First Phase Streets

  • Flores St. – Elsmere Pl. to Ashby Pl.
  • Summit Ave. – Blanco Rd. to San Pedro Ave. 

Short-Term Projects: Early‑action improvements that can be implemented more quickly.

Medium- to Long‑Term Projects: More complex improvements requiring additional engineering and longer timelines for design and construction.


Short-Term Projects

Short-term projects for traffic calming in Alta Vista 
IMPROVEMENT TYPELOCATION
1. Centerline Pavement MarkingsSummit Ave (Blanco Rd to San Pedro Ave.)
3. Stop Bar and High Visibility Crosswalk

Flores St.

  • at Kings Hwy - west and east legs (stop bar only)
  • at Summit Ave.
  • at Magnolia Ave.
  • at Mistletoe Ave - west and east legs
  • at Ashby Pl. - north leg (stop bar only)

Summit Ave.

  • at Blanco Rd. - east leg
  • at Ripley Ave. - south leg
  • at Breeden St.

 

Medium- to Long‑Term Projects

Medium to Long-term projects for traffic calming in Alta Vista
IMPROVEMENT TYPELOCATION
4. Raised CrosswalkSummit Ave. (at Breeden St. - east and south legs)
7. Traffic Signal ImprovementFlores St. (at Woodlawn Ave. - pedestrian phasing, protected left turn, and lead pedestrian interval)
8. Study Multiway StopFlores St. (at Russell Pl.)
9. Median IslandFlores St. (at Grammercy Pl. /  Fulton Ave. - mini roundabout)

 

Note: Numbers next to the improvement type in the tables below correspond to the full set of improvement categories evaluated across all neighborhoods. Nonsequential numbering indicates improvement types that were assessed but not recommended. 

Map showing the Alta Vista area  where first‑wave traffic‑calming improvements are recommended. The improvements are located on Flores Street from Elsmere Place to Ashby Place; and Summit Avenue from San Pedro Avenue to Shook Avenue. The list of these projects is provided in Table 1 and Table 2.

Documents

Timeline

complete
complete
February - March 2025

Listening Sessions with neighborhoods

resident stakeholders meet with transportation officials to discuss challenges along streets within the footprint of the green line

View the Alta Vista Neighborhood Phase 1 Report 

View the Monte Vista Neighborhood Phase 1 Report

 

 

complete
complete
September - November 2025

Preliminary Alternatives Analysis

Top priority locations identified

Traffic Calming Assessments of priority locations

complete
complete
December 15, 2025

Public Meeting #1

Cat Hernandez with Transportation addresses the crowd regarding the Green Line Traffic Calming project for the neighborhoods surrounding the coming transit project

live
live
December 2025- January 2026

Block walking and canvassing of priority locations south of Olmos Drive

planned
planned
January 2026

Final Traffic Calming Recommendation

Public Meeting #2 to review final recommendations

planned
planned
February 2026

90% design plans

Public Meeting #3 to review

planned
planned
March 2026

100% design plans (completed)

Construction notices sent to affected areas

planned
planned
April 2026

Construction begins on traffic calming measures