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SCHEDULE A <br />GRANT DESCRIPTION <br />GRANT No. PS 1506 <br />1. PROBLEM STATEMENT <br />PAOP I <br />The City of Santa Ana has a continuing bicycle safety problem, as identified through the bicycle - related <br />collisions. As of 2012, the City of Santa Ana has a population of 330,920 making it the second largest city in <br />Orange County. The City is approximately 27.1 square miles. Santa Ana has a large volume of motor <br />vehicle traffic, with the arterials carrying 30,000 to 40,000 vehicles per day. There are also four freeways <br />that converge within the city and a total of 450 miles of streets. <br />Relative income and vehicle ownership levels within the City are significantly lower than the statewide <br />averages. The City's population's median age is the youngest of the seven largest cities in Orange County <br />and the residential density is one of the highest in the State. As a result of climate and demographics, the <br />City has a relatively high level of bicycling activity when compared to other communities in the County or <br />the State. Also, a significant portion of the adult bicyclists may not speak or read English well or understand <br />the rules of the road. Furthermore, transit ridership is high with several of the busiest Orange County Transit <br />Authority bus lines serving the City. <br />In the City of Santa Ana, from 2011 to 2012, the number of bicycle collisions rose from 163 in 2011 to 222 <br />in 2012. This is a 36% increase within that year. In addition, collisions involving bicyclists riding on the <br />wrong side of the road increased from 54 in 2011 to 74 in 2012. Finally, bicycle injury collisions increased <br />from 147 in 2011 to 201 in 2012. <br />2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br />A. Goals: <br />1) To reduce the number of bicyclists killed in traffic collisions. <br />2) To reduce the number of bicyclists injured in traffic collisions. <br />3) To reduce the total number of bicyclists injured in traffic collisions riding in the wrong direction. <br />4) To reduce the number of bicyclists under the age of 15 killed in traffic collisions. <br />5) To reduce the number of bicyclists under the age of 15 injured in traffic collisions. <br />B. Objectives: <br />l) To develop a bicycle safety program and materials to be adopted as an on -going program in 20 schools <br />reaching 5,000 children by September 30, 2015. <br />OTS -38b (Rev. 5/14) <br />20E -4 <br />