Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 02, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2363Introduced by Assembly Member Members Friedman and FrazierFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Sections 627 and 21400 of the Vehicle Code, relating to speed laws. add and repeal Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) of Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic safety.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2363, as amended, Friedman. Vehicles: speed laws. Vision Zero Task Force.Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, on or before January 1, 2019, to establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force, which shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues, including the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on May 15, 2023.(1)Existing law requires a survey of highway and traffic conditions conducted by a state or local authority for the purpose of setting speed limits to include consideration of certain factors, including prevailing speeds and accident records. Existing law also authorizes a local authority conducting such a survey to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicycle safety and residential density, as specified.This bill would additionally authorize a local authority conducting the survey described above to consider the potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.(2)Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would instead require the department to revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the department or a local authority to round speed limits to within 5 miles per hour of the 85th-percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The bill would also authorize the department or local authority to reduce the speed limit an additional 5 miles per hour for any of the factors described in paragraph (1) above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) is added to Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile. 3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.SECTION 1.Section 627 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:627.(a)Engineering and traffic survey, as used in this code, means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by state and local authorities.(b)An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all of the following:(1)Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements.(2)Accident records.(3)Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver.(c)When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b), may consider all of the following:(1)Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:(A)Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.(B)Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.(C)The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or (B).(2)Pedestrian and bicyclist safety.(3)Potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.SEC. 2.Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:21400.(a)(1)The Department of Transportation shall, after consultation with local agencies and public hearings, adopt rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, speed restriction signs, railroad warning approach signs, street name signs, lines and markings on the roadway, and stock crossing signs placed pursuant to Section 21364.(2)The Department of Transportation shall, after notice and public hearing, determine and publicize the specifications for uniform types of warning signs, lights, and devices to be placed upon a highway by a person engaged in performing work that interferes with or endangers the safe movement of traffic upon that highway.(3)Only those signs, lights, and devices as are provided for in this section shall be placed upon a highway to warn traffic of work that is being performed on the highway.(4) Control devices or markings installed upon traffic barriers on or after January 1, 1984, shall conform to the uniform standards and specifications required by this section.(b)The Department of Transportation shall revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the Department of Transportation or a local authority to round speed limits to within five miles per hour of the 85th percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The Department of Transportation or a local authority may reduce the speed limit an additional five miles per hour for any of the factors described in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 627.
Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 02, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2363Introduced by Assembly Member Members Friedman and FrazierFebruary 14, 2018 An act to amend Sections 627 and 21400 of the Vehicle Code, relating to speed laws. add and repeal Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) of Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic safety.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2363, as amended, Friedman. Vehicles: speed laws. Vision Zero Task Force.Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, on or before January 1, 2019, to establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force, which shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues, including the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on May 15, 2023.(1)Existing law requires a survey of highway and traffic conditions conducted by a state or local authority for the purpose of setting speed limits to include consideration of certain factors, including prevailing speeds and accident records. Existing law also authorizes a local authority conducting such a survey to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicycle safety and residential density, as specified.This bill would additionally authorize a local authority conducting the survey described above to consider the potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.(2)Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would instead require the department to revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the department or a local authority to round speed limits to within 5 miles per hour of the 85th-percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The bill would also authorize the department or local authority to reduce the speed limit an additional 5 miles per hour for any of the factors described in paragraph (1) above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 02, 2018
Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018
Amended IN Assembly April 02, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2363
Introduced by Assembly Member Members Friedman and FrazierFebruary 14, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Members Friedman and Frazier
February 14, 2018
An act to amend Sections 627 and 21400 of the Vehicle Code, relating to speed laws. add and repeal Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) of Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2363, as amended, Friedman. Vehicles: speed laws. Vision Zero Task Force.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, on or before January 1, 2019, to establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force, which shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues, including the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on May 15, 2023.(1)Existing law requires a survey of highway and traffic conditions conducted by a state or local authority for the purpose of setting speed limits to include consideration of certain factors, including prevailing speeds and accident records. Existing law also authorizes a local authority conducting such a survey to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicycle safety and residential density, as specified.This bill would additionally authorize a local authority conducting the survey described above to consider the potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.(2)Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.This bill would instead require the department to revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the department or a local authority to round speed limits to within 5 miles per hour of the 85th-percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The bill would also authorize the department or local authority to reduce the speed limit an additional 5 miles per hour for any of the factors described in paragraph (1) above.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.
This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, on or before January 1, 2019, to establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force, which shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations. The bill would require the task force to develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. The bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to prepare and submit a report of findings based on the task forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019. The bill would require the report to include a detailed analysis of specified issues, including the existing process for establishing speed limits and a recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered. The provisions of the bill would be repealed on May 15, 2023.
