The East Channel Trail will be Sunnyvale's Transportation Project of the Decade. Dedicated to walking, biking, and other non-motorized modes, the Trail will run 5.5 miles from the Bay to the southern border with Cupertino. It will serve many schools, parks, employment centers, and residential neighborhoods, and it will connect to many existing and planned bike routes. Being car-free, the Trail will be safe and comfortable for all ages and abilities to travel on.

Turning onto my street after a short bike ride, I was surprised to see the flashing lights of a police car behind me. I wheeled my bike to the curb, and waited for the officer. “Do you know why I pulled you over?” “No, I’m afraid I don’t,” I said. And I was in fact baffled. Maybe going 14mph in a 25 zone? “You blew through that red light back there.”

With much anticipation, Sunnyvale will launch a microtransit service in September. This microtransit service will be open to everyone who has to transit through Sunnyvale. It will be especially useful for students to get to school, commuters for their first and last mile, and anyone who can't or prefers not to drive, bike, or walk.

Intersections are the most dangerous part of the roadway. Understandably so, as they are where conflicts among road users are the most numerous. Pedestrians and bicyclists, as the most vulnerable users of the road, account for over half of fatal and severe injury crashes. To be clear, these crashes involve permanent brain injury, paralysis, loss of limb, and death. A disproportionate number of them occur at intersections. In Sunnyvale, 57% of fatal and severe injury cras

When we picture a typical public high school in California, a sprawling sea of asphalt filled with student cars is almost always part of the picture. For decades, the presence of a student parking lot has been treated as an educational necessity—a rite of passage for teenagers and a convenience for parents. But what if we told you that providing parking for high school students is actually optional? We need to examine the hidden price tag attached to these parking lots.

At the annual Council Priority Projects Workshop in February, Council showed strong support for walking and biking projects. These projects involve the Safe Routes To School program, sidewalk maintenance, Fair Oaks Avenue, and pedestrian scrambles next to high schools.