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FROM: ii___IR_ AFAEL FAJARDO, P.E., CITY ENGINEER
DATE: JANUARY 7, 2016
SUBJECT: REVIEW OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS —
ANGELUS AVENUE AND KLINGERMAN STREET
SUMMARY
A request was received for the Traffic Commission to review traffic conditions in the vicinity
of Angelus Avenue and Klingerman Street. Staff has also received a number of complaints
regarding speeding vehicles, safety of a curve where Angelus Avenue and Klingerman
Street come together, and the proximity of this location to Rice Elementary School. Under
the direction of the City Council, Public Works has retained a consulting traffic engineer,
Willdan Engineering, to review the conditions in this area. After a detailed engineering
analysis, Willdan has recommended some signage and safety improvements to enhance
safety in this area for motorists, pedestrians, and especially school children.
Staff Recommendation
Willdan's recommendations are summarized below for the Traffic Commission's
consideration and recommendation to the City Council for approval:
1. Install all-way "STOP" controlled intersection on Angelus Ave. at Graves Ave.
2. Install interlocking delineators and raised round markers when the current individual
delineators are beyond repairs
3. Install additional "Chevron" signs to enhance current signs along the curve.
ANALYSIS
Attached herewith is the report and recommendations by Willdan Engineering with all
exhibits and attachments. Based on the technical analysis which consists of speed survey,
Traffic Collision history research, and warrant study, Willdan completed the engineering
analysis and provided conclusions and recommendations.
If the Traffic Commission concurs with the findings and recommendations in the attached
report, Public Works department will bring the item before the City Council for final approval
and implementation with proper engineering design and installation.
Traffic Commission Meeting
April 2, 2015
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Upon approval by the City Council, Public Works department will oversee the striping and
signage installation per the approved plans. Engineering staff will continue to monitor the
location, after the improvements are made, to evaluate their effectiveness and determine if
additional steps need to be taken.
• Prepared by:
Jonathan Wu, P.E.
Public Works Manager
Attachments:
1. Willdan Engineering Report Dated December 16, 2015
2. Notification to Surrounding Area
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December 16, 2015
Mr. Rafael Fajardo, PE
City Engineer
City of Rosemead
8838 Valley Boulevard
Rosemead, CA 91770
Subject: Evaluation of the Curve at Angelus Avenue and Klingerman Street
Dear Mr. Fajardo:
REQUEST
In response to concerns regarding speeding and travel patterns around the curve at Angelus
Avenue and Klingerman Street, Willdan Engineering (Wilidan) is pleased to submit our traffic
engineering evaluation of the curve and alternative solutions to the existing configuration.
Below is a Google Earth photo of the curve.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
Approaches to the Curve
Observations were made of traffic circulation at Rice Elementary School on November 30 and
December 2, 2015. During the 11/30/15 visit, videos were recorded from a vehicle approaching
the curve from both northbound Angelus Avenue (see Photo 2) and eastbound Klingerman
Street. A series of alternating 15 delineators (not including one that is missing) and yellow
raised round markers are installed along the double yellow centerline on the curve.
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Photo 2:Screenshot from video of northbound Angelus Avenue approach.
On the northbound approach to the curve, the following standard traffic control devices are in
place on Angelus Avenue:
• A series of pavement legends stating "CURVE"- "AHEAD"-"15"
• Red flags mounted on both sides on the approach to the curve
• Left Curve Warning Sign mounted above a "15 MPH" advisory speed placard
• Left Curve 15 Warning Sign
• A series of three Left Pointing Chevron Signs
• Yellow Warning Marker by a guardrail
• Left Arrow Warning Sign
Similarly, the eastbound approach to the curve, the following standard traffic control devices are
in place on Klingerman Street, which has a right edge line (see Photo 3):
• • A series of pavement legends stating "CURVE"- "AHEAD"-"15"
• Red flags mounted on both sides on the approach to the curve
• Right Curve Warning Sign mounted above a "15 MPH" advisory speed placard
• School Warning Sign mounted above a "SCHOOL" placard
• Right Curve 15 Warning Sign mounted on a street light pole
• A series of three Right Pointing Chevron Signs
• Yellow Warning Marker mounted behind the guardrail
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Rice Elementary School Circulation
Photo 4 (Source: Google Earth, Imagery Date 3/24/15) shows Rice Elementary School with
three school crosswalks along Angelus Avenue (at Graves Avenue, Keim Street and Rush
Street).
