March 1, 2001


To: Regional Transportation Commission


From: Bicycle/Pedestrian Subcommittee
City Transportation Commission

City of Santa Cruz


RE: RTP Project List


Dear Commissioners:


The City of Santa Cruz and the University of California are jointly undertaking a Master Transportation Study to identify ways to improve transportation in the City. To date we have conducted many public workshops and a random-sample survey, and one of the clear findings from this public process is broad public demand for enhancing the City's bicycle and pedestrian facilities. We would like to be in a position to move forward with as many of our bicycle and pedestrian projects as possible, and to help us achieve this widely supported goal we request the following Santa Cruz projects be moved from the Unconstrained List to the Constrained List:


SC-P63

Market St./Branciforte Drive Bike Lanes

$12,000

SC-P55

Frederick Street Bike Lanes

$11,000

SC-P64

Morrissey Blvd. Bike Lanes

$15,000

SC-P65

North Pacific Avenue Bike Lanes

$4,000

SC-P41

Western Drive Bike Lanes

$2,000

SC-P48

Coral Street Bike Lanes

$11,000

SC-P51

DuBois Street Bike Lanes

$5,000

SC-P54

Evergreen Street Bike Lanes

$8,000

SC-P58

Harvey West Blvd. Bike Lanes

$11,000


Total:

$79,000


None of these projects is over $15,000 and these small amounts are well within the uncertainty in the projected available funds.


On the constrained list are the following two City projects:


SC-P22

Chestnut Pathway

$80,000.00

SC-P47

Chestnut Street Bike Lanes

$8,000.00


The Agency Priority level is shown as low for both of these projects. We request that the priority level for these projects be changed to high because these projects are important direct links with the multimodal Depot site which the Commission is already helping to fund. The Chestnut Pathway is particularly important because it provides a new link which currently does not exist. Completing these bike projects will help the City and County achieve our goal of a fully multimodal facility.



Finally, the City Transportation Commission has unanimously requested that our sidewalk construction and maintenance program be expanded, with the goal of completing the City's network of sidewalks within five years. The Commission will be working with the City Council to include this goal in the City's next Capital Improvement Program update. We hope to seek the full amount ($2 million) under the City's sidewalk program (on the Constrained List):


SC-P9

Sidewalk Program - short term

$2 million


Thank you for your support.


Sincerely,


Wilson Fieberling


Peter Beckmann


Richard Stover