Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Can the right lane on El Camino approaching Page Mill from the south be turned into a 'right turn only' lane? To help with traffic flow. Also signage to watch for pedestrians crossing Page Mill here while turning right.
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Can the sidewalk here be marked specifically as a bike line going in both directions? As noted in the other comment, it is not safe to take the bike lane (especially coming from Page Mill) because cars go super fast on this section. The sidewalk is wide enough to accommodate a shared bike/pedestrian path in both directions, as an extension of the Bol Park Bike Path which is also shared bike/pedestrian.
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Cars routinely run this red light during school dropoff/pickup hours. What can be done to get drivers to slow down and be ready for the light?
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There is no lighting at night on this section of Bol Park Pathway which goes along the border with Gunn High School. There are lights along this path which are on further down the path, but the lights next to Gunn need to be on at night.
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Bikes entering downtown from Stanford, Embarcadero bike path, etc. are forced to ride between cars or on the sidewalk.
The stretch of University betwen Alma and High St. is often backed up, so cyclists coming from the underpass into downtown hit a weird cycling deadend.
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Bike lane ends in a weird dead-end against 2 oneway streets.
If you're trying to go downtown from the Embarcadero bike path, you have to ride on the sidewalk or take a weird detour.
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Cars accelerate to unsafe speeds on Arastradero South of the Donald Dr intersection. This puts bikes and pedestrians crossing the road at risk. Cars regularly travel at 40+ miles per hour reported on the electric sign.
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When biking/driving west on James Road, the rider/driver does not have a clear view on oncoming traffic from the left, due to cars parked north bound on El Camino Way (though fewer cars on weekends). So making a left turn here feels like a gamble every time, even for an adult. Even making a right can be risky. A three way stop here is long over due. Note: there is absolutely no stop or yield sign currently at this three way intersection. I submitted a request to the city in the past - they said it was checked and is fine - so not true.
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When biking/driving west on James Road, the rider/driver does not have a clear view on oncoming traffic from the left, due to cars parked north bound on El Camino Way (though fewer cars on weekends). So making a left turn here feels like a gamble every time, even for an adult. Even making a right can be risky. A three way stop here is long over due. Note: there is absolutely no stop or yield sign currently at this three way intersection.
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When biking/driving west on James Road, the rider/driver does not have a clear view on oncoming traffic from the left, due to cars parked north bound on El Camino Way (though fewer cars on weekends). So making a left turn here feels like a gamble every time, even for an adult. Even making a right can be risky. A three way stop here is long over due.
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People CONSTANTLY run this red light
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This entire intersection: Foothill/Arastradero and the NB Foothill off-ramp with Arastradero needs crossing guards when children are present.
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As a driver on Birch pulling into Park Blvd and heading toward El Camino, it's impossible to see the bikers coming toward me. The road curves around that island and cars are parked up to the corner. I have to creep out into the road to see the bikers, and they get mad. My suggestion: red paint/no parking on the corner of Park and Birch.
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The green left turn segment is very unsafe for bicyclists to be on with the oncoming car traffic they needs to manoeuver around the segment. If they go straight they drive straight into the segment. There needs to be a physical separation such as an elevation or street furniture protecting the bicyclists when waiting to turn.
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Need bike lane
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A pedestrian and bicycle crossing here would be nice.
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Light to cross El Camino gives too little time when triggered only by bike on Serra Street or Park Boulevard. I've seen near misses when light for El Camino drivers turns green and bicyclists are only 3/4 across El Camino.
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Cars going on Oregon Ave do not respect the signals here and run into the space reserved for cyclists.
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This roundabout is dangerous for runners doing the (very popular) campus loop. I have been nearly hit by multiple motorists turning left onto Campus from Santa Teresa who are speeding toward the 280 and not paying attention.
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It would be nice to put the green bicycle markings on the stop areas of both sides of Stanford Ave @ El Camino so bicyclists can have a designated staging area while they wait, or something to give them separation from cars. This goes for other safe routes to school intersections crossing major thoroughfares like El Camino.
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I 100% agree that this is a dangerous intersection, especially at morning drop-off time for Fairmeadow (and JLS). There is often a child - yes, a CHILD - out there acting as a crossing guard. Usually there is an adult there along with them, but that person is often on their phone or talking to someone. It is a rare day when the child-crossing-guard actually has much supervision at all. This intersection absolutely needs to be added to the list of intersections protected by trained ADULT crossing guards. Many years ago when my PTA asked the principal (at a different school with much less traffic) if parent volunteers could act as crossing guards at the nearby intersection, the answer was an absolute no because of the risk. What on earth is Fairmeadow doing using children??? Please, please, please stop this practice before something terrible happens!!!!
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I use this route daily at about the same time. There are a handful of drivers who use the right turn lane from southbound Loma Verde onto Middlefield heading toward Oregon as if it were a second option for heading straight across Middlefield. I guess this works ok when the first driver in the straight/left turn lane is planning on a left turn, but it doesn't work at all when both drivers are going straight, especially when there is a car going the other way on Loma Verde. A right turn only sign for that lane might help.
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The deep dip in the road (where the parking lot meets Escondido Road) causes a lot of cars to bottom out and scrape.
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This parking lot is a major thoroughfare for people going to Bing, CCSC, rear of Escondido, and the Stanford campus. Please consider infrastructure improvements that acknowledge this is a major route.
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Adults and children on bicycles ignore the 4-way stop sign at this intersection creating opportunities for collisions with vehicles. Particularly when Greene Middle School dismisses classes in the afternoon, students riding west in large groups block the vehicle lanes on N. California and ignore the stop sign on Bryant. Suggest posting a police officer intermittently on that corner to ticket scofflaws.
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