Creeks and Bike Trails of Rohnert Park and Cotati, California
Resources for exploring, preserving, and enhancing this urban wilderness.
What we normally see in daily life from a car or on foot is only a small part of reality.
Wherever you go, there you are.
1995 Bicycle Master Plan established a complete network of bikeways that connects all the different parts of the city. The Plan established three bikeway classifications:
• Class I. Paved paths on separate rights-of-way.
• Class II. Striped lanes within roadways, separate from vehicular travel lanes, parking, bus stops, and sidewalks.
• Class III. Designated bicycle routes within roadways, shared with either pedestrians or motorists. As of 1999, many Class II bike paths outlined in the Master Plan were implemented, and some Class I bikeways were completed. The improvements have increased safety, facilitated bicycle access to sites throughout the city, allowed for greater choice in transportation modes, and improved recreational amenities. Bike commuters include an active bike club at the Hewlett Packard complex and student riders at SSU, and children make use of bikeways for going to school. Bikeways also are popular with recreational users on the weekends.
Rohnert Park General Plan
TR-39 Update the Bicycle Master Plan to incorporate Class I bikeways shown in Figure 4.4-
1. Develop locations and alignments for Class II and III bikeways. Class I bikeways are located along major streets, as well as creeks, linear parks, open space areas, and the NP railroad right-of-way. Class II and III bikeways are not shown in Figure 4.4-1.
TR-40 Implement comprehensive design standards for bikeways, as part of the Bicycle Master Plan. Ensure that adequate lighting, signage, and other amenities are provided. In 1995 Bicycle Master Plan, classifications for Class I, II, and III bikeways are based on the State Street and Highways Code and specify function, typical width, road striping, and signage. Separately, Goal 6 of the Plan calls for amenities such as water fountains, emergency telephones, lighting, and convex mirrors at blind intersections. Comprehensive design standards would consolidate existing standards and provide more detail on the design, function, and character of bikeway classifications.
TR-41 Ensure that bikeways are continuous and interconnected, and that access points into bikeways minimize conflicts with pedestrian and traffic circulation. The 1995 Bicycle Master Plan calls for traffic lights where bikeways cross busy streets, removal of barriers to bicycle crossings at these locations, and consideration of bicycle-activated signals at major intersections. These policies already help minimize conflicts between bicycles and other modes of traffic.
TR-42 Make bikeway improvements a funding priority by:
• Incorporating bikeway improvements as part of the CIP;
• Requiring developers to provide bikeways and associated amenities in conjunction with new development; and
• Pursuing regional and other funding sources for new bikeways to the extent possible under federal and State law.
TR-43 Establish requirements for bicycle parking as part of the Zoning Ordinance update. Ensure that secure bicycle parking is provided in conjunction with new development in areas designated for Mixed Use, Commercial, Industrial, Office, Public, Park, and High Density Residential uses.
These requirements could include the minimum number of bicycle parking spaces
