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82 ~ CiTY OF SAN LEANDRO BiCYCLE & PEDESTRiAN MASTER PLAN <br />Bancroft Avenue is a very special 2.7 mile-long cross-town street in San <br />Leandro. Uses along Bancroft are primarily residential, with pockets of <br />commercial. Additionally, four schools (Bancroft Middle, San Leandro High, <br />Jefferson Elementary, and McKinley Elementary) all have frontage along <br />Bancroft Avenue. Bancroft can also serve as a pedestrian and bicycle-focused <br />corridor; this is especially important as East 14th Street increasingly focuses <br />on transit. <br />From an infrastructure standpoint, though, Bancroft is a complex street that <br />changes widths 12 times (including twice at intersection approaches) to eight <br />different sizes, ranging from a little as 36-feet wide to as large as 62-feet wide <br />(curb-to-curb width). <br />There is a strong desire from the public, members of the BPAC, and the San <br />Leandro City Council for Bancroft Avenue to provide continuous safe bicycle <br />facilities. A study will be needed to fully understand the impacts and trade-offs <br />that installing Class iv facilities throughout the corridor would have. This Plan <br />recognizes both the strong public desire and the benefits that these facilities <br />Bancroft Avenue Class IV Study <br />can bring to San Leandro residents, especially students at these four and other <br />nearby schools. Below is a diagram that breaks down Bancroft Avenue by its <br />various street widths and adjacent land uses. <br />To illustrate one of the many possible designs for Bancroft, this Plan provides <br />one potential cross section. The design is based on a two-way, parking protected <br />Class iv separated bikeway. There are many possible Class iv configurations, <br />including both two-way cycletracks and bi-directional separated bikeways. <br />These facilities can be designed with an array of separation techniques, <br />intersection configurations and other design options. Roadway width <br />constraints mean an improvement to bicycle facilities will require trade-offs. <br />intersection treatments and crossings will need to be designed with great care <br />to ensure safe access into and out of the facility. Careful consideration will also <br />need to be given to how this facility interacts with school drop-off locations. <br />it is important to have an open and robust public engagement process when <br />considering design alternatives. One existing and one potential cross section <br />can be found on the following page. <br />Diagram not drawn to scale. Diagram does not reflect changes in street width at the intersection approaches to Dutton Avenue and 136th Avenue. <br />220