent two years working at The Paisano, the independent student newspaper at UTSA. Outside of the newsroom, he enjoys the outdoors, reading and watching movies.Spring into savings for your home and lifestyle with these Insider DealsApple MacBook Air 13.3" 1.8GHz i5 8GB RAM 128GB SSD Silver
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