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Mitre- Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 2:13 PM Cc: Mitre - Ramirez, Norma; Trujillo, Rose Ann Subject: AGENDA ITEM 55C - Bike Lanes on 4th Street Categories: CA Correspondence Please enter correspondence as part of the record. Thank you. Begin forwarded message: From: "Martinez, Michele" <MiMartinez@,santa- ana.org> Date: August 5, 2014 at 2:08:09 PM PDT To: "Cavazos, David" <DCavazosgsanta- ana.org> Cc: City Council <CityCouncil2(cr�,santa- ana.org> Subject: Re: Bike Lanes on 4th Street First off, I am not asking for OCTA position because it is the city decision to have bike facilities. My concern is the recommendation being provided to the council this evening as it pertains to keeping the on street parking on 4th street. If we were to allow the current parkina on 4th street as it is today, this would not make it possible for the city to include all modes of transportation. On that note, This fixed guideway conversation should have been aligned with the Circulation Element and Complete Street guidelines that I had suggested from the very beginning because it would have required staff to view all transportation projects from a multimodal, complete streets perspective, control higher -level government agencies (OCTA, OC, CalTrans, etc.) to conform to the city's multimodal standards, 3) require developers to integrate all modes of travel. Please note, not including bicycle infrastructure will result in the following regardless of who job it is( the city should dictate this process not OCTA). We are the owners and operators of the road. So let's keep that in mind. 1. reduced transportation efficiency:recall the legislative findings from California's Complete Streets Act: 2/3 of all trips 1 mile or less are made by automobile and 3/4 of all trips are 4 miles or less. By eliminating or not including bicycle infrastructure in favor of on- street parking, they'll definitely increase vehicular traffic congestion and motorist frustration. Motorist frustration is bad for public safety and will severely limit the city's ability to embrace complete streets and multimodal transportation. It also sends the message that bikes are NOT welcome or a legitimate form of transportation. In the Downtown we already created a culture that bikes are not welcomed by the street design( narrow streets and the on- street parking we currently have). 2. keep in mind the lessons from Long Beach: each vehicle parking space = 1 -2 customers by car, but 12+ customers by bicycle. Long Beach shops and restaurants within their bicycle friendly business districts have increased their business volume and # jobs by 300 -400 %. Restaurants that once had 3 -4 employees now have 15. Santa Ana's unemployment rate is 8% and cannot afford to limit the number of jobs it provides to residents. Not including bicycle t CCM 08/05/2014 55C