Planning Commission Report

Planning Commission Meeting: December 2, 2015

Agenda Item: 8-A

To: Planning Commission

From: Francie Stefan, Strategic & Transportation Manager

Subject: Bike Action Plan Update

Recommended Action

It is recommended that the Planning Commission receive an update on the

implementation of the Bike Action Plan and provide input to inform on-going activities.

Background

As the first implementation priority for its 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element, the City

adopted a Bike Action Plan in November 2011. The Bike Action Plan outlines a pragmatic,

balanced, and ambitious strategy for implementation. It includes programs (education,

awareness, events, and enforcement), supporting facilities (bike parking, wayfinding, bike

centers, the bike campus), and bikeways (lanes, tracks, paths, trails and routes), identifies

5 and 20-year goals, and calls for ongoing monitoring of progress and performance. This

report summarizes currently available performance data, progress over the past year, and

future needs.

Discussion

The City of Santa Monica has adopted aggressive transportation and land use policies

intended to limit the number of evening peak period vehicle trips to 2010 levels to address

congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Bike Action Plan is part of

implementing these policies, and sets a target for 14-35% of all trips to be made by bicycle

by 2030. The Bike Action Plan is a strategy document, intended to enable the City to

achieve these goals by improving bicycling through encouragement, education,

infrastructure, and leveraging existing programs such as transportation demand

management programs. The Bike Action Plan also anticipated the arrival of Expo Light

Rail with programs and first/last mile connections to each station. The Plan acknowledged

biking as a convenient and practical way to access both rail and bus stations as part of a

multi-modal trip. When Expo Light Rail arrives in Spring 2016, it will change the

transportation landscape of the city and good bike access is a crucial piece for increasing

mobility options.

Recognizing the dynamic transportation environment, the Council also identified

“Establishing a new model for mobility” as one of the City’s top strategic priorities at a

special meeting on August 23, 2015. Work is underway on the strategic priorities including

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on one-time Council allocations for Expo outreach, high visibility bike racks and

pedestrian amenities, 11 Downtown crosswalk scrambles (all-way pedestrian crossings),

and BBB fare incentive program. Longer-term planning and budgeting to support

implementation of the Strategic Initiatives has been started. Staff is in the process of

inventorying and prioritizing existing work efforts that fall within each strategic initiative

and developing SMART metrics, and will present the Council with more information about

prioritized work efforts and metrics for each Strategic Initiative in 2016.

Plan Implementation

There have been four years of active implementation of the plan. The last update was

giving to the Planning Commission in November 2014, and progress as well as

performance continue. The past year was one of “firsts” with the first new protected

bikeway facilities being built, the first new neighborhood greenway, and substantial

completion of the first new connection to regional rail accompanied by the first Regional

Pedestrian/Bike Path through the west side. And Santa Monica welcomed the first public

bike share to Los Angeles County on November 12, 2015. At the same time, Santa

Monica began construction of the Colorado Esplanade and Colorado Incline, each with

dedicated two way protected bike facilities. New advocate groups, representing students,

residents and bike businesses emerged and are working towards making biking better in

Santa Monica emerged. Some highlights from the past year:

Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway Phase I, and Expo Regional Bike/Pedestrian Path both reached substantial completion.

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Highlights

• Community Events: Kidical Mass events brought out families for Saturday morning

rides, Santa Monica Festival put cycling on display, and the Wellbeing Festival

highlighted the benefits of the bike to creating better health and place. Each event

is an opportunity to share knowledge, promote safety and have fun while also

removing barriers to biking.

• Safe Routes to School: Safe Routes to School saw more schools participating, and

exceptional participation of 82% at schools like McKinley Elementary. The City

acquired a trailer and fleet of youth bicycles, creating a mobile classroom that was

used for events and classes. Youth training was provided through CREST after

school. The Council approved a permanent part-time Safe Routes to School

coordinator to support parent and school district efforts.

