VICTORY NEAR - Facebook Bike Routes - Come 7pm Tuesday to Menlo Park City Council

[Adina Levin]

We did it!  As a result of noticeable demand from the cycling community and environmental advocates (that’s us!), Facebook has agreed to make major new investments in bike routes to Facebook, including safe, continuous bike lanes on Willow Rd, University Ave, and Bay Rd.

Facebook has also announced plans to invest in the Bay Trail. On January 12, Facebook announced a plan to challenge other Silicon Valley employers to raise funds to complete the missing section of Bay Trail.

Now we need to hold them to it!  

Tomorrow, January 31, at 7pm Menlo Park City Council will be holding a study session on the Facebook Development Agreement.   We need to:

* thank Facebook for deciding to invest in bike lanes and the Bay Trail.  Thank them for their major commitment to alternative transportation

* ask Menlo Park City Council to include the bike lanes and Bay Trail investments in the Development Agreement

Your voices have brought us to this point.  Victory is near.  Come to the City Council meeting tomorrow night to make sure it happens.

- Adina Levin and Andrew Boone