REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Java Drive Road Diet and Bike Lanes Recommendation to City Council
Report
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) developed a list of bicycle projects as part of VTP2040, the Long-Range Transportation Plan for Santa Clara County. The list of bicycle projects is included in the Bicycle Expenditure Program (BEP) and the projects are eligible for several grant funding sources. One of the listed BEP projects is the Java Drive Road Diet project ("Project"). The City of Sunnyvale's 2020 Active Transportation Plan (ATP) also identifies Class IV bikeways on Java Drive between Mathilda and Crossman Avenues as a Bicycle Plan priority. The Project will include the installation of approximately 5,000 linear feet of buffered Class II (on-street bike lanes) or Class IV (on street, separated) bike facilities via a "Road Diet" on Java Drive from Mathilda Avenue to Crossman Avenue. See Attachment 2 for the Project location. The Project will also include bicycle detection at five signalized intersections for added bicycle travel convenience and safety and green colored pavement treatments for bicycle-vehicle conflict zones.
The City has secured grant funds for design and construction through a competitive selection process from the VTA One Bay Area Grant Cycle 2 (OBAG2) for the Project. The OBAG2 program is funded with a mix of federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funds and Congestion Mitigation Air Quality funds. The cost of the Project was estimated at $632,911 with $500,000 coming from the OBAG2 Grant and $132,911 from City funds as a local match. Funding for this Project has been included in the FY 2020/21 Adopted Capital Improvement Projects Budget in Project number 832950 (Java Drive Road Diet and Bike Lanes). Funds were programmed for design beginning in 2018, with a deadline for obligating construction phase funding by January 2022.
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