A report on emergency evacuation times in Berkeley reveals the tension between traffic calming measures and emergency evacuations. City-wide evacuation times can take from 2 hours and 30 minutes to nearly 4 hours, affected by the time of day. Specific regions, like West Berkeley, show varying evacuation durations, highlighting inadequate infrastructure for large-scale evacuations. Traffic calming measures, essential for daily safety, significantly hinder evacuation speeds. The report suggests potential modifications, like retractable traffic devices, to improve evacuation efficiency while maintaining public safety on roadways.
The report found that city-wide evacuation times can vary from 2 hours and 30 minutes to nearly 4 hours, depending on time of day and day of the week.
Evacuating West Berkeley past 7th Street during a tsunami would take between 1 hour and 50 minutes to 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Traffic calming measures hinder evacuation times, particularly south and west of the University of California, Berkeley, campus.
Delays from traffic calming devices could be alleviated by installing retractable versions and transitioning intersections to actuated or adaptive signals.
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