April 4, 2023 Item No. 2.A - RTC 23-146
City Council
SITA CHARACTE Meeting
Item No. 2.A - 23-146
CITY Project Update and Action on a
Resolution Adopting the Santa
1852 Clara Valley Transportation
THE MISSION CITY Authority's Central Bikeway
Feasibility Study
April 4, 2023
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Santa Clara
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Agenda
• Background
• Central Bikeway Study Scope / Study Area
• Process, Public Outreach, Study Criteria
• Three Alternatives
• Preferred Alt - El Camino Real + The Alameda + Taylor St. • Cost + Schedule
• Issues - Caltrans approval + 0 & M
• Next Steps + Grant Opportunities
• Questions & Answers
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Santa Clara
The Center of What's Possible
Background
• 2018 Santa Clara County Bicycle Plan
• Includes Bicycle Superhighways
Countywide
- "high quality, uninterrupted bikeways that are Bicycle Plan May 2018
separated from motor vehicles and travel long Final Plan distances across the county"
• 2019/20:
- VTA obtains State grant to study 1st bicycle
superhighway in Santa Clara County
Transportatic
- VTA Board authorizes study
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Central Bikeway
Study Scope
• Bicycle superhighway providing east-west connection from Lawrence Caltrain Station (Santa Clara) to the Berryessa BART Station (San Jose).
• Four rounds of public engagement
• Alternative and feasibility analysis for three (3) different alignments
• Creation of a Final Study Report and 10% Basis of Design Concept Plans CENTRAL BIKEWAY Study
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Hiptos, Milpitas BART Station
Levi
Stadium BART Station.
Levi's
SUNNYVALE
Stadium
Central
SAN JOSE
White Rd.
Lawrence
Station Central Expressway Berryessa Bikeway
San Jose BART Station
Walsh Ave
Lawrence Airport •
stallon Berryessa
San Jose North Son Jose Study
Santa International BART Station
Airport
Clara Hedding St
El Camino Real O Santa Clara
El Camino Real Station Station Taylor St Area
Santa Clara
University
DOWNTOWN
SAN JOSE
Study Area Station
- Existing Trails
Diridon Station o
San Jos
Diridon Statior
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Process and Public Outreach
• Process Stages
- Listen/Learning - Introduce, set vision, shape goals, identify key destinations - Collaborate/Evaluate - Various alternatives, preferences, priorities, ranked - Refine / Design - Shared top ranked alternative & preliminary drawings - Finalize - Share draft report
• 6 public meetings, 14 pop-up events, 2,550 survey results, social media, City Manager Blogs, Santa Clara BPAC, VTA Committees
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Study Criteria
• Equity: Proximity to disadvantaged community
• Project Combability: Impacts to traffic/parking/transit operations/ROW • Community-Desired: Community identified routes and destinations • Sustainability: # of bicycling users, corridor travel time, VMT reduction • Access: Proximity to transit routes, jobs, bike facilities • Joy: Access to parks, creation of a new route, and level of effort • Safety: Number of intersections, driveways, and adjacent vehicles • Feasibility: Costs for design, permitting, construction, and maintenance City of
Santa Clara
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Three Alternatives
Santa Clara Airport San José
TRAIL TRACKWAY
WALSH WIZARD
SHORTLINER
DOWNTORS
SANJOSE
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Preferred Alternative
San Tomas Aq Creek Trail Light Rail coyote Creek Trail
Berryessa VTA Light Rail
Lawrence Station.
