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Residents and Sunnyvale Safe Streets urge rejection of narrow door‑zone Hollenbeck design
Summary
Public commenters and Sunnyvale Safe Streets presented parking analyses and safety arguments opposing Alternative 2 for the Hollenbeck bike‑lane study, saying the design creates a door zone and does not meet NACTO/Caltrans guidance; presenters recommended Alternative 1 and cited available side‑street and driveway parking.
Two members of the local advocacy group Sunnyvale Safe Streets presented to the commission during oral communications and urged the city to reject the Hollenbeck bike‑lane Alternative 2 presented in staff materials.
Charlene Liao said Alternative 2 — unbuffered bike lanes with a side‑parking lane — would place cyclists in a door zone between parked cars and fast‑moving traffic and does not meet Caltrans or NACTO guidance. Liao told the commission a dooring risk is material: “Dooring makes up 16 to 20 percent of all bike‑car…
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