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In addition, Pleasanton itself hosts many special events throughout the year varying from kid-centric family fun to adult friendly brew crawls and wine strolls for residents and visitors. Pleasanton is also home to the the Alameda County Fairgrounds, a 270-acre facility hosting the annual Alameda County Fair along with many other well-known events throughout the year which often draws in attendance of over 10k visitors daily. With a rise in traffic and enforcement related issues, PPD has identified key opportunities that would provide significant benefit to the public: General traffic enforcement and education, DUI saturation efforts, and bicycle/Pedestrian safety. All data used in this application was obtained via the use of internal records management apart from OTS rankings. In previous years, PPD had been able to accomplish extraordinary goals in reducing traffic collisions occurring in Pleasanton and, thereby, reduced deaths and injuries because of crashes. However, due to current staffing and budgetary constraints has resulted in extreme cuts to the Department's traffic unit. A direct result of low staffing included the reduction in the number Traffic Officer positions from five officers to two officers as well as a temporary shutdown of the Traffic Unit to supplement patrol staffing levels. As a direct consequence of reduced traffic officers, traffic enforcement efforts made by the Department have dropped drastically while collisions have risen. Between 2019 and 2022, total collisions within the City of Pleasanton increased by 28% and injury collisions increased 39% with fatalities increasing from one in 2019 to three by end of 2022 Federal Fiscal Year. DUI arrests decreased by approximately 17%, a dramatic change that directly correlates to limited enforcement operations. With significantly less efforts being made in the area of traffic enforcement and education, PPD has seen a 32% decrease in the number of moving citations issued between 2019 to 2022. This significant drop in citations issued corresponded to the increase in injury collisions during the same period. The decrease in DUI arrests during the same time also parallels the decrease in enforcement and education. During the Federal Fiscal Year 2022, Pleasanton PD received $0 in OTS funding. Overall, the loss of enforcement and education grant funding coupled with the loss of dedicated traffic enforcement have negatively impacted the Pleasanton community and visitors from outside communities. In years past, PPD has participated in several DUI saturations patrols targeting DUI drivers as well as education. Support from NHSTA Office of Traffic Safety would allow PPD to organize these DUI saturation patrols throughout the year (including major holidays and collaborative efforts with neighboring agencies). However, the lack of funding had a significant impact on PPD's ability to staff DUI events thus presenting a decline in DUI arrests and an increase in DUI related collisions including fatalities. Bicycle Safety: The City of Pleasanton is a playground for bicycle enthusiast from all over as we have rural roads with rolling hills, and well-maintained dedicated bicycle lanes which makes it geographically attractive for cyclist. To accommodate the increased bicyclist's presence, the city has started adding green bicycle lanes (Protected bicycle lanes) throughout the city. The City of Pleasanton also draws the attention of local young riders and youth from outside of Pleasanton. We have two concrete skate / bicycle parks, with various ramps and bowl designs. Pleasanton is home to numerous bike paths, trails, and a BMX park. A significant amount of our school age children ride their bicycles to and from home to school. With the city being such an attractive place to cycle and it being so readily available, bicycle enthusiasts are abundant, which brings traffic related issues and collisions. We are often confronted with bicyclist not obeying the rules of the road and youth not wearing helmets. Failure to obey the rules of the road has led to many collisions along with young riders not wearing helmets leading to injury collisions. The City of Pleasanton has experienced the following bicycle collisions over the past