Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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There are several comments suggesting removing the two stop signs. I think that's a bad idea. This roundabout initially had four yield signs, but what was happening was that cars driving on Meadow would approach the roundabout at high speed and barely slow down, putting bikes and cars already in the roundabout at risk. Cars on Ross generally aren't driving as fast because of the speed bumps on the YMCA-side of Ross and the stop sign at Mayview. Ross was intended to be a new bike boulevard, but as a frequent bicyclist I was often at risk from speeding drivers on Meadow that cut in front of me though I was already in the circle. This is not an "education" issue. That was already tried. There are just too many drivers that ignore the rules. Even now, a good portion of drivers on Meadow treat the stop signs as yield signs.
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This corner is so tight and some people bike too fast. Need mirrors so people can see who is coming around the corner, signs to slow down and the bike lanes need better demarcation
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The tree roots make this dangerous to bike
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Traveling North on Middlefield towards East Meadow, the bike lane disappears and riders are often crammed in right by the curb by right-turning cars which don't take our need for space into account. This also happens at Charleston and feels very unsafe.
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Southbound cars turning right from Middlefield to Colorado and then immediately left into the Wells Fargo parking lot often don't signal, or they give confusing signals. Unsafe for pedestrians and bikers. Why can't the entry be a simple right from Middlefield and the exit onto Colorado?
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Bike lanes on this road are not protected. A student was recently seriously injured at this location when a vehicle attempted to pass a left-turning vehicle by entering the bike lane (unaware that a young person was in the lane on his bike, also attempting to turn left). We need our students to be able to safely bike on E Meadow to and from the library/park.
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Student was recently hit here on his way home from school due to control inconsistency (light functions one way in the morning and a completely different way in the afternoon commute times). Provide crossing guards and safety controls on the lights that make sense and improve safety for the afternoon commutes and communicate appropriately to the school community and on signage.
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Pavement here is in rough shape on ECR, and ECR is 9 lanes wide here. During morning school hours, there is a crossing guard who can only "protect" one side of ECR during crossing and only in one direction. If a collision occurs (and many have) while the students are crossing on the other side where the guard is not present, the guard is not allowed to come to their aid. This is extremely dangerous. Please make light timing more bike-friendly, and provide full coverage of this large intersection with enough guards.
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there are sort-of 3 lanes on E. Meadow going northeast at Middlefield. One left, one straight, one right. But after school the bikes fill up the right-turn/bike lane, forcing cars wanting to turn right into the straight-thru lane. Cars can't turn right on red because of all the bicycles. They can't turn right on green because of all the bicycles. The crossing guard there won't let a car turn right if there is a bicycle coming from down the block. This blocks alll the cars trying to go straight thru. I've seen it backed up almost to Alma! It makes the pick-ups at JLS worse because cars can't get out of the parking lane and into the street. Maybe stop parking on JLS side of street and have JLS pickups drive thru Fairmeadow parking lot? Or open Waverly so parents picking up from JLS can drive in from E. Meadow and out onto Charleston? We worry so much about bikes that we aren't making room for cars to get thru the area. This jam up makes it worse for the bikes who are trying to manuever around the cars.
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Saw a lady almost get run over at the crosswalk by a car speeding after the stop sign Emerson and Homer.
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busy intersection with lots of people and bikes! The sidewalks are always filled with people and bikes. It would be good to increase the size of the sidewalks so that there isn't as much tension.
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Add a roundabout but keep the stop signs to force traffic to stop at the intersection
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We need a bike crossing under Alma along the creek.
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Getting to Hoover Park across Middlefield Road is a game of Frogger! The only lights to cross Middlefield Road are at Colorado Ave and Loma Verde. There needs to be a safe crossing somewhere in between so people have easier access to both the park and the Bryant Bike Boulevard.
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The intersection of Ellsworth Place and Middlefield Road is dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists and also to cross traffic with Middlefield Road. People do not see there is a road here and pedestrians have almost been hit here on many, many occassions.
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Crossing San Antonio and middlefield by foot or bike is super super scary in any direction. Major hazard from
Cars turning right and not yielding to bike and pedestrians. This intersection desperately needs no turn on red and the big flashing lights warning any car turning right on green. I asked PA police if they could help and they said “we don’t know what we can do??” I don’t think they see traffic enforcement as part of their charter. Would be useful to clatify this.Liked 7 times -
Traffic between Channing and Forest travels much too fast. We need a speed bump or traffic calmer to slow people down .
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Turning right from California onto El Camino is tricky, especially in the morning. The main problem is that many cars turning right on red don't anticipate that cars going north on El Camino might make a U-turn here. Add in bicycles and it all gets more complicated
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Intersection at Channing and Lincoln is dangerous for bikers, pedestrians and even cars. Drivers coming out from Lincoln, particularly from north, seem to come abruptly, almost skipping the stop sign. When sun is setting, it's blinding to drivers heading west. Channing drivers don't have a stop---
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People drive much too fast on this street. It's used as a cut-through street since it is one of the few College Terrace streets that open onto California. Delivery trucks are super fast on it, but so are cars. Several pets have been killed, and it's a wonder no children have
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Add cross walk so Stanford families can get to library
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El Camino needs to be repaved
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Parents waiting to pick up children park on the road. This creates gridlock
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When will the plastic barriers be removed? Or made permanent? The current situation is not ideal.
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There are tables and signs and random items in the middle of the Cal ave street. Who can put tables and chairs and signs there?
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