Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

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The City Council established Brisbane's BPAC on October 6, 2003.  The reasons behind setting a BPAC in place include:

  1. The City's General Plan polices 58-63 (bicycles) and 64-68 (pedestrians) reflect opinions and priorities of citizens, which in some cases have yet to be implemented, and which may best be implemented with the assistance of a BPAC.
  2. The most accessible funding available for pedestrian and bicycle facilities is Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funds.  Although directly administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, these funds are made available to San Mateo municipalities only if the proposed project is recommended by the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County's (C/CAG) BPAC to its full C/CAG Board.  C/CAG's November 15, 2002 memo regarding application for these funds placed the following as the first item in a list of important factors that influence whether or not a project received funding, "Participation of a local jurisdiction's Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee/Council in the proposed project."
  3. The 2002-2003 San Mateo County Grand Jury filed a report on "Bicycle Safety in San Mateo County" on May 15, 2003.  Recommendation 1.b of this report found that every city should have or establish a bicycle advisory committee.

The mission statement of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee is

       To develop and propose cost-effective solutions to the City Council that assist in the attainment of developing Brisbane into a place where, " ... pedestrians and bicyclists can access all parts of the City."1

Due to a lack of federal funding, there was no TDA Article 3 application process for fiscal year 2004.  However, funding was re-established for fiscal year 2005, and the BPAC met several times for the purpose of developing a recommended project.  Due to the work of the committee, support from staff, and support from the Council, the City's project submitted to C/CAG, "Bayshore Corridor Bikeway", was approved and the City received a grant for 100% of the project cost.

When constructed in the summer of 2006, this project will connect Oyster Point to Tunnel Avenue by closing present "gaps" (especially between the end of the BCDC path near Sierra Point's south shoreline and Shoreline Court), re-signing and re-striping Sierra Point Parkway and Lagoon Way per Caltrans standards, and improving the safety of the bikeway crossing of the Sierra Point on/off ramps and the Sierra Point Parkway/Marina Boulevard/Shoreline Court intersection.

When the Tunnel Avenue Bridge replacement project is complete, there will be a direct bike/pedestrian path from the intersection of Bayshore/Old County/Tunnel to Oyster Point.

Future work projects for the BPAC include:

  •  Preparation of a Bicycle Transportation Plan.
  •  Preparation of a Pedestrian Transportation Plan, including
     prioritization of proposed projects.

Current members of the BPAC are:

 Mr. John Quilter, Chairperson (public member)
 Mr. Michael Barnes (City Council member)
 Mr. Dan Waters (PB&R member)
 Mr. Randy Breault (City staff)

1. City of Brisbane, The 1994 General Plan, Chapter VI Transportation and Circulation, Goals, pg. 92.

To contact the Committee, use the contact form.

To view the Bylaws for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, please click here.