• Regulatory Improvements: The Planning Commission and City Council adopted

meaningful updates to the Zoning Ordinance for bike parking and support facilities

that address new uses as well as changes of use. Increases in short and long-term

bike parking requirements are tied to square footage, and include specifics for

showers and lockers. Thoughtful options to increase bike parking were included

for renovations to existing properties.

• Physical Upgrades: Exciting new facilities and street improvements came on line

this year. Samohi welcomed bike lanes and a separated bike path leading to the

main entrance, Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway welcomed four new

landscaped traffic circles to calm traffic, and the Colorado Esplanade began

construction of the separated path to the Pier, Civic and Downtown. These projects

are key gap closures in the existing infrastructure as well as new connections to

mass transit.

• Breeze Bike Share Launch: Breeze Bike Share launched in November with 500

smart bikes in 75 stations citywide, including parks, neighborhood shopping

This year’s Santa Monica Festival included a mini family bike fest with a bike riding course, travel information, bike display and a little humor with a custom-designed photo board.

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areas, transit nodes and

business districts. Breeze

bikes remove barriers for

residents, employees and

visitors to bike as an

alternative to driving in

Santa Monica. Breeze will

help other program goals

for increasing number of

employees who bike to

work, help those get to and

from the train (reducing

auto trips) and get to their

final destination that may

be just outside of

comfortable walking distance.

• Policy Direction: Council passed a direction to staff to work on Vision Zero and 8-

80 strategies as part of the Safer People, Safer Streets challenge from Federal

DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx. Vision Zero is an effort to eliminate severe injuries

and fatalities from roadway crashes, and 8-80 is an approach to roadway design

so that it is comfortable for both children (including those 8 and under) and seniors.

Vision Zero has been incorporated into the draft Pedestrian Action Plan and affects

approaches to implementing the Bike Action Plan. An interdepartmental group has

been created to look at ways to integrate these strategies in City practices and

projects going forward across all departments.

Performance Indicators

Performance indicators available for this year’s update show that it was a good year for

cycling in Santa Monica. Although it was a year of transition with construction of more

transportation facilities, numbers are looking good for more cyclists, the variety of riders

is increasing and fewer crashes have been reported to date. A summary of the available

performance indicators is in the Performance Trends table below. Due to the cycle of data

updates such as the American Communities Survey and biannual transportation counts,

not all data points were available at the time of this report. Data was provided for all

sources available at the time of this report. Highlights of the Performance Trends include:

• Bike counts taken in Downtown during Summer 2015 showed a 4.3% increase

from 2013. Summer counts taken along the Main Street corridor revealed a 4.4%

increase from 2013. These numbers are still on the rise even with the amount of

major construction surrounding Main/Colorado/4th Street which would normally

encourage use of other routes. Citywide bi-annual counts are just wrapping up.

Breeze launch brought out City Council members, residents and advocates alike to go for a ride on the new green bikes. Image: LA Streets Blog

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• Bike Network Completeness improved with bike facilities growing from 82 miles to

105 miles. Annual restriping brought another 20 miles of sharrows and lanes to the

streets of Santa Monica. Grant-funded projects for Michigan Avenue and Samohi

provided fewer miles but meaningful changes by increasing the variety of bike

facilities.

• Annual crash data through the

September 2015 indicated there

were 91 bicycle collisions

reported. The annual total for

2014 was 134. If crash rates stay

steady, total 2015 crashes will be

approximately 120, or a 10%

reduction from the prior year.

Comparing available data for 3rd

quarter 2014 to 2015 (July

through September, some of the

busiest months) shows 39

collisions versus 33, down 15%

from 2014.

• Bike It Walk It participation rate overall dropped a few percentage points to 48%

but the number of schools participating increased which increases overall bike and

walk trips for the events. Some schools also saw meaningful increases in site-

specific participation.

• Biking among Santa Monica employees stayed constant at a 5% mode share, but

the number of employees driving alone to work continued to gradually drop down

to 59%.

