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3/7/2022 - Meeting Minutes SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of the March 7, 2022 Meeting Electronically present from the Transportation Advisory Board were Courtney Reeser, Daniel Mendoza, Dave Alderman, David Parrott, Ellen Reddick, Greg Sanchez, Jenn Diederich, Jon Larsen, Kerry Doane, Myron Willson, Paul Schulte, Reid Ewing, and Suzanne Stensaas. Absent from the Transportation Advisory Board was Jim Espeland. Also present were Amy Lyons, Dan Bergenthal, Scott Fisher,Ashley Lichtle, Tyler Schmidt, Julianne Sabula, Dave Iltis, Taylor Anderson, and Lara Handwerker. The meeting was held electronically and was called to order at 4:o3p.m. by Courtney Reeser. Welcome and Introduction of Guests — Courtney read the anchor statement and welcomed everyone. Motion to approve minutes. The approval of minutes from the February 7th meeting were postponed due to a lack of quorum. Auto/Ped Crash Data Dan Bergenthal, SLC Transportation Responding to a TAB request regarding crashes involving children in marked crosswalks during 2021, Dan's team put together a new crash viewer which will eventually go on the Transportation website. The crash viewer shows all different types of scenarios and data on citywide auto/pedestrian accidents from 2017 through 2021. Dan gave a demo of how it works and what type of information can be seen. Suzanne asked if he could do the same thing for auto/bicycle accidents. Dan said he has the data but there wouldn't be a crash description, only the date, time,location, and severity of accident. He also explained the difference between a reportable and non-reportable accident and said most accidents are happening on arterial roads. There is currently crash data on the Transportation website that goes back to 2008 and shows traffic deaths and serious injury crashes for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists. Ellen asked if the city is looking for action to take and was told they are looking for hotspots to see if any changes can be made. The new crash viewer should be online within the next month or two. Reid said areas with higher volumes of pedestrian traffic, typically have lower crash rates and maybe Dan could look at the census data on commuting by mode to use as a denominator. Dan said there doesn't seem to be a lot of clusters and that Transportation is trying to reinstitute the Traffic Calming Program and see what they can do to reduce crashes and slow traffic. They have already been proactive by looking at marked and unmarked crosswalks and using safety funds to make improvements to the ones they feel are dangerous. Page 1 of 4 TAB 03-07-2022 Minutes Auto/Ped Crashes &Penalties Scott Fisher, SLC Prosecutor's Office Scott explained the different types of cases associated with auto/ped crashes as well as which entity prosecutes them, Salt Lake City Prosecutor's office or Salt Lake County District Attorney's (DA's) office, and which court handles those cases, Salt Lake City Justice Court or District Court. Through an interlocal agreement, the DA's office manages the Salt Lake City Prosecutor's office. He said an example of the efficiency of that is that the DA's office has a major crash team who screen these types of cases and determine who prosecutes them based on the level of offense. Scott explained how those cases begin with a citation, arrest or charging document with the court and the different type of offenses along with the potential penalties. He went through related State Code and City Ordinance and the details of when they can be used based on evidence and the elements being satisfied for the charges so they can prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. He explained how municipalities work together with the State statutes as cities are creations of the state and what they must do prior to passing a law. Suzanne asked if drivers are getting away with things with cyclists that they wouldn't if they hit another vehicle. Scott said that would be an interesting data set which would take a few different agencies to investigate to see if that's happening. He said if a driver is identified and brought to court, they try to get restitution when they can in terms of property damage. Ellen asked what her responsibility as a driver is, if she hits someone and they say they are ok, can she leave. Scott it's a good idea to call police dispatch and follow their direction in a situation like that. Ellen said there were three incidents where a child was hit and when the driver asked if they were ok, the child said yes, and the driver left. Jenn said you should call police dispatch anytime there is an auto/ped accident, even if it is an adult saying they are ok. Ellen feels children should be educated to say call my parent if something like that happens. Scott said a legislative change requiring any contact with a child to be reported to the police regardless of what the child says would be helpful. He said if anyone is looking for a legislative project, that would be a good idea. Kerry asked if penalties are worse for a hit and run and Scott said they are much more severe. He also said that if they don't know who is driving the car, it's a tough case because they can not prosecute the owner of the vehicle, only the verified driver. Daniel said cycling has become very dangerous and many cyclists are now wearing cameras. He was told by law enforcement that cameras aren't helpful. Scott said that from a prosecution perspective, cameras are very helpful but again, if they can't identify the driver of the vehicle at the time of the incident, there isn't much they can do. Daniel said that by default, if no one admits to having driven the vehicle, it should be the owner that is charged similarly to gun ownership. Public Comment —Dave Iltis said he spoke with the city several years ago to look at how bicycle violations are cited. He said Dan Bergenthal updated