Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Cyclists cannot see around large vehicles often parked near this corner. It's right where Park Blvd narrows and drivers are often further left going at high speeds or cutting the corner to Wilton.
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Bicyclist do not trigger Ventura light to cross El Camino. A "push for cyclist" button would be helpful.
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Potholes line El Camino, making it very unsafe to travel by bike
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Consider a 3-way light. Evening traffic backs up and the left turners from Park onto Page Mill end up blocking bike traffic, or cutting off bicyclist traveling straight
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Safety and use - need an overhead caged tunnel similar to the bike/pedestrian overground tunnel across 101 that will keep students and neighbors safe. Or to close Churchill all together. Too many safety issues at this intersection to list.
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Cars turning right from Churchill onto Alma do not stop at red lights even if pedestrian and bikes are present. Cars turning right from Alma onto Churchill also do not stop at red lights even with pedestrians or bikes present.
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Churchill caltrain crossing has become nearly akin to the Golden Gate Bridge in terms of suicides. Need infrastructure to reduce access to fast moving trains at this intersection.
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I want to get to this nice grocery store by bike but it involved going down oxford ave and then crossing at the intersection that is kinda dangerous.
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Keeping this intersection open creates a large amount of traffic on Churchill from drivers trying to use it as a cut-through between Alma and El Camino. This makes it unsafe for cyclists to cross at Castilleja, partially just because of having to wait for the traffic to clear, and partially because drivers going one direction will stop for cyclists (despite there being no stop sign) but drivers going the other way may not.
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There are often large trucks or other vehicle obstructing the bike lane in this area, making cyclists have to unsafely enter the vehicle travel lane
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For the love of all things good, can we just finally turn middlefield into a bike boulevard instead of a parking lot? It seems so unfair that the good of the city is being overruled by the good of a few property owners who cannot/will not park in their garages. There is business parking on side streets. Menlo Park is making great strides on Middlefield, why can't we?
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Cars turning on to both Bret Harte and Mark Twain from Embarcadero often drive way too fast while turning to avoid traffic on Embarcadero and kids on bikes and kids walking have almost been hit many times because these cars are trying to dash across two lanes of traffic and don’t notice the pedestrians.
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The green light period for bikers sometimes were too short. When I biked with two of my two kids, even though we had power start and crossing right after it turned green, three of us still couldn't cross completely before it turn red again.
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The light sensory gets trigger by bicyclists 50% of the time. Bikers have to walk down to push the pedestrian button.
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Safe bicycle connection needed from North California Avenue and Ross bike boulevard, via Garland. On Greene side of Middlefield.
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This is probably the most dangerous intersection in Palo Alto. Do something (anything!) to slow cars down and improve visibility.
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Agree about making the lights faster here for bikes. It potentially creates a safety issue when bikes don't know if they've triggered the lights and then try to cross at the wrong time. Bryant and Embarcadero is much better, for example.
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Add sharrows along Fielding to enforce bike access rights. I've had an aggressive parent in a car call me stupid for riding along Fielding to Ohlone (I was blocking traffic at the bend to allow my kids to ride safely, as this is a pinch point for cars and bikes).
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Crossing Middlefield here is scary! Limited visibility of cars coming along Middlefield at left. Cars are coming fast to get onto Oregon and tend to stop on/after the pedestrian crossing. I won't take my kids this way, because I think it's too dangerous.
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No convenient bike access from N Cal Ave to Ross bike blvd. Safest is to ride on the sidewalk along Middlefield in front of Greene, but this can cause issues with pedestrians.
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Pinch point in bike lane. When residents' cars are parked here (happens regularly), kids will ride around the car and into traffic. This is particularly dangerous when cars on Louis are going fast to catch the green light.
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The crossing sign with the yellow flashing lights does not work. Cars do not stop for pedestrians
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A lot of students on bikes do not stop at the sign. They will try to beat cars and is very dangerous for both drivers and bike riders
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Placing of button for right turn onto CalAve coming from Middlefield is not realistic. You can’t reach it from the bike lane.
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Are there signs on El Camino to tell bikers to take a parallel side street? I see bikers on El Camino dangerously riding in the street, maybe because they don't know of an alternative route.
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