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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 2405-3046CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting Monday, June 17, 2024 Council Chambers & Hybrid 4:00 PM Agenda Item 31.Discussion Regarding Caltrans’ Repaving Project on El Camino Real Replacing Existing Parking with Bicycle Lanes, Authority for Staff to Make Adjustments to the Residential Preferential Parking Permit Programs and Return to Council on Consent if Needed, Authority for Staff to Enter into Agreements As Needed to Provide Temporary Safe Parking Along the Corridor in Palo Alto, and Approval of a Resolution Supporting the Removal of On-Street Parking for this Project; CEQA status – categorically exempt. Presentation, Public Comments City Council Staff Report From: City Manager Report Type: ACTION ITEMS Lead Department: Transportation Meeting Date: June 17, 2024 Report #:2405-3046 TITLE Discussion Regarding Caltrans’ Repaving Project on El Camino Real Replacing Existing Parking with Bicycle Lanes, Authority for Staff to Make Adjustments to the Residential Preferential Parking Permit Programs and Return to Council on Consent if Needed, Authority for Staff to Enter into Agreements As Needed to Provide Temporary Safe Parking Along the Corridor in Palo Alto, and Approval of a Resolution Supporting the Removal of On-Street Parking for this Project; CEQA status – categorically exempt. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council take the following actions: A. Review the revised plans from Caltrans regarding the Caltrans project to repave El Camino Real that will repurpose parking spaces for bicycle lanes, B. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to direct staff to make necessary adjustments to theRPPPrograms and return to Council on consent if needed, C. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to enter into agreements as needed to provide temporary safe parking for those currently along the project corridor in Palo Alto, and D. Approve a resolution supporting the removal of on-street parking for this project. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Staff anticipates that the Caltrans El Camino Real Council ad hoc Committee may wish to amend the staff recommendation to impose conditions on adoption of the resolution. Those conditions may include things like: x Transmittal of the Fehr & Peers review memo and the joint City and VTA memo (Attachments A & D) to Caltrans with a request that Caltrans respond to requested changes x City-proposed locations in Attachment E for additional No Right Turn on Red restrictions x Development of a new Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans for the bikeway project x A Caltrans commitment to expediting encroachment permits on El Camino Real x Caltrans provision of tentative and final project timelines, when available, for public notification efforts This report is a follow-up from the April 1, 2024 City Council meeting discussion of Caltrans’ proposal to eliminate parking lanes and replace them with bicycle lanes on El Camino Real (ECR) throughout Palo Alto.1 As proposed, the replacement of parking with bike lanes would occur during the upcoming Caltrans repaving project to be done in Palo Alto. While Caltrans staff have consistently expressed a desire to collaborate with the City on improving safety on El Camino Real, to date, Caltrans has indicated that its analysis of safety issues along ECR require the agency to take action. On April 1, 2024 the City Council provided direction by: 1) Requesting Caltrans return with additional safety measures based on Safe Systems Approach, applicable Caltrans Design Information Bulletins, and a complete street network approach 2) Creating an ad hoc committee of council members to consult with staff, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) staff, bicycle advocates, and other stakeholders including the Chamber of Commerce that would focus on: a. Prioritizing a plan for safety improvements at intersections and conflict areas b. Conducting outreach to small-business community and neighborhoods to identify parking alternatives including modifications to the City’s Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) districts and work with the Transportation Management Association (TMA) c. Coordinating efforts to accommodate RV Dwellers along El Camino Real This report provides an update on how the above direction has been addressed and options for how to proceed from this point. The City’s engagement with Caltrans has led to significant safety improvements in the Caltrans proposal. While Caltrans’ ability to fully implement a Safe System Approach is limited by several factors, the outcome of the collaboration to date has yielded an improved plan and a mutual understanding that El Camino Real will require future planning and study to further reduce road user conflicts in key locations along the corridor. This report also includes attachments providing additional information and context. x Attachment A: Updated plans from Caltrans with an accompanying memo detailing 1 See Caltrans draft plans dated May 20, 2024. the review completed by the City’s Transportation consultant, Fehr and Peers. x Attachment B: Resolution for Council consideration endorsing the