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Santa Ana Development of a Complete Streets Policy
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William Galvez, P.E. Interim Exec. Dir. Public Works Agency
City of Santa Ana January 8, 2014
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What has facilitated Complete Streets in Santa Ana?
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Overview of Santa Ana “Downtown Orange County”
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o PopulaOon: 329,915 (Department of Finance, 2013)
o Area: 27 square miles
o Public Streets: 105 mi. -‐ Arterial Streets 316 mi. -‐ Local Streets
o Most Densely Populated City in Orange County
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Overview of Santa Ana
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Non-‐Motorized Transporta1on Bike Totals Walk Totals
Daily Bicycle/Walking Trips 14,000 47,000
Daily Miles Bicycled/Walked 4,000 1,700
o 52% of Residents are under 30 years of age
o 17.8% of Households are without a Car
o 13.8% of Residents Use Public Transit
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Santa Ana City of
ExisOng Support of Complete Streets ideas
o Community Engagement -‐ ParOcipaOon in walkability audits
o Partnering -‐ Businesses, Non-‐Profits, Residents, & Schools
o Expanding Healthy Living Policies
o 5E’s of Traffic Safety
o Local & Council support of Complete Streets allows creaOvity
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Engaging the Community
o Walking Audits
o Public Works Smart Phone App
o “Suggested Routes to School” maps
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Teaming Up with Residents and School Districts Active Transportation
o 64 AcOve Neighborhood AssociaOons (Some Non-‐Profit)
o Aiend SAUSD events to promote safe street crossing & incorporate traffic safety into their curriculum
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Healthy CommuniOes Active Transportation
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Santa Ana City of
Traffic Safety: ImplemenOng the 5 E’s
o EducaOon o Encouragement o Engineering
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o Enforcement o EvaluaOon
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Santa Ana has strong local support of Complete Streets
Community o Strong advocacy o Educated on the issue o More than ready to embrace complete streets ideology
Council o Very supporOve of the concept o Certain councilmembers -‐ champions for walkability & acOve transportaOon
Staff o Great technical experOse in-‐house o CauOous approach o Management Leadership is on the fence
Regional Support o Challenging o Other local agencies may not be experiencing the same issues
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Santa Ana City of
Timing of ImplemenOng Complete Streets
o General Plan -‐ CirculaOon Element update (underway) o Bike Master Plan update (last in 1998) + CreaOng new Pedestrian Master Plan o UpdaOng the City’s ADA TransiOon Plan o OpportuniOes to implement Complete Streets on many projects
₋ Pavement rehabilitaOons + Street widening
₋ Traffic signal (bike lanes) ₋ Private land development
₋ PromoOng use of MulO-‐Modal Level of Service (MMLOS)
o Complete Streets Guidelines to design the improvements o Project delivery
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Regional Support of Complete Streets
o Master Planning o Funding o EducaOng the local agencies
o Larger PerspecOve is normally a trailing feature
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In Contrast -‐ Baldwin Park Experience
Community Support Moderate (new ideas)
Council Support Moderate (some members championed while others were cauOous)
Staff leadership Strong – Advocated taking advantage of funding available to trailblazers
Regional Support Very Progressive
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Santa Ana City of
Lessons Learned
Santa Ana Community Council Staff o Regional Support o Legal Mandates = Funding
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Santa Ana City of
Best Approach? – Achieve a Balance
Community Support Council Support Staff leadership Regional Support Statewide Mandates
Network Approach Would a mandate be burden on local jurisdicOon? How would it help?
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Santa Ana City of
Questions?
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