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6.F. - Page 2 of 3 ANALYSIS Staff is requesting City Council support to apply for grant funding for the Vera Avenue Bicycle Boulevard Project and a creation of a Redwood City Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan. These two projects would support several city efforts. Vera Avenue Bicvcle Boulevard Proiect Bicycle boulevards are streets with low motorized traffic volumes and speeds, designated and designed to give priority to bicycle travel. Bicycle boulevards use signs, pavement markings, and speed and volume management measures to create safe and convenient bicycle routes. Vera Avenue is an east -west, low - stress road that connects EI Camino Real to Alameda de las Pulgas. It has lower traffic volumes compared to two parallel streets, Roosevelt and Jefferson Avenues, making it an attractive bicycle route for people of all ages and abilities. RWCmoves, the citywide transportation plan, identified the Vera Avenue Bicycle Boulevard as a Tier 1 project and part of the bicycle backbone network. The project would create safe and convenient bicycle access to multiple schools, Red Morton Park and Community Center, and the Veterans Memorial Senior Center. The project also connects to the interim Peninsula Bikeway, a collaborative project of the Cities of Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Redwood City to better link and connect these four cities and the region. With the Redwood City School District school consolidation planned for the upcoming school year, hundreds more students will attend Roosevelt and John Gill Elementary Schools. Since Vera Avenue is a potential walking and bicycling route for these students, this project would be particularly timely. The project is also one of the focus projects in 2019-20 Technical Advisory Committee's work plan. If funded, this grant would expand the limits of the project that is funded by one-time funds in the Fiscal Year 2019- 20 Capital Improvement Program budget. Redwood City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan The development of bicycle and pedestrian master plans are identified in RWCmoves as a Tier 1 projects. Due to the existing conditions and planning work recently completed by RWCmoves, the level of effort to develop master plans for both bicycles and pedestrians is smaller than it otherwise would be. For this reason, staff recommends completing both documents at the same time. The plan would augment the existing, detailed analysis of conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians, and recommend projects, policies, and programs aimed specifically at increasing safety, bicycle ridership, and pedestrian activity. This plan will be the first one in its kind for Redwood City. At its June 11, 2019 meeting, the Transportation Advisory Committee endorsed grant applications for both projects. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 126