2nd Family Fun Bike Ride Event - Safe Routes to Schools Initiative
The Sunnyvale Family Fun Bike Ride will be Saturday May 19. This ride is one of the Sunnyvale's Safe Routes to School activities promoting the health, environmental, safety and academic benefits of walking and bicycling to school. This event is sponsored by the City of Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Stanford Hospital Trauma Services and the Traffic Safe Communities Network of Santa Clara County.This three-to-four mile ride will begin and end at Ponderosa Park, located at 811 Henderson Ave. and will be led by a certified bicycling instructor.
Check in will begin at 9:30 a.m. After check in, families can have their bikes checked by a Sports Basement mechanic, have their helmets checked by members of the Sunnyvale Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, and learn about bicycling safety tips from a League of American Bicyclists certified instructor.
The ride will begin at 10:30 a.m., after which time participants can celebrate with friends, light refreshments, as well as activities and goodie bags for the kids. Online registration is strongly recommended at SunnyvaleBikeRide.eventbrite.com, where a location map can also be found. Free t-shirts will be provided for the first 100 people to register.
Download the event's flyer for more information or contact Heba El-Guendy at (408) 730-2713 helguendy@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us or Alice Kawaguchi at (408) 793-2733 Alice.Kawaguchi@phd.sccgov.org.
The Division of Transportation and Traffic is responsible for transportation operations, plans and studies. This includes the following services:
- Traffic Signal Design and Operations
- There are currently 128 signalized intersections in the City of Sunnyvale. Signalized Map
- The major arterials that travel through the city are either timed to function together or are interconnected to adapt and adjust to the changing volume of traffic.
- The majority of the traffic signals are monitored from the City's Traffic Management Center, TMC. Picture of TMC
- Traffic Control Analysis
- Stop and Yield warrant studies are performed in order to determine if there is a need for any traffic control devices.
- Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) Guidelines
- These guidelines are to assist developers and contractors in designing Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) plans when any and all work is done within the Ciry of Sunnyvale's righ-of-way. TTC Guidelines
- Neighborhood Traffic Calming
- Install and implement speed radar signs, lighted crosswalk, speed humps, traffic circles near schools, parks, and neighborhoods that have qualified through the traffic calming policy. Map of Devices
- Signing and Striping Determinations
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Planning, Design and Operation
- There are approximately 83.6 miles of bike lanes throughout the City of Sunnyvale. Different devices are used to assist the bicyclist to cross a signalized intersection which include video and in ground detection. There are also bike logos painted on the roadway to inform the rider of the proper location to place their bicycle for detection.Bicylist at Signal
- Parking and Traffic Study and Design
- Perform yearly vehicle volume counts around the City.City Count Map
- Perform speed studies to determine speed limits.
- Transportation Permits
- Train Station Area Parking Exemption Permit Application
- Sunnyvale Traffic Calming Policy
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC)