This webpage pertains to the Santa Cruz / Alameda Y Intersection. Our community has the distinction of having one of the most dangerous intersections in all of County. Core to that problem is obviously the design that has skewed road approaches and high speed design, both at odds with Federal Highway guidelines. There are many […]
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Southern Santa Cruz segment – at Sand Hill Rd to “Y” This webpage pertains to the Southern Santa Cruz Ave segment, between the “Y” intersection and Sand Hill Rd. There are many safety issues along this segment, high on the priority list are the high rate of speed, the high accident rate, safety for Palo
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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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This section is a work in progress. Please use the comment section at the bottom of the page to ask questions, state concerns, ideas, or any other constructive feedback.
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Northern SCA Segment The Northern Santa Cruz Ave segment of the corridor is a residental area with 2 lanes (1 each direction) and represents 1/3 of the safety study corridor. Several safety issues are documented for this segment: Speeding is a major problem High accident rate Freeway width traffic lanes No sidewalks/pathways on County portion
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This webpage pertains to the Northern Santa Cruz Ave segment, north of the “Y” intersection to Avy Ave. County has recently decided to not make any improvements to safety on this segment. That does not mean there are not major safety issues here, nor does it meant that the community should just give up. These
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Before = extra wide lanes: After normal lanes w-bike One of the major safety issues on this northern segment of Santa Cruz are the extra wide lanes that greatly add to the speeding problem. These lanes are actually wider than lanes on Hwy 101. By reducing these lanes widths to be similar as the widths
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There have now been 3 iterations of County design plans for the Santa Cruz/Alameda corridor. The first were published in August 2017 and the next two were published in May and June of 2019. Below are comparative views of some of those designs. The key issue with the 2017 design plans was that they were
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There have now been 3 iterations of County design plans for the Santa Cruz/Alameda corridor. The first were published in August 2017 and the next two were published in May and June of 2019. Below are comparative views of some of those designs. The key issue with the 2017 design plans was that they were
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