Traffic Calming (Safe Streets for All)
Announcement
Installation of these projects is nearly complete. Traffic studies from these areas have also been posted (data is from before projects are implemented). Development of the Safety Action Plan has started and we invite you to share your feedback by taking the Action Plan Survey and using the Input Map (see below).
- Project schedule2024-2027
In 2023 the City of Kalamazoo was awarded a $750,000 Safe Streets for All Grant (SS4A) from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will be used to finalize some current planning work, pilot several traffic calming measures, and develop a comprehensive plan to reduce roadway deaths and serious injuries. $260,000 of matching funds have been committed to this project from the Foundation for Excellence and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Safety Action Plan
The SS4A grant program helps local communities develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to guide transportation safety improvements. The Action Plan will focus on proactive tools and adopt the Safe System Approach. It will help unlock federal funding in the future to make successful safety improvements permanent.
Pilot project locations are helping provide before and after data to support the Action Plan work. The Plan will focus on topics like lighting, intersection safety and improvements, traffic calming, and bus stop improvements.
Safe Streets For All Action Plan Components(PDF, 273KB)
Safe Streets For All Fact Sheet(PDF, 260KB)
The plan is expected to be completed and adopted by the end of 2025. City staff have engaged Alta Consulting + Design, Inc. and AECOM to assist with development of the plan.
Take the Action Plan Survey
Share Feedback on the Input Map
Protected Bicycle Facilities
Ravine Rd - City Limit to DouglasW Michigan Ave - Eldridge to Howard
Trial Pedestrian Refuge Area
- W Maple St near Crosstown Pkwy
- Oakland Dr near Clovelly Rd
- Oakland Dr near Oliver Ln
- W Maple St near Stearns Ave
- E Cork near Lincolnshire Blvd
- E Michigan Ave near King Hwy
- Oakland Dr near Edgewood Dr
- W North St near the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail
- S Rose St near Academy St
- W Paterson St at the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail
Neighborhood Traffic Calming
- Arboretum - Full width speed tables at 5 locations
- Eastside - Speed humps at all 17 proposed locations
- Edison - 4 speed tables along Fulford, 8 mini traffic circles, and 6 speed humps
- Fraternity Village Dr - 4 speed humps due to injuries and fatalities
- Maple St - 4 speed humps and 1 mini traffic circle
- Northside - 2 speed tables, trial pedestrian refuge area, and 7 speed humps
- Westnedge Hill - 3 speed humps, and will revisit mini traffic circle design with neighborhood
Pilot Cycle Tracks