Take this timely opportunity to provide your good ideas on the Pleasant Hill Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan. You can give your input directly to Eric Hu, the City’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Planner, or add a comment to this Blog and we will see that the City of Pleasant Hill receives it. The Pleasant Hill Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan is to be adopted by May, 2011.
Advocacy Ride
Sunday, February 27, 2011
10am Pleasant Hill BART Station
Join us for a short and easy ride through the City of Pleasant Hill where Bicycle Coalition members and supporters will take a look at some of the challenging projects proposed for the new Plan, as well as some of the successes
The Draft Bicycle Plan has smartly proposed road diets on Gregory Lane and Cleaveland Rd, to get cyclists safely to City Hall and the downtown area, as well as on Morello Ave. Contra Costa Blvd will be getting bike lanes, as will Pleasant Hill Rd and Paso Nogal Rd. And many streets will be receiving sharrow treatments and new wayfinding signage modeled after the City of Oakland’s Design Guidelines for Bicycle Wayfinding Signage.
While the draft plan includes 7.5 miles of new bike lanes and 3.2 miles of new off-road pathways, there are still many improvements that the draft plan could have. For example, there are horrible connections between Pleasant Hill and Concord across I-680 and the consultant team knows this and is taking another look at potential improvements at Willows Pass Rd, Monument Blvd and Oak Park Blvd. They need to hear from you!.
Please review the online information about the draft plan at the Pleasant Hill Bike/Pedestrian Plan Website and provide your comments directly to Eric Hu, the City’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Planner. Alternatively, add a comment to this blog and the Bicycle Coalition will forward your comments to the City.
Pleasant Hill plans to take the draft bicycle plan to the Traffic Safety Commission in March, and then in April to the Planning Commission and in May (right around Bike to Work Day) to the Pleasant Hill City Council. Thanks for your help.
East Bay Bicycle Coalition in the News
By Lisa P. White
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/02/2010 01:42:37 PM PDT
Updated: 11/02/2010 01:42:37 PM PDT
PLEASANT HILL — Pleasant Hill is developing a plan for a network of bikeways and pedestrian routes that provide access to public transportation, shopping and schools.
The goals of the citywide bicycle and pedestrian master plan include expanding and improving safe and efficient bike and pedestrian systems, improving safety for cyclists and walkers, and encouraging residents to ditch their cars and instead use their feet and bikes to get around.
Full Story at: Contra Costa Times article on Pleasant Hill Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan
September 30, 2010 Update
Bicycle Coalition volunteer Douglas Gary was at the Pleasant Hill Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan meeting September 30, 2010 and reports that the actual master plan will be posted when it is more fully developed and approved, probably about April of 2011. There are links on their website below that will allow the public to see what currently exists and what is being proposed for bike routes. There is also a link that will allow anyone to make comments regarding the project.
During the meeting members of the public broke into groups and talked about issues related to the plan. One of the concerns had to due with the east/west access across Contra Costa Blvd. and I-680. Some felt the traffic lights crossing Contra Costa Blvd. (East/West) were to short for bicyclists to safely get across. Although most of I-680 is not in Pleasant Hill, people said that there was no practical way to get across I-680 (East/West). Eric Hu (925-671-5203), Associate Engineer for the City of Pleasant Hill said that crossing I-680 is an issue that would need to go through Cal Trans. Lauren Buckland Ledbetter (510-540-5008, ext 103), Associate with Alta Planning + Design was also a speaker at the meeting.
There were about 20 people there and I think all of them were bicyclists. I put my name and email on the signup list so when the additional meetings are scheduled for the PH master bike plan I’ll get an email on it and will keep you in the loop.
www.walkandbikepleasanthill.com
The City of Pleasant Hill is developing its first comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The purpose of the plan is to develop a network of bicycle and pedestrian facilities that will provide better access to transit, schools and shopping destinations. The Plan will also develop policies to provide ample bike parking and other support systems for bicycling and walking in Pleasant Hill. Lastly, the Plan will include recommended education and encouragement programs to help Pleasant Hill residents learn to bicycle and walk safely.
More information on the plan can be found at the Pleasant Hill Bike/Pedestrian Plan Website
The first public outreach meeting will be held at 6:00PM on Wednesday, September 29. If you are a bicyclist or pedestrian in Pleasant Hill, please plan to attend!