• Bike parking has increased by 170 racks (360 spaces) with including racks that

were delivered to the school district to be installed at five of schools. As the Safe

Routes to School movement saw increasing participants the racks were greatly

needed. Additional grant-funded racks are coming in 2015.

• The number of Bike-Friendly businesses has grown to 11 businesses, certified by

the League of American Bicyclists. This outside certification program engages and

acknowledges businesses that are incorporating bicycling into good local business

practices.

Breeze Bike Share locations are located citywide, with priority near quality bike lanes like green lanes.

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Performance Indicator Data

Indicator Trend Baseline Last Report Current

Mode Share

Journey to Work--Bicycle Usage Increase over time (to 15%) 3.40% 5.00% - ACS data baseline vs 2012

Bicycle Ownership Increase over time 62% - CSM resident survey (couldn't find ownership update in 2013)

Frequency of Bicycle Riding Increase % of residents who ride at least a few days a week 21% 23% - CSM resident Survey 2011, 2013

Bike Mode Share Increase over time 3.30% 5.10% 5% CSM Large Employer commute plans 2010, 2013, 2015

Walk/Bike Trips by Children Increase bike-it walk-it participation 270 51% 48% Participation rate among program schools 2010, 2012

Drive Alone Decrease over time 66% 61% 59% CSM Large Employer commute plans 2010, 2013, 2015

Safety

Perception of Safety when riding Increase % who feel somewhat safe when riding (to 50% in FY '13) 43% 48% - CSM resident Survey 2011 baseline, 2013 Lst Rpt

Bicyclist Crash Rate Decrease number of crashes 134 128 91* PD/SWTRS crash data 2010 baseline, 2013 lst rpt, *As of 9/30/15

Crashes per counted cyclist 0.02 0.01 - unable to calculate without Fall Bi-Annual Counts

Infrastructure and Services

Bicycle Network Completeness Increase miles (5 new miles per year in FY '12 & FY '13) 37 82 105 CSM STP

Bicycle Deficiencies Decrease over time To be calculated from model

Bicycle Parking Spaces Increase over time (150 new spaces in FY'12 & FY '13, plus 4 new corrals in FY '14) 920 2,850 3,020 CSM STP 2015- 170 Racks for School District

Bicycle Valet Increase over time 25,100 23,308 18,991 CSM STP

Events with Bike Valet Increase over time 157 130 199 CSM STP current is for 2014

Counts

Numbers of bicyclists Cyclists observed during peak counts 7,970 14,681 -

Bicycle-Friendly City Status Bronze Silver Silver League of American Bicyclists

Bicycle Friendly Businesses in City 0 5 11 League of American Bicyclists

CSM STP contract counts, 2015 not complete - summer #s for

downtown and main street are analyzed within the PC report

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Components of the Plan

The Bike Action Plan sets out both a 5-year and a 20-year vision, and phased

implementation that includes infrastructures as well as education, encouragement and

awareness efforts. The 5-year plan consists of the most crucial infrastructure projects

and programs that are prioritized for completion first to provide a strong and balanced

initial program.

Infrastructure

Creating physical connections and closing bike network gaps is an important effort of the

Bike Action Plan to provide riders convenient and safe connections to parks, schools,

transit and commercial areas. Removing barriers encourages more ridership among

people of all ages and abilities. Work done this year assigned all funds allocated by

Council at initial adoption of the Bike Action Plan. Some elements of the Plan such as

striping of new lanes have been rolling out annually with the City’s resurfacing program

and through grant implementation. Other projects are done as specifically funded efforts.

Attachments A and B show the 5-year plan and progress to date. This year was an

exceptional year for new facilities as discussed above and summarized below:

• Expo Regional Bike/Pedestrian Path is substantially complete, and portions east

of Centinela Avenue are being informally used by cyclists prior to the official

opening. The Santa Monica portion from Centinela Avenue to 17th Street has

been constructed and is more protected with construction barriers at entries.

Newly painted green lanes on 17th Street will connect the new bike path to

Broadway, the city's most traveled bikeway.

