Comments for “Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update”
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I am against the idea to delete our parking on the road and use it as a protected bike lane. IT creates a more dangerous environment in this neighborhood.
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It's not a good idea to have a bike lane on Middlefield Road since it will overlap with the access path for all the houses on this road. The part of Middlefield Rd in this stretch is narrow. It will be dangerous for bikers while someone is getting in and out from their driveway or a vehicle is temporarily parked in front of a house blocking the bike path.
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Replace the green light on NE-bound University Ave with a green straight-ahead arrow light, to discourage illegal left turns! This inexpensive fix will increase compliance with the "No Left Turn" sign, and make the pedestrian crossing on the NW side of the street safer.
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Replace the green light on NE-bound University Ave with a green straight-ahead arrow light, to discourage illegal left turns! This inexpensive fix will incrase compliance with the "No Left Turn" sign, and make the pedestrian crossing on the NW side of the street safer.
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Please fix the "DO NOT ENTER" sign at the NW end of the Caltrain parking lot. It's been turned to face the wrong way.
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There should be a second Middlefield crosswalk on the NW side of the interesection. The NE end of the SE crosswalk is completely hidden by a tree, creating a dangerous situation.
Also, signage should indicate that bicycles may legally cross Middlefield here.
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Ramos Park does not have a parking lot like Mitchell Park. Parking on both sides of the street are required for this block and for the block between Middlefield and Ross. It is possible to have both parking and improved bike lanes on these two blocks, and the neighborhood was promised this several times when bike improvements were proposed. Traffic is lighter on these two blocks.
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Generally, as former Mayor and City council member who was always a big supporter of bike-able, walkable Palo Alto, I love the whole new proposed plan. Since I live on the residential artery of Embarcadero between Emerson and Bryant, I do want to applaud the big step towards Big Streets and adding protected bikeways and shared ways. You are right that residential arterials host many if not most of the city's bike destinations - libraries, schools, parks. It's critical to look at CITY-WIDE integrated strategy as this does. The consultants may not know about an earlier Embarcadero Corridor study done in 1990s which proposed roundabouts and reduced number of lanes which go together since most of the "stacking" takes place because of intersection design. Is the plan or study looking at small or large roundabouts for anywhere in the city? Take a look at Stanford's roundabouts. In order to move significantly towards "zero" serious traffic injuries or deaths and increase our bike/walk mode share to 50% plus, we do need to "think different" - this plan is a great blueprint and design! Congratulations to all to have worked on it.
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Cyclists have to compete with cars at the crossing over the creek when riding in either direction. Cyclists coming from Menlo on the excellent Middlefield bike path lose the path after Willow and usually exit Middlefield to get on to Byron. Cyclists coming from Palo enter a dangerous stretch between the creek and Willow, especially if they want to get into the left turn lane onto Willow. An improvement would require coordination with Menlo Park.
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Consider allowing cyclists heading NE to cross San Antonio on the right side instead of only the left. There's no warning for cyclists that they need to be on the left side of the street to cross, which requires that they walk their bikes SW on San Antonio to the location of the button to activate the traffic light. Most cyclists hop on the sidewalk on the left side of the street before the intersection, but this is against traffic and the signage and paint on the path suggests this is improper.
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The location of the proposed Class 1 path can't be implemented too soon. At present, riders headed NE from Galvez to Embarcadero have two super dangerous options. They can stay in the road and fight it out for space with accelerating cars heading NE on Embarcadero to the left of the triangular island, or they can make a hard right turn on a small pedestrian path on the triangular island which is a technically challenging maneuver. Please improve this ASAP.
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Absolutely NO to bike lanes on middlefield if parking is removed.
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STOP taking away street parking on Middlefield!!
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Adding a protected class IV bike lane will make it unsafe for homeowners. Secondly, there is a loss of street parking for renters, ADU renters, home owners and visitors. This will create significant congestion on smaller streets, where all the overflow parking will end up.
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Converting Newell to a Buffered Bike Lane would eliminate parking along the street which is already in short supply as it's only allowed on the east side of the street. As someone who regularly bikes along Newell Rd I see little benefit to this, as there exist suitably wide bike lanes on both sides of the street as is.
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Not a fan of putting bikes lanes on the busiest and most dangerous arterials.
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Not a fan of putting bike lanes on the busiest and most dangerous arterials, reversing years of Palo Alto bike plans.
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Embarcadero is already straining to keep traffic separated in its four lanes. Only way to add two buffered (or unbuffered) bike lanes would be to convert the road to only two auto lanes. This would create massive traffic jams, lots of neighborhood cut-thru driving, and utter chaos. One of the worst ideas ever to come out of our traffic department and its ivory tower consultants.
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A properly protected intersection is key here. As a former student, biking on campus was great, and I loved going to Town and Country, but I did not feel safe crossing El Camino on a bike
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Always dangerous for bikes and pedestrians as cars often don't slow down (and have missed the Stop signs) coming off the highway on Channing or Greer.
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When quiet, this intersection is not a problem, but when Meadow is busy, this is a poor crossing of Meadow. How about a 4-way stop. Capacity on Meadow is completely limited by school dropoff or Middlefield and by Alma, so how much additional delay would there be?
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Consider access to Matadero Creek from the PA Utilities yard on Colorado here. Could avoid a lot of push back if somebody on Greer does not want the creek trail.
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A study was already done once. See Midtown Connector work. Consider Bike Boulevards on Sutter and Clara to at least Louis, and most important (to me) is a new seasonal underpass at 101 accessible to all (not just fit dog walkers and joggers).
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A signalized crossing of Middlefield at either Sutter or the creek is needed for bikes and peds. Should be included in the plan.
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Wayfinding from this point to destinations in Mountain View, like CalTrain, the shopping center, or other bike routes, is poor.