City Council Meeting
December 2, 2025
Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study
2City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Study (Study issue DPW 21-01) feasibility of
adding Class II bike lanes on Hollenbeck
Ave. between Alberta Ave. and Danforth Dr.
Existing Conditions:
• On-street parking on both sides
• Lacks bicycle lanes
Project Overview
Hollenbeck Avenue near Harvard Dr, facing south
3City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Project Timeline
Jul - Sep Oct - Dec Jan - Jul Aug - Sep Oct - Nov
2024
Data Collection
Options
Development
Refine Options
BPAC Meeting #1
Community Meeting
#1
Institution &
Commercial Owners
Meeting #1
BPAC Meeting #2
Community Meeting
#2
Online Survey
Institution &
Commercial Owners
Meeting #2
City Council Study
Session 2025
City Council Meetings
12/02/25
Selection of Preferred
Alternative
BPAC Meeting
#3
Recommendation
of Preferred
Alternative
Collision
Analysis
4City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 • Two Hybrid in-person/virtual community meetings
Sept. 26, 2024 and Mar. 4, 2025
Attendees: Total 90 in-person and online
• Two Institution and Commercial Owners meetings
Sept. 4, 2024 and Mar. 5, 2025
Attendees: Challenger School, Presbyterian Early Learning Center (PELC) • One online survey
Mar. 4, 2025 to Mar. 31, 2025
Responses: 703
• City Council Study Session
May 20, 2025
Public Outreach to Date
5City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Public Engagement Summary
Parking & Mobility
Impacts
• Cost Concerns
• School Operations
• Intersection Geometry
Safety Concerns Other
• Near-miss collisions
• Door zone
• Speeding
• Safe Routes To School
• Resident impact
• Crossing needs
• Accessibility concerns
• Service Access
• Parking for
ADUs/Increased Housing
6City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Study Findings
• Collision analysis (January 2019-January 2023)
• Parking Utilization
• Bicycle and Vehicle counts
• Online survey
• Cost Estimates
36.9%
15.9%
52.1%
3.9%
20.1%
8.9%
59.3%
64.0%
39.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
I support it I feel neutral about it I don't support it Respondents Feedback on Options
7City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Council Study Session Summary, May 20, 2025
Consider Additional Options:
• Remove parking on one side to add a bike lane.
• 7 feet wide parking lanes
• Parking-protected bike lanes
• Bidirectional cycle track on one side
• Center-running two-way cycle track
• Convert Hollenbeck Ave. to one-way
Traffic Calming: Address speeding concerns through the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Policy — not as part of this project.
Outreach: Expand engagement with nearby schools.
Further research: Investigate potential pedestrian improvements 8City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Options Overview
Option 1
6’ Bike Lanes + 3’ Buffer
No on-street parking
Option 2A
5-6’ Bike Lanes
On-street parking on one-
side only, alternating
Option 3
Maintain Existing Conditions
Consistent with ATP
Option 2B
5-6’ Bike Lanes
On-street parking on west
side only
9City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 • Widest separation between bikes and
vehicles
• All parking demand shifts to side
streets
• 4 segments with 6 - 7 mins walk time
• 6 segments might require crossing
street to find parking
8 locations identified in ATP for
crossing improvements*
1 location within 500 feet of two
signalized intersections - no
improvements recommended
• Cost estimate - $5.0M**
Option 1 Buffered Bike Lanes
Remove Parking on Both Sides of Hollenbeck Ave.
AA
AA
**Cost estimate does not include crossing
improvements (other than at Fremont Avenue)
* 3 locations have completed improvements
10City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 • Provide designated bike facility
while maintaining some parking
• On-street parking retained ~144
spaces
Maximum total parking
utilization is 96 parked vehicles
• 1 segment with 6-7 mins walk
time
• No segments require crossing
• Cost estimate - $5.0M*
Option 2A: Bike Lanes with Parking
on One Side, Alternating
AA
AA*Cost estimate does not include crossing
improvements (other than at Fremont Avenue)
11City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Option 2B: Bike Lanes with Parking
Generally Retained on West Side
• Provide designated bike facility while
maintaining some parking
• Parking retained on the east side
between Alberta Ave and The Dalles
Ave.
• On-street parking retained ~163
spaces
Maximum total parking utilization is 96
parked vehicles
• 1 segments with 6-7 mins walk time
• 3 segments require crossing:
All segments are within 500’ of a
controlled crossing
• Cost estimate - $5.0M*
AA
AA*Cost estimate does not include crossing
improvements (other than at Fremont Avenue)
12City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Option 3 Summary
Alternative 3
Maintain Existing
Conditions
Consistent with ATP
• Existing on-street parking maintained as-is
• Uphold current ATP recommendations
• ATP identified a bicycle lane between
Alberta Ave and The Dalles Ave
However no other need for bicycle
improvements were identified in the ATP
due to the availability of parallel routes
13City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Option 3 Summary
A A
A A
14City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Options Comparison
• Option 1: Buffered Bike Lanes
• Option 2A: Bike Lanes with parking on one side, alternating • Option 2B: Bike Lanes with parking on one side, generally west-side • Option 3: Maintain existing conditions
• Total existing parking spaces: 340
• Maximum total parking utilization observed: 96 parked vehicles Option
1 Option
2A
Option
2B
Option 3
Resulting on-street parking supply (spaces) 0 ~144 ~163 340 Provide designated bicycle facility Yes Yes Yes No
Implementation cost ~$5.0M ~$5.0M ~$5.0M --
15City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 • Not enough right of way to
meet design standards
• Could create additional
conflicts at driveways and
intersections
• Might need signal modifications
or other design changes
• Some ideas (like one-way
street) need a larger study
beyond this project
Evaluation of Other Options
Part-time Bike Lane
Source: Google Earth
Protected Bike Lane
Source: NACTO
Bidirectional cycle track on one side
Source: NACTO
16City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 BPAC Recommendation
17City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 BPAC Recommendation to City Council
Implement Option 1:
Remove on-street parking on both sides of the street on Hollenbeck Avenue between Danforth Drive and Alberta
Avenue to implement Class IIB buffered bicycle lanes, no comments on the CEQA and direct staff to include the concept plan as an unfunded project in the FY 2025/26 Budget pending future identification of funding.
Option 1
6’ Bike Lanes + 3’ Buffer
No on-street parking
18City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Staff Recommendation to City Council
19City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Staff Recommendation to City Council
Alternative 3: Recommend to City Council to approve
Option 2B, to remove on-street parking on the east side of the street on Hollenbeck Avenue between Danforth
Drive and The Dalles Avenue and implement Class II
bicycle lanes between Danforth Drive and Alberta Avenue, find that the action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c), and direct staff to
include the concept plan as an unfunded project in the FY 2025/26 Budget pending future identification of funding.
Option 2B
5-6’ Bike Lanes
On-street parking on west
side only
20City of Sunnyvale – Hollenbeck Avenue Bike Lane Study – December 2025 Thank you!