by WBC Advisory Board | Oct 3, 2024
Quality of life in a city is the sense of wellbeing and happiness that a resident has–the mental, physical, and environmental comfort and enjoyment that residents feel, including safety, while going about their daily life. Closer to home, city surveys show that...
by Rod Sinks | Sep 17, 2024
In the fall of 2013, while I was serving on the Cupertino City Council, resident and avid biker Larry Dean and I visited City Manager David Brandt. Larry said our bike plan at the time lacked ambition and coherent vision, and wanted to fix that to make biking safer...
by Jennifer Shearin | Sep 16, 2024
There’s been a significant increase in pedestrian and cycling fatalities in California, and many cities have responded by creating Vision Zero Plans to reduce fatalities and severe injuries. California’s State Assembly has also responded, by allowing greater...
by Sharlene Liu | Aug 20, 2024
Cities vary in whether they allow sidewalk riding. San Jose, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto allow sidewalk riding by people of all ages (with some caveats), with restrictions in business districts. Cupertino prohibits sidewalk riding for people 13 years old and above, while...
by Jennifer Shearin | Aug 20, 2024
Like many Cupertino residents, my kids attended and thrived at our local CUSD and FUHSD schools. This doesn’t mean that they didn’t face challenges–and one of them was a safe commute to school each day. Some of the issues that students face have been...
by Jennifer Shearin | Jul 12, 2024
In surprising unanimous votes, the Cupertino Vision Zero Plan (VZ) and the Lawson Middle School Protected Bikeway were approved by the City Council on July 9, 2024. Both of these projects will significantly improve safety for all residents in the city. Thank you to...