removal of parking spaces from El Camino Real for bike lanes x Attachment C: Caltrans’ Bicycle Counts along El Camino Real x Attachment D: Joint City of Palo Alto/VTA Memo presenting Review and Comments on Bike and Bus Conflict Areas x Attachment E: Matrix of Proposed No Right Turn on Red Restrictions If Council approves the resolution for the removal of parking spaces from ECR for bicycle lanes, staff will return to Council for follow-up actions that require council approval as necessary and appropriate. Such actions may include changes to the RPP, longer-term agreements to provide safe parking to those currently dwelling in vehicles along the project corridor, or additional follow-up items. BACKGROUND El Camino Real (State Route 82) is a state highway maintained by Caltrans. To meet the requirements of its Capital Preventive Maintenance (CAPM) program, Caltrans is repaving El Camino Real in Mountain View, Los Altos, and Palo Alto to improve ride quality, comply with current ADA standards, and improve safety, access, and mobility of pedestrians and bicyclists. The project will repair pavement and upgrade existing non-standard ADA curb ramps and add complete street elements.2 There has been significant work on this project to-date. For additional background on this topic, please reference the City Council Staff Report from April 1, 2024 (Agenda Item 11)3. On April 1, 2024, Caltrans presented slides during the City Council meeting and discussed the proposed bikeway implementation in Palo Alto and the Caltrans SR 82 Paving Project.4 Through motion, City Council requested that Caltrans return with added safety measures in the bike lane design based on the Safety System Approach Design and other best practices, and created an ad hoc committee to focus on safety improvements at conflict areas and intersections, identify alternatives to minimize parking impacts to small businesses and the community, and coordinate efforts to accommodate vehicle dwellers along the project corridor. Mayor Stone appointed Council Members Ed Lauing and Pat Burt to the ad hoc committee. The ad hoc met frequently with staff and other stakeholders and has also corresponded over e-mail with staff to discuss developments on this project. Meetings took place throughout April, May, 2 Caltrans project website: SR-82 – Pavement Rehabilitation and ADA Improvements 3 CC Staff Report (Agenda Item 11), April 1, 2024 4 The meeting recording is available on the City’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto. and June (April 25, April 30, May 9, May 16 (joint workshop), and June 5) to ensure this important work continued to advance. On May 15, 2024, Caltrans sent the City the third iteration of the proposed draft bikeway plans with added safety measures based on the Safe Systems Approach and other industry standards, per City Council request. These plans were reviewed during the joint workshop held on May 16, 2024 that included the members of the ad hoc, City Staff, Caltrans staff, VTA staff, Fehr & Peers, and biking advocate stakeholders including representatives from the City’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC), and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC). Following the workshop, Caltrans sent the City the fourth iteration of the proposed draft bikeway plans, dated May 20, 2024. This plan has been posted to the City’s website.5 City staff engaged Fehr & Peers to conduct a comprehensive review of the May 20 bikeway plans to confirm whether the plan is in alignment with Caltrans’ Design Information Bulletin-94 (DIB-94) and the Safe System Approach. Fehr & Peers’ memorandum and comments on the draft bikeway plans with recommended modifications for Caltrans’ consideration are included as Attachment A to this report. A detailed summary of the changes from the January 22, 2024 plans that were discussed with City Council on April 1 and the revised bikeway plan from May 20, 2024 can be found on the City’s website.6 ANALYSIS This section will provide updates on each of the four main areas from Council’s April 1 direction which focused on: 1) Requesting Caltrans return with additional safety measures based on Safe Systems Approach, applicable Caltrans Design Information Bulletins, and a complete street network approach 2) Using the ad hoc to prioritize a plan for safety improvements at intersections and conflict areas between motorized vehicles, buses, bicycles, and pedestrians 3) Using the ad hoc to conduct outreach to small-business community and neighborhoods to identify parking alternatives including modifications to the City’s Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) districts and work with the Transportation Management Association (TMA) 4) Using the ad hoc to coordinate efforts to accommodate RV Dwellers along El Camino Real 5 Draft Caltrans Bikeway Plan, dated May 20, 2024 6 See City website: City Issues Letter to Caltrans SR82 El Camino Real Bikeway Project Given the significant overlap between the first two topics, they are grouped together in this section with subsections elaborating on bicycle and bus interactions and the potential for greater ‘No Right Turn on Red’ restrictions. Following the updates of each of these four items, additional considerations are presented for discussion with the City