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Transportation Impact Study for Hidden Canyon Residences & Preserve <br />March 2023 Page | 17 <br />provides access to and from I-580, I-680, Stoneridge Drive and San Ramon Road. Sidewalks and bicycle <br />lanes are provided on Foothill Road south of the intersection with Dublin Canyon Road. <br />Stoneridge Drive is a four-to-six lane east-west arterial street extending between Foothill Road and <br />Laurel Creek Drive to the west, through Hacienda Business Park to El Charro Road on the eastern border <br />of Pleasanton. Sidewalks and bicycle lanes are provided on both sides of Stoneridge Drive. <br />Schaefer Ranch Road is a two-lane roadway that lies about two miles from the western City boundary <br />and connects the Schaefer Ranch residential development and Dublin Road, both located on the north <br />side of I-580, to the project site via Dublin Canyon Road. The roadway lies to the west of the project site. <br />Laurel Creek Drive is a two-lane residential collector extending between Dublin Canyon Road to the west <br />and Foothill Road on the east. The roadway provides lies to the east of the project site and provides <br />access to residential properties and connects with Foothill Road and Stoneridge Drive. Right- and left-turn <br />access from Dublin Canyon Road is prohibited. <br />I-580 is an east-west, eight-lane freeway with four mixed-flow lanes in each direction in the vicinity of the <br />project. I-580 is located approximately 850 feet north of the project site and provides regional freeway <br />access connecting Interstate 5 with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and further northwest through <br />the City of Richmond. I-580 provides direct access to Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore. The nearest <br />access from I-580 to the project site is provided via on and off ramps at Foothill Road. <br />I-680 is a north-south, six-lane freeway with three mixed-flow lanes in each direction to the south of I- <br />580, and eight-lane freeway with four mixed-flow lanes in each direction to the north of I-580, in the <br />vicinity of the project. I-680 is located approximately 4,300 feet to the east of the project site and provides <br />regional freeway access north to San Ramon, Walnut Creek and Concord, and south to Milpitas and San <br />Jose. Access from I-680 to the project site is provided via interchanges at I-580 and Stoneridge Drive. <br />3.2 EXISTING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES <br />Walkability is defined as the ability to travel easily and safely between various origins and destinations <br />without having to rely on automobiles or other motorized travel. The ideal “walkable” community includes <br />wide sidewalks, a mix of land uses such as residential, employment, and shopping opportunities, a limited <br />number of conflict points with vehicle traffic, and easy access to transit facilities and services. Pedestrian <br />facilities are comprised of crosswalks, sidewalks, pedestrian signals, and off-street paths, which provide <br />safe and convenient routes for pedestrians to access destinations such as institutions, businesses, public <br />transportation, and recreation facilities. <br />There are no existing sidewalks on Dublin Canyon Road in the immediate vicinity of the project site. <br />Sidewalks are provided on segments of Dublin Canyon Road to the west and east of the project site, but <br />do not connect to the project site. Two intersections closest to the project site have internal sidewalks <br />extending towards residences on Canyon Creek Circle and Canyon Meadows Drive. The intersection of <br />Schaefer Ranch Road and Dublin Canyon Road, a side-street stop controlled intersection is equipped with <br />sidewalks. Other study intersections lying to the east of the project site are signalized and are well <br />equipped with marked crosswalks, push buttons, and pedestrian countdown heads. Existing sidewalk