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CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
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The Honorable City Council ACTION:
Kenneth Gilbert, Director of Public
August 1, 1997 (Meeting of 8- 20 -97)
SUBJECT: Discussion of
Engine Braking
the City
BACKGROUND
Proposed Action to Prohibit the Use of
(Jake Braking) on State Highways Within
Engine braking -- or jake braking -- is a practice used by truck
drivers to reduce the speed of a truck by down shifting to a lower
gear. The practice is most often used on a down grade.
Unfortunately, the use of jake braking generates excessive noise.
The excessive noise is not compatible with urbanized and /or
residential areas.
In order to address the noise problems associated with jake
braking, staff submitted an Encroachment Permit Application to
Caltrans which, if approved, would allow the City to prohibit this
practice on the State Highways (Walnut Canyon Road, Moorpark
Avenue, Los Angeles Avenue and New Los Angeles Avenue) within the
City. The permit application included a draft resolution
establishing those restrictions. It was the intent of staff to
present that resolution to the City Council upon receipt of
Caltrans approval of the Encroachment Permit.
A copy of the permit application has been provided to the City
Council under separate cover. A picture of the sign proposed to be
installed at certain locations on the highway, is attached as
Exhibit 1.
DISCUSSION
Caltrans has denied the City's Permit Application (see Exhibit 2).
It is the position of Caltrans that such a prohibition [use of a
BLACK on WHITE sign] could be viewed as the source of a potential
safety problem. Caltrans has stated that advisory signs [BLACK on
YELLOW signs] could be placed with Caltrans approval. The options
are:
1. Drop further efforts to install any signs;
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2. Proceed with a revised application to install advisory signs
[BLACK on YELLOW signs]; or,
3. Appeal the denial of the use of regulatory signs [BLACK on WHITE
signs] .
CONCLUSIONS
1. It is unlikely that Caltrans will be dissuaded from their
decision to disallow this prohibition due the concerns they have
regarding safety and liability.
2. Caltrans has stated that the use of advisory signs [YELLOW] in
lieu of regulatory signs [WHITE] is just as effective.
3. It is recommend that the City proceed with efforts necessary to
install advisory signs [BLACK on YELLOW], evaluate the
effectiveness of those signs and report back to the City Council
regarding said effectiveness approximately one year subsequent
to the installation of such signs.
RECOMMNDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council direct staff to proceed with
an amended Caltrans Encroachment Permit Application for the
installation of advisory signs [YELLOW] urging trucks to not use
engine braking within the City and to report back to the City
Council regarding the effectiveness of those signs.
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