Agenda Date: 08/12/2025
Subject:
Title
Safer Streets Littleton Update
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Kenna Davis, Senior Transportation Planner
Presentations:
Brent Soderlin, Director of Public Works & Utilities
Doug Stephens, Chief of Police
David Gilbert, Senior Media Strategist
Public Works Transportation Group
PURPOSE:
This presentation will provide an update of the Safer Streets Littleton program and discuss the progress of 2025 actions.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community
DISCUSSION:
Safer Streets Littleton is an initiative by which the City of Littleton is improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety through testing and implementing people-first street infrastructure, changing the culture of the community surrounding safety, making data-driven decisions, and collaborating with partners agencies. The purpose of this agenda item is to provide an update on the 2025 program work tasks.
BACKGROUND:
In November 2023, City Council articulated a new and bold vision for a higher standard of bicycle and pedestrian safety on Littleton's streets. Council reaffirmed this commitment in February 2024, giving approval to a plan by Littleton's traffic and safety engineers to accelerate implementation of numerous safety measures and traffic calming methods. After presenting the 2025 workplan to City Council in February 2025, now city staff is providing an update on this workplan, including what has already been accomplished this year and what is still to come.
The city has a strong tradition of bicycle and pedestrian safety infrastructure projects, as represented by the numerous ongoing planning, design, and construction projects dedicated to improving multimodal facilities throughout the community. More than 20 grants have been secured in support of and to leverage city funds into completing the $65M worth of projects programmed in 2025. These projects will include a variety of new and improved infrastructure for bicyclists...
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