| Phoenix City Council Approves Automated Enforcement Safety Program | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3251 | Street Transportation | | 10/24/2024 8:00:00 AM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3251/Newsroom_AutomatedEnforcement_1.png | | Phoenix City Council Approves Automated Enforcement Safety Program | <div class="ExternalClass9FD4CB9B49F847F78662E0A94369EC83"><html>
<p><span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span><em style="font-size:17.3333px;">Program Aimed to Change Driver Behavior, Increase Safety</em><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br></p>
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This week, Phoenix City Council approved the Automated Enforcement Safety Program as part of the Citywide
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“The Automated Enforcement Safety Program will be a valuable tool in our efforts to increase roadway safety," said Phoenix Vice Mayor Debra Stark. “As Chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning City Council Subcommittee, I am proud that we are moving forward with a program that will continue our work in preventing traffic fatalities while complementing the work of our Vision Zero Plan and without requiring additional staffing from Phoenix Police."
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The locations for the fixed devices will be determined based on data, focusing on intersections with a high number of serious and fatal injuries and those involving pedestrians. The eight mobile devices can be rotated to meet the City's needs and will be placed in corridors that have high instances of speed-related crashes, known high-speeding areas, or within school zones.
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The program is aimed to change driver behavior, supplement traffic enforcement efforts by Phoenix Police, and complement the City's other Vision Zero strategies. When operational, the program will include a 30-day warning period where violators will be sent warning notices in lieu of citations. The City will conduct an awareness campaign to educate the public on roadway safety in an effort to change driver behavior and meet the program goals to reduce speeding, reduce red light running, and reduce the number of collisions and their severity.
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The program is focused on increasing roadway safety and is not intended to generate revenue. It will operate on a cost-recovery system where the revenue offsets the costs to City staff and vendors. Should there be net revenue, it will be invested into City traffic safety programs. The Street Transportation and Police Departments will also conduct a semi-annual review of the most recent crash data and develop a report on the performance of the program. <br>
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As the first step in launching the program, the Street Transportation Department will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) by spring 2025. The program is anticipated to be operational by fall 2025. Updates will be available at
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<strong>About the Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan</strong>
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In September 2022, Phoenix City Council unanimously approved the comprehensive Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan and the allocation of $10 million in annual funding for its implementation. The plan improves safety on Phoenix roadways for all users and includes measures to evaluate, engineer, enforce and educate residents about traffic safety. Learn more at
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Phoenix.gov/RoadSafety
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| ASU and City of Phoenix Officials Reveal Results of Second Phase of Cool Pavement Scientific Testing | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3248 | Street Transportation | | 10/22/2024 8:00:00 AM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3248/Cool Pavement_Coral Gables Dr-Paradise Ln to 7th St-12th St 21 - NEWSROOM.jpg | | ASU and City of Phoenix Officials Reveal Results of Second Phase of Cool Pavement Scientific Testing | <div class="ExternalClass195E27EDF17F4D209378988907011632"><html>
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<em>earlong research demonstrates cool pavement continues to effectively reduce summer surface temperatures up to 12°F compared to conventional aged pavement during the day.</em>
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<p>The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department partnered with the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service at Arizona State University to evaluate the effectiveness, performance, and potential co-benefits of the new CoolSeal 2.0 pavement coating, a continuation of the City's Cool Pavement Program. Last week, the City of Phoenix joined ASU researchers at Burton Barr Central Library to present the results of the most recent research phase.</p>
<p>Some of the key research findings include:</p>
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<li>Cool pavement effectively reduces summer surface temperatures, up to 12°F, compared to conventional aged pavement during the day.</li>
<li>Cool pavement may ultimately reduce long-term road maintenance needs and costs, which could yield substantive economic and environmental benefits.<br></li>
