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# City Hall walks toward safety
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-hall-walks-toward-safety/
- Published: 2005-07-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:31:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Downtown, #archive-import

*Money slated for better parking communication*

*By Daily Press staff*

(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures that appear on the upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.) COUNCIL CHAMBERS — Having residents be able to walk safely across the street is worth nearly $140,000 to elected officials.

The City Council tonight is expected to spend $139,008 to improve the downtown traffic light and crosswalk system, as well as to improve communication between public and private parking lots.

In late 2004, Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) were installed downtown, with the intent of expanding them throughout the city. City staff have previously deemed Advanced Traffic Management Systems an effective way of directing the flow of pedestrian traffic as they provide synchronized timing of traffic signals. The crosswalk signals indicate via a posted screen how many seconds a person has to cross the street.

Following through on their 2004 commitment to efficient traffic management, City Hall will install ATMS at the following locations: • Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard • Broadway between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard • Colorado Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard • Pico Boulevard between Fourth Street and Lincoln Boulevard • Lincoln Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Marine Street Additionally, the $139,008 will go toward the goal of replacing all existing leased communication lines between public and private parking lots, and the parking management office, which are now leased from Adelphia. The lease agreement expires in seven years, and it is city official’s hope to support a self-sufficient communication infrastructure by that time.

City staff received proposals from six engineering firms in April of 2005, and chose Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, a division of Iteris, Inc., to do the job.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 26, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072605.pdf?ref=smdp.com)