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2026 PLEASANTON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN | 39 EXISTING CONDITIONS AND NETWORK EVALUATION Vision and Focus Network VISION NETWORK The Vision Network is the City’s long-term vision for a continuous, citywide network of walking and bicycling facilities. It comes from the 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. It includes existing bicycle facilities and off-street trails. It also includes proposed facilities from the 2018 Bicycle and Pe- destrian Plan Vision Network in areas of high demand (i.e., scored high in the Trip Potential analysis) that connect neighbor- hoods together, offer lower-stress parallel alternatives to major roads, and provide key connections to adjacent cities. Figure 6 shows the City’s existing versus pro- posed Vision Network. The Vision Network is intended to il- lustrate the City’s desired connected, citywide network. The identification of a facility as existing on the Vision Network does not mean that the facility is consid- ered complete or that no further improve- ments are needed. Existing facilities may still require upgrades to achieve the City’s long-term vision for a low-stress network. Similarly, proposed facilities represent important gaps or connections needed to complete the network over time. The Vision Network also does not capture every street that may function as a low- er-stress alternative to a major roadway. In particular, parallel local streets may provide important walking and bicycling routes today, even when they are not iden- tified as part of the Vision Network. These streets can complement improvements to major corridors by providing lower-stress alternatives and neighborhood connec- tions. As the City makes improvements to major arterial corridors, it should also consider opportunities to enhance nearby parallel streets and connections where they can support the overall walking and bicycling network. While off-street trails may provide low- er-stress alternatives to many of the cor- ridors on the focus network, these trails are not owned by the City. Therefore, this Plan focuses on improving the on-street bicycle and pedestrian network, as well as connections to off-street trails. The 2019 City of Pleasanton Trails Master Plan includes recommendations for the future trail network. FOCUS NETWORK The Focus Network is a subset of the Vision Network that includes corridors where improvements have the greatest potential to support increased walking and bicycling. These corridors were se- lected based on a combination of factors, including existing and potential trip de- mand, connections to key destinations, community priorities, safety consider- ations, and opportunities to create more comfortable and connected routes. Pleasanton’s roadway network includes many multilane arterials that currently create barriers for people walking and bicycling. The Focus Network highlights corridors where targeted improvements can most effectively reduce these bar- riers, improve comfort and safety, and encourage more trips by active transpor- tation. The project team developed the Focus Network by integrating multiple data sources and inputs, including: • Trip Potential Analysis results • Priority corridors from the 2018 City of Pleasanton Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (BPMP) • Community input on current and desired walking and bicycling routes (included as one of the factors in the Trip Potential Analysis) • Insights from the concurrent Safety Action Plan • City staff expertise Figure 7 depicts the Focus Network in re- lation to the City’s unpaved trails network and Vision Network, which includes all existing bicycle facilities, off-street trails, and proposed future facilities. To provide a focused plan for the next five years, the remaining analyses and recom- mendations in this Plan are tailored to the focus network only.