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BACKGROUND Foothill Road is an asset to Pleasanton's bicycle network. In 2016, staff began identifying projects that would promote cycling on Foothill Road for a wider range of ages and abilities. Due to the existing physical conditions, including roadway width, right of way constraints, roadway ownership (City/County) and discontinuous bicycle amenities, it was determined that a comprehensive evaluation of the Foothill Road corridor was needed to provide a plan that would outline both short-term and long-term bicycle improvements to the roadway. While the primary focus of the Foothill Road BCP is bicycle access, information regarding other modes (i.e. vehicle and pedestrian) are also addressed where feasible. The City contracted with Fehr & Peers and began working on the Plan in 2017, with an estimated completion date of December 2018. The first several months of work consisted of data gathering, research, analysis and public outreach. The Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee (BPTC) was used as the steering committee for the Plan. [Check-ins with BPTC occurred on: June 2016, March 2018 and November 2018.] DISCUSSION The Foothill Road BCP divided Foothillts - b Road into three distinct land use character • _ Gbakai areas: Employment and Retail Focus Area c (Dublin Canyon Road to Stoneridge Drive), wpasad Dr Neighborhood Residential Focus Area (Stoneridge Drive to Bernal Avenue), and Q the Low Density Residential and ate¢ """°°' "` `•• �F rw - fdtr Me Recreational Focus Area (Bernal Avenue to w Castlewood Drive). F° g t The Foothill Road BCP consists of both -- a>tasr short- and long-term corridor ;------ improvements. _--_-improvements. The short-term improvements typically consist of striping and minor concrete/asphalt work. The long- term improvements are associated with - acquiring new right-of-way and other higher cost projects where more detailed analysis - Ivt is required. Study Corridor!foothill The overall goal of the Plan is to provide an Character Areas all ages and abilities roadway that can 1 fmploymeet and Reta,l Focus Area(BART Access+b''. serve as a north/south connection along ? Nergnbatrood Residential For as Area the western side of the City. 3 low Density Reudential&Recreabonat locus Area Parts Currently, the majority of Foothill Road is City Boundary ranked as either "uncomfortable" or "very uncomfortable" using the level of traffic stress metric (this equates to LTS 3 and LTS 4 - Page 2 of 4