TAM proposes several improvements for the interchange to make it easier and safer to access Highway 101 and improve the flow of traffic. Proposed projects include restriping and widening the freeway. To gain an important understanding of the interchange area, the study examined the following:

• Existing Infrastructure
• Transit Routes and Intermodal Connectivity
• Weekday AM & PM Peak Period Congestion
• Crash Type and Severity
• Environmental Constraints

Many of the study’s recommended changes will make the interchange easier to use for drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, and people using public transit. The proposals will also increase safety at the interchanges and on surrounding streets and pathways, allowing for smoother travel to, from, and across Highway 101 and local roads.

The near-term improvement concept focuses on creating safer and easier access for everyone. Crosswalks will be restriped and a multi-use path between Terners Drive and Drake Avenue will be installed to reduce conflicts and improve traffic operations. Intersection signals will be upgraded at Terners Drive and the southbound off-ramp along Donahue Street.

The long-term concept expands upon the near-term improvements by extending the multi-use path to the east to connect an improved bicycle-friendly intersection. Donahue/N Bridge Blvd will be restriped between Bridgeway and Terners Drive to provide for a class II bike lane in the eastbound and westbound directions.