Item 16 - McFadden Avenue Protected Bike Lane and Bicycle Boulevard: Harbor to Grand

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- MCFADDEN AVENUE PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND ~m'� BICYCLE BOULEVARD PROJECT CITY OF SANTA ANA Transit Coordination The OCTA Route 66 Line has 20 bus stops in each direction along McFadden Avenue that are configured with and without bus pullouts. We will evaluate each bus stop location and adjacent bicycle facility treatment option to determine how best to maintain accessibility and provide the safest configurations possible. With the pending signal modifications and "road -diet" improvements throughout portions of the project there will be opportunities for transit signal priority (TSP) treatment. In addition, our team will work with City staff to coordinate the specific details for the conflict zone area treatments for Class II buffered bike lanes and potential curb lines and bulb -outs for Class IV parking - separated bike lanes at each bus stop location. Public Outreach & Engagement The McFadden Bike Project will provide a safe and healthy, transportation alternative for pedestrians and bicyclists to access neighborhood assets and local services. With a high percentage of Santa Ana residents lacking access to an automobile as presented in the grant application, building these Class II, III, and IV bikeway facilities will provide underserved communities in the area with a viable network to walk or ride to locally owned businesses, schools, churches, senior centers, as well as Jerome Park and the wide range of amenities within the park. Furthermore, this added bikeway network will create greater connectivity in the region by providing safe access to the Santa Ana River Trail to the West and the Pacific Electric Bicycle Trail to the East, just past Main Street. A public outreach and engagement strategy that is mindful of area demographics will be important to broadcast information about the project, so communities know what's to come and are aware of project features and benefits. Dokken will create a public outreach plan that details project elements and provides space for community input. Our team will prepare meeting materials, renderings, presentations, and other workshop content in both English and Spanish that can be utilized for social media and websites. We acknowledge that the City has done a tremendous job involving and informing the public of The McFadden Bike Project to date and our team is excited to continue building public support and momentum for this essential project. Traffic Signal Modifications and Signal Interconnection As noted throughout the grant application The McFadden Bike Project will modify existing traffic signals along the corridor to install bike phasing and signal heads as needed. Our experience with modifying existing signals to add bicycle phasing and signal heads leads allows us to understand the downstream implications not just at the intersection itself, but on all approaches and transition zones to the intersection. Our team understands the field data necessary to develop comprehensive designs. This is critically important with the Class IV protected bike lane configurations, especially at intersections with heavy right turn movements where a separated right turn lane may still be warranted by traffic counts. Traffic engineers and localities have the option of striping a bike lane transition to bring right turning traffic to the right side of the bike lane or installing no right on red signals to alert drivers of the bicyclists on their right side. We have experience handling traffic in both scenarios and understand the necessary signing and striping improvements that need to be made in addition to the traffic signal modifications. Additionally, where connecting cross -streets bring bicycle traffic to signalized intersections there may be an opportunity to install green pavement markings for "bike boxes", that give cyclists the priority on green lights and allows left turns onto cross -streets to be made safely by cyclists in front of vehicular traffic. Our experience with traffic signal interconnection projects, that tie existing signalized intersections together and to a main hub, has given us many insights into the details necessary during construction. We have FPL & Associates on board to provide the plans and splicing details and our staff at Dokken has also developed signal interconnection backbones for many local agencies as well as Caltrans. We understand the level of information required to allow an electrical subcontractor to install the new facilities within the various types of traffic signal cabinets and we will put boots on the ground to ensure that our proposed approach will be successful during construction. R§DOKKEN Page 1 is ENGINEERING