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1.0 Introduction 1 2 Concerns abouttraffic volumes and higher speeds have become important issues throughout 3 themetro area and are having an increasing impact on localstreets in the City of Roseville. 4 TheCity of Rosevilleis continually striving to strengthen and protect its neighborhoods by 5 improvingthe quality of life.A goal of the RosevilleComprehensive Planis for the 6 transportation system to address community issues and concerns while maintaining and 7 enhancing neighborhoods, providing connectivity, and the sense of community cohesion. 8 An established traffic management process: 9 Allows the city to better respond to residentsand businesses, 10 Provides the opportunity for better understanding of the issues, and 11 Allows consistent application across the community. 12 Therefore, for citizens to obtain consideration for the installation of atraffic management 13 strategyon eitherastreet or within a larger neighborhood area they are required to follow a 14 process.The programwill ensurethat neighborhoods with documented existing,traffic issues 15 and community support for trafficmanagement have access to the neighborhood traffic process. 16 The projects included in the Neighborhood TrafficManagement Program depend upon citizen 17 involvement and may vary from year to yearbased upon citizen participation and available 18 funding.Various terms are used throughout this document, see Appendix A for Definitions. Purpose 19 20 In the City of Roseville, traffic management concerns have historically been handled by the 21 following processes. 22 Traffic Safety Committee-Anadministrative committee established to address routine 23 traffic concerns brought forward by residents and businesses. 24 Construction Design Process-Whena street is identified for reconstruction, staff 25 conducts a review of existing conditions. This review can include public information 26 meetings that solicit feedback regarding traffic concerns. As a part of this process, staff 27 will study existing concerns and suggest strategies to address these concerns. 28 The Neighborhood Traffic Management Program is not intended to replace these existing 29 processes. It is intended to add another tool for staff to address concerns that require additional 30 community feedback or financial support to implement. 31 This document was developed to guide city staff and inform citizensabout the processes and 32 procedures for implementing traffic management strategies on local streets toaddress 33 documented existingtraffic concerns such as excessive vehicle speeds, high volumes of non- 34 localthrough traffic, vehicle crashes in neighborhoods, and alleviate conflicts between 35 motorized and non-motorized users. The document includes a summaryof the City of 36 Roseville's Policies for the Traffic Management Program, background on the historyof traffic 37 management, the City of Roseville's process for implementing strategies, and a toolbox of 38 common traffic management strategies. 39 2 City Council Review Draft- 4/06/12