Council, as well as information about what future Caltrans projects may entail and potential additional City Council actions. Requesting Caltrans return with additional safety measures based on Safe Systems Approach, applicable Caltrans Design Information Bulletins, and a complete street network approach and Using the ad hoc to Prioritizing a plan for safety improvements at intersections and conflict areas As noted in correspondence with the City, the bike lane proposal is a response to Caltrans policies to reduce risk to vulnerable road users on State Route 82. Caltrans has adopted both a Safe System Approach and a Vision Zero goal in roadway safety planning across California to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries.7 This approach identifies traffic safety as the highest priority for the design and operation of the transportation system and views traffic fatalities and severe injuries as unacceptable and preventable through joint action. The Safe System Approach is the foundation for the National Safety Strategy released by the US Department of Transportation in 2022.8 To bring the Safe System Approach into statewide roadway design, Caltrans issued Design Information Bulletin – 94 (DIB-94), effective on January 16, 2024, which provides Caltrans staff guidelines on how to select and incorporate transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities to match their urban context.9 This bulletin alters Caltrans design guidance to “minimize the transfer of kinetic energy through the adoption of design elements that minimize crash speeds and impact angles.”10 City staff have requested clarification of whether DIB-94 applies to the repaving project given that the recent bike lane draft plans were dated after January 16, 2024. In their written response to PTC Commissioner George Lu, Caltrans stated that DIB-94 was applied to the bicycle lane proposal.11 According to El Camino Real bike counts recently provided by Caltrans, cyclists generally cross El Camino Real ride on the correct side of the street where bike lanes are provided. However, where there are no bike lanes, cyclists on El Camino Real more often ride the wrong way and on the sidewalk. Attachment C to this report details Caltrans’ bicycle counts on El Camino Real. 7 https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2022-009 8 https://www.transportation.gov/nrss/usdot-national-roadway-safety-strategy 9 Design Information Bulletin-94 Complete Streets: Contextual Design Guidance 10 Design Information Bulletin-94 Complete Streets: Contextual Design Guidance, p. 17 11 Caltrans Response to Commissioner Lu, March 11, 2024 As mentioned earlier, Fehr & Peers prepared a memorandum and comments on the draft bikeway plans, dated May 20, 2024, with recommended modifications for Caltrans’ consideration based on Design Information Bulletin-94 (DIB-94) and the Safe Systems Approach (Attachment A). The memorandum notes that the Caltrans proposal reflects improvements delivered as part of the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP), which has limitations on the types of modifications that can be constructed. As such, the consultant proposes both suggested enhancements to the proposed Caltrans design and additional modifications which could be pursued as part of separate planning and design efforts in the future. Overall, the consultant observed the following: x The proposed design has been refined to include reduced vehicle lane widths and expand the availability of Class IV bikeways. Additional refinements are suggested to increase separation for bicyclists and reduce turning speeds for vehicles. x Though many portions of El Camino Real will receive noticeable enhancement to bicycle facilities through the Caltrans SHOPP design, limitations of SHOPP may result in “weak links” (higher level of traffic stress situations) being maintained at a few major intersections where the cross-section is limited. The consultant team suggested enhancements which provide additional separation for bicyclists near intersections, improve pedestrian and transit accommodation, and address conflicts between vehicles and vulnerable users as a next step to build upon the proposed Caltrans design. x Revisions to the plans have resulted in anticipated improvements to interactions between bicyclists and buses at some locations, but additional enhancements are suggested to establish a desired standard for marking shared bus/bike spaces including “BUS BIKE ONLY” pavement legends and yield markings for bicyclists where feasible. Further collaboration with transit providers, Caltrans, and City is suggested to identify short-term pilot treatments that could address interactions between buses and bicyclists. This matter is also discussed in greater detail below. With the additional refinements noted within the memo and plan mark-ups, the improvements proposed as part of the Caltrans SHOPP project serve as a helpful first step toward improved multimodal comfort, access, and mobility along El Camino Real. Ideally, the SHOPP project would be accompanied by cooperation with transit providers to address interactions between modes at bus stops and a commitment to undertake a more comprehensive planning and design process to address the needs of all users on the corridor. Considerations