Cliff Drive, one of Santa Barbara’s most automobile-centric streets in terms of its design, is about to experience a transformation, with bicyclists and pedestrians getting their fair share of the road.
The city of Santa Barbara, led by Jessica Grant, supervising transportation planner, is set to overhaul about 3.1 miles of Cliff Drive. The plan is to install four new traffic signals, 14 new crosswalks, new safety features and crossings, including curb extension, widened sidewalks, high visibility-crosswalk markings, median refuge islands, rectangular rapid flashing beacons and safety lighting.
“I love everything about this,” said Ian Baucke, a member of the city’s Transportation and Circulation Committee. “It is revolutionary.”…