20A - AA PEDESTRIAN BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM

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The City and convnunity partners will organize iLuces Vivas! to meet for ten (10) street distributions at undisclosed locations throughout Santa Ana where night-time bicycle ridership and pedestrian activity is expected to be high and where the City has seen a history of incidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians at night. iLuces Vivas! members will stop people who are riding bikes or walking without lights in order to give them front and rear lights (which can be worn on shoes or belts of pedestrians) 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 1,000 helmets and 1,000 lights that meet the OTS Buy America requirements. It is expected that 50-100 light sets and/or helmets will be distributed at each event, depending on expected bicyclist and pedestrian 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.