9114125 Public Presentation
County Roads actions versus BOS actions and votes regarding expressways Pedestrians along expressways:
To enlarge this page, go to: ModernTransit.org/BOSvotes.pdf and enlarge on your computer. County Board of Supervisors (BOS) policies and orders Year Event County Roads action BOS (County Board of Supervisors) action BOS Compiled by Akos Szoboszlay, Modern Transit Society vote
4/12/07, Updated 05/14/2024
1960 Cities prohibit bicyclists and pedestrians from many pre-existing roads, without authority to do so from the State. 1960s, County Roads takes over these roads with bicyclists and pedestrians, and posts illegal signs to prohibit them. This page is an abridged version of a web page that contains links to sources (document scans, or 1970s Traffic lanes and bike lanes ("shoulders") are added. Bike lanes are 8 to 10 feet wide. (A standard bike lane is 5 feet.) County's pdf files) for the quotes on this page. The web page also describes (with photos) violations by County staff of these policies and orders of the Santa Clara County Board of 1988 Requested BOS to seek legislation in Rejected request. Voted to "support" bicycles on 4-1 Supervisors:
Sacramento to re-impose bicycle expressways.
prohibitions by over-ruling cities that moderntransit.org/quote repealed prohibitions.
1989 Opposed bike lanes at the (then) Required bike lanes along all expressways. (Bike lanes 5-0 1. 1991 Board Action: Ordered staff to create pedestrian paths on all expressways.
County Transportation Commission. already exist, This was to prevent destroying themn.) "Approve the proposed new program to provide pedestrian pathway facilities along the expressway system at the annual level of $75,000." [1991] 1991 T2010 Plan Eliminated bicyclists and pedestrians Retained bicyclists' and pedestrians' use of 5-0 from all expressways in the draft Plan. expressways in the final Plan. 2. Staff report for that Board Action: "The [predecessor] Transportation Agency's position is 1991 1991 Policy Ignored my requests to remove shrubs Required, and fully funded, the creation of pedestrian 5-0 that it will take several years [from 1991] to remove all obstacles [basically, "cut back brush"] in at intersection corners to create a paths along the "entire expressway system." Required the buffer area [between curb and property-line] from the entire expressway system." [1991] path to prevent right-turning vehicles pedestrian use of expressway bridges crossing rivers, from killing pedestrians. freeways and train tracks. Required paths at corners. 3. [Superseded by #4, next] 2003 2003 Tried to eliminate pedestrians from Recognized that "shoulder or path facilities can serve 5-0 4. The 2003 County Expressway Plan (formally titled Comprehensive County Expressway County (estimated) 70% of expressway miles for ... occasional pedestrian use." Recognized that Planning Study Implementation Plan, states:
Expressway by claiming that unless there is a expressways are, in fact, arterial roads. Approved "shoulder or path facilities can serve ... for occasional pedestrian use." [2003] Plan sidewalk, expressways are unsafe. detailed specifications for bike lanes on expressways.
Refused to remove "Pedestrians Gave a direct order to County Roads to remove these 5-0 5. "Wide shoulder or path" is listed in the map legend on all expressway-pedestrian maps in the Prohibited" signs in Sunnyvale after signs in Sunnyvale and to comply with the law. 2003 County Expressway Plan, showing exact locations of these wide shoulders and/or paths. the City repealed the prohibition. [2003]
SB 1233* of Without informing the County, added Directed staff to seek repeal of this law (on 5-0
6. The BOS ordered staff (on 1/10/06) to seek repeal of SB 1233, legal text that County Roads 2004 legal text to an unrelated State bill that 1/19/2006). Staff never complied. Staff wrote one inserted into an unrelated bill, to hide it from the County. It eliminated the right of both bicyclists 2006 eliminated the right to ride a bicycle or letter and then dropped the matter because staff to walk on public roads in California. wanted the law kept. (They wrote the legal text.) and pedestrians to use public roads in California. [See ModernTransit.org/restore/contents.htm] 2008 Went to every city BPAC to oppose Required sidewalks along all expressways, on both 5-0 sidewalks and pedestrians on sides of the road, as per Sidewalk Maps for each way so pedestrians do not have to enter the travel lane." expressways by faking accident expressway, that are part of the 2008 County (a) intersection areas, where shoulders are reduced or non-existent, ano statistics, but lost all the votes." Expressway Plan. (b) where people are forced to walk in the traffic lane — all caused by destruction of bike lanes 2024 2003, 2008 Censored the 2003 and 2008 County I (Akos Szoboszlay) informed the BOS under "Public None in May County Expressway Plans by eliminating them Comment" of the censoring. Then, County Roads was 8. "Expressway crossings of barriers (freeways, rivers, and railroads): A sidewalk/path on at Expressway from the County website, after I asked forced to restore these documents. These Plans are least one side of the expressway will be provided to the adjacent public street intersection in both Plans the BOS that County Roads comply. valid today. MTC recognizes them to be Master Plans. 2024, Active Eliminated all bike lanes and half the County Roads had prevented VTA BPAC from voting 4-0 9. "It is the policy ... to not eliminate existing sidewalks/pathways/informal paths." [1991] Nov. Transport- sidewalks from all expressways (in the by placing "information item" on the agenda, but the to ation Plan draft Plan). Totally ignored the 2003, HLUET (two Supervisors) sent it back for a vote. BPAC 2025, (ATP) 2008 Expressway Plans because then voted to keep bike lanes and sidewalks on both 0. The BOS approved sidewalks along all expressways, shown block by block, on pedestria June. County Roads lost the (above) votes. sides of expressways, and the BOS approved. laps of the 2008 County Expressway Plan. [ See: ModernTransit.org/expy/ped-element.html "See: ModernTransit,org/restore for the short article. The long article is at: ModernTransit.org/restore/restore-long.htm To see original document scans of quoted paragraphs, go to "See the letter from County Roads Director to the City of Santa Clara at this link: ModernTransit.org/2024/SCrepeal.pdf ModernTransit.org/quote and click the quote number.
For details and links for the above items, see the Timeline at: ModernTransit,org/expy/#timeline
POST MEETING MATERIAL
SPEED Java Drive in Sunnyvale has
no bike lane nor sidewalk for
pedestrians, Light Rail patrons,
and bicyclists. Speed limit is same
as on San Tomas (next photo).
[Photo: Google Maps Street View]
The widest bike lanes in the City,
8 feet wide, are on San Tomas
Expressway (shown). The BOS
required bike lanes (1989) with 6
feet minimum width (2003) and bike
lane use by pedestrians (2003). Yet,
I was repeatedly ticketed for using
bike lanes (and, not polluting)!
[Photo: Akos Szoboszlay, 408 221 0694]
914125 Public Presentation
Santa Clara Aquatics Foundation
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