Traffic Engineering, a division of the Public Works Department, oversees the installation, design, and monitoring of traffic signals, signs and road markings to ensure the safe and efficient flow of traffic on City streets. Services include:
311 Requests
Oxnard 311 is a City website portal where residents can communicate traffic concerns and submit a service request that will be routed directly to traffic engineering.
Examples of services include:
- Traffic signal on flash or dark
- Traffic signal timing and phasing
- Red curb requests
- Traffic signage such as no parking, school crossing, and street markings
Traffic Signals Operations & Maintenance
Contact: (805) 385-7871
Traffic Engineers control the Traffic Management Center (TMC) equipped with an advanced communications network linking traffic signals and detection cameras* for vehicles and bicycles. The TMC provides this data to assist the City with monitoring and optimizing traffic circulation on local streets to adjust traffic signal timing.
*Detection cameras are for data only, images are not being recorded or stored
Programs, Guidelines & Studies
Contact: (805) 385-7927
Traffic engineers and planners work on programs, guidelines and studies that inform the Speed Hump Program, Speed Limits, Local Roadway Safety Plan, Sustainable Transportation Plan, and the Safe Routes to School Plan.
The LRSP builds on existing and ongoing safety efforts by proactively identifying and evaluating collision hot spots and systemic risk factors throughout the City. The LRSP identifies proven countermeasures that can be implemented through roadway design changes, as well as key partnerships with safety stakeholders.
The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) worked to create a map that is intended to encourage and support bicycle transportation and recreation by beginners and families. It features shared-use paths and separated bike lanes (Class I or IV), along with bike lanes (Class II or III) that are relatively easy to ride, connect to shared-use paths, make a complete route, and/or access interesting or important destinations.
The SRTS program is a nationwide initiative to enhance the safety of travel to and from schools in neighborhoods. In 2022 the City began work on a SRTS program to reach out to all schools in the City and create SRTS maps to share with students and parents. The program will also host free educational events at schools and identify future construction improvements, such as shorter crosswalks, flashing beacons, and signage. The first phase of the SRTS program is scheduled to be complete in 2024, the second phase in 2026.
In a continued effort to enhance safety and reduce speeding and cut-through traffic on residential streets, the Speed Hump Program addresses the systematic and engineering approach for reviewing, prioritizing, funding and installing speed humps in residential areas.
The California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 627, as recommended by the California Department of Transportation Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA-MUTCD) requires that speed limits be established based on an engineering and traffic survey. In 2022 traffic engineers conducted a speed limit survey on 49 streets that included 175 roadway segments. The City Council approved the 2022 Speed Limit Ordinance on November 1, 2022.
Agenda Report
390.39 KB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
Proposed 2022 Speed Limit Ordinance
87.14 KB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
Speed Limit Ordinance No. 2941
972.92 KB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
Exhibit A 2022 Engineering and Traffic Survey Report
23.9 MB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
Recommended Speed Limits – 2022 Engineering and Traffic Survey Presentation
1.25 MB PDF | Updated 04/09/24
The STP creates a visionary plan that provides for safer, cleaner, and more sustainable ways to get around Oxnard into the future. The STP was developed alongside the community who identified needs, neighborhood concerns, and priority corridors. Input helped to develop conceptual designs, and potential funding sources where sustainable transportation improvements can be implemented. Ideas include enhanced sidewalks, shade trees, landscaping, public spaces to gather, better lighting, improved bus stops, more bike lanes, and better transit connections.
Plan Reviews & Permits
Contact: (805) 385-7927
Staff assist contractors who are proposing construction or movement of oversized loads in City streets, and review developer project plans for new or changing impacts to mobility.
When work is being proposed in the public right-of-way for construction or special events, a Traffic Control Plan (TCP) is the first step to receiving a required Encroachment Permit. The City’s TCP guideline and checklist is intended to assist applicants with identifying requirements and to efficiently move them through engineering review and approval.
Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines
1.88 MB PDF | Updated 04/08/24
How to Apply for an Encroachment Permit Application
8.73 MB PDF | Updated 04/08/24
Oversized loads being transported through City streets require applicants to submit an oversized transportation permit. Loads exceeding 60 feet in length, 12 feet in width, 15 feet in height and/or exceeding legal weight limits will require review and approval by traffic engineers.
Transportation Permit Application
125.24 KB PDF | Updated 04/08/24
Oxnard Truck Routes
5.59 MB PDF | Updated 04/08/24
Traffic engineers review community development proposals and work to minimize their impacts to traffic and transportation.
Capital Projects
Contact: (805) 200-5283
Staff manage Capital Improvement Projects from start to finish. This includes securing and meeting requirements of federal, state and regional grantors.
Bike Lanes
- C Street from Citrus Grove to Hueneme Road
- Esplanade Road
- Ventura Boulevard from Rose Avenue to Alvarado Street
- Vineyard Avenue from Oxnard Boulevard to Gonzales Road
Flashing Pedestrian Beacons
- 14 locations citywide
Sidewalk
- Ventura Boulevard from Rose Avenue to Alvarado Street
Traffic Signal
- Rose Avenue/Gary Drive
Traffic Signal Modifications
- At 7 locations:
- Oxnard Boulevard/Fourth Street
- Oxnard Boulevard/Seventh Street
- Oxnard Boulevard/Date Street
- Channel Islands Boulevard/Statham Boulevard
- Channel Islands Boulevard/Cloyne Street/Gisler Avenue
- Channel Islands Boulevard/J Street
- Ventura Road/Seventh Street
Bikes Lanes
- Etting Road from East Pleasant Valley East to city limits
- Northeast Community Neighborhood streets and Cloyne Street
Sidewalk
- Etting Road from East Pleasant Valley Road to city limits
Traffic Signal Modifications
- 5 locations:
- Oxnard Boulevard/Fifth Street
- Saviers Road/Elm Street
- Saviers Road/Bryce Canyon Avenue
- Saviers Road/Bard Road
- Saviers Road/Pleasant Valley Road
Bikes Lanes
- Oxnard Boulevard from Town Center Drive to Gonzales Road
Grade Separation
- Rice Avenue/Fifth Street/State Route 34
Pedestrian Enhancements
- Bard Road from Saviers Road to Pleasant Valley Road
- Ventura Road from Second Street to Wooley Road
- 17 other locations citywide
School Pedestrian Enhancements
- Ramona Elementary
- Bernice Curren Middle School
- Fremont Academy
- Harrington Elementary
- Kamala Elementary
- Lemonwood Elementary
Traffic Signal Modifications
- 10 locations:
- Vineyard Avenue/Esplanade Drive
- Gonzales Road/Lombard Street
- Gonzales Road/Solar Drive
- Rice Avenue/Camino Del Sol
- Ventura Road/Doris Avenue
- Harbor Boulevard/Fifth Street
- Saviers Road/Hueneme Road
- Pleasant Valley Road/C Street
- Saviers Road/Laurel Street
- Rose Avenue/Bard Road
Partner Agency Contacts
| Caltrans | (213) 897-3656 |
| City of Port Hueneme | (805) 986-6507 |
| County of Ventura Public Works | (805) 654-2018 |
| Gold Coast Transit District | (805) 483-3959 |
| Ventura County Transportation Commission | (800) 438-1112 |