25C - AGMT - BIKE AND PED SAFETY

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Feedback from Coaches and Peer critiques are an important part of this activity. Certified instructors can teach the League of American Bicyclists Smart Cycling classes to children as well as adults. The League's Smart Cycling bicycle education curriculum includes Traffic Skills 101 (the basic introductory/intermediate course for adult cyclists), Traffic Skills 201 (an advanced adult course), Kids 1 (designed for parents of children under 10 years of age), and Kids 2 (designed for children age 10 -14). A readily available stable of knowledgeable and experienced LCI's will help sustain the program and foster growth and expansion to other cities within the region. Task 3: Procure Supplies and Conduct ILuces Vivas! Events- iLuces Vivas! is an education and bike light distribution program intended to make sure people riding bikes in Santa Ana are riding safely at night. When riding at night in California, a white front light and rear reflectors are required by law (CVC21201). More importantly, riding without lights and reflectors is dangerous. According to the most recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 69% of bicyclist fatalities in 2012 in the U.S. were in urban areas, and 48% of the bicyclist fatalities occurred between 4:00 pm and midnight (NHTSA "Traffic Safety Facts" April 2014 DOT HS 812 018). Our goal is to seek out people riding without lights for various reasons, especially riders who may not have the means or time to acquire lights on their own. The City and community partners will organize iLuces Vivas! to meet for ten (10) street distributions at undisclosed locations throughout Santa Ana where night -time bicycle ridership is expected to be high and where the City has seen a history of incidents involving bicyclists at night. iLuces Vivas! members will stop people who are riding bikes without lights in order to give them front and rear lights along with an information "spoke card" that explains the law for riding at night as well as tips they should know for night -time safety. The spoke cards are printed in English and Spanish and iLuces Vivas! will include at least a few members who speak Spanish (as well as female members to encourage female riders to stop). Additionally, cyclists who are not wearing helmets will be fitted and provided a helmet. The selected consultant will be responsible for procuring 1,500 helmets and 1,500 bicycle lights that meet the OTS Buy America requirements. It is expected that100 -150 light sets and /or helmets will be distributed at each event, depending on expected bicyclist volume. Our goal will be to distribute all the lights and helmets allocated for each event. Task 4: Conduct Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic Safety Fairs Conduct four (4) pedestrian and bicycle traffic safety fairs. In the spirit of a bike rodeo, the Traffic Safety Fair would teach students how to interact with the roadway and traffic. Whether they are walking or biking, the goal of the course would be to increase safety awareness and confidence of the student. The class would cover everything from using the different intersection devices, bicycling in the roadway, bicycle safety inspections, and helmet fit. The course would use a combination of simulation and hands on training to teach the student how to make safe decisions while walking or riding within the roadway. The training would utilize chalk, cardboard cut -outs, and other techniques to simulate possible roadway conditions /hazards. Classes would be conducted on a safe flat area on local public parks and /or school grounds. Age appropriate bicycles would be made available for youth that do not have their bicycle with them. Students that complete both the pedestrian and bicycle section would receive a free helmet and lights. City of Santa Ana RFP 16 -137 25%P'35