safety

The Safety Trial tests several long requested safety improvements at the intersection of Santa Cruz and Alameda de las Pulgas, the “Y” intersection.

The Santa Cruz Ave/Alameda de las Pulgas “Y” intersection is one of the most dangerous intersections in San Mateo County.   Issues of speeding traffic, red light running, danger to pedestrians and residents, and a road design that required 6,000 vehicles per day to change lanes in to a 105′ 3rd lane.  That forcing of

County, at the urging of our community, agreed to implement the temporary trial to test the impact of the several important safety improvements gained by proposed changes.   By creating a temporary road configuration to test the key tenants of the proposed safety improvements, to address several of the very serious  and dangerous intersection design

Our section of Alameda, at its narrowest, has a width of 64′, curb to curb.  Additionally, there are sidewalks and pathways that represent an additional 5′ to 10′ width.   This  64′ road width provides ample room for parking on both sides, buffered bike lanes, a center left turn/merge lane, and a traffic lane each

Using FHWA and several other cost estimation sources, a round number for installing sidewalks in our area is about $20/sq.ft. A very rough measurement for the west side of Alameda, from Aston to Camp Bello, is 1,600 linear ft.   The east sidewalks, from Liberty Park to the Y intersection, is about 1,270 linear ft.

The Road reconfiguration is actually quite inexpensive and straight forward, because basically it is a matter of removing the current pavement markings and replacing with marked lanes for the 3 traffic lanes and bike lanes.   Since the Alameda lanes currently are not painted, but instead marked with lane-bumps , only the bumps need to

Pros/Cons points come from different places.  Formally,  various government agencies and experts have published pro/con points. These include the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the individual transportation departments in States and other countries. Additionally there are pros/cons that come up when local residents learn about and discuss the 4

Road Diet repositions pavement markings to better meet the needs of all road users. A classic Road Diet converts a four-lane undivided roadway to a three-lane roadway that includes a dedicated center lane that allows for left turns and cars merging on to Alameda.  This is termed a ‘4/3 road diet’. There are many other

For most that live here or near here, this one short section of Alameda has many safety issues: no sidewalks for most of it, no bike lanes, a fast wide multi-lane expressway feel, no center turn/merge lane, and unnecessary long crosswalks. It is a major school route. Residents can not walk along this section of