Comments for “Palo Alto Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update”
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I have witnessed multiple almost collision re car-on-bicycle incidents at the Georgia Avenue corner with Maybell Avenue. This intersection creates an extreme hazard for automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and rolling traffic. I have previously reported this to PAUSE but nothing was done to mitigate traffic safety problem.
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I have witnessed multiple collision re car-on-bicycle incidents at the Georgia Avenue corner with Donald Drive. This intersection creates an extreme hazard for automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and rolling traffic. I have previously reported this to PAUSE but nothing was done to mitigate traffic safety problem.
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I have witnessed multiple collision re car-on-bicycle incidents at the T-junction of the Gunn High School access pathway with Georgia Avenue. This intersection creates an extreme hazard for automobiles, pedestrians, bicycles, and rolling traffic. I have previously reported this to PAUSE but nothing was done to mitigate traffic safety problem.
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Need better signage or street paint as some cars have actually tried to drive down this fire road and into the park. Just needs clearer paint or signage "not a driveway". Submitted by Walter Hays PTA
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Crosswalk across entire intersection need repainting. Too faded for students crossing and kids going to the park. Submitted by Walter Hays PTA.
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Dangerous crosswalk for St. Elisabeth Seton and Hays students. Cars are not stopping at crosswalk as they should. Crosswalk needs repainting and suggest a push button/flashing light to be installed. Cars fly though here and do not stop as current signage is not doing the job. Submitted by Walter Hays PTA
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Bike lane all the way down Newell needs to to be repainted with green paint. Many Hays and Greene students bike here and the lanes have faded and need updating. Submitted by Walter Hays PTA
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Crosswalk at Newell and Hopkins needs to be restriped/repainted. Can't see and many Hays students, art students, swimmers and people going to the library cross here. Submitted by the Walter Hays PTA
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Embarcadero & Newell intersection is highly trafficked by Hays and Greene students. A few improvements to suggest: entire intersection/crosswalks needs new paint/restriping. Suggest moving the stop line for cars going north on Newell be moved back a bit like the others at the other corners. Suggest installing electric no right turn signs (similar to Alma at train crossings) for when the button is pushed for the crosswalk. Cars are not obeying the no turn when students present signage. Submitted by Walter Hays PTA.
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The no parking area in between the school driveway entrance and exit is frequently violated. Creates sight line issues. Suggest painting the curb red here and painting the lines which are slanted on the street red as well. Submitted by Walter Hays PTA
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Red "no parking" curb needs to be painted here in front of the fire hydrant all the way to the tree. Cars constantly illegally park here as they are not clear that it is no parking. Fire Department will have a hard time to access in case of fire and when cars are parked here, it completely blocks the sight line for cars exiting Walter Hays School. Easy fix for a dangerous situation. Red line should be painted on curb from the school exit to the tree, just past the hydrant. Submitted by Walter Hays School PTA
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Pedestrian/bike crosswalk in dire need of push button flashing light. Many Walter Hays and Greene students cross here and cars are speeding and do not stop. Crosswalk should also be repainted to make it clear this is a ped/bike crossing. Unsafe intersection as cars do not yield. Submitted by Walter Hays School PTA
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Block entire intersection to vehicle traffic at corner of Seneca, Lytton, Palo Alto Ave. This will reduce cut through traffic and create a 'greenway' along Hopkins Creekside Park along Palo Alto Ave. This would be similar to Palo Alto Ave west of middlefield ave. This would greatly improve safety East/West bicycle flow from the foothills to the bay
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Car drivers do not come to a full stop here unless there is other traffic at the intersection.
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I often ride on the sidewalk on Alma through this interchange to cross oregon at this overpass,when I want to get somewhere in a hurry. It is reliably faster than waiting at Bryant. Look at safety for pedestrians (and bikes on the sidewalk) from here to the Cal Ave tunnel.
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Crossing Oregon is a brutal wait for expressway traffic, and not just at rush hour. Sunday evening at 6:00? Wait 2 minutes. Should look at the standards used for deciding how long to make crossing traffic wait at all expressway crossings. What makes sense at rush hour is very inconvenient then, and should not be used all day.
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Would be good to legalize bicycle riding on unpaved fire roads in Foothills preserve. especially this access road from Palo Alto Hills via the fire station, and the Wildhorse Fire Road near the campground..
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Bicycle turnouts on Upper Page Mill Road.
Upper Page Mill Road is heavily used by recreational bicyclists on weekends. Bicyclists are very slow in the uphill direction. The BPTP should anticipate the next repaving cycle on this road, or other funding opportunities, to consider:
Where to add grippier coarse pavement.
Where to add uphill turnouts for cyclists, so that cyclists can ride through the shoulder and allow faster traffic to pass.
This approach has been developed on Mount Diablo, and also applied on lower Kings Mountain Road nearby, and was not well known when the current repaving was done.Liked 0 times -
The ability to cross University Avenue on bike or as a pedestrian is very difficult. The location of any crossing in this area is sparse (Lincoln and Guinda). One needs a cross walk or some basis to cross, and a cyclist or pedestrian should not be relegated to almost a one mile barrier for crossing this street in this area. Crossing at Hale is highlighted as it intersects Hamilton and Forest, and as a cyclist or pedestrian would turn onto Hale toward the north, there is no basis other than to wave at cars to beg them to stop to allow crossing.
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The access via ramp on both sides is hazardous to underpass. Pedestrian, bikes and children on scooters use this. The slope of the ramp tilts/bevels toward high speed traffic with incomplete coverage (perhaps for drainage). The guard railing is ancient and not protective and bent. This improvement request has been shared for 20 years with no improvement. Also the ramp access from the Kingsley side is too narrow with a pole that creates a hazard as high speed (greater than 50 mph) egress Embarcadero toward Alma. The hazard flashing light is not automatic to facilitate bicycle transportation use. Obviously the bike routing on the portion of Kingsley as it intersects Emerson is inadequate as both pedestrian and bike must use this to access the neighborhood. (Editorial Comment: Symbolically across the years this bias toward cars and not toward bikes at this location symbolizes the City not being really committed to the mode shift our climate action plan invites)
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The 101 South sign isn't marked clearly enough that people who want to go south on 101 actually take it. Because of this a LARGE number of cars (100s per day) do U-turns on Embarcadero road OR St Francis Dr causing dangerous conditions for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other drivers.
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The bike pressure pad at the intersection is great and keeps crossing this major intersection from disrupting the bike boulevard
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The instructions/markings at this intersection are unclear and I'm never sure where I should be as I traverse the intersectoin on Louis, both from the north and from the south
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The walk signal button to cross El Camino towards Churchill Avenue is not working. It does not cause the lights to change, making it impossible for pedestrians to safely cross El Camino here.
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Create bicycle lane to reach Pearson-Arastradero Preserve from Palo Alto city, e.g., a continuous bike lane from Foothill-Arastradero intersection all the way to Arastradero Preserve.
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