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Staff reported that city police monthly reports documented 22 collisions for the quarter while TIMS — which focuses on injury collisions and updates later — showed 16 injury collisions for the same period. The TIMS snapshot included one collision classified as a serious injury and five pedestrian-involved collisions; TIMS identified one bicycle-involved collision.

Staff identified the serious-injury incident as a crash at Brighton Avenue and San Pablo Avenue in which an electric scooter was struck while crossing outside a marked crosswalk just north of the Brighton intersection at about 1 a.m.; the TIMS/police summary attributed fault to the scooter operator. Staff also noted pedestrian-involved collisions at San Pablo and Portland, Solano and Ventura, and Marin and Peralta, and a vehicle-bicycle collision at Masonic and Solano. For the quarter, staff reported 149 citations issued and seven DUI arrests in the monthly police tallies.

The presentation included a citywide heat map and multiple TIMS-generated charts. Commissioners praised the heat map as a useful spatial planning tool but questioned the legibility of the quarter-by-quarter line charts and asked staff to provide annual trend charts or stacked-bar visualizations that make multi-year patterns easier to interpret. Commissioners also requested that staff provide the underlying spreadsheet so commissioners can analyze or re-visualize the data themselves.

A number of commissioners asked staff to exclude freeway incidents (staff noted two freeway collisions in the quarter) when analyzing city-street safety trends because freeway crashes can skew small-city totals and are often outside local traffic-control jurisdiction. Staff said TIMS can be sliced in multiple ways and agreed to refine reporting: exclude freeway incidents for city-only trend views, prioritize the heat map for the Active Transportation Plan, and provide a clearer annual-trend chart (commission feedback favored stacked bars or annual aggregates over noisy quarterly lines). Justin (City staff) said TIMS provides a later, mappable snapshot that can show additional injury reports not yet in monthly police tallies.

Commissioners and staff also discussed which collision types to prioritize for follow-up (for example, vehicle turns that strike pedestrians, and right-on-red conflicts) and possible actions the city can take as part of the Active Transportation Plan. Staff asked for feedback about preferred chart formats and reporting cadence; several commissioners advised an annual summary and targeted quarterly updates for hotspots.

Staff will return with updated figures and improved visualizations; commissioners requested that future reports explicitly separate freeway collisions from city-street collisions, include collision-type breakdowns, and supply downloadable data for independent inspection.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Transportation Commission - July 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff presented first-quarter 2025 injury-collision data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System and monthly police reports; commissioners asked for clearer trend charts, exclusion of freeway incidents for city-focused analysis, and raw data for independent review.","taxTitle","Albany City, Alameda County, California","taxId",72346,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6487007,"Albany Transportation Commission backs short-term 'kiss-and-ride' changes at three schools",6323,608000,6931000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5477839-10ea30f69e280dd23ce0088a5acba35d&start=608&end=6931","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5477839-10ea30f69e280dd23ce0088a5acba35d/thumbnail_608000.jpg","/articles/6487007/Albany-City/Alameda-County/California/Albany-Transportation-Commission-backs-short-term-kiss-and-ride-changes-at-three-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6487007-a102fa5d4ad97672286db124dbe01646/orig.mp4?Expires=1770931984&Signature=W8HD3jg1LDzE~e-TlZ3tOCbqumllIeITxPMpIQrqQzn4zsRAAbrJZ1j8HG4JfN6GaCYahqffKpizzNznP~8fs7mvVN1xGEvAq1EWn6IC3Kl3Ob7jN~3A02Fartqky3-DVaWB-l1wAZgrQFHldhhwV9wCreuawVsFH9jCH-43UCpPjalCVUUVLw5B6CIbacOjxoOUpCkiweEhYFVPKZI~hKXpq6v0-KOs9vRwxQ0NDxWngxAl1jeEUPW8k6pW6YFGrWzFRf2Cv-s2yyfgq4Y8n9eWY9CVArnCQDhT8o~L-LZy515lt606NKCTz4NZ94ncHIqEPNryeooxk8nl0ttFmQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Albany Transportation Commission on July 24 recommended that city staff install signage and stripe curb zones to amend morning drop-off areas at Albany Middle School, Cornell Elementary and Marin Elementary, and asked staff to pursue additional operational ideas as feasible.

The recommendation, approved by voice and roll call, directs staff to implement short-term, low-cost changes — primarily paint and signs — intended to reduce curbside congestion and improve pedestrian and bicycle safety at school arrival times. Staff told commissioners they aim to install what is feasible within about three weeks, ahead of the school year.

Staff presentations described site-specific changes: extend the westbound loading zone on Brighton Avenue by 100 feet adjacent to Albany Middle School; consolidate two 70-foot loading zones on Cornell Avenue into a single 140-foot “kiss-and-ride” (passenger loading) lane and convert the Talbot-side loading area to a 15-minute parking zone for TK/K parents; and shift the Curtis Street loading zone at Marin Elementary about 50 feet north and reconfigure it as a 120-foot managed passenger loading area aligned with the school entrance.

Justin (City staff) told the commission the immediate work is a maintenance project to refresh and reallocate curb designations and that the city has discussed the plans with principals at each school. “We are hoping to implement these changes within the next 3 weeks,” Justin said. Ben (City staff) noted operational constraints: “We’re likely limited to paint on the street,” and that temporary cones or delineator posts are possible but present operational challenges for daytime removal and storage.

Commissioners and members of the public urged pairing the curb work with behavior changes and modest physical protections. Multiple speakers — including a resident who said, “it’s a mess and it’s just dangerous for kids” — pushed for hardened red zones and volunteer or school-run programs to manage the flow. Commissioners suggested painting buffer stripes to slow traffic, marking clear queuing lanes, and encouraging remote drop-off areas such as the library lot or staged spots on Masonic Avenue.

Cornell-specific details recorded in the presentation: two existing northbound 70-foot loading zones would be consolidated into a single 140-foot kiss-and-ride serving grades 1–5; TK and kindergarten would use the Talbot entrance adjacent to a proposed 15-minute parking zone so parents can walk younger students into the building. Staff said they will solicit ideas for managing the kiss-and-ride (for example, designated curb door-opening points and temporary signage frames) given limited staff resources.

At Albany Middle School staff proposed the 100-foot extension on Brighton Avenue to reduce spillover congestion on San Gabriel Avenue and to promote use of Masonic Avenue as an alternative drop-off location. At Marin Elementary staff proposed relocating the Curtis loading zone to better align with the school entrance and converting it to a managed passenger loading area during morning drop-off.

After discussion and public comment the commission voted to recommend the maps and related changes as presented, together with the commissioners’ operational suggestions. The motion carried on a roll call with all commissioners present voting in the affirmative.

Staff said they will work with the school district (staff referred to coordination with USD) on parent education, monitor the rollout and make adjustments as needed, and incorporate larger or permanent design ideas into phase 3 of the city’s Active Transportation Plan. Implementation in the near term will focus on paint and signage; any vertical or hardened elements would require additional operational planning and budget.","On July 24 the Albany Transportation Commission recommended staff install signage and curb striping to establish or adjust loading zones at Albany Middle School, Cornell Elementary and Marin Elementary, approving a package of near-term paint-and-sign changes intended for implementation before the school year.","actionData","errors"]

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