Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update (ARCHIVE)”
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Bike infrastructure needed to cross safely when biking on Hanover (coming from Page Mill) turning left into the Bol Park bike path. Bikes cannot safely cross, you cannot see cars. Cars speed in the turn. Kids going to school (toward Fletcher and Gunn) are forced to take the sidewalk because it is simply safer. You could consider placing stop signs on Hanover for cars in both directions? A traffic light that senses bikers? This is on a school route and is unsafe and dangerous for kids.
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Not apparent what is the preferred path to go from the bike trail left onto Arastradero
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Wayfinding aides would be useful for people going between the two cities here.
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The Bike Path kind of ends abruptly here, which can make it a bit awkward to cross to Castilleja if there's traffic on Churchill
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A bit tricky for those coming south on Charleston that want to turn left to Wilkie (east)
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We need a separated bike/ped crossing in South Palo Alto to safely cross Alma and the train tracks.
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We desperately need a separated bike/ped crossing in South Palo Alto for Alma and the train tracks.
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super dangerous part of bike blvd. bikers have to practically stop even though it is not a stop for us. If you don't live in the neighborhood and know this, worried they will get hit by a car (with a stop) who doesn't stop.
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Cars crossing across the bike lane with no real constraints.
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Northbound bikers crossing Charleston wait way too long for light. Compare to the light at Bryant and busy Embarcadero, which is much more responsive.
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Traffic light is poorly timed. Way too long for bikers on Park Blvd to wait. This intersection only favors Eastbound drivers on Page Mill, which is only busy morning rush for 2 hours maybe. The rest of the 24x7 hours, it is totally empty. Bikers regularlygo right thru it.
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Many campers on north/east side of Fabian make the bike lane too narrow for bikers going to Kehilla High School, Girls Middle School, houses on Charleston, hwy 101 bike bridge, Ramos Park, Greer Park. Widen the bike lane.
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Busy bike path from Nelson to Greendell along Cubberley Track needs to be levelled and repaved. Huge tree roots are a longstanding bike hazard. Do in conjunction with new planned restroom.
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Busy Park Blvd bike route needs to be levelled and repaved between Lambert and Margarita.
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Bi directional bikers ride on sidewalk on north/east side of Alma to get to and from Greenmeadow, Caltrain, and also Charleston Corridor.Need wider sidewalk.
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New Housing going up near here, but no bike or pedestrian infrastructure to support getting to the nearest elementary school, Greendell(closed) or Fairmeadow or Mitchell Park. Very narrow bike lane with fast traffic. Need a wide sidewalk out of traffic,
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New Housing going up here eventually, but no bike or pedestrian infrastructure to support getting to the nearest elementary school, Greendell(closed) or Fairmeadow or Mitchell Park.
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New Housing going up here, but no bike or pedestrian infrastructure to support getting to the nearest elementary school, Greendell(closed) or Fairmeadow or Mitchell Park.
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No way to bike to Hausner School safely except on narrow sidewalk
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Bike lane abruptly ends and forces bikes into car lanes between Cubberly and the Middlefield-San Antonio intersection.
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The entry/exit to El Palo Alto Park is difficult to smoothly and safely access. When traveling from Menlo Park into Palo Alto, there is a very tight turn from the path exit onto the Palo Alto Ave bike lane. If you then want to access the bike path running parallel to El Camino Real in El Camino Park, you have to quickly jut across the car lane and wait at two separate crossing islands.
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On trash pickup day, many trashcans along Charleston will block the bike lane, forcing cyclists to weave in and out of traffic.
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The Arastradero - El Camino intersection is very dangerous to cross by bike. The bike lane ends right before the intersection, and cars speed right next to cyclists.
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From the Stanford park hotel north to middle Avenue on both sides of El Camino it is incredibly unsafe to bike and or walk on the sidewalk. It is even more unsafe now as the construction for the middle Avenue Stanford housing and retail is complete and their sidewalks did not get wide and sufficiently for bikes. On the west side of El Camino in the same four blocks the development of these buildings has closed off an alley behind, the buildings which we used to use for biking. Now the sidewalk is really unsafe, not wide enough for walking, biking, and wheelchairs. I live in Allied arts. And I bite to the bike event today and saw two wheelchairs, leaving the sidewalk on the west side of El Camino going into El Camino between , Partridge and Cambridge or Partridge and Stanford to go on the sidewalk which is not wide enough.
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The section of San Antonio Ave between the stopsign at Briarwood and the stoplight at Alma is a safety concern as motorists race from one to the other. Traffic will get worse as more developments are built on San Antonio Rd from people who drive, bike, and walk to CalTrain or Alma. Suggest speed bumps.
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