<li>Cool pavement impacts on air temperature thus far appear to be small but beneficial.<br><br></li>
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<p>“Phoenix is a city leader in cool pavement implementation, testing, and driving industry innovation," said Jenni Vanos, Associate Professor at ASU and member of the research team that conducted the study. “While continued testing will be crucial in the long-term, there is no way to know how this works in the real world unless you test it in the real world, and we've started that important effort here in Phoenix."</p>
<p>An executive summary of the report's findings is available at <a target="_blank" href="/streetssite/Pages/CoolPavement.aspx">Phoenix.gov/Streets/CoolPavement</a>. <br></p>
<p>“This unique partnership with ASU continues to guide the Street Transportation Department in our cool pavement application planning and strategy. We are grateful to ASU for the work that has been put into this yearlong study," said Brandy Kelso, Interim Director for City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department.</p>
<p>The City–ASU partnership continued into Phase II in 2022, building upon findings from Phase I in 2021. In the summer of 2022, researchers continued investigating the thermal performance of the cool pavement surfaces in residential areas. Products tested included the new “Phoenix Gray," or CoolSeal 2.0, created by CoolSeal by GuardTop® in response to Phoenix residents asking for a darker color and different formulations. </p>
<p>“The lifespan of the cool pavement seal coat is approximately eight years, as opposed to four years, for a traditional black seal coat," said Ryan Stevens, a Professional Engineer with the Phoenix Street Transportation Department. “Since the cool pavement seal coat reduces the temperature of the asphalt underneath the surface, this will lead to a longer lifespan for the road, increasing the service life before the next major maintenance activity, like a mill and overlay."</p>
<p>To learn more about cool pavement in Phoenix or view the results of the second year of scientific testing, visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.phoenix.gov/streets/coolpavement">Phoenix.gov/Streets/CoolPavement</a>.<br></p>
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| Deadline Extended: Phoenix Recruiting Students to Help Guide Road Safety Action Plan | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3102 | Street Transportation | | 6/7/2024 4:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3102/RSAP_CAC_student_recruitment.png | | Deadline Extended: Phoenix Recruiting Students to Help Guide Road Safety Action Plan | <div class="ExternalClass4F8D6D8B28504C2EA82E31B4D59B54B2"><html>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>*** Application deadline extended through June 30, 2024. ***</strong></span></p><p>The Phoenix Street Transportation Department is recruiting students from local high schools, colleges and universities to be non-voting members of its Vision Zero Community Advisory Committee. The committee meets every two months to help guide the department's Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan. The goal of the plan, which was approved by City Council in September 2022, is to reduce the number of fatal traffic collisions in Phoenix to zero by 2050.<br></p><p>Student members will serve a one-year term, and must be at least 17 years old, able to attend regularly-scheduled meetings and have an interest in providing thoughtful input about road safety. <br></p><p>Interested students can learn more and apply at <a target="_blank" href="/streets/roadsafety">Phoenix.gov/RoadSafety</a>. The application deadline has been extended through June 30, 2024. Student members will be selected in July 2024 and begin their term at the committee's August 15, 2024 meeting. <span id="ms-rterangepaste-start"></span>The original deadline was May 31.<span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br></p><p>In addition to student members, the committee consists of 11 voting members appointed by Mayor Kate Gallego and the City Council. The committee's work will be better informed by including the perspective of younger drivers or roadway users who may also bike or take public transit to get to their school campuses, jobs and other activities.<br></p>
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| Michael Carbajal Way Signs Honor Champion Boxer | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3101 | Street Transportation | | 5/15/2024 2:00:00 AM | | https://youtu.be/pTfsitqxmik?si=OGT_-xsXweqfmEbk | Michael Carbajal Way Signs Honor Champion Boxer | <div class="ExternalClassAA25CA4148874A83A7D35D3DF88F13D7"><html>
