As an on-call service the City requested an evaluation of an unsignalized intersection adjacent to Burlingame High School. Located just 75 feet east of the Caltrain commuter rail tracks, there is an existing signalized intersection 95 feet west of the tracks. Through the evaluation it...
As part of an on-call services agreement, W-Trans worked with Town staff on a safety study of Los Gatos-Saratoga Road between the west Town Limit and Los Gatos Boulevard. The study was initiated after a fatal collision between an eastbound motorist and a pedestrian using...
To improve access to two high school campuses, the City undertook a study crossing safety and developed recommendations for improvements. As part of an on-call contract, W-Trans completed the study and prepared designs of the adopted recommendations. Recommended improvements at Santa Clara High School included...
This intersection provides a gateway entering downtown Los Gatos. The south leg of the intersection is formed by the southbound on-ramp to and northbound off-ramp from SR 17 South. To the north of the intersection is downtown Los Gatos. The downtown encounters issues with speeding,...
A systemic safety analysis was prepared by W-Trans for the City of Sonoma in accordance with the Systemic Safety Analysis Report Program Guidelines developed by the Division of Local Assistance within Caltrans. The process included collecting citywide collision data for the most recent five-year period,...
A traffic impact study was prepared for the proposed opening of a “Cookies” cannabis retail outlet on Santa Rosa Avenue across from a major shopping center. Trip generation rates developed by W-Trans through data collection at numerous existing cannabis dispensaries in the North Bay were...
W-Trans completed a study that was used to establish the City’s first Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) program, adopted in September 2020. The process included working with City and contract staff to identify circulation improvements within the City that would be necessary to support buildout of...
W-Trans was tasked with evaluating pedestrian crossing safety at existing marked crosswalks at uncontrolled intersections on Bodega Avenue, a city cross town regional route. The process included vehicle traffic volume data counts, pedestrian crossing counts, vehicle speed surveys, examination of collision records, warrant analysis and...
W-Trans is currently in the process of preparing the Preferred Plan for the Creston Road Corridor Study for the City of Paso Robles. A multi-day workshop was held in May 2017 where several alternative geometric plans were presented. The plan focuses on Complete Street principles...
A pedestrian hybrid beacon, also known as a HAWK, was selected to address safety concerns relative to a mid-block crossing of a two-lane rural arterial connecting a proposed senior housing facility to a regional park. Traffic engineering challenges included an anticipated increase in the number...