Comments for “Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update”
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Add a new signal at Cowper/Embarcadero to support a cross town route near Middlefield (but not on Middlefield from Cowper/Oregon all the way to Menlo Park. Could be like Bryant -right turn only except bikes. Could be at Webster instead. Put an AA&A bike route on Cowper or Webster and Guinda! will be a better, lower stress cross city route, and be close enough to serve the relatively separated destinations on Middlefield.
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This is outside the city of Palo Alto, but Palo Alto should advocate for a safe Pedestrian connection from Old Page Mill through the 280 interchange to Arastradero Road and Arastradero Preserve. Old Page Mill road is much flatter, more direct, and more pleasant than the other existing plans or path alignments along the expressway, or via Arastradero Road.
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This comment applies to all of Upper Page Mill Road. This is heavily used by motorists and cyclists on weekends, but uphill cyclists are slow. Many parts of the road have no good locations for a slow bicyclist to pull to the side and let motorized vehicles pass. Motorists become impatient, and may make dangerous passes. Mt. Diablo St. Park has added many bicycle turn-outs to allow periodic locations for cyclists to ride on the shoulder at let motorists pass. The BPTP should call this out for a study the next time Page Mill Road is repaved.
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Arastradero Road between Page Mill and Alpine is very popular with recreational cyclists. There is no shoulder, and cyclists are slow going uphill. A long term plan to create space for shoulders in at least the uphill direction (both ways) would improve safety and comfort.
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Going N. on California, there are lanes for left and right turning motor vehicles, and a lane for bicyclists going straight. WHEN WILL THIS BE REDESIGNED WITH BICYCLES GOING STRAIGHT IN THE MIDDLE!!! OR do a protected bicycle phase. Is the city waiting to see when the next terrible right-hook collision will occur? This does not need to wait, and should be redesigned in response to the cal ave changes.
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I'm concerned about bicycle safety at the intersection of Hanover Street and the Bol Park bike path. This is a high-traffic route for students commuting to Fletcher Middle School and Gunn High School, as well as VA Hospital employees.
Currently, cyclists traveling northbound on Hanover from Oregon Expressway face a dangerous situation when attempting to cross Hanover to access the Bol bike path. Cars exit the curve at high speeds, and there are no traffic controls (stop signs or speed reduction measures) to facilitate safe crossing. The nearest pedestrian crossing is further down the road, disconnected from the bike path.
As a result, many children resort to riding on the sidewalk on the opposite side of Hanover to avoid this hazardous crossing. Please consider adding appropriate safety measures at this intersection to create a safe connection between these two important cycling routes.Liked 2 times
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I'm a parent at Escondido and have witnessed confusion about the shared used path here
* pedestrians sometimes wrongly assume that kids on bikes are not allowed on the path. Stanford Avenue around this pin is not very safe for very young kids, though, as they would have to merge into traffic around Hannover St to get to Escondido Elementary.
* Bicyclists sometimes go too fast on these muli-use paths, startling pedestriansWould it be an idea to place an informational sign at these roads describing the function of a multi-use path and encourage bicyclists to go slow and yield to pedestrians?
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There are almost always vehicles park on El Camino Way in the bike lane where it is clearly signed NO PARKING (during the day). Please enforce this restriction. Vehicles parked here cause bicyclists to swerve into the traffic which often moves faster than it should in this area.
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The intersection of Margarita and Park is designed to stop cars from making a left turn from Margarita onto Park, but has the effect of sending bicycles that are going to make that turn on the wrong side of the road to do so - I have never observed any bicyclist start to make the right turn and then turn left into the cut-through that is supposed to allow through bicycle traffic on Park. This is a terrible design.
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The pavement quality along Park Blvd from Margarita north-west is terrible. Please repave this.
Also: Large vehicles permanently parked along Park Blvd, right in front of signs saying they are prohibited from 2AM-6AM make biking along here dangerous since you can't use the bike lane.
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Converting both Embarcadero and Middlefield into a 3-lane street with a center-turn lane for two-way traffic could be a great way to free up space for a two-way protected bike lane, as well as slowing down traffic for pedestrian and bicycle safety.
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ReplyThere is way too much traffic on Embarcadero for this to work. There are also plenty of alternatives on streets parallel to Embarcadero
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With how much room Charleston has with it's buffered bike lanes, converting this corridor into a protected bicycle lane should be fairly straight-forward, and would allow student commutes to Gunn high school and Fletcher Middle School respectively to be a lot safer. A cheap, temporary solution such as simply adding flexible delineators would be extremely useful and could test out the effectiveness of the project.
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The proposed shared use paths along Matadero Canal and Barron Creek should amongst the top priority amongst new bike infrastructure to build in the area. Currently, there are no ways to get to the shoreline overpass without taking West Bayshore, a road that has narrow to nonexistent bike lanes on some part, as well as high speed traffic that often go beyond the speed limit of 35 MPH. To have more people access the baylands/shoreline park as well as uitilizing the new shared-use bridge that goes over 101, these new shared-use paths would be a great benefit to the community.
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The bridge connecting Palm Dr with the University Ave can benefit from separated pedestrian and bike paths. There is always heavy traffic with both pedestrians and bikes, and it is unsafe for both.
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ReplyI agree. It is especially bad right now with one half closed for construction. When both sides are functional again, it would be nice if bikes at least followed our ride on the right hand side traffic rule, rather than riding both ways on both sides.
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In the year or so since they made a path around the East side of the portables, I have only seen a handful of bikes use that path. Instead, most cut through the parking lot or go with the flow of traffic. This is not ideal. A less circuitous bike lane that is separated from car traffic or at least more visible is needed. Especially given the large number of kids that bike alone to/from sports at Cubberley Field in the evenings when it is dark.
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