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PAUL S.LEON SHEILA MAUTZ
MAYOR CITY CLERK
ALAN D.WAPNER JAMES R.MILHISER
MAYOR PRO TEM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CITYTREASURER
JIM W.BOWMAN SCOTT OCHOA
DEBRA PORADA CITY MANAGER
DAISY MACIAS February 26, 2026
COUNCIL MEMBERS
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
1170 Nest Third Street, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92410
Attention: Ginger Koblasz - Data & Analytics Program Manager
SUBJECT: SCOPE CHANGE REQUEST -CITY OF ONTARIO TRANSPORTATION
DEVELOPMENT ACT (TDA) ARTICLE 3: BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN
FACILITIES 2025 APPLICATION
The City of Ontario is submitting a Scope Change Request to the San Bernardino County Transportation
Authority for the City's Transportation Development Act(TDA)Article 3: Bicycle&Pedestrian Facilities
2025 application that was submitted on August 4t1', 2025, for the Downtown Euclid Avenue Corridor
Proiect.
Since the submittal of the TDA application, the City has prepared and analyzed 3 alternatives to further
evaluate options to address bicyclists and improve overall pedestrian access through downtown.
Alternative 1 is the original concept that was included in the TDA application.
The 3 alternatives are summarized below:
Alternative I- Alternative 1 is the original concept prepared by Fehr and Peers with the installation of a
raised, sidewalk level Class IV separated bikeway. Alternative 1 presented the safety issue of pedestrians
having to walk across the bikeway from the angled parking to the sidewalk. The Class IV separated
bikeway would require the installation of an intermittent barrier between the bikeway and the sidewalk to
reduce crossing conflicts. The barrier would reduce the effective sidewalk width and reduce the usable
open space in front of businesses for landscaping, streetlights, street furniture and fire hydrants. It was
also determined that parked vehicles in the angled parking against the bikeway would overhang into the
bikeway and reduce the bikeway effective width to between 3 and 4-feet. The use of parking bumps was
considered to address the parking issue;however the parking bumps were determined to be a maintenance
issue for street sweepers in the parking areas.
PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY I Tito Haes, Executive Director
1333 South Bon View Avenue • Ontario, CA 91761 1 (909) 395-2800 1 OntarioCA.gov/PublicWorks
Alternative 2- Alternative 2 was prepared as an option to illustrate how a Class II on-street striped bike
lane could be accommodated through downtown. Existing parallel parking against the raised median
would need to be removed throughout downtown to accommodate the striped bike lane with a 4-foot
buffer against the angled parking. This option could be implemented in the future once additional parking
structures are constructed downtown and parallel parking against the raised median is no longer essential.
Alternative 3- Alternative 3 maintains the use of the existing Class III on-street bike route sharrows
installed by Caltrans,in the No.2 Lane against the angled parking.Alternative 3 is the preferred alternative
because it addresses the pedestrian safety concerns of Alternative 1 and avoids the parking impacts of
Alternative 2. We intend to reduce the speed limit through downtown from the current 35 MPH to 30
MPH which would improve the overall safety of bicyclists in the street. Alternative 3 includes the
installation of an 8-foot-wide decomposed granite multipurpose trail along the raised median which would
serve as an alternative for bicyclists and pedestrians going through downtown.
Alternative 3 is the City's preferred option and the alternative that will advance into design. The angled
parking,roadway improvements, cost estimate and project limits identified in the TDA application remain
unchanged. The Alternative 3 roadway improvements also provide the roadway width to accommodate a
future Class 11 on-street 5-foot striped bike lane.
Attached is the current Geometric Approval Drawing (GAD) for Alternative 3 for reference, along with
exhibits of Alternatives 1, 2 and 3.
We feel that the City's preferred Alternative 3 is consistent with the original intent and spirit of the TDA
application, which is to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety via the road diet with the installation of
angled parking, along with the installation of an off-street 8-foot-wide multi-purpose trail in the raised
median. The City is currently considering a future extension of the 8-foot-wide multi-purpose trail in the
raised median on Euclid Avenue beyond the limits of downtown, which would extend from Holt
Boulevard to the northerly City boundary at Sixth Street. The City's General Plan Mobility Element goal
is to provide an off-street multipurpose pedestrian and bicycle trail system where possible.
Please let us know if the City's project is still eligible for the TDA fiends for the updated, intended design.
Sincerely,
Jay Bautista, PE, TE
Traffic/Transportation Manager
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