Santa Barbara staff lay out Safe Streets action plan, propose raised bike lanes and pilot street changes

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City staff presented a draft Safe Streets action plan focused on 10 priority corridors on the high-injury network, proposed a mix of raised bike lanes, widened sidewalks and lighting upgrades, and said most projects are unfunded and will require competitive grants; an open house and council hearings are scheduled.

Jessica Grant, the city’s supervising transportation planner, presented a draft Safe Streets action plan and a set of concept-level infrastructure proposals aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Santa Barbara’s high-injury network.

Grant said the plan, produced to meet federal Safe Streets for All grant requirements, maps a high-injury network that covers about 20% of the city’s road miles but concentrates a large share of the city’s most severe crashes. The draft action plan outlines mandated chapters including leadership and goal setting, safety analysis, community engagement, equity, policy changes and project selection; an appendix lists countermeasures and where they are typically applied.

The presentation walked through concept sheets for 10 priority corridors. For Bath Street (Alamar to Mission), staff recommended more midblock lighting and noted on-street parking demand…

Santa Barbara staff lay out Safe Streets action plan, propose raised bike lanes and pilot street changes

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