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County adopts first Active Transportation Plan, targets expressways for separated paths and equity investments
Summary
The Board approved "Active Santa Clara County," the county's first active-transportation plan, prioritizing retrofits to expressways for separated pedestrian and bicycle paths and directing staff to pursue grant funding and phased implementation with an equity focus.
The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to adopt "Active Santa Clara County," the county's first comprehensive active-transportation plan, which outlines strategies to expand walking, rolling and biking across county roads primarily through retrofits of existing corridors.
Deputy Director Chris Lamb and Roads and Airports Director Harry Freitas presented the plan as a countywide framework that scores corridors for safety, equity and health need, connectivity and feasibility. The plan identifies expressways'given their high vehicle speeds and collision histories'as priority corridors for class 1 shared-use paths or other physically separated bicycle and…
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