Santa Cruz Ave; update

[John Langbein]

In September, I sent out a request for cyclists to fill-out a questionnaire

with respect to Santa Cruz/Alameda de las Pulgas in West Menlo Park.

Thank you to all who participated!

The results of the survey have been tabulated and the brief report

is here: 

https://publicworks.smcgov.org/sites/publicworks.smcgov.org/files/TF%20-survey%20results%2012-7-18%20CC%20edit.pdf

I'm pasting the 'executive' summary:

● The vast majority of all respondents (residents, commuters and nonresidents) wanted safety improvements along the corridor. 

● Within each respondent group surveyed, most were willing to reduce a travel lane in exchange for safety. 

● Respondents consistently ranked “Safer flow of traffic” as an improvement most important to them. 

● Residents preferred pedestrian enhancements, sidewalks and a safe flow of traffic, while commuters and non-residents prioritized bike lanes over other safety enhancements

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Given the distribution of the survey, the results aren't surprising. Everyone is for "safety improvements" (but, isn't everyone?).

Those that live along the corridor would like to see improved walking facilities.

And given the large number of cyclists responding, they want better accommodation for cycling.

Anyway, the next step will be to "guide" the contract consultants to provide conceptual designs for

various alternatives. The expectation is that, by fall of 2019, there will be some conceptual

designs to be presented at a community meeting.

Anyway, thanks to all the cyclists that filled in the survey as we demonstrated

that there is a demand for better accommodation in this corridor.

John Langbein

[Emma Shlaes]

Thanks John for being on this committee and keeping everyone up to date. This is a crucial intersection/corridor with a lot of jurisdictions and different users - it's a tricky one! It will be great to see a fix.

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Emma Shlaes

Director of Policy and Advocacy
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
96 N. Third Street, Suite 375

San Jose, CA  95112

Office: 408-287-7259 Ext. 228

Cell: 650-703-1191
http://bikesiliconvalley.org

Note: I'll be out of the office Dec. 19, 2018-Jan. 4, 2019