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 crashes” in jurisdictions that track it, she said, and argued the narrower lane widths and lack of buffers make Alternative 2 unsafe for children and “all ages and abilities.” She recommended staff and council select Alternative 1, which she said is closer to NACTO best practices.

Daniel Karpelovich (Sunnyvale Safe Streets) presented a block‑level parking analysis staff had not included in packet materials. He said on‑street parking usage on most Hollenbeck blocks is low and that driveway and nearby side‑street spaces provide surplus capacity. Karpelovich said the northernmost 600‑foot block is the sole crowded segment; even there he reported 27 available driveway spaces versus 11 parked cars on Hollenbeck in his night counts. He concluded that the city could remove parking on most of Hollenbeck in favor of buffered bike lanes without creating a parking crisis for residents.

Why it matters: the Hollenbeck corridor connects schools and neighborhood destinations and is on the city’s active‑transportation planning map. Choosing an unbuffered door‑zone lane risks increased dooring collisions and may discourage less‑experienced riders, Sunnyvale Safe Streets argued.

Staff and commissioners did not immediately respond with a policy decision; the group said the Hollenbeck study will return to the commission and council in the coming weeks.

Ending: Presenters urged that staff adopt designs consistent with NACTO and Caltrans Complete Streets guidance and to prioritize buffers, reduced speed and other protective measures over preserving on‑street parking where it creates dooring risk.