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5 of 7 Year Location Type Age Time 2007 Muirwood Broadside veh/bike SBLT vs SB bike Driver 16 Bike 37 9 AM Sunday 2021 Muirwood Broadside veh/ped SBLT vs NB ped Driver 54 Ped 16 8:20 AM Tuesday 2004 Puri Court Hit Object -NB 16 8:10 AM 2017 Puri Court Hit Object ? 11:15 PM 2008 Ft. Knolls Sideswipe veh/bike NBRT vs NB bike ? 8:45 AM Wednesday 2019 Ft. Knolls Rear end SB 19 10:00 AM Wednesday 2020 Ft. Knolls Rear end NB 17 7:00 AM Tuesday Traffic Signal The State of California provides a series of warrants that are used as a guide to determine when a traffic signal is needed, primarily based on intersection volume. Typically, traffic signals are installed when volumes are consistent throughout the day and large enough to cause excessive delays in access. The two primary warrants 3included 8-hour volume and 4-hour volume. The 8-hour warrant requires that the main street volume be consistently above 500 vehicles per hour and the side street must also be above 150 vehicles per hour. The 4-hour warrant has a sliding scale that reduces the required side street volume depending on the main street volume but has a minimum threshold of 100 side street vehicles per hour. Foothill Road meets the volume requirements for both the 4-hour and 8-hour warrants, but the proposed development is not expected to exceed 28 vehicles leaving the development in the peak hour (and only 14 of those are left turns). This volume is too low to satisfy any of the traffic signal warrants. Discussion The project will widen Foothill Road, adding six-foot bike lanes with two-foot buffers to each side of the roadway. The project will provide additional widening to create left turn pockets into the proposed project site and the proposed project on Equus Court to the west. The added roadway width should reduce the most prevalent type of crashes (“run off the road”) on Foothill Road, since the widening will allow drivers to correct for inattentive driving before hitting an object. The proposed design of the widened section of Foothill Road meets the minimum design requirements for sight distance to access Foothill Road. As described above, the FHWA handbook on roadway design for aging population suggests that sight distance greater than what is available would allow for easier access for seniors, particularly if vehicles are traveling above the posted limit. 3 There are 9 separate traffic signal warrants developed by Caltrans. Most traffic signals are installed based on the 4-hour and 8-hour warrant. These are the primary warrants, with the other warrants having a specific purpose like proximity to railroad or part of a coordinated network.