Dos Vientos Residents Press for Traffic Signals
Neighbors on Via Las Brisas want signals and speed controls after a fatal 2025 collision and a city denial of a signal request in 2023.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in City Hall
The We Live Here group is pressing Thousand Oaks for traffic safety measures at several intersections on Via Las Brisas in the Dos Vientos neighborhood. City officials outlined interim measures, including a radar speed-feedback sign and a crosswalk at Via Grande.
Why it matters
Residents cite a 2025 fatal collision at Via Las Brisas and Calle del Prado that killed Alejandro and Maria Ramirez, along with daily dangers to children walking to school. The dispute centers on whether the street meets the city's definition of a dangerous street.
Speed trailer data recorded nearly 29,000 vehicles over one week in October 2025, with roughly one in four drivers exceeding the 45 mph limit on Via Las Brisas. The city's 2023 denial rested on a 2022 traffic count taken near Lynn Road, and it is unclear whether newer data will change the ranking.
The players
Thousand Oaks City Council
The Thousand Oaks City Council is the elected governing body that would need to approve a traffic signal request in the city.
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office operates the traffic team that deployed the speed trailer and attended the October 26 meeting.
The details
In 1998, Thousand Oaks required Dos Vientos developers to help pay for seven traffic signals, but only three were built. On Oct. 26, the group met with city staff, the Sheriff's Office traffic team and HOA representatives, and was told the street does not meet the city's definition of a dangerous street.
Timeline
1998: Developers were required to help fund seven Dos Vientos traffic signals.
2023: The city denied a traffic signal request at Via Las Brisas and Via Grande.
October 2025: A speed trailer recorded nearly 29,000 vehicles over one week.
Oct. 26, 2026: The group met with city officials at City Hall.
Big Picture
The current request revives the unmet 1998 developer agreement that required seven Dos Vientos traffic signals, of which only three were built. Residents are now asking the city to honor that original commitment through the 2026 traffic review process.
Residents on Via Las Brisas and families with children walking to school face daily speeding risks while the city reviews signal requests. Any new signal, crosswalk or radar sign would change how drivers move through the Dos Vientos neighborhood.
The takeaway
Traffic commitments made during development can outlast the projects that made them, and residents can press for them through the city's ranked review process. Tracking the spring and summer 2027 intersection rankings will show whether the request advances.
What happens next
The group's traffic signal request is scheduled to go before the traffic commission in early 2027, and intersection rankings are expected in spring or summer 2027.
Further reading
For more on local government decisions, see Thousand Oaks City Hall coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Thousand Oaks Acorn.
