Cars drive down South De Anza Boulevard on Sept. 6, 2024. Cupertino is planning to reduce traffic lanes on the boulevard to better accommodate bicyclists (Stephanie Lam/Bay Area News Group) Loading your audio article
Cupertino will begin reducing traffic lanes on De Anza Boulevard next month to better accommodate bicyclists — but not everyone is willing to go down the new path.
Drivers who frequent the road say the new plans are too rushed, and want the city to hold off until they conduct a thorough traffic study examining how the reduction will impact car congestion and driver safety.
But other residents want the initiative to move ahead as planed, asserting that the changes will make the corridor safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. The divide has the city defending its plans and assuring locals that staff will do what they can to ensure a smooth transition.
De Anza is a major roadway that extends through Cupertino and parts of Sunnyvale and San Jose. The Cupertino portion has bike lanes running in both directions, but the lanes don’t have have a buffer zone — a designated painted space that divides bicycles from traffic — which can put cyclists at risk.
To remedy this, the city wants to paint a roughly 3-foot wide zone next to the bike lanes along Homestead Road and Bollinger Road. The 1.74 miles of repainting will cost around $530,000, according to the city. The results will reduce traffic lanes heading northbound between Stevens Creek and Lazaneo and southbound between Stevens Creek […]
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