TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Keith R. Cooke, P.E., Engineering and Transportation Director
Michael Stella, P.E., Principal Engineer
Reh-Lin N. Chen, P.E., Senior Transportation Engineer
Title: Public Hearing to Recommend to the City Council Adoption of the 2018 Update of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The City's adopted Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan should be updated every five years to maintain the City's eligibility for many of the bicycle and pedestrian grant funding programs. The current Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was adopted in 2011, so the City retained a consultant in Fall 2016 to facilitate a public process in updating the plan. The process utilized the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) to guide the consultant and allow a forum for public input and discussion. The BPAC's involvement assured that the plan balanced the needs of both bicyclists and pedestrians by identifying deficiencies in the City's current network, and by recommending solutions to overcome those deficiencies.
The draft update provides a blueprint for future improvements together with a prioritization strategy that will allow implementation in logical sequence based on funding availability. With the BPAC's work now complete, Staff presents the draft update to the Planning Commission with a recommendation that the Commission forward the update to the City Council for approval.
BACKGROUND
Bicycling and walking are low-cost, quiet, environmentally-friendly, and healthy forms of transportation; ideal for many trips. In 1997, the City of San Leandro adopted a Bicycle Master Plan to set forth a blueprint for completing a system of bikeways and support facilities (such as bicycle parking) as well as education programs. This document was updated in 2004 and again in 2010 to reflect changes in the bicycling environment and to add a pede...
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