TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Provide direction on conducting a Neighborhood Traffic Study for the residential area located north and west of the Central Business District
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Deputy Director of TED
BACKGROUND:
During the Public Forum portion of the November 7, 2018 City Council meeting, six residents spoke about their concerns pertaining to traffic in the residential neighborhood located north and west of the Central Business District (downtown). The residents are requesting neighborhood-wide traffic calming. City Council reached consensus that the matter should be reviewed by the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB); and, provided TAB concurs, authorized allocation of funding for a consultant to complete a study of the area.
DISCUSSION:
The City of Naperville receives numerous resident requests to investigate neighborhood traffic concerns (speeding, cut-through traffic, pedestrian safety, traffic control, parking and school access) each year. These requests are currently investigated and addressed on an individual basis. This process addresses the concerns of the specific resident who submitted the request, but it does not address other traffic conditions that may also be present within the neighborhood.
Neighborhood Traffic Study Program
In 2012 the City initiated a Neighborhood Traffic Study Program that would evaluate residential traffic conditions on a neighborhood level, rather than on an individual complaint basis. With the City being near build-out and traffic movements becoming more stable, a neighborhood-wide approach would be more appropriate in that it would allow evaluation of neighborhood traffic concerns to be addressed in a programmatic and comprehensive manner.
The scope of a Neighborhood Traffic Study involves conducting a study of the existing traffic conditions within a neighborhood area and developing re...
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