Santa Rosa plans to add more than five miles of protected bike lanes on four major road segments.
The city was awarded $200,000 by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to expand the city’s network of so-called “low stress” bicycle facilities.
Such facilities include Class 1 bike paths and Class IV protected bike lanes where cyclists ride on the road but are separated from vehicle traffic by a physical barrier such as vertical delineators, planters, concrete curbs or in some cases street parking.
The city will purchase flexible bollards — more than 1,300 of them — and install them over the next year, according to a staff report.
Improvements are planned on: The stretch of Third Street that crosses below Santa Rosa Plaza from Morgan to B streets, where there is currently a painted buffer separating vehicles and bicycles.
Cleveland Avenue from Hopper Avenue to Guerneville Road.
More than a mile of West College Avenue from North Dutton Avenue to Marlow Road. North Dutton Avenue from College to Jennings avenues. City planners have sought to boost bike facilities across the city and improve road safety.Cyclists and transportation officials say physical barriers, in particular, are key to increasing rider safety and comfort, especially on roads with a high volume of traffic or speed.Yet there’s less than a mile of existing protected bike lanes in the city.City engineers last summer installed a separated, two-way bike lane on Armory Drive, the first in the city, and another on Santa Rosa Avenue to help riders exiting the Prince Memorial […]
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