Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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This intersection needs a speed bump or roundabout to slow cars down. Also, the stop signs are not seen in certain light conditions. My car was hit and air bags went off when car coming down Channing from the highway didn’t see the stop sign and light in their eyes made them miss my car in the intersection. Lucky my kids weren’t in the car or bicyclists were not around as my car was hit hard enough to be spun around in the intersection.
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A crosswalk with lights and or elevated speed hump type crossing here would be great. Even better if we could get a button for bikes to request the lights
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It is not clear how bikes headed to Hoover elementary from north bound Charleston are supposed to get there. Are they supposed to cross to the eastbound side of Charleston and join traffic on the bike path or are they supposed to do a u-turn at the next light?
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The pedestrian crossing sign was knocked down or removed rom the middle of this crosswalk but it should be replaced. All along Fabian, there should be consistent signage and markings on the road to indicate crosswalks. Some have paint that is obscured and no longer as visible as the other ones.
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Can we get some crosswalk striping here? With many pedestrians, bicyclists and cars, it just makes sense.
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The intersection of Matadero and Laguna is dangerous for pedestrians approaching Laguna from the left-side of Matadero (as required by law).
Cars and e-scooters/bikes traveling on Laguna toward this intersection regularly ignore the STOP sign and make the right turn at speed. Pedestrians just around the corner on Matadero are not at all visible to drivers due to bushes obstructing the view. The risk of a vehicle colliding into pedestrians here is high.
Measures need to be taken to improve pedestrian safety at this intersection.
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The indicator for bikes crossing Sand Hill from Clark Way to Pasteur Drive is frequently dysfunctional. Sometimes the only way for a cyclist to catch the light is to use the pedestrian crosswalk button. Alternatively, many just cross when they think it is clear enough.
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I'm curious, are restaurants paying any rent for all the new space they have expanded to in the street? Now able to handle many more customers, they must be making quite an increased profit. They should contribute in some way to the local community for permanent use of this public space. It was originally allowed so that people could be outdoors during the height of the pandemic.
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Why is the miniature golf course shown as being here? It is at ECR. Was it originally supposed to be here? Maybe it would be better if it were here.
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I don't understand what this map is supposed to mean, with having Cal Ave split into two here. You can't drive on it in either direction. Is this supposed to indicate sidewalks?
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At times the brush growth extends onto the sidewalk so the walkway is very narrow. The growth can also get to be 6 feet tall on both sides where I am visible to no one and I feel susceptible to crime walking through.
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In the previous BTPT, Program T-23 identified "Develop public sidewalks and bicycle facilities in Stanford Research Park and other employment areas." This element needs to continue at a more robust pace. As more and more workers return to the office, there are many more pedestrians and cyclists in the Research Park, especially in the area around the Hub (a popular coffee and lunch spot). Yet, it is still the case that vehicle drivers often speed on Hanover, Hillview and Porter (creating a safety issue for cyclists/pedestrians), the sidewalks are too narrow in many places for the number of pedestrians (especially around lunch time, and around bus stops at the beginning and end of the work day), there are sidewalk gaps (e.g., north side of Hanover in front of the power substation), and the traffic light cycles are long. Vehicles have three lanes of space in most places, including the center turn lane, seemingly indicating that "cars are king" and vehicles have priority. Please please please strongly consider devoting more resources to cycling/pedestrian infrastructure within the Research Park, and repurposing some of the space currently used for vehicles and turning it into much needed mixed cycling/pedestrian space, especially around the Hub.
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The right turn lane to go from Sand Hill road going east on to Stock Farm crosses the bike lane. During the morning commute I've seen numerous bicyclists nearly being hit because of drivers not being aware of bicyclists passing through. Needs extra attention getting signage/road markers/lights for bicycle awa
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bike lane on university needed removed one side of parking spaces or better yet move cars out completely
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I bike from EPA to Stanford 3 days a week with two flashing lights a reflective vest and helmet. Riding in the bike line I commonly have cars coming into the bike lane to pass left had car or simply to pass cars that are going to slow. Would like to see barriers erected to stop cars passing on the right by using the bike like or at least police sting operations focused on curbing that activity.
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There are many senior citizens who are using the crosswalk, trying to get to Avenidas. Please post a "Seniors Crossing" sign.
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There are many senior citizens who are using the crosswalk, trying to get to Avenidas. Please post a "Seniors Crossing" sign.
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There are many senior citizens who are using the crosswalk, trying to get to Avenidas. Please post a "Seniors Crossing" sign.
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Since there is a Bryant/Lytton Garage stairway here, people are jaywalking here to cross Bryant St., even thought there is a crosswalk close by.
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Bike lane on Cal Ave from Hanover almost all the way to ECR has deep cracks and uneven concrete slabs in it. I've seen multiple toddlers and children with major cases of road rash from spills on this bike lane over the past couple of years.
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This would be significantly safer as a 4-way stop.
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SUPER dangerous "surprise" intersection here for Cyclists coming down Arastradero toward Foothill Expy. Cars crossing from left to right as they get onto Manuela Ave cross right in front of the bike path with little-to-no advance notice. Someone is going to T-bone a bike (or vice versa) very soon. Extremely dangerous for the cyclists, and for the drivers too, I think.
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Almost everything that can be dangerous for a cyclist is present at this intersection: cars making a right in front of cyclists, torn up pavement that causes cyclists to fall, huge storm drains and potholes, high speed cars, huge buses at a bus stop. It's extremely dangerous.
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The right lane on Hanover approaching Page Mill should become a dedicated right-turn lane, and the bike lane should "cross over" to be between the center lane and right-turn lane. This would be significantly safer for middle school and high school students riding bikes in the morning.
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I would love to see dotted lines painted in this intersection to help people know how to "stay in their lane" when making left turns. Left turning cars pull forward into the oncoming traffic's lane in anticipation of turning left, which is further complicated by people not using their left turn signal ("are they turning? can I pull forward into my turn? Are they going straight?"), and by left-turning cars pulling forward into the oncoming traffic lane and then waiting there while pedestrians are crossing in front of them in the crosswalk.
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