Project background
In 2015, the Bicycle Commission proposed inclusion of a new priority project in the Commission’s two-year work plan. The City Council approved the project as part of its 2016 Work Plan and approved the concept design on December 6, 2016. On April 18, 2017, the City Council directed staff to advance the project into construction to be open before school starts in the fall of 2017. Provisions for weekend parking between Laurel Street and Middlefield Road and events at Nativity Church were also incorporated.
Parking changes
As part of the City’s design of the project, parking occupancy on each street was reviewed to analyze areas of highest parking demand and minimize impacts by preserving as much parking as feasible in these areas, particularly in the downtown area. As such, all parking on Crane Street, Santa Cruz Avenue and Live Oak Avenue was preserved as part of this project.
However, some parking removal was necessary to install bike lanes on Oak Grove and University Avenues.