Pasadena Department of Transportation officials will present an ambitious roadway safety plan Tuesday aimed at eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2035.
The Local Roadway Safety Action Plan identifies 15 priority projects across the city.
It builds on a 2022 safety plan with new federal compliance requirements.
The plan comes as collision data draws attention to concerning trends. Between 2020 and 2024, unsafe speeds caused 20 percent of injury collisions and 25 percent of fatal or severe crashes.
Signalized intersections proved particularly dangerous, accounting for 65 percent of injury collisions citywide, up from 52 percent between 2015 and 2019.
Pedestrian and bicycle crashes remain overrepresented in severe collisions. Pedestrian crashes make up 11 percent of all injury collisions but 28 percent of fatal and severe injury crashes.
On Tuesday, the Municipal Services Committee will review the plan at 4 p.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall in Pasadena.
The meeting is open to the public.
Community input shaped the final project list through two rounds of public engagement.
More than 200 residents participated in fall 2024 workshops and online surveys.
Four new community-generated projects emerged from that feedback.
They target Arroyo Parkway, Colorado Boulevard, Marengo Avenue and Sunset Avenue in Pasadena.
The plan proposes installing high-visibility crosswalks at 310 signalized intersections.
Leading pedestrian intervals would give walkers a head start at crossings.
Pedestrian hybrid beacons would be added at four non-signalized intersections.
The signals use yellow-red-flashing red sequences to alert drivers.
Traffic calming measures include speed tables, chicanes and neighborhood traffic circles.
Protected left-turn signals would reduce conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians.
The city will track progress through a public dashboard updated quarterly.
Metrics include total traffic deaths, serious injuries and hit-and-run collisions.
Just 13 percent of Pasadena roadways account for 80 percent of fatal and severe injury collisions.
Those streets form the basis of designated safety corridors.
Implementation costs vary by project complexity.
Near-term projects range from $100,000 to more than $1 million for corridor improvements.
The Pasadena Department of Transportation and Public Works Department will share implementation responsibility.
They will use monthly capital planning meetings to advance priority projects.
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 4 p.m. City Council chambers, Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena
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