After heated debate from scores of public speakers that dragged past midnight on Wednesday, Sunnyvale is moving ahead with a plan to remove parking along a strip of neighborhood road and put in two bike lanes.

While the plan lacks funding and would take years before it comes to fruition, the decision by the Sunnyvale City Council marks a major milestone for a project that has faced intense public attention over more than a year of outreach.

“Certain residents … will feel safer. But it will also cause a certain amount of issues for residents that are living along this corridor,” said Mayor Larry Klein. “There’s a lot of other work that we need to get done before we actually get around to implementing this.”

For years, city commissions and officials have eyed options for adding bike lanes

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