Anticipating Caltrain ridership growth, the City of Sunnyvale is improving bike-pedestrian access around the Sunnyvale Caltrain Station. A survey of the public indicated that 38% of respondents would walk or bike to the Station more instead of drive if safety improvements were made.  At the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) meeting this month, staff unveiled concept plans of these improvements.  There were many street and intersection improvements proposed.  Some

Of all the purchases that have brought me joy in the past five years, the number one spot goes to the adoption fee for our cat. But numbers 2-5 are all bikes.  These days our family – my husband and I, our kids 9 & 11 – does as many of our daily errands by bike as we can, but that wasn’t always the case. We live on Taaffe St. in Sunnyvale, walking distance to Target, Trader Joe’s, the library, downtown, and more. And while we walked pretty often, we would often give in to “I

Motor vehicles usually have reliable street signs on every corner to help them know where they are and get where they need to go. Most hiking trails in wilderness areas also have trail signs at intersections. Unfortunately bicyclist and pedestrian paths often do not have names or signage.  It would be great for Sunnyvale and other cities in the US to have a policy to name paths and add "street" signs for all trails, paths, paseos, and other passages that are in urban settin

I used to be afraid of biking at night.  Indeed, I wouldn't bike anywhere if there was a possibility of biking back after dark.  I constantly had to calculate my return time, and too often I drove instead.  But after I got bright night lights, I was liberated.  I was able to make most of my local trips by bike independent of time of day.  I've been biking day and night for years now.   With the time change earlier this month and winter solstice next month, daylight now ends u