• Breeze Bike Share has opened with stations throughout Santa Monica, and station

locations in Venice are underway in coordination with the City of Los Angeles. The

Breeze system area was expanded prior to launch to include areas east to I-405

and south to Venice Boulevard to improve usability for trips that include segments

outside City boundaries. Santa Monica is working actively with the Beverly Hills

and West Hollywood, and coordinating with UCLA and Long Beach which have all

selected the same smart bikes.

• Samohi Safe Routes to School improvements were installed that included a new

signalized crossing at 7th Street and Pico Boulevard, a protected bikeway on Pico

Boulevard to connect 6th to 7th Streets, bike lanes along 7th Street and Michigan

Avenue near the school, and several bulb outs creating pedestrian crossings that

reduce exposure to vehicles.

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Samohi improvements include closing a key gap between 6th and 7th Street along Pico Boulevard.

• Bicycle Wayfinding concepts were developed for citywide street signs and maps

to clearly designate bike pathways. The design is based on existing City approved

colors, fonts, graphics etc. and is being coordinated with wayfinding for pedestrians

and Downtown parking to reduce sign clutter and create a unified language for all

users. Initial roll-out will focus on first/last mile to Expo Light Rail stations.

• Better Beach Connections were created at the Hollister Avenue beach path

entrance, providing more bike parking and reduced conflicts with vehicles in the

nearby parking lots. More bicycle access improvements are planned for the area

as part of a parking lot resurfacing project.

• Cal Incline construction began, including a new bike connection from Ocean

Avenue to the bridge along the Incline. This bridge extends over PCH providing

the only connection from the bluffs to the beach path. This will close a needed gap

and increase lane miles of protected bikeways.

Education, Awareness & Encouragement

The Bike Action Plan set out a plan to provide bicycle education to as many people as

possible, with a focus on communicating the rights and responsibilities of sharing the road

to cyclists and drivers, and the many benefits of bicycling. Attachments C, D and E show

how all of the programs have progressed over the past four years. Events this year

provided opportunities to reach out to large numbers of people and engage them with

bicycling in Santa Monica. Often these events were the best places to educate with

outreach materials at booths, activities and skills courses. Many events also included

bicycle rides and tours that were fun and raised the profile of bicycling in Santa Monica.

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Bike Education for youth was provided through the City’s CREST after school program,

with a focus on summer and holiday periods to reach the most students. Opportunities to

expand the reach to more students continue to be explored. Santa Monica Pedicab

training continued as a requirement for being a licensed Pedicab doing business in the

City. Los Angeles County Metro hosted dozens of weekend bike safety and education

classes all over the region for the second summer season. SM Spoke hosted a number

of the Metro classes locally, including both beginner and graduated classes. The Bike

Center and Sustainable Streets hosted adult learning classes locally as well.

The Bike Center continues to provide

long-term secure bike parking, repair

services, showers and support

functions in a prominent location in

Downtown. At the start of October 2015

the Bike Center reported 236 active

members. These members have made

14,852 trips to date. The Bike Center

expanded their rental bike fleet to allow

people to try the latest cargo style bikes,

family style bicycles with seating for

children and even electric versions.

The construction of the Esplanade

project posed challenges for the Bike

Center as the sidewalk was replaced

and access was limited at their front doors. They managed, however, to provide group

rides, host cycle clinics, and still provide quality services and rentals. The Esplanade

project once complete will provide a decorative sidewalk and a new access point from the

street to better serve cyclists and pedestrians at the Center.

Bike It Walk It participation at Santa Monica schools saw a good year with an increase in

the number of schools participating. Eight schools had 48% of their students arrived to

school by either bus, scooter, bike or on foot. Most impressive are the parent champions

working the local schools evolving and taking ownership of the program. For example, in

November 2015 parents and advocates of McKinley Elementary school organized and

hosted a Family Bike Fest advertised to all district parents and students. The event drew

600 participants for bike classes, bike demos, repair, activities and information from local

active businesses.

