Hollister Avenue Old Town Interim Striping Project Approved

As soon as the paint dries, I will avoid that area at all cost and rely on Catheral Oaks, instead. I suspect the move will make it even harder for the local businesses on Hollister to survive.
I'll miss the Habit the most. And my filet mignon from Santa Cruz Market. RIP.

I guess my comments yesterday were too controversial - (the post wasn't approved)
My point was that if Hollister was not a thoroughfare that's always used when theres an accident on the freeway, then knock yourselves
out with the reduced lanes!
But reality has shown time and time again that even with two lanes each way it becomes a mess!

Thats great news. We are all very excited for this project to be completed.

Big mistake. Sorry Calle real and Cathedral oaks your going to see a huge increase in traffic. Also business should try to relocate now while they can.

Y'all are dramatic. I welcome the change! That stretch is dangerous for cars, bikes, and pedestrians. It needs this. AND - the sky won't fall!

Wish they'd do that on Milpas.

It seems that the old saying that people don't like change and generally object to any proposed change is confirmed here. Remember what State Street in Santa Barbara was like back in the day with 4 lanes of traffic and parking before it became a two lane street with no parking - and now a pedestrian mall.

YAY, for the Goleta City Council. I watched the meeting and learned a lot about Hollister … and how a good city council holds a meeting, the last step in real community participation, and comes to a decision!

…Just yesterday, the Natural Cafe announced that it has given up the ghost and is leaving State Street because of the conditions there. Maybe the SB city council should watch that Goleta meeting and see how a capable council asks intelligent questions, everybody participating, and comes to a decision! It's still going to be touch-and-go for some of the businesses and there is a lot of work to be done but Goleta IS a young city and with such council members who do their homework and think of the whole city it is interesting to watch.

Will there be a published summary of the workshop activities with the top 3 options discussed? Not everyone can attend these. Would be interested in what were the inputs & outputs, regular and irregular traffic conditions (such as delivery trucks that stop in the road), data on avg daily and seasonal flows so the trial is meaningful and wont produce a false positive. Cross traffic coming out of streets and the many driveways.

Meat Grinder Roundabouts are planned for the end of Old Town near Ward Memorial. If that happens, there will be no safe way for bicyclists to get to Old Town Goleta from that direction. There has not been a single public meeting on this as far as I know.

It took 30 years and hundreds of public meetings finally to get bike lanes approved in Old Town Goleta. Three dead pedestrians and cyclists during that time of inaction. I am very grateful to this Goleta City Council for finally moving forward on making this happen.

Can we please strike a better balance between getting public input and also taking action to make things safer, more comfortable and more sustainable for everyone?

I worked in old town off and on for 30 years . this is a mistake. already pedestrian and traffic problems

When traffic backs up on Hollister, more kids will be hit by cars speeding down the side streets.

One of the great things about paint is that it can be removed. I am willing to give this re-striping project a try to see if it works. If it works, great. If it doesn’t work, then the paint can be removed and the street can be re-re-striped.