Our community, each of us, needs to take action to solve a long standing safety issue at the Palo Alto Way crosswalk on Santa Cruz Ave. County has done virtually nothing and it seems they are happy to continue that mindset for a few more years. Our community can make it clear to […]
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Pedestrian safety at the “Y” is in dire need. While some improvement was achieved when the 3rd lane was removed in spring of 2019, some of those safety gains have been lost due to minor changes that did not consider safety for pedestrians Problem Pedestrians can not use this intersection or sidewalks at and round
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The Santa Cruz Ave/Alameda de las Pulgas “Y” intersection design, both the current and the plan County is promoting, are plagued with serious safety issues: Creates an unsafe situation for residents to enter/exit Unsafe for pedestrians to cross due to angled crosswalks and crosswalks that are excessively long Significantly skewed intersection Blind
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North Santa Cruz Segment Extra wide traffic lanes and the slope of the roadway contribute to excessive speeding. All of the SantaCruz/Alameda corridor is 25, except this short residential section between the “Y” and Oak Dell. Residents are in favor of reducing speed from 30 to 25 mph. The high accident rate and the
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One of the highest safety gains for the lowest cost tasks is achieved by painting the shoulder line for those 1,400′ of Santa Cruz Ave starting at Sand Hill Rd, especially for the NB direction. This simple action will define the right most lane (slow lane) for Santa Cruz. County has not provided any
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The intersection at Palo Alto Way and Santa Cruz is a major crosswalk that connects to the Palo Alto Way bus stop and allows the various communities (Menlo Commons, Oak Hollow, University Park) to connect with each other, including those students accessing the school bus stop near Palo Alto Way. It has been a continual
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County recently removed a significant amount of parking on Alameda, near Harkins and Prospect. This is very problematic as the County design of the Alameda at this location is extremely dangerous, has longer crosswalk, strange – abnormal left turn lanes, medians inline with traffic lanes causing a need for cars to swerve, and all this on a geographic problematic area of Alameda that causes this short area of Alameda to be hidden by the hill and undulations until just seconds before a motorist can see.
While County had promised that there would be no significant loss of parking for the County Alameda/Santa Cruz improvement plans, they actually are proposing to remove 25+ parking spots. This added with the parking loss on Sharon Rd and the loss of parking in the business area around the Dutch Goose will be a problem.
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Lane width on Alameda de las Pulgas is a major factor if we are to have reduced speeds and have all of the safety improvements in place. Why? Well there are really two aspects: 1) Motorists naturally drive slower in narrow lanes, even slightly wider lanes have a dramatic increase in motorist’s speed. So
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Y Intersection – Santa Cruz/Alameda The Y intersection is one of the most dangerous intersections in all San Mateo County. Most of the issues here relate to a very poor design and configuration, including serious safety issues for pedestrians, residents, and cyclists. There are many safety issues, here is a short list of some of
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Southern SCA Segment The Southern Santa Cruz Ave segment of the corridor is mainly residental, and handles the full traffic volume for the corridor; that is, it handles all of the Alameda traffic AND all of the Santa Cruz traffic to/from Menlo Park. Several safety issues are documented for this segment: Speeding is still a
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