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the projects in this group received relatively low scores, they are part of a plan that, when fully developed, forms a comprehensive bikeway system. The scoring for each bikeway project and the resultant rankings are shown in Table 8. The ranking of projects within Phase 1 was determined by City staff and the BAC. Phase 2 and 3 projects were not ranked within their respective phases because they are long -term projects. They are listed in alphabetical order in Table 8. Actual bicycle counts at locations where bikeways are proposed are not available and would not be cost - effective to conduct. Therefore, "existing level of bicycle demand" is not used as a ranking criterion. However, due to the importance of existing demand in the ranking process, bikeway projects that contain locations with known high levels of use are given an extra point in the "activity centers" criterion. Lake Chabot Road and Estudillo Avenue east of MacArthur Boulevard are currently heavily used by bicyclists in San Leandro. Also, as shown in Table 8, the BART Trail and the Bay Trail received high implementation scores which contradicts the guidelines set for the "relative ability to implement" category. The reason is that these two projects are already part of existing plans that may have already identified funding and/or initiated the engineering process. The BART Trail is proposed in the Draft San Leandro Park Master Plan, and the Bay Trail, as the name suggests, is part of ABAG's ongoing effort to consolidate an around- the -bay bicycle /pedestrian trails system. 4.2 Funding Sources There are a variety of potential funding sources including local, state and federal. Some portions of the system can be completed as part of future development and road widening and construction projects. Table 9 presents available bikeway funding information including timing, criteria, and source agency. • ISTEA Federal funding through the ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act) program will provide the bulk of outside funding. ISTEA contains two major programs; STP 45