Remington Drive

 

The City of Sunnyvale is considering the modification of roadway travel lanes or on-street public parking on Remington Drive between Mary Avenue and Tilton Drive. This is being considered as part of an upcoming pavement rehabilitation project. The purpose of considering changes to the roadway configuration is to fulfill the City’s plans to provide bike lanes on all major streets in Sunnyvale, of which Remington Drive is one.

The City is interested in your feedback. The City will be considering four potential options. One option would remove one travel lane and replace the current four lane configuration with two travel lanes, a center two way left turn lane, bike lanes, and parking on both sides of the road. Another option would retain four travel lanes, but remove parking on one side of the street in an alternating pattern in order to provide bike lanes. A third option would provide one travel lane in each direction, a two way left turn lane and bike lanes, and remove parking on one side of the street in an alternating pattern. A fourth option would involve removing all on-street parking to accommodate four travel lanes and bike lanes. The options being considered are illustrated in the drawings.

Surveys of traffic volume show that traffic volumes are sufficiently low that they can be accommodated with one travel lane in each direction without increasing traffic congestion. Surveys of on- and off-street parking in the area show that on-street parking demand on a block by block basis is low to moderate, ranging from 0% to 38% utilization during differing periods of the day, night and week. There is an excess of underutilized off-street parking supply, although off-street parking (driveway parking, not counting garages and carports) is fairly well occupied at night (up to 30%-50%).