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File#: 25-857 MEETING DATE: 11/4/2025
Subject:
Councilmember Item Submitted by Councilmen Butch Twining, Andrew Gruel, and Chad
Williams - Pedestrian and Bike Safety
Recommended Action:
Direct the City Manager to continue to explore pedestrian and bike safety projects and funding, and
to work with CalTrans and local legislators to support, identify funding, and prioritize pedestrian and
bike safety projects.
Attachment(s):
1. Twining, Gruel, Williams Memo
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To: City Council
From: Butch Twining, Councilman
Andrew Gruel, Councilman
Chad Williams, Councilman
Date: November 4, 2025
Subject: PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY
ISSUE STATEMENT
Keeping cyclists and pedestrians safe on a busy road like PCH is about more than just traffic
management—it's about protecting lives and accessibility for everyone that makes this stretch of
the coast special. Every day, locals and visitors use PCH to walk, run, and bike. But the same
qualities that make it iconic—its popularity and access along coastal towns—also make it
dangerous for people traveling outside of cars. By working together to improve visibility, calm
traffic, and build safer spaces for everyone, we can create a corridor where drivers, cyclists, and
pedestrians coexist.
In June, Public Works applied for the Safe Routes to School Grant, targeting the Pacific
Coast Highway and Beach Boulevard Safety Action Plan. In 2027 the City hopes to receive
those funds totaling more than $600,000.
Every October the HBPD promotes National Pedestrian Safety Month, provided by a grant from
the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
HBPD reminds divers to always take extra precautions to help protect pedestrians and offers
driving safety tips.
As part of an upcoming Caltrans project, PCH from Bolsa Chica to Beach Blvd will see
improvements. CalTrans will formalize the bike lanes and add buffer zones between the bike lane
and the travel lanes from the Santa Ana River to Beach.
These efforts, and continued support and planning, represent meaningful steps toward a safer,
more connected coastal community.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Direct the City Manager to continue to explore pedestrian and bike safety projects and funding,
and to work with CalTrans and local legislators to support, identify funding, and prioritize
pedestrian and bike safety projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
Not applicable
STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL
Non Applicable-Administrative Item
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Subject: November 4th meeting :Item on Pedestrian and Bike Safety
Date: Friday,October 31,2025 4:32:08 PM
Thank you, Councilmen Gruel, Twining and Williams for bringing forth this agenda item.
As you look at this issue can you please revisit the efficacy of bike lanes/share the road
signage on streets like Delaware.
On Delaware, where there is limited parking due to multi residential dwellings,there is a
designated bike lane with poles. On trash day trash cans are placed next to the poles. Can you
relook at the configuration which appears to be a navigation nightmare for cars, bicyclists and
pedestrians. Are the poles really helpful?
On Talbert between Springdale and Edwards there was major resurfacing of the street and a
new bike lane with rectangles and green paint. Can the city communicate basic bike and
pedestrian safety with an explanation of what these designations mean?
Again,thank you for bringing up this important public safety issue.
Sincerely,
Pat Quintana
SUPPLEMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
Meeting Date: 11-4-2025
Agenda Item No. 12 (25-857)
Switzer, Donna
From: Steven C Shepherd Architect <steve@shepherdarchitects.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 8:55 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL(INCL. CMO STAFF);supplementalcomm@surfcity-hb.org
Subject: AGENDA ITEM #12 PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY- DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL!
Good Morning -
If you're really serious about ped/bike safety, improvements to PCH and Beach Blvd. is not the place
to start. I've lived in Huntington Beach for more than 35 years, and I walk and bike around our
community every day (20 to 25 miles per week on foot and another 20 miles running local errands on
my e-bike).
I would strongly recommend that you direct HB Public Works to focus all ped/bike infrastructure
efforts on improving our city's secondary arterials. These roadways are where most residents walk
and bike, and they also run adjacent to most local K-12 schools, public parks, and senior citizens'
living communities.
You see, while improving PCH would be swell, it only runs along the edge of our community and
doesn't provide day-to-day access to schools, parks, and other local services. No one other than
hardcore recreational cyclists use PCH regularly, and while everyone in Huntington Beach is forced to
cross PCH to get to the beach, no one, and I mean NO ONE, rides along PCH ... ever. Much the
same can be said for Beach Blvd.
So if you actually want to do something meaningful with regard to improving public safety, reducing
congestion, and improving the quality of life in Huntington Beach, focus your efforts on improving our
the ped/bike infrastructure along our existing secondary arterials that are regularly used by residents -
families, school children, and senior citizens- every day.
Thank you.
Steve Shepherd
Huntington Beach 92646
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