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26 ~ CiTY OF SAN LEANDRO BiCYCLE & PEDESTRiAN MASTER PLAN <br />The station includes outdoor bicycle racks with storage for approximately 171 <br />bicycles. Twelve key-operated and 68 electronically operated rental lockers <br />provide additional secure, covered bicycle storage. The key-operated lockers <br />are available only for long-term rentals and require users to complete an <br />application/rental agreement. The electronic lockers, which are operated with <br />a pre-purchased smart card, offer short-term storage and are available on a <br />first-come, first-served basis. There are also spaces for 91 bicycles on bike <br />racks. <br />The downtown San Leandro BART Station is presently accessible from the City <br />bikeway network via bike lanes on San Leandro Boulevard, Alvarado Street, <br />and Williams Street. The bike lanes on Williams Street extend approximately <br />two miles to the west of the BART station while the bike lanes on San Leandro <br />Boulevard extend approximately ½ mile to the north and south of the station. <br />The bike lanes on Alvarado Street exist only in the immediate vicinity of the <br />station. A number of additional bikeways are proposed to serve the station <br />including extensions to these existing facilities, which would greatly bolster <br />the station’s bicycle accessibility. These proposed routes include the East <br />Bay Greenway trail along the Union Pacific Railroad/BART right-of-way, an <br />eastward extension of bike lanes along Williams Street, and additional bike <br />lanes on Davis Street. <br />There are two sets of Union Pacific railroad tracks in the immediate area, <br />the Niles Subdivision and the Oakland Subdivision; these are barriers for <br />pedestrians accessing the station. Station entrances should be studied for <br />repositioning to better avoid these conflicts. <br />While there has been recent lighting improvements along San Leandro <br />Boulevard, pedestrian lighting still needs to be improved on east-west streets <br />to improve connections between the station and downtown commercial areas. <br />Figure 7 on the following page displays the existing bikeways, within San <br />Leandro BART’s catchment area.The morning rush at the San Leandro Blvd. & W Juana Ave intersection. <br />Multimodal Connections <br />San Leandro is centrally located in the East Bay and is well served by bus and <br />BART. Transit connection opportunities are discussed below. <br />BART <br />Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) operates rapid rail transit service <br />throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Three BART lines—Richmond- <br />Fremont, Fremont-Daly City, and Daly City-Dublin/Pleasanton—provide <br />service to the two stations in San Leandro: San Leandro and Bay Fair stations. <br />Both stations are well-used (San Leandro has slightly higher ridership than Bay <br />Fair), and provide both vehicle and bicycle parking for riders. <br />Downtown San Leandro BART Station: The Downtown San Leandro BART <br />Station is located at 1401 San Leandro Boulevard between Davis and <br />Thornton Streets at the edge of Downtown San Leandro. New transit-oriented <br />development (TOD) is slated to continue in the vicinity around the station. San <br />Leandro BART is also planned to be the southern terminus for AC transit’s Bus <br />Rapid Transit (BRT) Line, now under construction. <br />164