Genevieve Serna, chair of Arcadia’s Transportation Safety Committee, presented the committee’s annual report at the council meeting and summarized the committee’s priorities and recent organizational changes.

The committee — Serna told the council — held seven regular meetings between August 2024 and September (year not specified in the presentation) and focused on pedestrian safety, bicycle issues and traffic calming requests from the community. Serna said the committee moved from monthly to quarterly collision reporting and added a quarterly “street stories” report and an end‑of‑year data compilation intended to produce a tangible list of engineering projects to advance.

“Most notably we received public written and oral communication touching on community requests for traffic calming, calls for improved pedestrian crossings and pedestrian infrastructure, as well as addressing bicycle safety issues,” Serna said. She listed specific locations the committee recommended for high‑visibility crosswalks — for example, Union and Seventeenth; Eleventh and Q; Alliance and Foster; Alliance and Spear — and recommended a four‑way stop at Eleventh and Kew. The committee also flagged safety improvements on James and Hinden Road and Gentoli Lane (Valley West to Boyd Road) and identified K Street as a larger, separate project requiring more study.

Transit and next steps: Serna noted that Arcata Mad River Transit reporting changed hands in the last year; Humboldt Transit Authority (HTA) now administers the system and the committee encouraged public attendance at HTA meetings. She said the green and gold bus routes had exceeded 80,000 annual trips by mid‑2024 and urged continued patronage.

Council questions and staff notes: Vice Mayor White reminded the committee that HTA meetings are held monthly and available by Zoom. Council members and public commenters referenced a parking permit request near new dorms on I Street and the committee said the topic would likely be agendized. The council thanked the committee for its work and encouraged committee participation in the city’s pedestrian and bicycle master plan update and other multimodal projects.

Ending: the council accepted the committee report and asked staff to relay meeting and HTA schedule information to interested residents.