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For student unloading and loading, drivers circulate through the southern lot, between Rush
Street and Keim Street, in a one-way counter clock wise direction, exiting at the east leg of the
Angelus Avenue and Keim Street intersection (see Photo 5, Source: Google Street View).
Some drivers/parents do not circulate through the lot to pick up a student and parallel park on
both sides of Angelus Avenue to pick-up/drop-off their students.
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One block to the north at Angelus Avenue at Graves Avenue, a crossing guard is present
(during the beginning and end of School) to assist pedestrians cross the uncontrolled north leg
of Angelus Avenue (see Photo 6). Many drivers exiting the southern School lot turn right onto
northbound Angelus Avenue to proceed to the curve. However, if pedestrians are crossing the
north leg of Angeles Avenue at Graves Avenue, some northbound drivers were observed
turning left onto westbound Graves Avenue to "bypass" the delay caused by the pedestrians.
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DATA
The most recent 3-year reported traffic collision history (1/1/12-12/31/14) for Klingerman
Street (east of Charlotte Avenue) and Angelus Avenue (north of Graves Avenue) indicates that
there was only one reported collision on the curve. Based on the Statewide Integrated Traffic
Records System (SWITRS) traffic collision data obtained from the California Highway Patrol, the
collision occurred at the intersection of Klingerman Street and Charlotte Avenue on August 20,
2014, when one vehicle broadsided another vehicle causing only property damage (i.e., no
injuries).
Average daily traffic (24-hour directional) counts (Attachment A) were conducted on
Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the following locations (see Exhibit 1):
• Angelus Avenue between Graves Avenue and Klingerman Street
• Klingerman Street between Angelus Avenue and Charlotte Avenue
• Graves Avenue between Angelus Avenue and Charlotte Avenue
• Charlotte Avenue between Graves Avenue and Klingerman Street
• Gladys Avenue between Graves Avenue and Klingerman Street
The heaviest approach volumes (over a one hour period) to the curve are as follows:
• Eastbound Klingerman Street [421 vehicles per day (vpd), with 43 vehicles from 5:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m.]
• Northbound Angelus Avenue (500 vpd, with 103 vehicles in from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.)
The majority of the northbound traffic on Angelus Avenue during the a.m. peak hour is likely due
to parents dropping off their child at Rice Elementary School (start bell at 8:17 a.m.). During the
afternoon pick-up time (end bell at 2:35 p.m.), the northbound volume is 79 vehicles between
2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Turning movement counts (Attachment B) at Angelus Avenue / Graves Avenue and San
Gabriel Boulevard / Klingerman Street were also conducted on November 5, 2015. These
counts (see Exhibit 2) indicate that the 83 vehicles from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. travel on
northbound Angelus Avenue just north of Graves Avenue. These a. m. peak hour trips were
comprised of trips from the following approaches:
• Northbound Angelus Avenue Through Movement = 66 vehicles (80 percent)
• Eastbound Graves Avenue Left Turn Movement = 17 vehicles (20 percent)
Origin-destination surveys were conducted by recording the last four digits of the license plate
on vehicles passing through at the following locations on November 5, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. to
8:30 a.m. and from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. (Attachment C):
• Angelus Avenue south of Graves Avenue
• Klingerman Street between Gladys Avenue and Charlotte Avenue
• Graves Avenue between Gladys Avenue and Charlotte Avenue
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As summarized in Exhibit 3, the predominant origin-destination movements through the curve
in each direction are as follows:
• Northbound Angelus Avenue (south of Graves Avenue) through the curve to westbound
Klingerman Street (west of Charlotte Avenue) = "Direction 1" (white line). Approximately
41 and 20 drivers used this route during the 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 3:15
p.m. survey period, respectively. Two vehicles that were documented during the a.m.
period apparently used this route to depart the area during the 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
period.
• Eastbound Klingerman Street (west of Charlotte Avenue) through the curve to
southbound Angelus Avenue and then a right turn onto Graves Avenue = "Direction 6"
(yellow line). Approximately 9 and 5 drivers used this route during the 7:30 a.m. to 8:30
a.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. survey period, respectively.