Building upon the Safe Routes pilot program efforts back in 2012-13, an array of events

for kids and families were exhibited such as the inaugural Family Bike Swap held at

Memorial Park in June, and “Bike Rodeos” at community gatherings such as National

Night Out and the Santa Monica Well-Being Festival. Additionally the popular themed

Kidical Mass rides continued to draw large crowds for each of the 4 rides held at rotating

Sustainable Streets offers adult learn to ride classes that use the City's learning area.

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park locations throughout Santa

Monica. Kidical Mass events are

community based group bike rides

aimed at encouraging cycling and

creating an environment for kids

and parents to practice safe road

skills together. This past year

Kidical Mass saw its highest

attendance rates and continues to

gain momentum and popularity.

Many of these efforts were

characteristic of unique and robust

community partnerships with fellow

City departments, local bike

advocacy group SM Spoke, local

bike shops, and more.

Participation in events like the Santa Monica Festival, Santa Monica Bike Expo, and

Wellbeing Festival is important for encouragement but also provides an opportunity to

discuss and reinforce best riding practices. Each of these events creates an opportunity

to build relationships that help transmit safe biking information and encourage more

people to ride together. Activities included a skills course, a bike ride through the city and

families were able to test ride cargo style bikes that included seats for children.

The National Bike Challenge put together by People for Bikes is still going strong and

increasing participants. In 2013, the City, the community and the Bike Center formed a

joint team to compete in the Challenge, which recognizes people who log their bike miles

ridden. The Bike Santa Monica team placed 17th nationally this year increasing their

overall miles pedaled from 97,000 to 99,600 over 5 months. The Bike Santa Monica team

finished second in the state, just a shy of first; however, the number one team was a bike

club. Bike Santa Monica team miles logged 53% of their total miles for transportation

purposes compared to a little over 30% statewide. The team reduced 47,911 pounds of

carbon dioxide emissions.

Awareness is the first step towards changing the culture so that all people see that

bicycles have a place on city streets, where road users show mutual respect. The events

and activities mentioned along with the infrastructure implemented over the last year

brought to light an existing bike culture that had been present but had not yet fully

developed. The culture is alive and well with more to come over the next few years.

Grant Funds

Grant funds for bike projects were recently consolidated from the Bike Transportation

Account and other multiple State and Local agencies into the Active Transportation

Family Bike Festival included a group ride where participants received fun, casual education.

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Program. Strategic & Transportation Planning staff submitted 4 applications to the Active

Transportation Program and were awarded 2 grants, for a total of $2.6 million in grant

funds. One grant will fund completion of improvements on Fourth Street that extend the

influence of Colorado Esplanade, south to Olympic Drive. The other is for bicycle and

pedestrian improvements along the 20th Street I-10 Freeway overcrossing, to close a gap

in the bike network that implement a portion of the Michigan Avenue Neighborhood

Greenway. The City was also awarded funding from Metro for a one day open street

event that will allow pedestrian and bicycle access to the street, while temporarily

restricting automobile access, and provide special event programing along the route. The

event will occur in the weeks after Expo begins service. Event planning including the

extent of the route has begun.

What's Next

There are many great changes to come in the next year. The opening of the Expo Rail

Line, the Expo Bike/Pedestrian Path, and expanding operations of Breeze bike share will

all alter the landscape of mobility in Santa Monica by providing new and convenient

options. Combined with Big Blue Bus service changes and digital technology innovations,

mobility opportunities continue to expand at a remarkable rate. For bikes the continued

evolution of transportation options will support moments where biking is understood as a

convenient part of a multi-modal trip locally and regionally. In addition the following

projects listed below are expected to be either underway or completed in the next year.

However, in order to complete the 5-year work plan we will have to progress on the more

challenging of infrastructure, protected bikeways and programmatic changes that get to

realizing Vision Zero.

