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The City has a variety of land uses including residential (29,390 households), retail (Bayfair Shopping Mall, Westgate Center, Marina Square, downtown shops), commercial (downtown offices, office parks in the southwest area), and industrial (Alvarado Street, Wicks Boulevard, etc.) The school system includes nine public elementary schools, two public junior high schools, one public high school, and seven private schools. Recreational sites include regional attractions like Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, Lake Chabot Regional Park, and the San Leandro Marina. These activity centers throughout the City are potential generators of commute and recreational bicycle trips. Figure 1 illustrates the City's street system and activity centers. An improved bikeway system could encourage some current drivers to switch to bicycles. 1.3 Existing Plans and Policies Documents containing existing City plans and policies were reviewed. They include the General Bikeway Plan Map, the Traffic Code, and the Draft Master Plan of City Streets (the Master Plan), which functions the same as a Circulation Element of the General Plan and is in its final stages of development. The General Bikeway Plan Map and the Traffic Code indicate in part where existing bikeways in the City are. The Master Plan contains general design policies and specific standards for existing streets by functional classification. The only policy statement directly related to bicycles states, in general terms, that "the City should provide for safe and efficient movement of pedestrians and bikes as well as private vehicles, trucks and buses." However, the new design standards have triggered specific street improvements that would affect bicycle use. They include the following: • Construct new Westgate Parkw bet ween Williams and Davis streets - This project would improve Williams Street's candidacy to be an east -west bikeway corridor by providing a major connection between Williams Street and Davis Street. • Widen Alvarado Street between Marina Boulevard and Fremont Avenue from 48 to 54 feet - This widening might allow the existing bike lanes on Alvarado Street to be extended southerly to Fremont Avenue. • W _ ai a I 've •etwee the Sout en 'ac' tc ail .ad rack and tebtate 8:1 and Fremont Avenue (entire length) right -of -way from 60 to 66 feet - This widening would make Fairway Drive a candidate to be an east -west corridor and might enable the construction of bike lanes on Fremont Avenue. 2