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1 I Roseville Neighborhood Traffic Management Program 2 1.0 Introduction 3 Concerns abouj*AF9a44 traffic volumes and higher speeds have become important issues 4 throughout the metro area and are having an increasing impact on local streets in the City of 5 Roseville. The City of Roseville is continually striving to strengthen and protect its 6 neighborhoods by improving the quality of life On residential ^ ^ ^° A goal of the Roseville 7 Comprehensive Plan is for the transportation system to address community 8 issues and concerns while maintaining and enhancing neighborhoods, providing connectivity, 9 and the sense of community cohesion. 10 11 An established traffic management process: lK 13 lei 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 • Allows the city to better respond to residents and businesses, • Provides the opportunity for better understanding of the issues, and • Allows consistent application across the community. Therefore, for FesideRts citizens to obtain consideration for the installation of aRy Eliveaa traffic managementGQRtFei measwesstrategy on either a street or within a larger neighborhood area they are required to follow a process. The process will ensure that neighborhoods with demonstrated traffic issues and community support for traffic management have equal access to the neighborhood traffic process. The Neighborhood Traffic Management Program depends upon citizen involvement and may vary from year to year based upon citizen participation and available funding. Various terms are used throughout this document, see Appendix A for Definitions. Purpose This document was developed to guide city staff and inform resident- scitizens about the processes and procedures for implementing traffic management strategies on local streets to address traffic concerns such as excessive vekwn;es -aad- vehicle speeds, high volumes of non - local through traffic,a -Rd vehicle crashes in neighborhoods, and alleviate conflicts between motorized and non - motorized users. - The document includes a summary of the City of Roseville's Policies for the Traffic Management Program, background on the history of traffic management, the City of Roseville's process for implementing strategies, and a toolbox of common traffic management m^ &strategies. 2.0 Policies The following policies are established as part of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program for Reighborhood Streets'. • Compatibility with transportation goals in Sitye# Roseville's TraaspeKtatieR �iariComprehensive Plan, Chapter 5, Transportation. • Implementation limited to local streets. A local street is a street under the jurisdiction of the City of Roseville. (Re apterials or GolleGtors) as the Rese-0119 • Implementation of strategies will be funded by a combination of city funds and neighborhood participation. 11/15/11