Southern Santa Cruz Ave Segment - Safety

About this Southern Santa Cruz Information Section

Between Sand Hill Rd and the "Y" intersection is this segment of Santa Cruz. It has many serious issues including unsafe crosswalks, sidewalks poorly maintained, crosswalks in dire need of safety, and all would benefit from traffic calming measures, including greenery and narrower lanes. The content here changes and grows, based on comments and new information resoures -- It is a Work In Progress.

It is an area where more links, information, ideas, concerns, and discussions in general will be added to. There is a FAQ section to start to answer questions: If you have a question that is not listed or a concern/idea not included, please leave a "Comment" in the associated FAQ page, or send an email to Safety@UnivPark.org.

Southern Segment of Santa Cruz Ave in the Safety Corridor

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Frequently Asked Questions & Answers

What are the problems on Southern SCA?

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 major problem
Residents at high risk due to lack of shoulder line
Freeway width traffic lanes
Poorly maintained westside sidewalks
No bike lanes
Crosswalk at Palo Alto Way - sill no safety actions
Sidewalk on west side along SCA at Sand Hill Rd
Traffic light cycle too long at Sand Hill Rd
Sidewalks are not ADA compliant

The community documented safety issues on this section of the corridor, please review the Safe webpage for links and short term actions that could greatly improve safety now.

Pros & Cons -S. SCA Lane Change

There is a major need to calm traffic and provide a design where traffic naturally flows at the speed limit, while adding safe buffered bike lanes to improve safety for both residents and cyclists. Are there Pros vs Cons? Explore the conversation on this Southern Santa Cruz segment - Pros vs Cons.