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Recommended Bile Routes and Bicycle Path Plan for Los Altos Hills a refinement of the Los Altos Hills Baster Path Plan, adoptea June 19F6. Presented to the Los Altos Hills Planning Commiscion May 13, 1968 Pathways Cowcittee — L. Davison, chairman A. Ginzton, vice—chairman Introduction. - This Los Altos Hills Plan proposes to designate a netzork of Bike Routes throughout the community and to make the Little League Park and the Dr. B yrne VUlderness Area accessaole by bicycle from every part of the town so that children can reach them without requiring adult transportation. In addition,it should be possible to bicycle to each of the schools attended by students from Los Altos- Hills and to reach the libraries and business areas of Los Altos and Palo Alto. as e;e 1 as some recreation areas further av+aY. summarizes This Recommendaticn the material from two means and two reports dated T..:arch 11 and April 8, 1963. It consists of a map, III, and Two Resolutions proposed to adopt and implement this proposal, see pages two and three. P9ap III should be considered an integral part of this Recommendation. To indicate the possibilities for extended bicycling that are germain to this proposal, a I+� of Bikev;zys proposed for Santa Clara County is also included. This particular map has been redravm from the material presented by the Sub—committee on Trails of the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Com—ission in the Mdrutes dated February 15, 1957. The area covered by the Los Altos Hills Proposed Bike, Planhas been circled. The routes recommended by the sub—committce have been in— eluded on our plan and it may be seen that this total plan, if completed, 71ill ma'.ce hundred of miles of Bikeways with gcui gradient available. iz:enlo Park, Palo Alto, Stanford University and Alpine Road already have Bikeway Routes labeled with the green Bikeway signs or paved paths that have been considered as natural extensions of the bicycle routes proposed in the Los Slto5 Hills Plan. The committee has felt a resnonsibiltg to protect the immature bicycle rider that uses Page Piill Road to reach the Palo Alto Foothills Pare At present we have no',rea5onable alternate route to suggest.