Standard Ave. from Warner Ave. to 2nd Street.
Typical Proposed Cross Section

McFadden Ave. from Harbor Blvd. to Grand Ave.
Typical Proposed Cross Section

Standard Ave. and McFadden Ave. Bikeways Improvements

The Standard Avenue and McFadden Avenue Bikeway projects (Projects) were identified in the City’s Safe Mobility Santa Ana Plan (SMSA), Active Transportation Plan (ATP), and Central Santa Ana Complete Streets Plans (CSACS), hereinafter referred to as “Plans”. Per SMSA and CSACS both Standard Avenue and McFadden Avenue were recommended for road diets, protected and separated bicycle lanes and bike signals, green-back sharrows and a protected intersection at McFadden Avenue and Standard Avenue. Each of these plans included extensive amounts of community outreach to ensure that any of the resulting project recommendations were a direct reflection of the community needs and wants. For each of the plans, Community Outreach Plans were developed by City staff and consultant teams which included reaching out to stakeholders, local businesses and residents, thereby encouraging them to become project champions and to form part of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). A combined total of 17 community outreach events were held for these plans between 2016 and 2019. In addition, these plans developed web-based surveys in which the community had multiple opportunities to provide their input on each of the plans as they were being prepared. All of the outreach ensured that these plans were community driven planning documents that established a road map for City staff to know where the need was and what type of projects to pursue in the future.
In response to the project needs identified by the various planning documents stated above, staff pursued grant funding from the Active Transportation Program in 2018. In May 2019, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) notified the City of Santa Ana that the Active Transportation Program projects were awarded the requested grant funding. Following the programming of grant funds, City staff began working on the design and additional community outreach efforts for the project. During the design phase for the project in 2021, a combined total of 4 additional community meetings were held. Since a few years had passed since the community had seen these projects, the outreach meetings focused on providing the history on how the projects were initially identified and on ensuring that the proposed project improvements were still in alignment with what the community wanted to see implemented by these projects. During the meetings, one of the major concerns with both project street corridors was on-street parking. As a result, the project team completed and thorough assessment of all existing street parking and overlaid it with the proposed project improvements. As a result of the parking assessment and through creative engineering design, the project will be adding a total of 87 parking spaces along the corridors, 23 additional parking spaces on McFadden Avenue and 64 on Standard Avenue.

As a final product, this project implements protected bike lanes along McFadden Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to Grand Avenue, and Standard Avenue from Warner Avenue to 2nd Street. It also implements the City’s first fully-protected intersection at Standard Avenue and McFadden Avenue with separate traffic signal bicycle phasing and signal head indications. Pedestrian safety improvements along the corridors include high-visibility crosswalks and curb extensions at various cross streets. This project will serve the community by providing easier and safer connectivity to Downtown Santa Ana, Santa Ana College, the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and the Orange County Civic Center. The project corridors run through historically underserved neighborhoods and the improvements will directly benefit a population in need of healthier ways to get around their community without relying on an automobile. This project will provide opportunities to engage in physical activity, promote a healthier lifestyle, provide a safe and low-stress pedestrian mobility option, decrease car trips and vehicle miles traveled, and improve air quality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Project Scope, Funding, & Status

• Standard Avenue from Warner Avenue to First Street

  • Scope: Improvements include Class IV Protected Bike Lane, Class II Protected Bike Lanes, Class III Protected Bike Lanes, New Traffic Signal at Bishop Street, New Pedestrian crossing at Wakeham Avenue, Bulb-outs for shorter pedestrian crossing distance at intersection, new ADA Curb ramps, new AC pavement, and road diet channelization.
  • Funding: ATP, Measure M, TSIA, and a variety of local funds.
  • Status: This segment is currently in the construction stage. See Public Works webpage for complete project schedule.

• McFadden Avenue from Harbor Blvd to Grand Avenue

  • Scope: Improvements include Class IV Protected Bike Lane, Class II Protected Bike Lanes, Class III Protected Bike Lanes, Bulb-outs for shorter pedestrian crossing distance at intersection, new ADA Curb ramps, new AC pavement, and road diet channelization.
  • Funding: ATP, Measure M, TSIA, and a variety of local funds.
  • Status: This segment is currently in the construction stage. See Public Works webpage for complete project schedule.

The project objectives include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Increase safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorist.
• Improve storm water drainage, water quality, and air quality.
• Greater public access with ADA improvements and dedicated bike lanes.
• Enhanced community beautification with significant public investment.
• Provide traffic calming and reduces severe and fatal bicycle/pedestrian injuries.

Project Benefits

The proposed improvements have been designed utilizing Complete Streets principals to provide safe, comfortable, and convenient travel for all users: pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and motorists.

• Safety: The lane road diet and raised bike lane deter speeding through the project segment; landscaped bike lane provide a safe buffer between pedestrians and motorists; bicyclists travel in designated bike lanes instead of mixing flow with vehicles and pedestrians.
• Accessibility: ADA compliant curb ramps, high visibility pedestrian crossings, and bike lanes greatly improve accessibility for pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Traffic Flow: The proposed improvements provide safe mobility for all users while improving traffic flow.

Standard Ave. and McFadden Ave. Bike Lane Construction Contacts

Construction Manager
Miguel Martinez
Email: mmartinez15@santa-ana.org
Phone: 714-647-5027

Senior Construction Manager
Edward Torres
Email: etorres@santa-ana.org
Phone: 714-647-5018

General Questions

PWA Construction
Email: PWAConstruction@santa-ana.org
Phone: 714-647-5074