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CiTY OF SAN LEANDRO BiCYCLE & PEDESTRiAN MASTER PLAN ~ 85 <br />HESPERIAN BOULEVARD CLASS IV STUDY <br />Connecting to the aforementioned Lewelling Boulevard Study Corridor is <br />the Hesperian Boulevard Study Corridor. There are no bicycle facilities on <br />Hesperian between Lewelling and railroad tracks north of the i-238 underpass. <br />This segment of Hesperian can provide a connection to Bayfair Center and <br />Bay Fair BART Station; linking commercial areas and improving connectivity <br />from San Lorenzo to the Bay Fair area. Hesperian does narrow to get through <br />the underpass, which poses width constraints. This segment of Hesperian <br />between Lewelling and the i-238 underpass is also about 10 feet narrower <br />than north of the underpass; adding bicycle facilities in this segment will <br />require removal of a travel lane. <br />Future improvements on Hesperian should be coordinated with the currently <br />in-progress Bay Fair TOD Plan. Furthermore, coordination with the South <br />Alameda County Major Corridors Travel Time improvement Project (AC <br />Transit Line 97), which is scheduled to be implemented between 2018-2019, <br />is equally important. <br />Hesperian Boulevard, north of the railroad crossing. <br />LEWELLING BOULEVARD CLASS IV STUDY <br />Currently, Lewelling Boulevard has bike lanes west of Wicks Boulevard to <br />Washington Avenue, providing east-west connectivity and access to the <br />Bay Trail for residents in the Manor neighborhood. However, the bike lanes <br />stop at Washington Ave, as Lewelling approaches a series of interchanges <br />for i-880 and i-238. As Lewelling Boulevard crosses Washington Avenue, the <br />street loses over 10 feet of width, and drops the bikes lanes. Extending the <br />bike facilities to the city limits at the Lewelling/Hesperian intersection can <br />provide connectivity to the commercial uses around the intersection and to <br />neighboring San Lorenzo. Because there is no street parking in this area, in <br />order to accommodate bicycle facilities, a travel/turning lane or center turn <br />lane would have to be removed. Because of the highway ramps, extra care <br />should be given to the design of this segment of the street to provide additional <br />safety for active transportation users. <br />223