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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 9, 2009
To: John Cherbone, City of Saratoga, Public W orks Director
From: Franziska Church/Sohrab Rashid
Subject: City of Saratoga Existing and Proposed Bicycle Facilities
1025-446
Fehr & Peers worked with City staff and the City’s Pedestrian, Equestrian and Bicycle Advisory
Committee (PEBTAC) to develop recommendation for modifications to the City’s Existing and
Proposed Bicycle Facilities map that is included Circulation and Scenic Highway Element of the
City’s General Plan. The revised map is attached as Figure 1 and illustrates the proposed bicycle
facilities network for the City of Saratoga.
Bicycle facilities are commonly designated as bike paths, bike lanes, and bike routes. Bike paths
(Class I) are paved pathways separated from roadways that are designated for the exclusive use
of bicycles and pedestrians. Bike lanes (Class II) are lanes for bicyclists adjacent to the outside
vehicle travel lanes. Bike routes (Class III) are generally located on low volumes streets that
provide alternate routes for recreational, and in some cases, commuter, and school-age cyclists.
These facilities are signed for bike use, but have no separated bike right-of-way or lane striping.
Some of the recommended modifications as compared to the current bicycle facilities map
include:
• Removing Class III facility designations on Big Basin W ay, Mount Eden Road, and
portions of Pierce Road
• Adding Class III bic ycle facilities onto Miller Avenue, 4th Street, Elva Avenue, Saraview
Drive, Surrey Lane, Arroyo DeArguello, and W ardell Road
• Adding proposed Class I bicycle facilities along portions of Congress Springs Road (SR
9) and Pierce Road
• Adding proposed Class III bicycle facilities along portions of Big Basin Way (SR 9) and
Pierce Road
The proposed bicycle designations illustrated on Figure 1 are appropriate for the type of
roadways on which they are located and enhance bicycle connectivity throughout the City. Fehr &
Peers recommends that the City of Saratoga adopt the revised Existing and Proposed Bicycle
Facilities map.
In addition to the revisions to the bicycle map, Fehr & Peers recommends that the first 500 feet of
the southbound curb at the south west corner of the Lawrence Expressway/Saratoga Avenue
intersection be painted red and be posted as No Stopping. The proposed signs would discourage
and prohibit vehicles from stopping on this segment of Saratoga Avenue.