The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee received an update from Bike Santa Fe and the regional metropolitan planning organization on recent outreach, candidate questionnaires and efforts to secure custom bike racks. Multiple public commenters urged immediate, low-cost safety measures including refreshed crosswalk markings, reduced intersection speeds and revisions to signal timing.

David Seaton, representing Bike Santa Fe, said the group's recent board meeting focused on bicycle safety and driver accountability. Seaton said Bike Santa Fe hosted a mayoral forum on Sept. 18 and surveyed city council candidates; "We had a very good response," he said, and the organization plans an e-newsletter about candidates' responses. Seaton also said Bike Santa Fe is collaborating with the MPO on additional bike racks and will promote awareness of the Idaho stop law: "We're gonna really try to promote a lot more awareness of the Idaho stop law," he said.

Leah from the MPO said the agency is seeking funding for custom Santa Fe bike racks for downtown and exploring options for bike racks in public right-of-way and on private property. "We are still working on getting funding for the bike racks, the custom Santa Fe bike racks that we would be able to put downtown," she said, and added the city’s street-design and public-infrastructure manuals remain under revision.

Public commenters raised specific locations and short-term fixes. Jennifer Weber, who described prior Bike Santa Fe audits, reminded the committee that one audit recommended a path linking the Vizcaya Apartments to a nearby shopping center at Sawmill and Saint Francis and said a photo submitted to staff illustrated that route. Cal Spencer described a recent injury that reduced his leg strength and said short signal cycles at some intersections make it difficult for less-fit or injured cyclists to clear crossings: "The light at ... Saint Francis, which is so quick I couldn't even get through it tonight without it turning red," he said.

Other commenters recommended removing unnecessary right-turn lanes, restriping corridors such as Paseo de Peralta, and improving crosswalk maintenance. Nathan Lemons and a resident identified as Pat (District 1) said they had near-misses and urged better enforcement and pavement markings. An online participant said she would like to join a proposed committee to develop police recommendations for crashes involving cyclists.

MPO staff told the committee that crash records are available in processed form from New Mexico DOT/UNM for 2010–2023 with about a two-year lag; the MPO said it can extract bicycle-crash subsets for analysis. Bike Santa Fe and MPO representatives said they would continue coordinating with city staff on bike rack funding and the street-design manual.