the city code so it would be something like the state code but when cyclists are cited for running through a stop sign or a red light or other traffic infractions, the penalties are much higher or are the same level as they are for motor vehicles. There's a state fine schedule for those violations but because Salt Lake City laws are poorly written, or there is a lack of communication, cyclists are overcharged which doesn't make sense because if a cyclist runs a red light, it's not a good thing but it's not the same as a motor vehicle running a red light. Dave also said that SLCPD's website used to have crime maps, crime data, and crash data. He said that doesn't appear to be available anymore and he would like to know where it went. The last thing Dave wanted to bring up is his request to have Transportation re-evaluate pedestrian buttons. His understanding is that if a pedestrian Page 2 of 4 TAB 03-07-2022 Minutes doesn't push the button, it adds more liability to that pedestrian even if a vehicle goes through a red light. He would like those reevaluated at the 30o South and 200 West intersection which is a trendsetting protected intersection with big buttons, and it really shouldn't have them. As with many other intersections, there is no point, and it is an invitation for people to walk against the light because they must push a button and vehicles do not have to do that. He said it puts injured pedestrians at a disadvantage because of insurance companies and all those things really need to be addressed and fixed in the code and in the infrastructure and with the SLC Prosecutor's office and the SLCPD. Ellen asked if a io-year-old bicyclist would face the same fine as a 3o-year-old cyclist. Dave said yes, all cyclists are fined the same, as if they were driving a car. Jenn said she will see if she can get an answer on where the online crime data went. Suzanne asked Dave to clarify that if a pedestrian fails to push the walk button therefore getting fewer seconds,but they have the green light, that it works against them if they get hit in that crosswalk, it's their fault because they didn't push the button. Dave said if they walk against the don't walk sign, even though nothing happens in the timing of the intersection lights, and get hit by a car, then they are at an extreme disadvantage. They are much more liable than if they waited a whole other cycle for the light to say walk, especially when it comes to insurance companies and liability settlements. UDOT Project Updates Tyler Schmidt, UDOT There are three upcoming UDOT projects within Salt Lake City which include a mill and fill on SRi86 (Foothill Drive), a mill and fill along with safety updates on a section of SR89 (State Street), and a mill and fill with safety updates on a different section of SR89. Tyler reached out to the UDOT Active Transportation group but after they did a website update about a month ago, they can't access their information, so he doesn't currently have an active transportation update. UDOT is planning to put in a HAWK signal on 30o West at Reed Avenue as there is a park nearby with many pedestrians trying to cross at that location. Courtney said there is also a lot of new apartment growth in that area and asked if any of these projects will have restriping with bicycle lanes. Tyler said there are city owned sections of 30o West that may have bike lanes added but that the UDOT sections will not have them installed at this time. Their Active Transportation group might look at that in the future. Suzanne said she would appreciate if Tyler could work on that, and he said UDOT has a different approval process than the city but are looking for ways to push active transportation. Kerry asked about lane closures during these projects and Tyler said they work with the bus stops and try to keep them open along with travel lanes. Report Out TAB Members Due to time constraints, the report out will be rescheduled for a future meeting. TAB WebEx Meeting Chat from Myron to everyone: 4:29 PM even though crash descriptions wouldn't be included, I think it would be useful to include the bicycle information.What do others think? from Greg Sanchez to everyone: 4:32 PM Page 3 of 4 TAB 03-07-2022 Minutes I agree with Myron. the best example is the 90o W/Cali Ave bike fatality being overshadowed by the ped injury. would be good data to have presented with this information. from suzanne to everyone: 4:4o PM AGREE would like to see bike data even though less detailed, included. from Ellen Reddick to everyone: 4:50 PM I agree with Myron from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:06 PM SLC code: https://codelibrary.amlegal.co m/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/o-o-o- 40605 from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:25 PM What about bike lanes on those repaving projects? from Myron to everyone: 5:25 PM I'd love to know what updates might be included with the re-paving - important info from Dave Iltis to everyone: 5:26 PM 300 W has 14-15' car lanes between N. Temple and 600 N. This should have bike lanes. Plus the last time UDOT did this, they misstriped the bike lanes north of 600 N. from Myron to everyone: 5:29 PM Does SLC Transportation have input on design? Do neighborhoods weigh in? from Larsen, Jon to everyone: 5:3o PM Myron- SLC staff and residents worked with UDOT on determining the location of the HAWK crosswalk at Reed from Greg Sanchez to everyone: 5:33 PM we should in invite UDOT active transportation to present to this group. from Larsen, Jon to everyone: 5:34 PM State code related to UDOT's legislative mandate: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title72/Chapter4/72-4-Sio2.5.htlrii Motion: Ellen Reddick motioned to adjourn the meeting; Dave Alderman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:37 p.m. and the next meeting of the Board was scheduled for April 4, 2022. Approved by TAB o4-04-22. Page 4 of 4 TAB 03-07-2022 Minutes