(1)Existing law requires a survey of highway and traffic conditions conducted by a state or local authority for the purpose of setting speed limits to include consideration of certain factors, including prevailing speeds and accident records. Existing law also authorizes a local authority conducting such a survey to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicycle safety and residential density, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize a local authority conducting the survey described above to consider the potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.
(2)Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to include in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a requirement that the department and local authorities, when setting speed limits, round speed limits to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile speed of traffic as determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law authorizes the department or a local authority to round the speed limit down to the lower 5 miles per hour increment in instances when the speed limit should be rounded up, but prohibits that speed limit from being further reduced for any reason.
This bill would instead require the department to revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the department or a local authority to round speed limits to within 5 miles per hour of the 85th-percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The bill would also authorize the department or local authority to reduce the speed limit an additional 5 miles per hour for any of the factors described in paragraph (1) above.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) is added to Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile. 3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.SECTION 1.Section 627 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:627.(a)Engineering and traffic survey, as used in this code, means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by state and local authorities.(b)An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all of the following:(1)Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements.(2)Accident records.(3)Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver.(c)When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b), may consider all of the following:(1)Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:(A)Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.(B)Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.(C)The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or (B).(2)Pedestrian and bicyclist safety.(3)Potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.SEC. 2.Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:21400.(a)(1)The Department of Transportation shall, after consultation with local agencies and public hearings, adopt rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, speed restriction signs, railroad warning approach signs, street name signs, lines and markings on the roadway, and stock crossing signs placed pursuant to Section 21364.(2)The Department of Transportation shall, after notice and public hearing, determine and publicize the specifications for uniform types of warning signs, lights, and devices to be placed upon a highway by a person engaged in performing work that interferes with or endangers the safe movement of traffic upon that highway.(3)Only those signs, lights, and devices as are provided for in this section shall be placed upon a highway to warn traffic of work that is being performed on the highway.(4) Control devices or markings installed upon traffic barriers on or after January 1, 1984, shall conform to the uniform standards and specifications required by this section.(b)The Department of Transportation shall revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the Department of Transportation or a local authority to round speed limits to within five miles per hour of the 85th percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The Department of Transportation or a local authority may reduce the speed limit an additional five miles per hour for any of the factors described in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 627.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) is added to Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, to read: CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile. 3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.
SECTION 1. Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3095) is added to Division 2 of the Vehicle Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile. 3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.
CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile. 3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.
CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force
CHAPTER 8. Vision Zero Task Force
3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.
3095. (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene the Vision Zero Task Force.
(b) The task force shall include, but is not limited to, representatives from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the University of California and other academic institutions, local governments, bicycle safety organizations, road safety organizations, and labor organizations.
(c) The task force shall develop a structured, coordinated process for early engagement of all parties to develop policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero.
3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile.
3096. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and submit a report of findings based on the Vision Zero Task Forces efforts to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before May 15, 2019.
(b) The report shall include, but is not limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues:
(1) The existing process for establishing speed limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile.
(2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local streets and roads.
(3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining speed limits should be considered, and if so, what alternatives should be looked at.
(4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety.
(5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road.
(6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the 85th percentile at the local, state, national, and international level.
(7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural settings.
(8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the 85th percentile.
3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.
3097. This chapter shall remain in effect only until May 15, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before May 15, 2023, deletes or extends that date.
(a)Engineering and traffic survey, as used in this code, means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by state and local authorities.
(b)An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all of the following:
(1)Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements.
(2)Accident records.
(3)Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver.
(c)When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b), may consider all of the following:
(1)Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:
(A)Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(B)Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(C)The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2)Pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
(3)Potential for, and frequency of, traffic collisions resulting in death or injury.
(a)(1)The Department of Transportation shall, after consultation with local agencies and public hearings, adopt rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, speed restriction signs, railroad warning approach signs, street name signs, lines and markings on the roadway, and stock crossing signs placed pursuant to Section 21364.
(2)The Department of Transportation shall, after notice and public hearing, determine and publicize the specifications for uniform types of warning signs, lights, and devices to be placed upon a highway by a person engaged in performing work that interferes with or endangers the safe movement of traffic upon that highway.
(3)Only those signs, lights, and devices as are provided for in this section shall be placed upon a highway to warn traffic of work that is being performed on the highway.
(4) Control devices or markings installed upon traffic barriers on or after January 1, 1984, shall conform to the uniform standards and specifications required by this section.
(b)The Department of Transportation shall revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as it read on January 1, 2018, to authorize the Department of Transportation or a local authority to round speed limits to within five miles per hour of the 85th percentile of the free-flowing traffic. The Department of Transportation or a local authority may reduce the speed limit an additional five miles per hour for any of the factors described in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 627.