Low Stress Bike Networks

The small-town nature of Silicon Valley means that you may live in one city, work in another, and do your errands in a third. It is our goal to expand transportation options by making sure that people and families of all ages and abilities can get to all your destinations in a safe, comfortable and convenient way – on a bike! We would like to connect our communities, from end to end. This means working with cities and the counties to improve local bike facilities and routes, and ensure that they are working to fill in the gaps and make their jurisdiction a welcoming place for people to choose a bike as transportation. These types of campaigns focus on implementing city bike plans, creating neighborhood bikeways, improving local streets and creating North-South bike routes. 

Policy Goals:  

• Prioritize low stress facilities everywhere with an emphasis on low-income communities and communities of color

• Protected bike lanes/micromobility lanes

• Protected intersections everywhere

• Prioritize bike boulevards

• There are safe and comfortable barrier crossings, freeways (101 and 280) and Caltrain (grade separations) for people walking and biking. See here for a map of safe crossings.

• Slow Streets and School Streets, in which car traffic is limited on residential streets, is implemented in every city

Metrics:  

• # of bike facilities

• % bike mode share

• Projects and mode share in low-income communities and communities of color

Strategies:  

• Focus on east-west and north-south routes including El Camino Real, Middlefield Road, Bay Trail, and VTA Bike Superhighways

• Remove on-street car parking for protected lanes

• Narrow car lanes and add road diets to create space for bike lanes

• Active transportation (biking, walking, micromobility) improvements are funded at a city, county, regional, and state level

• Network Priority Tool can help cities and residents prioritize the most impactful projects

• Implement Idaho Stop laws in each city

• Implement no stop when cross the top of T-intersection ordinances

 Past Campaigns

• San José Better Bikeways 2020

• Santa Clara San Tomas Creek Trail at Levi’s Stadium gameday access

• San Mateo County Measure W transportation ballot measure/SMCTA Strategic Plan

• Santa Clara County Measure B/VTA Complete Streets policy

• Middlefield Road bikeway in North Fair Oaks

• Ralston Avenue corridor bike lanes in Belmont

• Park Avenue bike lanes in San José

• San José Willow Glen Lincoln Ave. bike lanes

• Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan

• South San Francisco Downtown Precise Plan