Radar speed surveys were conducted on the morning and the afternoon of November 5, 2015
on the approach and departure legs of the curve (Attachment D). As summarized in Exhibit 4,
the highest 85th percentile speeds recorded on the approaches are as follows:
• Northbound Angelus Avenue = 27 miles per hour (mph) during both one-hour survey
periods (i.e., 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
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ANALYSIS •
Mid-block Closure
An alternative to reduce eastbound Klingerman Street approach traffic to the curve is to install a
"half-closure" on Klingerman Street at Charlotte Avenue. Such a closure (see Photo 7 for an
example) would essentially make the Klingerman Street (just east of Charlotte Avenue) a one-
way westbound approach to Charlotte Avenue. This half-closure is not recommended because
it would divert a total of approximately 400 vehicles per day (vpd) onto the neighboring streets of
Charlotte Avenue and/or Gladys Avenue between Klingerman Street and Graves Avenue. This
alternative could be implemented in the northbound Angelus Avenue north of Graves Avenue.
Tphee- half-closure in this direction would divert roughly 500 vpd onto Graves Avenue.
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A "full-closure" of the Klingerman Street/Angelus Avenue curve is not recommended. Such a
closure would divert a total of 900 vpd onto nearby residential streets (approximately 400 vpd
onto Charlotte Avenue and/or Gladys Avenue, as well as 500 vpd onto Graves Avenue).
Supplemental Traffic Control Devices
Photo 8 shows where a delineator is missing along the centerline of the curve. Most likely, the
impact of a vehicle caused the delineator to dislodge. During the recording of the videos, no
drivers were observed hitting any of the delineators or crossing the centerline. Photo 9 shows a
type of "interlocking" delineators that can probably withstand the impact of a vehicle better than
the current installation of `individual" delineators along the curve. If some more of the existing
delineators get dislodged, the City should consider replacing them with the interlocking
delineators.
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Photos 10 and 11 (video screen shots) shows the northbound Angelus Avenue and eastbound
Klingerman Street approach to the curve, respectively, where only two of the chevron signs are
visible. As described in the caption of each photo, an additional chevron sign should be
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Another traffic control device considered was a STOP control in the curve. However, a mid-
block STOP control such as this is not standard and would not be considered at this location.
As a comparison, the 2014 California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
provides guidelines for STOP control installations. The guidelines state STOP control should be
considered at a minor intersection if there are at least five correctable collisions in a 3-year
period. The Klingerman Street/Angelus Avenue curve is not a minor intersection and there were
no reported collisions along the curve or its approaches for the recent 3-year period (1/1/12-
12/31/14). Adding STOP signs at the curve is not standard and is not justified as a measure to
reduce collisions.
Vehicular Speeds
Based on field observations conducted on November 30, 2015, some northbound drivers on
Angelus Avenue speed up to over 30 mph after stopping at Keim Street and then brake
i suddenly to negotiate the curve. This behavior could be a result of northbound drivers having
two blocks (or — 900 feet between Keim Street and Klingerman Street) to accelerate before
reaching the curve. Installing stop controls on Angelus Avenue at Graves Avenue would reduce
this distance to approximately 500 feet, and likely reduce the amount of speeding on
northbound (NB) Angelus Avenue between Graves Avenue and the curve. The MUTCD states
that "STOP signs should not be used for speed control". Therefore, an analysis of Angelus
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Avenue at Graves Avenue was conducted to determine if right-of-way issues between vehicles
and/or pedestrians should be addressed with stop signs.
STOP Control on Angelus Avenue at Graves Avenue
The table below summarizes the criteria that will be used to evaluate the need for all-way STOP
control.
A. Collisions- Five or more reported crashes in a 12-month period that are
susceptible to correction by a multi-way stop installation. Such crashes
include right-turn and left-turn collisions as well as right-angle collisions.
a Minimum Volume and Delay
1. The vehicular volume entering the intersection from the major
street approaches (total of both approaches) averages at least
300 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of an average day;
2. and the combined vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle volume
entering the intersection from the minor street approaches (total
of both approaches) averages at least 200 units per hour for the
• same 8 hours, with an average delay to minor-street vehicular
traffic of at least 30 seconds per vehicle during the highest hour.
C. Other Criteria such as:
1. The need to control left-turn conflicts;
2. The need to control vehicle/pedestrian conflicts;
3. Locations where a road user, after stopping, cannot see
conflicting traffic and is not able to negotiate the
intersection unless conflicting cross traffic is also required to stop;
4. Characteristics where multi-way stop control would improve traffic
operational characteristics of the intersection.
