Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Enforcement would be good. I see parents making uturns on Louis after dropping on kids. Very dangerous for all!
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My dentist. The only easy way to access is via Middlefield, and the section of Middlefield from University to Menlo Park is very bike unfriendly.
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Bikes use Arastradero even though there is a separate walk/bike path. This is a narrow street with no shoulder and blind curves, which makes it very dangerous for drivers unexpectedly encountering cyclists
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Path around golf links is narrow and unsafe for bike and pedestrian combined traffic. Can it be widened?
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Need bike rack here!
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Cars on Bryant going W sometimes go around barrier and continue on Bryant across Embarcadero, very dangerous to bikes! Please fix diverter so they can't do this.
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No bike lanes on this high-traffic, fast road with lots of industrial driveways (Summerwinds, gas stations) with lots of traffic. Would LOVE to have bike lanes here!
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Bike to downtown Mt. View. Route goes along Middlefield; terribly unsafe for last block to San Antonio with no bike lanes on either side and lots of driveways.
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PAMF is a frequent location I'd prefer to bike to. I usually take Bryant from S. Palo Alto to Channing, but the one-sided bike lane on Channing is a bit strange.
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An underground crossing at El Camino and Page Mill has been closed for as long as I've lived here -- would be nice to have that crossing available.
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The sidewalk along El Camino between Matadero and Cal Ave is in poor condition. The surface is irregular, and the path is frequently interrupted by trees and poles. There's also been construction scaffolding over some sections for months. I only find it a little annoying, but people with mobility challenges may find it unnavigable.
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I frequently walk along El Camino Real, between Matadero and Cal Ave. Many drivers making right turns on both red and green lights do not look for pedestrians. Some drivers also attempt to make left turns at the last possible moment. This happens very frequently during morning and evening commute hours. This makes my regular walk quite dangerous, and I've had more than one very close call in the past few months. I have to be incredibly cautious and look for approaching drivers in right turn lanes when I cross, even though it is their legal obligation to ensure that no pedestrians are in the crossing. I'm not sure if there's a clean solution to this, but more protection for pedestrians (not just children and the elderly!) would be appreciated.
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A few years ago, an 11 yo boy was struck and killed at this intersection while on his bike. No improvements have been made on this intersection since then, though the vehicular traffic has been temporarily eliminated due to temporary street closures here.
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E. Meadow speed limit needs to be enforced.
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It would be good to block off Cornell Street at California. Many streets parallel to Cornell are blocked off at California to prevent cut-through traffic, speeding, and traffic in general. This has had the effect of diverting all that traffic and speeding onto Cornell and a couple other streets. As you get farther west from El Camino this is less of a problem because those streets are not so attractive as cut-through streets. College Terrace is a tiny neighborhood, but surrounded by Stanford U., El Camino, and Page Mill, it sees a ton of dangerous through traffic.
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Cars are idling in the drop off and pick up zone here creating a long line of cars that want to get into the station. There should be stricter no-idling sign here.
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I think it would be helfpul to have stop signs at all of the intersections in College Terrace. Oberlin and College is a particularly risky corner when traveling west on College (toward Amherst St.). There are often large trucks parked near the corner due to construction and it's hard to see if the intersection is clear unless you walk partway into the street!
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Whitsell is a narrow street and it is also on the Walk and Roll Map for Barron Park School. The intersection with Matadero is dangerous for cars because parking is allowed on both sides of Whitsell near the corner. Safety concern for drivers on Whitsell wanting to turn onto Matadero, while driver on Matadero may want to turn onto Whitsell -not enough room! Visibility for cyclists is dangerously obscured by vegetation at corner.
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Barron Ave is very narrow and should be made one way from - and in the direction - El Camino to Whitsell. Parking is now allowed on both sides and often two cars cannot navigate the road- another reason to make it one-way. Also intersection with LaSelva Dr is blind because of fence along property line
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Restrict turning: right turn only for cars from Barron Ave onto El Camino. This intersection was rated 2nd highest collision intersection by the Santa Clara Transportation Authority in their Countywide Local Roads Safety Plan
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Quite dangerous to turn left from the loss altos bike path onto arastradero. Often the only way to cross this road in peak hours is to cycle to the traffic lights on the sidewalk
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Very dangerous intersection for cyclists, cars often go ignore the miranda only sign, and use the lane to turn right arastradero.
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There is a storm drain the same size of the bike lane in the bike lane. Drivers are seemingly annoyed that bikes are not in the drain.
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During the pandemic the street was mostly not a through street. This made it a much more enjoyable and safe place to be as a pedestrian / cyclist. Since its reopening to traffic, it has become quite dangerous for cyclists who easily out pace the cars in this area.
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Super dangerous, there is no real bike path through this area that is convenient. At this point specifically fairly high chance that you get right hooked by a car not watch.
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