<p>The Phoenix Street Transportation Department joined with the family of Phoenix legend and six-time world champion hall of fame boxer Michael Carbajal on Tuesday to unveil ceremonial signs identifying Fillmore Street from 9th to 10th streets as Michael Carbajal Way. The blue signs with white lettering are flag mounted on the sign poles at the northeast corners of 9th and Fillmore streets, and 10th and Fillmore streets near Michael Carbajal's 9th St. Gym.</p><p>Various elected officials, community leaders and local celebrities were among the several hundred people who gathered at 9th and Fillmore streets for a celebration to unveil the signs and recognize Carbajal's career and impact on the community.</p><p>Carbajal was a professional boxer for more than a decade, winning six world championships and being named the prestigious 1993 RING Magazine Fighter of the Year. Also known as “Manitas de Piedra" (Little Hands of Stone), he had a highly decorated amateur career, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In 2006, Carbajal was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. At his 9th St. Gym, he provides a place for youth to gather, learn, work out, socialize and become responsible members of the community.</p><p>As part of Phoenix's Ceremonial Street Sign Program, a requesting organization or individual is responsible for the fabrication, installation, maintenance and repair of ceremonial signs, which require City Council approval. The fabrication and installation costs for the Michael Carbajal Way signs was funded by the Camunez Family Trust. The Street Transportation Department fabricates and installs the city's street name, speed limit, traffic control and memorial signs.</p>
<p>Installation of the Michael Carbajal Way signs was approved by Phoenix City Council on March 20, 2024. <br></p>
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| Street Signs Honor Community Leader Vernell Myers Coleman | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3062 | Street Transportation | | 3/27/2024 11:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3062/IMG_0809.JPG | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agifMMirenA | Street Signs Honor Community Leader Vernell Myers Coleman | <div class="ExternalClass1F2BE4AA026A46829EBC8280D46A661E"><html>
<p>On Wednesday, March 27, the Phoenix Street Transportation Department gathered with the family of the late Vernell Myers Coleman to unveil ceremonial signs for Vernell Myers Coleman Way, located at 7th Avenue and Buckeye Road.</p>
<p>The signs are mounted on the mast arms of the northeast and southwest traffic signal poles at 7th Avenue and Buckeye Road, an area of Phoenix where Mrs. Coleman dedicated more than 40 years of service, focusing on the underserved population and those in need. </p>
<p>Members of the Coleman family, elected officials, and representatives from the City of Phoenix provided remarks and participated in the unveiling of the signs. </p>
<p>Vernell Myers Coleman (August 28, 1918 - March 27, 1990), along with her children, moved into the City's Matthew Henson Housing Project in 1945. Mrs. Coleman made numerous contributions to the City of Phoenix and community, which involved becoming an advocate for her fellow tenants at the Matthew Henson Housing Project, and serving as a commissioner of the Leadership and Education of the Advancement of Phoenix (LEAP) during the 1960s. In addition, Mrs. Coleman was a member of the Board of Directors of the Phoenix Urban League and the City of Phoenix Housing Advisory Board, also serving as both the chairwoman and treasurer for the Phoenix Human Resources Council, as well as a board member with St. Mary's Food Bank. </p>
<p>Over the years, Vernell Coleman's many works did not go unnoticed, and she received numerous awards and honors from the State of Arizona, the City of Phoenix, businesses, and social organizations over the years prior to her death in 1990. Some of her most notable accolades include the Greyhound Corporation naming her Phoenix Woman of the Year, the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai's of Phoenix in 1979 presented her with the first Willie L. Robertson Memorial Human Rights award, the Luke's Men of St. Luke's Medical Center and Phoenix KPNX-TV presented her with the Hon Kachina award, she was also named Woman of Distinction by the Women of Achievement group, a coalition of the Junior League of Phoenix, Meyer Inc., and Soroptimist International of Phoenix. Mrs. Coleman has also received the Spirit of Arizona award, and in 1990 was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.</p><p>Mrs. Coleman is also remembered for reviving the celebration of Juneteenth in Phoenix while serving as head of the Matthew Henson Housing Project Tenant's Council in 1968. She was also instrumental in helping to organize the St. Mary's Food Bank with founder John Van Hengel and served on the board for several years.<br style=""></p>
<p>Located within this neighborhood is also Phoenix's Vernell Coleman Recreation Center (830 W. Tonto Street), named in her honor.</p>
<p>Installation of the signs was approved by Phoenix City Council during its Formal Meeting on February 21, 2024.<br></p>
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| E-scooter Program to Expand to 24/7 Schedule on March 1 | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3038 | Street Transportation | | 2/29/2024 8:30:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3038/Micromobility Program_3032_Newsroom.jpg | | E-scooter Program to Expand to 24/7 Schedule on March 1 | <div class="ExternalClassCC10D341742347EABCEF5329D9797C5C"><html>
<p>The Phoenix Street Transportation Department will expand operation of its Shared Micromobility Program to 24 hours a day, seven days a week effective at midnight on Friday, March 1. The program currently operates daily from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. The 24/7 schedule of operation will be done as a six-month pilot program, during which usage data and other metrics will be reviewed.<br></p>
<p>Launched permanently in January 2023 with vendors Lime and Spin, the program includes the shared rental use of e-scooters, e-bikes, traditional pedal bikes and adaptive bikes. The program currently operates in the city's downtown core, as well as areas to the south, west and east of downtown. </p>
