67.04 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; USE OF MEDIANS.

1.   The City Council of the City of Coralville, Iowa, makes the following findings:

   A.   Pedestrian fatalities have increased 59% from 2009 to 2019, with 82% of the fatalities occurring in Urban Areas according to the 2019 according to the Nation Traffic Administration Fact Sheet.

   B.   That studies have found that approximately 40% of pedestrians struck by a vehicle traveling 30 mph will die when being hit by a vehicle compared to 2% of pedestrians will die when hit at a speed of 20 mph or lower. See Literature Review on Vehicle Traffic Speeds and Pedestrian Injurieds (2000).

   C.   That the National Association of City Traffic Officials Urban Street Design Guide for Pedestrian Safety Islands recommends that a median or island at an intersection should be at a minimum six feet wide and the recommendation is at least eight to ten feet wide. See Pedestrian Safety Islands | National Association of City Transportation Officials (nacto.org).

   D.   That the City Engineer has determined based upon GIS maps and/or where appropriate, site visits that the intersections listed in section 2 of this do not have medians of islands of adequate width for pedestrian refuge, therefore, pedestrians should be prohibited from standing, sitting or staying in the medians at these intersections for any other purpose other than to cross the road.

   E.   That because the aprons of the roundabouts in the city streets are designed to be driven across by vehicle, no pedestrians shall stand, sit or stay on the aprons or splitter islands of any roundabouts in the City as listed in section 3.

2.   For streets with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour or higher, pedestrians are prohibited from standing, sitting or staying on a median for any other purpose other than to cross the street unless the median is paved and the width of the top surface of the median is at least ten feet wide. This prohibits pedestrians from standing, sitting or staying on a median at the following intersections of the city:

   A.   1 st Avenue and 2 nd Street

   B.   1 st Avenue and Interstate 80 on and off ramps

   C.   4 th Avenue and 2 nd Street

   D.   12 th Avenue and 2 nd Street

   E.   20 th Avenue and 2 nd Street

   F.   22 nd Avenue and 2 nd Street

   G.   25 th Avenue and 2 nd Street

   H.   Coral Ridge Mall entrance and 2 nd Street

   I.   Coral Ridge Avenue and 2 nd Street

   J.   Lowe’s entrances (east and west) and 2 nd Street

   K.   Jones Boulevard and 2 nd Street

   L.   Merchant Street and 2 nd Street

   M.   Lucas Avenue and 2 nd Street

   N.   WestCor Drive and 2 nd Street

   O.   Jones Boulevard and Heartland Drive

   P.   Commerce Drive and Wal-Mart entrance

   Q.   Coral Ridge Avenue and Commerce Drive

   R.   Coral Ridge Avenue and Heartland Dr/Holiday Rd

   S.   Coral Ridge Avenue and Oakdale Boulevard

   T.   Coral Ridge Avenue and University Parkway

   U.   Coral Ridge Avenue and Wheaton Boulevard

   V.   Coral Ridge Avenue and Forevergreen Road

   W.   Forevergreen Road and Crosspark Road

   X.   Oakdale Boulevard and 1 st Avenue

   Y.   Oakdale Boulevard and 12 th Avenue

   Z.   Oakdale Boulevard and Crosspark Road

   AA.   Holiday Road and Holiday Court

   BB.   Heartland Drive and Heartland Place

   CC.   Crosspark Road and University Parkway

3.   Pedestrians and prohibited from standing, sitting or staying on the apron or splitter islands of any of the following roundabout intersections:

   A.   1 st Avenue and Holiday Road

   B.   12 th Avenue and Holiday Road

   C.   West entrance to Coral North and Holiday Road

   D.   University Parkway and University Court

   E.   University Court and Ridgeway Drive

   F.   Heartland Drive and private road to the south of Aldi’s

   G.   Commerce Drive and Commercial Park

   H.   North Liberty Road and Forevergreen Road

   I.   E. 7 th Street and E. 2 nd Avenue

   J.   E. 2 nd Avenue and E. 9 th Street

   K.   E. 9 th Street and Quarry Road

4.   This section does not apply to the following:

   A.   Police officers, peace officers and parking enforcement personnel of the police department or parking department and fire department personnel while performing office duties of the city.

   B.   Employees or contractors for the city or other individuals authorized by the city to perform construction or maintenance work on city streets or rights-of-way, while performing construction or maintenance work on the street provided proper traffic control is employed by said workers.

   C.   Any individual responding to an emergency in the street.

(Ord. 2022-1007 – Mar. 23 Supp.)