The city of Santa Barbara will host two community meetings to update residents on the Cliff Drive Vision Zero Project.

In 2018, the city adopted a Vision Zero strategy that aims to prevent severe and fatal injuries on Santa Barbara streets by focusing resources on high-priority roads with documented collision patterns.

Cliff Drive is the second-highest priority corridor in the city.

“The project addresses the community’s desires to transform this high-speed urban highway into a neighborhood-serving street with enhanced mobility and improved safety, with multi-modal transit opportunities for all ages and abilities, providing safe connections between neighborhoods, schools, and parks,” the city said.

Spanish interpretation will be available at both meetings. The virtual meeting will be posted on the project webpage. Construction is expected to begin in 2027.


Virtual Community Meeting — 5:30-7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, Register for the Zoom webinar here.

Community Meeting — 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13 at Monroe Elementary School, 431 Flora Vista Drive.

The project includes the following safety improvements:

• A new three-mile separated path for all ages and abilities on Cliff Drive from Arroyo Burro County Park to Castillo Street.
• Four new traffic signals along Cliff Drive.
• 14 new crosswalks and safety enhancements to four existing crosswalks.
• Safety features at crossings, such as curb extensions, widened sidewalks, high visibility-crosswalk markings, median refuge islands, rectangular rapid flashing beacons, and safety lighting.

Email comments about the project to CliffDrivePlan@SantaBarbaraCA.gov. For more information and to sign up for notifications, visit Cliff Drive Vision Zero Project – SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CliffDrive.