Agenda Date: 10/15/2024
Subject:
Title
Safer Streets Littleton Update
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Kathleen Osher, Assistant City Manager
Presentations:
Brent Soderlin, Public Works Director
Doug Stephens, Chief of Police
David Gilbert, Senior Media Strategist
PURPOSE:
This overview of Safer Streets Littleton will provide a year in review with emphasis on the communications campaign, educational efforts, and ongoing enforcement.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community
DISCUSSION:
Safer Streets Littleton is an ambitious effort by the City of Littleton to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety through an accelerated pace of infrastructure upgrades, increased traffic enforcement, and public education. The purpose of this agenda item is to provide an update on work authorized and completed this year and to discuss next steps.
BACKGROUND:
In November 2023, city council articulated a new and bolder vision for a much 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 speed up implementation of numerous safety measures and traffic calming methods.
The city has a strong tradition of bicycle and pedestrian safety infrastructure projects, city officials agree urgency is needed to protect those who travel on foot or by bike. Safer Streets Littleton is a multi-pronged effort to proactively address the issue, building on years of citywide safety improvements.
Council has directed the Public Works Department to prioritize and accelerate related projects. City officials are coordinating with Littleton Public Schools to ensure effective implementation of traffic safety measures.
More than $8 million in projects, with $5 million coming from grants focused on pedestrian and bicycle safety, were already earmarked for 2024. These include several intersection improvement projects, fiber...
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