The San Lorenzo Creekway will provide a safe and enjoyable active transportation route for people of all ages in the communities along its path, connecting neighborhoods with schools, parks, shopping areas, and downtown Hayward. Once completed, it will connect the San Francisco Bay Trail to regional open spaces and the Bay Area Ridge Trail. This initiative has supported successful multi-agency application processes for active transportation funding from Caltrans ($17.2m) and One Bay Area funding ($9.6m).
Given social distancing constraints of this pandemic-era process, the San Lorenzo Creekway team created a virtual site tour and developed a Youth Ambassdor program for the project to elicit community input and to share information as an educational resource with community members, as well as students and parents at nearby schools.
