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SANTA ANA ACTIVE STREETS <br /> collisions involving people on bicycles occur on them. The City's own study also states that the <br /> number of lanes in an intersection is associated with an increase in the number of pedestrian <br /> and bicycle collisions. Increasing the roadway capacity would add another street to a street <br /> network of already increasing speeds and increasing danger to motorists, but also our most <br /> vulnerable movers being bicyclists and pedestrians. The City has a moral obligation to ensure <br /> safety for all residents; including safety from traffic related incidents. Solutions to this are not to <br /> expand streets to center automobiles, but to rectify high traffic speeds and volumes, especially <br /> when the city has the highest bicyclists/pedestrian deaths in the county, primarily vehicular <br /> deaths. <br /> Arterial streets account for just 21% of the street <br /> network, but 60% of all pedestrian collisions = <br /> and 68% of all bicycle collisions occur on them. <br /> 480 total miles <br /> of roadway <br /> 60% �' 68% <br /> of all pedestrian of all bicycle <br /> collisions c011lston5 <br /> Arterial streets f <br /> Image: Safe Mobility Plan. <br /> If the Council wishes to add multiple lanes of travel to this section of roadway, it can also be <br /> done without the acquisition and demolition of homes. Look below for the following exhibits <br /> explaining such. <br /> Santa Ana Active Streets 1450 W 4th St, I Santa Ana,CA 92701 <br /> Tel.(657)20S-7306 I www.saascoalition.org I generaI@saascoaIition.org <br />