Roads
The City's Engineering Division oversees street improvement projects and traffic related issues. The City's Community Services Department is responsible for maintenance of the streets, including landscaping, street striping and pot hole repair.
Street Maintenance
The City performs ongoing street resurfacing and repair schedule. Each year, sections of the City are scheduled for slurry seal or repaving based on the condition of the streets.
Traffic and Traffic Safety
The City's Engineering Division conducts traffic studies as needed and in compliance with California State law. In 2022, the City Council set a priority of conducting traffic studies on City streets to analysis speed limits, safety enhancements, and road improvements.
Street Projects
The City has hired KOA to create a Local Roadway Safety Plan for the City of Claremont. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) established a program for cities to prepare a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) to identify safety needs and recommend projects to address these needs. This document serves as the LRSP for the City of Claremont.
Funded by Caltrans, an LRSP provides an opportunity for local agencies to evaluate roadway safety problems through data analysis and improve roadway safety through infrastructure implementation, education, and enforcement programs/campaigns. Preparing an LRSP creates a framework to identify and analyze safety problems and recommend safety improvements systematically.
An LRSP analyzes collision data, assesses infrastructure deficiencies through an inventory of roadway system elements, and identifies roadway safety solutions on a citywide basis. The State created the LRSP to help local agencies develop safety projects that can be submitted for funding as part of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and other funding programs sources such as the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. These programs require that an LRSP, or equivalent plans such as a Vision Zero Plan or Systemic Safety Analysis Report (SSAR), be completed in order to apply for available funding opportunities.
Towne Avenue Improvement Project
The City of Claremont recently improved Towne Avenue from Foothill Boulevard to Base Line Road utilizing a Complete Streets Design. The new street improvements incorporate design elements to reduce speeds and increase visibility for cyclists and pedestrians. The width of the lanes was reduced, new landscaped medians added, and protected bike lanes created in sections where space allowed. The City also added green paint to bike lanes in areas where drivers and cyclists are at a higher risk of colliding. Green bike lanes make drivers and bicyclists more aware of each other as they share the road. This increased visibility enhances safety by reducing collisions. The green paint does not change the rules of the road.
For drivers and cyclist unfamiliar with the green striping and signage: Towne Avenue Bike Lane Markings(PDF, 491KB)
Traffic and Transportation Commission
The Traffic and Transportation Commission reviews and comments on the traffic impacts of major development proposals. This includes traffic circulation plans, public transportation, and similar items referred to the commission by the City Council or other commissions.
Meeting Schedule:
Fourth Thursday of each month, 7 p.m.
City Council Chamber, 225 West Second Street, Claremont
Members (year after name indicates end of current term):
Dylan Arya (2028); Charles Edwards (2027); Esau Ramos (2027); Sonja Stump, Chair (2027); Andrew Velebil (2028); Richard Weiner, Vice Chair (2025); Paul Wheeler (2026).
Compensation & Membership: Claremont elected officials may not serve on the commission. Commissioners may not serve on more than one commission at the same time. There is no compensation.