Sunday, May 04, 2008

New Stevens Creek Trail Underpass

The newest section of the Stevens Creek Trail extends the trail from Yuba Drive south to the south side of El Camino Real, just west of the entrance to Highway 85.

After some thought, I've concluded that this new section may be useful for pedestrians, but is nearly useless for bicyclists. Bicyclists heading east on El Camino are better off exiting the trail at Dana and riding down Bernardo; they would get a light at El Camino, and avoid the treacherous overpass over 85. If they were heading west on El Camino, or south on Grant, they'd be better off taking Yuba.

But the trail is not just for bicyclists.