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Background

A proposal has been made to RPCC to convert Livingston to a one-way street to decrease traffic volume and speeding in the community. Vehicles would not be able to enter Livingston from College, but would still be able to exit from Livingston to College.

As many residents might remember, Livingston was originally supposed to be completely closed to through traffic when the westbound 94 freeway off-ramp was reconfigured several years ago, but in the end it was left open with an agreement for a traffic impact study at a later date. Unfortunately, that study was never done.

We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the volume of cut-through traffic and speeding in the last few years thanks to GPS apps such as Google Maps and Waze. These apps show drivers that the fastest way to reach University is NOT by traveling on College, but by cutting through the community via Livingston.

• Our traffic study completed 18 months ago showed that almost 1,200 vehicles were using Livingston to Aragon daily. That is not all of the traffic using Livingston as vehicles also travel east to 69th to cut through on other streets.
• Spot checks show that a minimum of 67% of vehicles entering on Livingston to Aragon is cut-through traffic that continues to University and beyond. Between Celia Vista and University, the traffic volume increases to more than 2,500 vehicles daily with additional traffic from feeder streets.
• Vehicle speeds that start at 25 mph when entering Livingston from College increase northbound and become 40+ mph between Celia Vista and University.

Converting Livingston to a one-way street will lessen the volume of cut-through traffic. However, a certain percentage of vehicles will still continue to cut through the community by entering via the College/College Grove intersection or via Massachusetts to Waite. Our traffic engineer is not certain what kind of increase to expect, but it is unlikely to be the same volume as currently using Livingston.

If a majority agrees, the process will begin to gather the requisite signatures.

Please consider what’s best for the community when you vote. The convenience of Livingston comes at a price as unfortunately, a high percentage of our neighbors north of University also find it very convenient.