Protected Bikeways: Residents continue to express a strong desire for more protected

bicycle facilities. The 5-year plan identified some protected bikeways that are just a few

short blocks in length, but the most ambitious is along 17th Street from Wilshire to Pico

Boulevards. A conceptual design and outreach effort will be initiated next year to make

some advancement on this critical north south connection.

Education: Along with the physical projects there is a need for more cyclist and motorist

education to increase ridership and decrease crashes. An on-going campaign is needed

that focuses on motorists and cyclists alike, helping identify best riding practices, road

etiquette at and around school zones, rail stations, and busy commercial districts.

Messaging would reinforce basic rules of road for new riders, and understanding that we

will all need to share our roadways.

Future Projects

• Implementation of grant funds to paint additional bike lanes high-visibility green,

focused on connections to high-capacity bus and rail transit, as well as siting and

installation of 1,250 bike racks citywide.

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• Breeze Bike Share gets off the ground with a dedicated staff person to focus on

the program, monitor usage, encourage new riders and identify any potential

changes to location and structure to capture the full potential of the system.

• Catalyzed by recently-passed State law that enables local jurisdictions to develop

a ticket diversion program for cyclists receiving citations, the City will be developing

an education program that would work as a ticket diversion system.

• Safe Routes to School will continue to expand with more outreach to parents,

educators and administrators to encourage families to walk, bike, skate, carpool

and take transit to school. Edison Language Academy Safe Routes to School

crossing improvements will be preparing construction documents for ground-

breaking in 2017 (implementing concepts from the Michigan Avenue Greenway).

Grant-funded education classes will be offered at Samohi as a one-hour class

during Freshman seminar, and the school campus will get new skateboard parking

and fix-it stations.

• Mayors Challenge for Safer People Safer Streets efforts will continue through the

Vision Zero/8-80 interdepartmental working group, looking for methods to

incorporate these concepts into other citywide practices.

• Improved data efforts are underway, looking for effective ways to create and

maintain updated Santa Monica-based household travel information that covers

more than just the home-work commute. This baseline data is crucial for

understanding transportation change and choice, and tracking progress toward

mode share and sustainability goals.

• Design and outreach to widen the beach bike path will be kicking off early next

year. Improvements will focus around the 1550 Beach Parking Lot, are areas north

of the Pier where the path is shared bike and pedestrian only.

• Preparation for the design of a bike connection from the Pier to the beach path.

Grant funding was awarded to construct a bike ramp to connect the Pier to the

beach path in future years.

Strengthening the existing bike culture will be a goal of the upcoming year. Ensuring

good connections to the light rail stations and bike share availability will be top on the list

to capitalize on the new light rail line and bike path. The programmatic and physical pieces

of the 5 year plan will need to continue progressing while we see a new model for mobility

emerge. Annual check in will help to ensure our bike culture continues to thrive through

the changing landscape that is currently unfolding.

Prepared by: Michelle Glickert, Bike Programs Coordinator

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Attachment A

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Attachment B

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5 YEAR 20 YEAR

Program Category Base Medium High

Education Bicycle Campus Planning, Develop a City

TV episode highlighting benefits of

biking, safety, etc., Bike Education at

events, Bike Rodeos, One time bike

training for city workers

Educational videos, Bicycle Campus

Opening, Classes offered through City

Bike Center, Additional City TV

Episodes, Bike Training for adults and

additional training for youth and

targeted groups like Seniors

Develop Core Educational Programming,

Ongoing Bicycle Training, Bicycle Repair

Skills

Events Bike to Work Day, Bike It! Day, Bike to

Park Day, Presence at special events

(Glow, Marathon), Technical support for

events with bike element (i.e. Tour da

Arts)

