Protectors and Residents in the Santa Monica Mountains
Kanan Road as an evacuation route for the city of malibu
On September 6, 2020, the City of Malibu finalized their Mass Evacuation Plan. See article making announcement here: https://bit.ly/35EPLuo
Residents of "Zone 13"* are directed to travel north up the 'KANAN ROAD FIRE CORRIDOR" on Kanan Road to reach the safety of the 101 Freeway in the event of fire or other catastrophe. You can read Malibu"s Mass Evacuation Plan here.
We heartily welcome our neighbors from Zone 13 of the City of Malibu to use Kanan Road to evacuate in times of disaster. Clearly they, the approximately 2300 residents of unincorporated Agoura/Cornell and anyone who might have the misfortune of being on Kanan Road when the next wildfire strikes (Kanan is used by 25,000 commuters per day per CalTran's 2023 census), should be concerned about traffic flow through the intersection of Kanan and Agoura Roads during evacuation. The intersection lies at the mouth of this primary evacuation route out of this section of the Santa Monica Mountains and must be crossed in order to reach the onramps to 101 Freeway.
* It is difficult to estimate how many vehicles Zone 13 might represent. In order to estimate, for purposes of evacuation analysis we have presumed roughly 1/4 of the city's population is represented by Zone 13. According the the city's website, the 2010 census showed a population of 12,645, so a quarter of that would be 3161 people. The 2010 census presumed 2.58 people per household, making it roughly 1225 households. Traffic studies use an average of 2.4 vehicles per household in Southern California. Therefore, based on population figures that are 15 years old, residents of Zone 13 could add about 3000 evacuating vehicles to Kanan Road.
The ONLY thing that matters is that traffic is moving smoothly through the intersection at Kanan & Agoura Roads and at both onramps at the 101 Freeway.