Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Bike Lane in the uphill direction.
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Greer park, with its sports fields, is a destination for adults and kids involved with youth sports.
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The gravel levee trail from E Bayshore to Geng Park should be paved, and could make it a more attractive (but longer) alternative to the sharrows on E. Bayshore.
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The Bay trail connection to EPA, and around the airport is a good place for biking
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The trails in Byxbee park are a great riding destination.
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An official connection along the edge of the marsh from the end of Faber Place to Byxbee park would make access to the trails in Byxbee park simpler. It is possible now by snaking through parking lots, and using the water treatment plant driveway on Embarcadero way. Better to exptend the Renzel Trail as an 8 foot mixed use path.
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I like to access the baylands by bike here.
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Car. Turning left from N bound El Camino onto Stanford Ave there is a median barrier with a gap for a pedestrian crossing. The extension of the median is not visible from a car stopped in the left turn lane and many vehicles have hit it. Please put up a visible post or something.
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Avoiding San Antonio and Charleston (dangerous for bikes despite the recent fixes). There is a route from Montrose onto Sutherland and then through the Condo Complex onto Leghorn. Please put up signage to make that easier to follow
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Please make the warning about bike crossing
E. Meadow drive (to get to the path to the bridge) more prominent. Also, marking a bike lane going toward Fabian on Meadow Dr crossing Meadow at a small angle to the Adobe creek path. Now it's a 90 deg left turn.Liked 0 times -
Biking on Palo Alto Ave turning onto Bike Path parallel to El Camino in El Camino Park.
This is very unsafe because it involves crossing car exit from El Camino going wrong way.
There is a closed gate further 'east' on PA Avenue which could be used to access the bike path much more safely. Please open the gate.Liked 4 times -
Biking from the Embarcadero Bike Path onto Castilleja to get to Park Blvd.
It's very unsafe having to cross Churchill. There is a very very narrow cut out behind some bushes to enter Churchill so it's difficult to make the turn onto Churchill. Then there is a very short distance to cross a lane of traffic to get to the bike left hand turn. Cars going toward El Camino sometimes move very quickly.
Turning at Palo Rd involves crossing from the Bike Path involves crossing Palo Rd (feels unsafe) then trying to cross 2 lanes of Churchill.
Please widen the cutout and put up a stop sign for Churchill at Palo.Liked 1 time -
Remove Stop sign on Park.
Park is labeled a bike blvd years ago, yet nothing was done to actually implement that.
Please remove the 4 Stop signs. The one North bound on Park at Fernando is ridiculous since it is located about 20 yards before the intersection so one cannot even see cars on Fernando.
Almost all cyclists ignore the STOP signs.Liked 5 times -
Access to Safeway from South East.
The safest access to the Safeway bike parking is now through a private parking lot which is between Sutter and Safeway. This involves going the wrong way through the lot when leaving Safeway. Access from Colorado involves biking the length of the Safeway parking lot with cars backing up and lots of traffic.
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Please remove the RVs that are parked (permanently) blocking the bike lanes in both directions on Park. Having a sign stating no parking between 2 AM and 6AM does not help. Even if obeyed, I don't think there is much bike traffic during those hours.
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Please put a YIELD sign for cyclists going from Castalea to Park.
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On Park and El Camino going toward Stanford there is a pole on the sidewalk with a walk button, successfully tempting many cycliists to be on the right of the vehicle right turn lane. This is a very dangerous position.
There is a clear green bike lane which should be used. Some people erroneously think that pushing the button makes the light change more quickly. Aside from the safety, the walk button unnecessarily delays traffic on El Camino.
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Make the Ross/Meadow half round a bout into a full roundabout. Replace the stop signs on Meadow with "YIELD To Traffic in Circle". Now it is ambiguous who has the right of way when a vehicle is continuing in the roundabout coming from one direction of Ross and passing the other direction of Ross to make a 270 deg turn. I have had several "too close for comfort" incidents on my bike.
Also drivers frequently ignore the stop signs (much more frequently than most stop signs)Liked 0 times -
Matadero is very narrow and the traffic is fast making this unsafe for cyclists. This is also on a save route to school so this needs attention.
Please remove the parking on Matadero, on the south side, from Josina Ave to past Whitsell until the apartments. There is already no parking before and after Whitsell so this is only a few spaces and will give more space for cyclists without them having to go out into the street to avoid parked cars.
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75% of cars go through this intersection at 10-30 miles per hour. Through a stop sign. It is crazy and so unsafe. I think because Center Drive goes by the park, is fairly wide, and has a long run up to this stop sign. But almost no one stops fully - oh well. But many many folks go 20-30 miles an hour right through this intersection and it is SO unsafe.
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Routefinding signage would be useful here to encourage cyclists heading towards Bol Park Bike Path to cross on the straight section of Hanover rather than waiting until the corner, where speeding cars are liable to hit them
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The kids ride through the stop sign and cross traffic does not stop. This should really be a three way stop. Also, cross traffic is not easily seen by bikers as there is a lot of illegal parking, as noted by someone else.
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Put public restrooms in Eleanor Pardee Park! When my kids were little, it was a constant worry that someone would need to use the restroom while playing on the play structures. Also, I can't have picnics in this park because you can't stay for more than a few hours without someone needing a restroom. I imagine that there are no bathrooms now because it might *gasp* encourage out-of-neighborhood people to enjoy the park. I think it would be great for the park to draw lots of kids and have a vibrant play atmosphere.
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This intersection is used by many children biking to and from Fletcher and Gunn. Pedestrians and bikers have to cross multiple lanes of Page Mill with traffic turning in multiple directions.
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The incomplete clover leaf freeway interchange causes so much backup and slowness on University Avenue. The light has to be extra long at this intersection because people coming from EPA must turn left across traffic to get to 101 South. The building code should be changed so that no more buildings can be built to interfere with completing the last "leaf" of the cloverleaf intersection. I know this intersection is in EPA and not Palo Alto, but it causes problems on University Ave. When University Ave is so slow it chokes commerce into Palo Alto. Fixing this should be a priority for the health of our downtown and people commuting to Stanford.
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