Item 22 - Solutions for Congested Corridors Program

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ATTACHMENT A Orange County. Central Corridor Improvement Project Justification • The amendment will provide the sable overall benefits in most categories consistent with the originally awarded project components.. • As, noted in the application, each of the. remaining. project components have independent utility, and Individually provide improvements to the corridor. o. The traffic signal synchronization projects provide an east -west connection along the Corridor area, providing service from dense housing areas to dense job locations along. the corridor. o: The Bravo:! Main Street rapid bus services on Main Street between South Coast Metro and the. Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodai Center runs parallel with the whole Central Orange. County Corridor.. The segment Includes transit connections to and from jo.b .centers, .disadvantaged. and low-income communities, and ARTIC; providing further connections throughout Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura,, and San Diego. o The bus stop improvements in the Route 53/533:{Bravo!_ Main Street corridor will enhance bus ridership in the Main Street corridor. p The City of Santa Ana led active transportation project will provide a first -last mile connection in the surrounding areas. None of the remaining components will be hindered from moving forward as.a result of this requested change. Most of the components are ready -to -list and awaiting .approval of the baseline agreement to move forward. Santa Clara Bicycle and Pedestrian -Improvements • This segment of approximately. 1.3 miles provides improved access to John Muir Fundamental Elementary School via Portola Park. • Currently, a.portion of the segment has no sidewalk or bikeway,.whlch requires users to walk and bike either along an uneven, narrow. dire path, .or on the street on which parking lanes may limit visibillty and may increase risk of driveway related collisions. • Additionally, there are. no existing ,pedestrian crossings on the segment between Grand Avenue and Tustin Avenue; which may encourage unsafe practices such as jaywalking. • The City has previously conducted walk.audits specifically directed to students and families with concerns about barriers that prevent safely walking. and biking to school. Identified concerns were directly related to the project: lack of..sidewalks, no delineated spaces for cyclists, which forces them. onto .the road with vehicular traffic, and inconvenient proximity to the nearest suitable crossing point. • The. project will. incourage more walking and cycling by the .community and school .children by providing safer and currently non-existent facilities along :a route that will allow access to the local school, park, and their homes in place: of short distance vehicle trips as a result of no vehicular access through.East,Sarita.Clara.Avenue from some adjacent communities. • The Improvements, will also serve the, senior population and those with specialized mobility needs.