Since there were not any reported collisions at the intersection of Angelus Avenue and Graves
Avenue during the recent 3-year period (1/1/12-12/31/14), the collision criteria for all-way stop
control was not met.
From the turning movement and pedestrian counts (summarized on Exhibit 2), 316 vehicles
entered the Angelus Avenue/Graves Avenue intersection from Angelus Avenue during
afternoon peak hour (2:15 p.m. — 3: 15 p.m.), while 192 pedestrians crossed the north leg of
Angelus Avenue and 53 vehicles entered the intersection from eastbound (EB) Graves Avenue.
During this one hour period in the afternoon, the MUTCD minimum volume criteria (stated
above) was met. However, it is not likely that this criteria (minimum 300 vph) was met any other
hour of the day since there were only 198 vehicles on Angelus Avenue that entered the
intersection during the morning peak hour (7:30 a.m. — 8:30 a.m.).
As for the other criteria, there is a substantial amount of left-turn conflicts at the intersection:
• 89 Northbound (NB) Angelus Avenue Left-turns vs. 181 pedestrians crossing west leg of
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Graves Avenue from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
• 52 NB Angelus Avenue Left-turns vs. 255 pedestrians crossing west leg of Graves
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There is also a substantial amount of vehicle/pedestrian conflicts at the crosswalk across the
north leg of Angelus Avenue:
• 43 vph on Southbound (SB) Angelus Avenue + 155 vph on NB Angelus Avenue vs. 76
pedestrians from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
• 26 vph on SB Angelus Avenue + 92 vph on NB Angelus Avenue vs. 192 pedestrians
from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
The installation of STOP signs on Angelus Avenue at Graves Avenue would create an all-way
stopped intersection. This would condition drivers on northbound and southbound Angelus
Avenue to stop all the time, and not just during the periods of a school day when the crossing
guard is present. This implementation of STOP signs would enhance safety at Angelus
Avenue/Graves Avenue, because drivers fall into the habit of stopping all the time before
entering the intersection and are less likely to collide with a crossing pedestrian.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the evaluation provided, it is recommended the City install STOP signs on Angelus
Avenue at Graves Avenue, for the following benefits:
• Reduce the possibility of collisions involving NB-SB vehicles and pedestrians crossing
the north leg
• Reduce the possibility of collisions involving NB left-turns/SB right-turns and pedestrians
crossing the west leg
• Condition drivers on all approaches to stop before entering the intersection
• Reduce speeds of vehicles traveling NB on Angelus Avenue between Graves Avenue
and the curve
It is further recommended that additional traffic controls be installed along the curve including:
• Interlocking delineators to replace current individual delineators and raised round
markers along the centerline
• Another chevron sign on each approach to the curve
Thank you for the opportunity to be of continuing service to the City of Rosemead. Should you
have any questions regarding this analysis, please contact me at glum@willdan.com or
(510) 695-7434 or Mrs. Joanne Itagaki at jitauaki @willdan.com or(562)364-8519.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLDAN ENGINEERING
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Copy: Joanne Itagaki
101555/R01 Curve Evaluation GL12115 Final 2015-12-15
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City of Rosemead
TRAFFIC CONCERN NOTIFICATION
The City of Rosemead Traffic Commission will be reviewing a request for the installation of
additional signage and striping improvements in the area of Angelus Avenue and Klingerman
Street. Requests have been received for the Traffic Commission to review the safety conditions in
this area due to vehicle speeds, the sharp curve, and the proximity to Rice Elementary School.
Engineering staff has proposed the installation of an all-way Stop on Angelus Avenue at Graves
Avenue, and additional "Chevron" signs to enhance the existing signs along the curve, and
additional inter locking delineators and raised round markers when the current delineators are
beyond repairs.
You are being notified because your property is in close proximity to this location. We encourage
your comments regarding traffic safety in this area. If you wish to comment on the issue, you are
invited to attend the Traffic Commission's next meeting on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7 PM at
the Rosemead City Hall City Council Chambers.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may send a letter with your comments directly to City
Hall, attention Jonathan Wu, Public Works Manager. You may also fax your letter to City Hall at
(626) 307-9218.
We appreciate your concern for traffic safety in the City of Rosemead. Should you have any
questions regarding this letter, please contact us at(626) 569-2150.
For information please call:
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PROPOSED SIGNAGE AND STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS —
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