Goleta residents see accidents all the time at the maximally used roads that lead from the northbound 101 to UCSB and also to the shopping centers anchored by Costco and Target. Among those residents is Mayor Paula Perotte.
“People run into each other as traffic builds up on the offramp, and it definitely backs up onto the freeway,” she said of the Glen Annie/Storke Road offramp from the 101. “People who live here know that happens, but folks that don’t can be surprised,” she added. “They can be going pretty fast, and it backs up quickly. I’ve actually seen people get hit on the freeway,” Perotte said, calling them fender-benders for the most part.
Perotte has asked Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol — both state agencies that control and patrol the highway, ramps, and overpass at the Glen Annie/101 intersection — to report on peak traffic and start to plan on how to maximize safety.