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Published on 01/26/1998 All articles from this issue

Traffic advisory task force revs up, will address speeding, short cuts

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By Joanne Griffith Domingue / Town Crier Staff Writer

Traffic frustrations drive conversations heard all over town. And Los Altos City Council members are listening.

At their Jan. 27 meeting, the council approved a neighborhood traffic advisory task force. The week before council affirmed traffic calming concerns as the number two goal for the city, behind developing park plans for 401 Rosita.

The traffic task force will hold an informational meeting from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 9 in Room 2 of the Hillview Community Center. Those interested in serving on the task force may fill out an application at the meeting.

The task force is charged through June 30, 1998, to make recommendations to city staff and city council on traffic solutions.

City Councilman King Lear has already been working with a group of citizens who are interested in solving neighborhood traffic problems, said Los Altos Police Chief Lucy Carlton in a staff report.

The task force will address commute traffic that cuts through neighborhoods, speed enforcement, physical devices to reduce speed and public education, said Bruce Bane, director of public works.

The task force will work with the city traffic engineer and the police department on a standardized traffic calming plan currently being developed by city staff, Bane said.

It will also make budgetary recommendations to the city council if it believes that additional resources are needed in police or public works.

City staff is currently developing a neighborhood traffic management program booklet similar to one for Mountain View. Bane and Carlton, in a staff report, suggested the task force could review and comment on the booklet.

Bane and Carlton also suggested that developing education programs suited to Los Altos "would be an area where a citizen's task force could be most helpful."

The task force will be a "working group with members accepting task assignments between meetings," Bane said.

For more information, call 948-1491.