May is National Bike Month! To celebrate, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition has May Power, a fun way to engage in the joys of biking. How the month looks - May 1 to 9 is Flower Power week. Please take a picture of flowers you see while riding and post with the hashtag #FlowerPowerSVBC. May [...]
City of Sunnyvale Business Licenses Tax Study Session Sunnyvale Staff will present to City Council a status overview of the Business Licenses Tax study during the Sunnyvale City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 14, at 7:00 pm. Through the 2019 study issue process, Sunnyvale City Council directed Sunnyvale staff to evaluate the business license program. [...]
City of Sunnyvale Measure B and District-Based Elections Measure B will be on the City of Sunnyvale ballot March 3, 2020. The measure proposes amending Sunnyvale’s city charter at-large city council, election system to a six-district system. Under the district system a voter will elect a council member for his/her district and directly elect a [...]
Which Council District Map Do You Prefer? Over the summer, the City launched a community-driven map drawing process to determine the six Council district boundaries for Sunnyvale elections in November 2020 (should the ballot measure succeed). A total of 26 community maps were submitted for consideration and Council has narrowed the options to four maps. [...]
Due to COVID-19, the Bay Area Bike to Work Day has been postponed from May 14 to Thursday Sept 24, 2020. Some alternative bicycling activities will likely occur during Bike Month in May. Details TBD, stay tuned.
VTA and Muni public transit agencies have suspended all light rail and subway services due to the impcasts fromthe Covid-19 Pandemic. VTA Under the County’s Shelter-in-Place order, VTA is prioritizing essential service to hospitals, health care facilities, pharmacies, grocery stores, food banks, shelters and other essential destinations during this time of extraordinary caution. This map [...]
The Covid-19 Pandemic has greatly impacted public transit agencies and car traffic volumes. In every corner of public transit, ridership is down anywhere from 56%, (VTA buses), to 90%, (BART trains). Even traffic volume has dropped significantly, such as 51% of San Francisco traffic on March 20. While public health officials have identified public [...]
Sunnyvale with its community members are creating a new vision and guiding principles for the future of Moffett Park. This initiative, a comprehensive update to the Specific Plan, will result in a new long-range planning document that maintains the uniqueness of Moffett Park and creates opportunities for improvements in how every aspect of the district—including [...]
Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. To prepare yourself and your ERT to assist injured people following a traumatic event, the City of Sunnyvale DPS and Moffett Park Business Group are offering a free [...]
The ATP is a year-long effort, started in April 2019, by the City of Sunnyvale to create a plan that will address bicycle, pedestrian and Safe Routes to School needs throughout Sunnyvale. Recommended programs and future projects will be guided by a technical analysis that includes: Bicycling and pedestrian collision history Locations of bicycling and [...]