Bike cross promotion at events, Success

celebrations for programs and facilities,

Revise event requirements regarding

bicycles, Bike Center Tours, Car Free

Street Elements at existing events such

as Glow, Santa Monica Festival

Cyclovia , Major car free street events,

Upgrade bike-friendly status of Santa

Monica events

Awareness Attend public forums and existing group

and or commissions meetings, Create

Bike Program Identity, One targeted

campaign including bus tailcards

Continued collaboration with Advocacy

Groups, Regular Cycle Talks, Awareness

Campaigns, Bicycle Showcase Tours,

Giveaways with targeted campaigns

Ongoing targeted campaigns, Legislative

advocacy, Promotion of high profile

facilities including green paint, bike

boxes, and signalization

Information Request System (City Go App and Web

Page), Bike info. at City Events, Self-

guided bike tour maps, bike on bus web

information and on maps

Electronic map information on City

website and others, Updated Bike Map,

Directions to major destinations,

Encourage others to include cycling in

promos, New resident packet, Info

incorporated into event process, Web

Improvements, Web based multi-modal

trip planning

Real-time bike parking availability

information

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONFigure 4-1 identifies specific projects within program category priorities identified through community outreach. These programs will complement

and support ongoing bicycle network development.

Figure 4-1 Program Implementation Strategy

BOLD = Completed

Italics = Implementation Underway

Attachment C

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5 YEAR 20 YEAR

Encouragement Offer technical assistance to schools for

access, Support BikeIt! Day, Employer

TDM web services, Provide information

to employers regarding Bike@Work and

Bike Parking, Work with bicycle

advocacy groups, New resident outreach

Safe Routes to School (Samohi, Middle

School bicycle training, Middle and

Elementary encouragement), Mobile

School Bike Training, Bike Friendly

Business Recognition, Support Buy Local,

Encourage Bike Local bike to business

discounts, Car-Free Tourism support,

TMA Formation Planning, Bike Pooling,

Partner with SMC on programming

TMA Outreach, Santa Monica High

School access and parking

improvements, No Net New Trips

Toolkit that provide help and incentives

for employers, Bicycle ownership

programs, Mobile bike assistance, Bike-

friendly districts, Work with School

District to identify and improve good

bicycle routes to each school and to

provide information about these routes

to school communities and neighbors of

schools

Enforcement PD Bicycle Ambassador, Establish Ticket,

Diversion Program , Encourage bike

registration

Prioritize enforcement based on safety,

Agency coordination on rules and rights

of the Road

Consider anti-harassment rules

Programs Continued

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONFigure 4-1 identifies specific projects within program category priorities identified through community outreach. These programs will complement

and support ongoing bicycle network development.

BOLD = Completed

Italics = Implementation Underway

Attachment D

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5 YEAR 20 YEAR

Bicycle Park (Valet,

Bike Centers, and

public racks)

Bike Valet at Sunday Farmers' Market,

Bike Parking at Santa Monica High

School, 800 New public bike parking

spaces

Increased bike parking requirements

and amenities, Bike Valet at additional

Farmers' Markets, 2,500 new bike

parking spaces for public, provide on

site bike racks for schools and

businesses as part of TDM toolkit,

Create four bike corrals

Complete and Operate Bike Centers –

full and self service at Parking Structures

7 and 8, additional Bike Centers at two

rail stations

Bike Share Planning efforts for local and citywide

Bike Share

Pilot Bike Share Program in Downtown

or another area

Citywide Public Bike Share Program – 25

locations with 10 bikes each, Develop

and pursue opportunities to accelerate

the implementation of bike share in

Santa Monica, Expand the scope of the

initial bike share program as needed to

provide good coverage throughout the

city, Encourage and support the

development of a bike share program at

the regional level

Wayfinding Planning Beach Bike Trail signage

improvements, Initial wayfinding to

downtown Santa Monica Bike Center

Install Beach Trail signage and striping

plans, Citywide wayfinding to major

destinations and on primary bikeways

Design and phased implementation of

comprehensive wayfinding system

Supporting Infrastructure

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONFigure 4-1 identifies specific projects within program category priorities identified through community outreach. These programs will complement

and support ongoing bicycle network development.

BOLD = Completed

Italics = Implementation Underway

Attachment E