Bay Trail between Sunnyvale and Mountain View has a new surface, thanks to Google.
What will $2.9 million buy you in Palo Alto? Other than a modest three-bedroom house, it gets you four miles of smooth dirt trail between Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
That’s what Google is spending on trail improvements for the Bay Trail, out of their own pocket. I took a spin on part of the trail starting from the Sunnyvale Water Treatment plant, and it’s a big improvement over what was there. The bumps, ruts and gravel have been replaced by smooth dirt and fine quarry sand. Can’t complain.
The trail is still closed behind Moffett Field, opening on June 4, according to the sign.
Google hopes that an improved trail will encourage more employees to ride bikes to work. I’m all for that.
What I don’t know is how the trail will hold up in the rain. I’m guessing it will be much better than what was there, but it may still be muddy in spots.
July 2, 2016 at 2:42 pm |
Biggest barrier to commuting in this part of the bay is the headwind!