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Students urge wider, brighter bike lanes and repaired sidewalks in Atherton

Atherton Town Transportation Committee · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Local students presented photos and proposals urging the town to widen and repaint bike lanes, install protective delineators made from recycled school plastics, and fix missing sidewalks to improve safety for walkers, bikers and wheelchairs.

Students from a local class addressed the committee and showed photos of narrow bike lanes and missing sidewalks, urging the town to make changes that would make active transportation safer for children and neighbors. "The bike lanes are really narrow…cars tend to veer into the bike lane and it makes me feel scared," one student said, describing an…

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