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File Number: 19-122 <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City entered into the original contract with Redflex Traffic Systems (“Redflex”) on September <br />13, 2005 to administer its red light camera program. The contract was for a period of five (5) <br />years with a sunset date of December 12, 2010. The City’s contract authorized an extension that <br />expired on April 12, 2011. The City renewed its contract with Redflex on April 20, 2011, agreeing <br />to an eight (8) year contract. The contract costs are $5,200 per month per site, which includes all <br />associated technology and maintenance provided by Redflex. Police and Traffic Engineering staff <br />identified the following original five (5) locations, dispersed throughout the City. Note that two <br />cameras are utilized at the Washington/Halcyon-Floresta intersection. <br />1.Marina Blvd/Teagarden Street (eastbound)-implemented 12/13/05 <br />2.Washington Ave/Halcyon Dr-Floresta Blvd (eastbound & westbound)-implemented <br />12/13/05 <br />3.Lewelling Blvd/Washington Ave (eastbound)-implemented 12/13/05 <br />4.East 14th Street/Fairmont Dr (eastbound)-implemented 5/11/06 <br />5.East 14th Street/Davis St (northbound)-implemented 5/11/06 <br />The Lewelling Blvd/Washington Ave location was removed in the 2010-2011 time frame due to <br />low violation rates. <br />Analysis <br />On April 18, 2011, City staff analyzed collision data associated with the intersections chosen (see <br />above) and presented their findings to Council. The analysis spanned a four-year period prior to <br />full ARLE implementation (5/2001) and compared that data to four years of full ARLE <br />implementation. Staff observed a 30% decrease in collisions at these intersections, from 136 <br />collisions down to 93. To meet Caltrans permit requirements, an additional ARLE study was <br />completed in 2016 by Willdan Engineering. The study reviewed nine years of pre-ARLE collision <br />data, nine years of post-ARLE implementation collision data, and a decade worth of citation data. <br />A primary finding from the study was that collision rates at the four ARLE intersections are <br />decreasing as compared to the eight non-ARLE intersections. <br />The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study completed in July 2016, “Effect of Turning On and <br />Off Red Light Cameras on Fatal Crashes in Large U.S. Cities,” provided estimates of the effects <br />of operable cameras and the effects of turning them off. The study found that after controlling for <br />temporal trends in annual fatal crash rates, population density and unemployment rates, rates of <br />fatal red light running crashes and of all fatal crashes at signalized intersections in cities with <br />cameras programs were 21 and 14 percent lower, respectively, after cameras were turned on <br />than what would have been expected without cameras. Rates of fatal red light running crashes <br />and of all fatal crashes at signalized intersections in 14 cities that terminated red light camera <br />programs during 2010-14 were 30 and 16 percent higher, respectively, after cameras were <br />turned off than would have been expected had cameras remained. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/8/2019