03-19-2025 BPC Minutes FINAL MINUTES
1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION
March 19, 2025
CUPERTINO
Final Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Gerhard Eschelbeck (VC), Ilango Ganga (C), Herve Marcy, Munisekaran
Madhdhipatla,Joel Wolf
Absent:
Staff: David Stillman, Staff Liaison
Others Present: Matthew Schroeder, Transit and Transportation Planner, Christopher
Kidd, Alta, Senior Associate Planner
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. February 20, 2025 Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Minutes
MOTION: Vice Chair Eschelbeck moved, seconded by Commissioner Madhdhipatla to
approve the minutes as presented.
MOTION PASSED: 4-0, Marcy Absent.
POSTPONEMENTS
No Postponements
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Debi Chessen, North Portal Sound Wall, public speaker spoke about the Wolfe Housing
Project.
Commissioner Marcy arrived at 7:09 p.m.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
2. Cupertino Active Transportation Plan (Schroeder)
MOTION: Vice Chair Eschelbeck moved, seconded by Commissioner Madhdhipatla to
recommend to the staff and the consultants to incorporate the following feedback into
the Active Transportation Plan (ATP):
• Use data from past projects to provide input toward ATP
• Broaden public outreach
• Use existing data, and every new project should facilitate data collection
• Incorporate vision zero input
• Incorporate different profiles of users as part of data collection
• Incorporate low cost and high priority projects such as quick build projects
• Significant focus on non-infrastructure projects
• Focus on pedestrian projects
• Study mixed devices such as scooters, various types of transportation while
making recommendations
• Maintenance, including existing and new infrastructure
• Study why other cities are removing separated bike lanes or changing their
original plans
• Ensure robust outreach during the draft phase
• Reduce congestion by encouraging cycling and walking, as opposed to using
single-rider vehicles (the plan should reduce greenhouse gas emissions)
MOTION PASSED: 5-0
3. Stevens Creek Boulevard Corridor Vision Study (Schroeder)
ITEM CONTINUED
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
4. Staff Update and Commissioner Activity Report (All)
NO ACTION TAKEN
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING
• Bicycle Facilities—In Progress
• Active Transportation Plan (FY 24-25)
• CIP Recommendations for FY 25/26 (Ganga)
0 Cupertino Active Transportation Plan (July & November)
• Steven Creek Corridor Vision Study (April or Special Meeting)
• Discuss how the city can gather Use Data for recent infrastructure projects
Grants
• Know/Understand Fed Grant Funding with Caltrans on updated bike-ped
planning
• Understand/Educate on what funding standards are (Fed/State)
Studies/Plans
• Kennewick Drive/Homestead Road Study
o Stop Gap Measures/Temporary Solutions
• Study on McClellan Ave bike lanes in front of Monte Vista High School (October
maybe)
• Staff update - Stevens Creek Corridor Vision Study
• Examine Pedestrian Walkways for Safety
• Install Bollards at existing buffered bike lanes (Public Request)
• Path between Lincoln Elem and Monta Vista HS
• Regnart Creek Trail Crossing at Blaney Avenue
• Speed Limits Studies (Spring/Summer 2025)
• Bollinger Road Corridor
Projects
• Staff update - Stevens Creek Boulevard, Phases 2B
• Staff update - Safe Routes to School (SR2S)
• Carmen Road Bridge
• I-280 Wolfe Interchange
• Vision Zero Next Steps (Ganga)
• Staff update on CIP Project updates (6 mo.)
Education
• Adult Bicycle Education
• Impact of Semi-Rural Designation on Bike and Ped Projects/Priorities
• Lead Pedestrian Walk Interval (LPI)-Start pedestrian green before vehicles
• Bicycle and pedestrian safety
Miscellaneous
• Bicycle Licensing (Theft Prevention)
• Review Progress toward BPC Objectives & Grant Applications (6 mo.)
• Status-VTA BPAC Adult Bicycle Education (Lindskog)
• Inventory of Traffic Lights (triggering traffic light from a detector) -Staff update
• Pedestrian safety on Torre Avenue (Muni)
• Before and after data on separated bike lanes and major intersections for
improvement—Use of data for future decisions
o Combine this data wi�h the data on safety (Muni/Marcy)
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 9:22 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
David Stillman, Staff Liaison
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