Item 19 - City Council Work Study Session Regarding the First Street Multimodal Boulevard Study

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City of Santa Ana | First Street Multimodal Corridor Technical Memorandum 60 Multi-Use Path Concept: Six travel lanes with a shared pedestrian and bicycle patch on the south side of First Street Bicyclist Improvements • Requests for dedicated, clearly marked bike lanes on both sides of the street, buffers/barriers between bike lanes and sidewalks, and improved bike and bus separation. • Support for protected bike paths rather than shared paths, clear pavement markings, and signage to identify bike zones. • Concerns about bike lanes accumulating trash and debris. • Some people support expanded bike lanes for safety while others oppose additional bike lanes due to concerns about traffic impacts. Pedestrian Improvements • Requests for additional crosswalks near schools, churches, and bus stops. • Requests for elevated crosswalks, all-way crossings, and shorter crossing distances at smaller intersections . • Support for wider sidewalks, sidewalks flush with street, and trees that supply shade for pedestrians. • Reduction of obstruction in pedestrian zones such as utility boxes and poles. Safety improvements • Requests for traffic signals for controlled pedestrian crossings, restrictions for right turns at red lights, additional guardrails, barriers, and buffers. between pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and vehicle lanes. • Requests for additional street lighting and illuminated/glow ing crosswalks. • Concerns regarding vehicle speeds. Roadway/Driver Improvements • Support for lane reductions to reduce traffic speeds and support for separation of vehicles, buses , bikes , and pedestrian zones. • Suggestions to reduce it to two lanes in each direction and eliminate or consolidate turn lanes. • Request for dedicated bus lanes, improved bus operations, and improve mobility for bus turning movements. • Opposition towards reduced travel lanes due to congestion concerns .