A Superior Bike Network Investment

This alternative would provide bike riders a safe, convenient and comfortable ways BOTH to cross El Camino Real and access Downtown.

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Note: The blue dashed lines = existing bike lanes; the red lines = new bike lanes and routes; and the green = primary bike east-west bike travel alternatives.

Implement a combination of bike lanes on sections of University, Menlo, and Santa Cruz Avenues and bike routes on Live Oak and Crane Streets to provide safer, more convenient and less stressful east-west connectivity across El Camino Real and access to downtown. These additions to the city bike network are a subset of the east-west-connections included in the Specific Plan. There is also a significant variation as the design bypasses an unsafe section of University between Santa Cruz Avenue and Menlo Avenue that is too narrow for bike facilities and the busy intersection of University and Menlo Avenues beside Draeger’s. Note that Menlo Avenue is conveniently located about midway between Valparaiso and Middle Avenues.

Also, make Middle Avenue a bike route with bike and wayfaring signs and extend from Olive to opposite Safeway entrance.

Compare East-West Connectivity & Downtown Access To El Camino Real

El Camino Bike Lanes: Rating = C minus => Questionable value and safety plus negative impact on motorists.

East-West Bike Lanes: Rating = A => Superior value and safety plus positive impact on motorists.

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