Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Drivers routinely run red lights on our downtown streets. Everyone I know has a personal story about feeling threatened by cars running red lights. I have never seen any enforcement downtown.
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Dozens of times each day cars ignore the prohibited left turns onto Middlefield from Hawthorne and Everett. Cars often drive through the crosswalk or sometimes drive the wrong way on Middlefield to reach they lane/direction they want.The no left turn restrictions, along with the time-based no right turn restrictions, are pointless without significant enforcement. And it remains dangerous for pedestrians to use these crosswalks. Cars frequently fail to stop for pedestrians entering the crosswalk and almost never allow pedestrians to finish crossing before proceeding. Here again, we need enforcement to pressure behavior change by drivers.
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There is a traffic light signal here that is supposed to be synchronized with the pedestrian walk sign to show as RED when the walk sign is activated. Drivers frequently run this red light and seriously endanger pedestrians and cyclist who are crossing the road here.
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Agree with the other comment that a safer way for bikes to get from Mayview to JLS/Mitchell Park is needed here. Importantly, if a dedicated and safe bike lane or path could be added past the library, it could divert student bike traffic off of the dangerous and congested Meadow corridor. Suggest a bike path around the parking lot or converting some of the parking into a bike lane.
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This path from Meadow toward JLS is narrow and crowded, particularly at the Fairmeadow entrance gate at school drop off time. The JLS students cut across the grass, pass unsafely and tear through too fast when there are small kids and elderly trying to cross to Fairmeadow from the Mitchell Park parking lot. Suggest the path should be widened, ideally with separate marked bike and pedestrian lanes, plus signage with bike speed limits and "caution pedestrian crossing" signs (like are just on the other side of the gate to Fairmeadow). A wider gate into Fairmeadow would also help.
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We desperately need crosswalk signals through out the downtown corridor. It is insane that Palo Alto lacks pedestrian signals with countdown timers at all signaled intersections, yet there are more than a dozen in the extremely high traffic area downtown (all but one intersection on each of Lytton and Hamilton lack ped signals).
Downtown has high populations of children, senior citizens, and visitors, all of whom are particularly in need of extra time and direction when navigating busy streets that are often crowded with rushing drivers, illegally parked vehicles and other obstacles.
Installation of pedestrian signals is a simple step that will go a long way to improving pedestrian safety.
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We desperately need crosswalk signals through out the downtown corridor. It is insane that Palo Alto lacks pedestrian signals with countdown timers at all signaled intersections, yet there are more than a dozen in the extremely high traffic area downtown (all but one intersection on each of Lytton and Hamilton lack ped signals).
Downtown has high populations of children, senior citizens, and visitors, all of whom are particularly in need of extra time and direction when navigating busy streets that are often crowded with rushing drivers, illegally parked vehicles and other obstacles.
Installation of pedestrian signals is a simple step that will go a long way to improving pedestrian safety.
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We desperately need crosswalk signals through out the downtown corridor. It is insane that Palo Alto lacks pedestrian signals with countdown timers at all signaled intersections, yet there are more than a dozen in the extremely high traffic area downtown (all but one intersection on each of Lytton and Hamilton lack ped signals).
Downtown has high populations of children, senior citizens, and visitors, all of whom are particularly in need of extra time and direction when navigating busy streets that are often crowded with rushing drivers, illegally parked vehicles and other obstacles.
Installation of pedestrian signals is a simple step that will go a long way to improving pedestrian safety.
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Can we work with MP and finally fix this crossing. It is a nightmare. There are hundreds of crossers on bikes and as peds daily who go to Willows Market and cross in between neighborhoods. You have to run across and take your life into your own hands.
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PLEASE put better signage at this intersection and more red paint for safety and visibility. I have been almost hit here like 1000 times. It could be as easy as more red curb to create greater sight distances and better signage since cars DO NOT know it is a 2-way stop and bikes have the ROW on the bike boulevard.
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PLEASE put better signage at this intersection and more red paint for safety and visibility. I have been almost hit here like 1000 times. It could be as easy as more red curb to create greater sight distances and better signage since cars DO NOT know it is a 2-way stop and bikes have the ROW on the bike boulevard.
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This should be a 4 way stop, roundabout, or have a system to stop traffic when pedestrians and bikes need to stop (worst option bc that would be awful for traffic). As it stands, no one is clear on whether cats yield to bikes and peds. The lighting is also inadequate. It's very hard to see pedestrians and bikers at night, who often pop out thinking traffic will yield to them.
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The parklet designs along Emerson (but especially for Evvia and The Patio) make it hard to use this sidewalk as a pedestrian going between Lytton and University. I usually avoid Emerson or deliberately use the other side, which is slightly better.
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The landscaping and layout of this parking lot exit mean drivers cannot see pedestrians and pedestrians cannot see exiting vehicles until almost in the driveway. This is particularly bad if a large truck or SUV parks in one of the two spots closes to High Street. Drivers are also often looking right at High St traffic and not left for pedestrians.
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Technically in Menlo Park, but this Safeway is convenient for residents of north Palo Alto and there's no easy way to reach here by bike. You have to ride on El Camino without a bike lane then cross 3 lanes of traffic to make a left turn across another 3 lanes of traffic.
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Crossing Middlefield at Everett or Hawthorne is better after the Middlefield redesign but still feels dangerous. I usually have to wait for there to be no traffic in both directions because drivers don't seem to yield to waiting pedestrians.
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Crossing Forest Ave at Alma as a pedestrian always feels risky due to drivers trying to make left turns in to or out of Forest in busy Alma traffic, or trying to make a quick right turn on to Forest from Alma.
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Drivers coming on to University from Stanford frequently enter or remain in this intersection (often blocking the crosswalk) after the light changes and the pedestrian signal turns on to cross University. The leading time for pedestrians before the light changes is usually not helpful because it is still unsafe to enter the road.
Crossing either University or High from the southern corner (at Arya Steakhouse) also feels dangerous due to drivers turning right on to High St.
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Four way stop is needed here. These one way stop signs are super dangerous.
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While Embarcadero has sidewalks, a pedestrian has to cross 4 highway ramps without striped crosswalks or adequate visibility for entering and exiting vehicles, where drivers are often driving fast and focused on merging, not on possible pedestrians.
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Cars turning onto El Camino from University are a huge risk to bikers commuting to and from the Caltrain Station. Removing this onramp road to El Camino would greatly improve safety and promote use of public transit.
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This is a dangerous intersection for bikes crossing the street as many cars and buses try to turn right into the Arboretum/Hoover Pavilion area.
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Please create bike lanes that go in both directions for the two blocks where this is one-way north of University. Emerson (the next northbound street) is a nightmare for bikes to ride on and going all the way to Bryant is way out-of-the-way.
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This entire block is very unsafe for bikes as there are many delivery drivers idling and double-parked and many drivers driving erratically as they look for parking and dart in and out of the parking lots. The parklets created for restaurants on this street also take up space and force bikes further into car traffic. Bikes and traffic are forced down this street due to the alternating one-way streets.
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There is a lamp post on the corner right where the sidewalk turns that creates a pinch point for pedestrians, bikes, and cars trying to cross this narrow intersection.
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