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<a href="/newssite/_layouts/15/Catalog.aspx?Url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ephoenix%2Egov%2Fstreetssite%2FMediaAssets%2FPhoenix%5FMicromobility%5FProgram%5FBoundary%5FMap%2Epng" target="_blank">View the Shared Micromobility Program boundary map</a> </p>
<p>During the 24/7 pilot program, customers using the vehicles between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. will be required to take a late-night rider reaction test available through each respective vendor's app. </p>
<p>Various vendors have operated e-scooters in downtown Phoenix since September 2019 as part of a city-managed pilot program. In December 2022, City Council authorized the Street Transportation Department to finalize an agreement with Lime and Spin to be the official vendors when the pilot program ended. The permanent program began in January 2023.</p>
<p>Additional information about the Shared Micromobility Program is available at <a href="/streets/scooters" target="_blank">Phoenix.gov/Scooters</a>.<br></p>
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| Phoenix Awarded Funding to Support Roadway Safety Education | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/3005 | Street Transportation | | 1/31/2024 11:00:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/3005/GOHS_grant_Newsroom.jpg | | Phoenix Awarded Funding to Support Roadway Safety Education | <div class="ExternalClass453E90B140934C2B92F71B379C713414"><html>
<p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://gohs.az.gov/">Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety</a> recently awarded $140,000 to the Phoenix Street Transportation Department to support educational outreach efforts connected to the city's comprehensive Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan.<br></p>
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The Plan, which was unanimously approved by City Council in September 2022, outlines a series of strategies and performance measures linked to meeting the 2050 goal of zero traffic fatalities in Phoenix.
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This grant funding will be used to enhance pedestrian and bicycle safety initiatives, as well as grow the department's "Scan the Street for Wheels and Feet" multi-media community education campaign.
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Money provided through the grant will also support the purchase of bicycle helmets for students who participate in the city's annual bike-to-school events, and LED stop sign paddles for crossing guards stationed at high-traffic school zone locations citywide.
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Visit
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| Phoenix Activates 90th Pedestrian Signal Crossing | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/street-transportation/2972 | Street Transportation | | 1/9/2024 11:30:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/2972/20th_St_Broadway_HAWK_Activation_Newsroom.jpg | | Phoenix Activates 90th Pedestrian Signal Crossing | <div class="ExternalClassFCC4D73B69AB41549AAF1636842F54BD"><html>
<p>District 8 Councilwoman Kesha Hodge Washington joined community members and Street Transportation Director Joe Brown to commemorate the activation of Phoenix's 90th pedestrian signal crossing on Tuesday. The newest signal, formally referred to as a HAWK (High-intensity Activated crossWalK), is located at 20th Street and Broadway Road.<br></p><p>The project to install a HAWK at this location was led by community advocates following a fatal car-pedestrian, hit-and-run collision in December 2019, involving 51-year-old victim Tanya Karim. Family members and friends of Karim participated in today's activation event and ceremonial crossing. The hit-and-run is unsolved and Phoenix Police detectives are still seeking information. Community members are encouraged to contact <a href="https://silentwitness.org/cases/fatal-hit-and-run-tanya-karim-20th-street-broadway-road/" target="_blank">Silent Witness</a>.</p><p>This is the 47th HAWK to be activated in Phoenix since 2019 and the fifth since June 2023. More are scheduled to be added to the city's transportation network in the coming months. Phoenix's first two HAWKs came online in August 2009 – one at 7th Avenue and Glenrosa Avenue and the other on 19th Avenue at the Thunderbird High School crosswalk.</p><p>A HAWK signal features pedestrian triggered yellow-red-flashing red beacons and provides a safe crossing point for people walking and riding bicycles near busy intersections and mid-block locations. A HAWK operates similarly to a standard traffic signal, minus a green-signal light, and remains "dark" until a push button is activated by a pedestrian or bicyclist.</p><p>Motorists should respond to the yellow and solid red lights in the same manner as any other traffic signal. After stopping for the red light, motorists may proceed through the crossing area during the flashing red light interval only when safe to do so without risk to those walking or riding a bike.</p>
<p>For additional information about how a HAWK pedestrian signal crossing works and where they are located citywide, visit the Street Transportation Department's <a href="/streets/hawk" target="_blank">HAWK webpage</a>.<br></p>
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