Station guadalupe River Trail Taylor St
Caltrain San Jose
international 580
Airport
Hedding St
El Camino Real ) Santa Clara
Station
12 Santa Clara College San José
Park
Station
87 Study Area • Trail 880 101
Diridon
Central Bikeway Station THE VISION
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El Camino Concepts
Conceptual Rendering
Existing
Key Map
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El Camino Concepts
ROW 120'
104'
54' 6'
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16 MEDIAN MIC-GLOCK WB - RAISED HOEWALK
EB TURN LANE AT INTERBECTION
BIEWAY
RAISEn
NEWAY -
GILSTREET PARKING TO BE REMOVED
HIKEWAY
ELWAGE PAY PROTECTED BIKEWAY
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El Camino Concepts
EX, SIDEWALK
SIDEWALK LEVEL
SEPARATED BIKEWAY,
CONCRETE
EX. BOW G'UMDE DELINEATOR BAND
7 TYP 5' M/N TYP +
WIDTH AND SITE DISTANCES
• PAVED MEDIAN ISLAND - PLANTING STRIP
• STREET TREES
ONE-WAY SIDEWALK LEVEL PROTECTED BIKEWAY
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El Camino Concepts
RECONSTRUCTED
DRIVEWAY
SIDEWALK-LEVEL VARIES'
SEPARATED BIKEWAY. - DRIVEWAY CONFLICT AREA
CONCRETE
Ex. BOW 6'WNIDE DELINEATOR BAND
7 TYP, 5 MIN
g
PLANTING STRIP
10'
MIN DRIVEWAY STREET TREES
DRIVEWAY AT ONE-WAY SIDEWALK-LEVEL ROTECTED BİKEWAY
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El Camino Concepts
2 SIDEWALK LINCOLN ST
REDUCTION ARTICULATED
ONE-WAY RAISED
SPARATES BIX-NAY
EL CAMINO REAL
#
2 SIDEWALK TO
REDUCTION
ISABELA ST LINCOL
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El Camino
(10%
Level
Drawings)
SENTRAL BIKEWAY K HMi! PROTECTED HIERSECTO INT-01 15
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Cost + Schedule
• Project Length - 11 miles (3-5 miles in Santa Clara)
• Total Estimated Budget - $250M
- Design - $28M
- Construction - $222M
• Ten to twenty + years to complete (dependent on funding) 16 16
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Outstanding Issues
• Caltrans has not approved project
• Extensive Caltrans process to obtain further direction and approvals
• Operations and Maintenance costs & responsibilities
(City or Caltrans)
• Likely City match needed for construction
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Santa Clara BPAC
1. Central Bikeway project presented to BPAC on June
2021 and January 2022.
2. BPAC expressed support for the project and the
recommended alternative
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Next Steps
• San Jose
• Santa Clara City Council
• VTA Committees
• VTA Board Adoption
• Pursue funding opportunities
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Funding Opportunities
• Federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure
with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant:
- In February, VTA has applied for a $25M RAISE Grant (w/ additional $3M VTA local match) for Design + Environmental (Total $28M)
- Santa Clara provided a Letter of Support
• State Active Transportation Program (ATP)
- Next funding call - summer 2024
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Recommendation
• Adopt a resolution adopting the Central Bikeway
Study Feasibility Final Report.
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City Council
Meeting
Item No. 2.A - 23-146
Project Update and Action on a
Resolution Adopting the Santa
1852 Clara Valley Transportation
THE MISSION CIT Authority's Central Bikeway
Feasibility Study
April 4, 2023
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414/23 2.A
Marisa Welling
From: Tiffany H <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:13 AM
To: Clerk
Subject: Comments on 2A 23-146
Dear Santa Clara City Council,
I am writing to send my comments on agenda item 2A 23-146. My name is Tiffany Hsu: I live in Sunnyvale but bike to Santa Clara for a multimodal commute to San Francisco.
Please adopt the final report and feasibility study of the Central Bikeway Study. Although the report stated that only
1.4% commute by bike, I believe that with the right infrastructure - this number could increase. We saw bike sales soar during the pandemic when traffic was down. People felt safer walking and biking, and outdoors is still where COVID transmission risk is lowest.
A bikeway between Santa Clara and San Jose on El Camino could be a good commute option for those who work at those businesses, and a safer and potentially more reliable transit option for those immunocompromised, or who can't rely on bus schedules. If bike parking was widely implemented, many people could visit the businesses for fun. As a parent, I would love to buy a bike trailer or cargo bike to bring my toddler around, but we have not because we worry about how fast cars drive on these roads. Instead, we see family and friends buy larger SUVs to transport their bikes and trailers to nature trails or empty parking lots - which is paradoxical because now you need a specific car or equipment to go biking. Biking should be accessible to everyone.
With traffic already at capacity despite people telecommuting (Mercury News:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/02/they-said-it-traffic-is-back/ They said it: Traffic is back) and climate change, I believe that we need to invest in other modes of transportation. Biking has become much more accessible now with the rise of e-bikes - both my and my husband's companies sponsor ebike programs for commuting. Now we need the (safe!) routes and bike parking infrastructure to get to our destinations.
Thank you for your time,
Tiffany
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