NS-2871 - Amending Specific Plan No. 2 of Santa Ana Municipal (SP-2) and Adopting ...

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se ALL S�t - i Bicycle Even withoutdesignated bicycle facilities within the Harbor Corridor, hundreds of residents, employees, and students ride their bikes alongside cars in the roadway or alongside pedestrians on the sidewalk. Based on local feedback, improving bicycle and pedestrian safety is a key objective of the Specific Plan's mobility plan. Accordingly, the mobility plan identifies conceptual roadway designs that implement the City's planned bikeway system, creates strong connections to local and regional bikeway networks, and encourages bike facilities that formalize safe and efficient bike travel within the corridor. Figure 4 -7 illustrates existing bicycle facilities and those proposed in the City's Bicycle Master Plan and Circulation Element. The City Engineer and Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency will determine the appropriate timing and phasing of bicycle improvement within and around the Harbor Corridor Plan. Pedestrian Harbor Boulevard is different from typical Corridors throughout California in that thousands of people already walk along the corridor every day to access businesses, homes, transit stops, and public institutions. Local input and observation reveals that the current street design places a low priority on the safety and attractiveness of the pedestrian environment. The mobility plan introduces street designs that widen sidewalks, improve landscaping areas, add buffer zones, and enhance crosswalks. Making the street more walkable will also change the way the community interacts with the street. The public realm will transform from a functional space used purely for transportation to an inviting space that elevates Harbor Corridor's image and attract people to stroll along the condition Overall, improvements within the Harbor Corridor will foster community connections and actively link the homes, businesses, parks, and transit areas. Street Design Many of the street within and connecting to the Specific Plan area will be redesigned to more safely accommodate pedestrians and bicyclist while Continuing to effectively serve cars and buses. As described in the Administration and Implementation chapter of this Specific Plan, the City shall prepare design and specifications for the ultimate roadway improvements, including parkingand parking meters, sidewalk widening, sidewalk bulbouts, CHAPTER 4: Mobility Figure 4 -7. Existing and Proposed Bicycle Network r r t r A i r °r i i i I i t t ,y ;i u r r r t t j Figure 4-8. Intersection and Roadway Safety Changes SPEED LIMIT 45 Current SPEED LIMIT 35 Actual Traffic Speed The anent aped limit along Harbor t oufeaN is 45 mile-. Goal IRr hour, apLCd Nat he emission! for a asevasy deigned IProvinry rw adiruler ftmfic and low reams of Pidelmian. Iicyae, am transit acfiWty Harbor Boulevard is denfifiel in Me Cox Ciamalion and Remark Elements as transit mnitlur and in Nis specific Pan as a mullimadal minder wild dammed wnerR and WWre Waste of pedestrian, btr.Me. and to met acB ®ry The City Poprcxs madway details mail a gcal M mduw Me speed limit along Hanoi Boulevard wiMin Na Specific Plan. Abm Ws limitenades Nemadway Wefficiendy moan abides Mlough Mae nommor Mile impmxngsahry lar pNerthems and ggstiale Ho dwer, Me pmli speed limit must mmpy van Me Califomia Marine Cade. Additional street help element are recommended W improve safety at intersections, such as nmysk.deal traffic silmals alongside Me initia al round red. yellow and green slamis, Bicycle,00rm c signor help alert mrs and dcydist when it is safe and appeopdak M drydes W order and Brea Me inle an on. Older steel de, V element include trimmed or trained aosswalle, for Terminate and bleydids. October 2014 4 -5