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PARKING" signs will be installed to improve safety for cyclists and to improve sight distance , for both pedestrians and motorists. Staff further recommends that the need for additional traffic calming, raised medains or other traffic control devises be re-evaluated once the major roadway, intersection and traffic signal construction projects listed previously are completed and traffic patterns re-establish themselves. Staff investigated the possiblility of creating bulb-outs to narrow the pedestrian crossing distance, but this option still creates a 74 foot long unprotected crossing distance, does not appear to calm traffic and does not improve Touriga Drive access to Vineyard Avenue. Striping Vineyard Avenue with only one westbound lane is relatively inexpensive and will allow staff to study the effect of this lane configuration. When the roadway is repaved at the completion of the Bernal A venue bridge and water line projects, all striping will be eliminated and a more refined sriping plan providing one ot two westbound through lanes can then be permantently installed. CONCLUSION: Vineyard Avenue from Bernal Avenue to Isabel Avenue is designated as a Thoroughfare in the General Plan. About a dozen minor streets and private driveways will have direct access Vineyard A venue and a City park and Elementary School will be constructed adjacent to the roadway. Regional cut-through traffic trying to avoid congestion along Route 84 and I-580 impacts vehicular, cyclists and pedestrian safety both along Vineyard Avenue and in adjacent neighborhoods. The Vineyard Corridor Neighborhood Traffic Calming measures implemented to date have significantly reduced cut-through traffic along most neighborhood streets in the corridor except Tawny Drive and the north end of Touriga Drive. Significant and increasing traffic volumes and related noise along the corridor remain a concern of many residents. Several intersection, roadway and traffic signal projects will be built by the City and others this year that may improve conditions along Vineyard Avenue. Staff will configure these projects to minimize negative impacts along the Vineyard Corridor. An immediate need exists to reduce the westbound morning backup and delays caused by the stop sign at Montevino Drive, and to address pedestrian safety and egress problems at Touriga Drive. To that end, staff is recommending that a traffic signal be constructed to replace the 4-way stop at the intersection of Vineyard A venue at Montevino Drive. Staff is also recommending the creation of a pedestrian refuge island and left turn acceleration lane at the intersection of Touriga Drive at Vineyard Avenue as an interim measure to be re-evaluated after the other major construction projects in the area are completed. The restriping of Vineyard Avenue will leave only one westbound through lane between Montevino Drive and Touriga Drive. Staff is recommending that the need for additional traffic calming measures along Vineyard Avenue and in the surrounding neighborhoods, the design of medians and additional X:\ADMIN\PGGS\Council 2005\MEETINGl00405\SR 05 276 AttachmentI.doc Page 15