for Bus & Bike Interactions The proposed draft bikeway plans, dated May 20, 2024, include dashed standard bike lanes that are shared with bus pull out areas except for the northbound bus stop near the El Camino Real and Park Boulevard/Serra Street intersection, which includes a dedicated bike lane and separated pull out area for buses. At most bus stops, cyclists approaching a bus at a stop would be expected to either wait behind the bus, merge into the vehicle lane to pass the bus on the left, or ride on the sidewalk to pass the bus on the right. Staff from Caltrans, VTA, City, and Fehr & Peers met on May 23, 2024, to discuss opportunities to improve bike and bus interactions on El Camino Real as part of the Caltrans project. Recommendations from that meeting include enhancing the striping and visibility of the bus stops (as noted above in the prior section), re-evaluation of bus stop locations, an education and messaging campaign on how to use the new bike lane, and a pilot bus boarding island collaboration with VTA. The meeting summary, including a list of short- and near-term recommendations, is provided as Attachment D of this report. No Right Turns on Red City staff and representatives from the City/School Transportation Safety Committee met to discuss the proposed Caltrans project. As school route crossings of the corridor were of primary importance for this group, key outcomes of those conversations were to request that Caltrans consider additional No Right Turn On Red (NRTOR) restrictions beyond those proposed by Caltrans at school route intersections listed on City Walk and Roll Suggested Routes Maps. No Right Turn on Red restrictions eliminate conflict between right-turning vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists traveling through an intersection. Multiple studies validate the effectiveness of this low-cost, high-reward safety measure. Without this restriction, right- turning drivers look to the left to find a gap in traffic and may not look for people on foot or on bicycles coming from the right. In particular, children crossing in such a scenario may not be seen due to their height relative to larger vehicles. This treatment is a best practice at locations where there is high pedestrian activity, school activity, older road users, and bicycle facilities.12 A matrix of locations where NRTOR restrictions are proposed can be found in Attachment E. Caltrans has proposed 17 NRTOR locations, and City staff have indicated in Attachment E the school route and other locations that could be considered for NRTOR. Due to the operational delay associated with NRTOR restrictions, Council will need to indicate which, if any, of the additional City-proposed locations should receive this treatment. From a policy perspective, the City’s Comprehensive Plan has both safety enhancement and congestion reduction as conflicting priorities, and delay (such as intersection level of service) is no longer a valid metric under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Safe System Approach recognizes that speed is the major factor in severe injury and death in traffic collisions and that NRTOR restrictions both slow speeds and reduce points of conflict. 12 See FHWA Right Turn on Red Restrictions and Older Users guidance Addressing Parking Impacts Potential Changes to RPP Districts RPP Districts in the City are generally established via ordinance and following a public process involving documentation and analysis of a parking issue, along with public agreement (and City Council approval) of any program recommendation to be instituted. City parking programs manage parking availability to the benefit of either residents or employees, and in two cases, both residents and employees, during weekday business hours Monday-Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or 6:00 PM depending on the program. Only two of the City’s existing programs regulate parking resources on El Camino Real, as most of the curb space along the corridor is currently free and available for parking stays of up to 72 hours. Parking beyond 72 hours is prohibited citywide and enforced on a complaint basis. The Evergreen Park-Mayfield (EPM) Residential Parking Program (RPP) and the Southgate RPP include some frontage on El Camino Real (ECR). In each case, parking permit availability is managed with a specified number of employee permits made available to employees with a maximum allotment allowed in set aside and signed zones. Resident permits are limited to a specific allotment per household. In the EPM RPP, ECR parking availability is managed via Zone G and in the Southgate RPP, ECR parking availability is managed via Zone S1. In order to address the potential loss of parking spaces along ECR, staff recommends modifications to the Evergreen Park-Mayfield and Southgate RPP districts to move the appropriate number of employee permits currently sited along ECR to neighborhood zones. Staff anticipates interim administrative changes in the near-term to avoid immediate impacts if repaving begins before Council returns. When Council returns, staff anticipates redistributing the 50 employee permits in Zone G of Evergreen Park-Mayfield across zones A, B, C, and D of that district and increasing Southgate’s’ neighborhood zone allotment from 10 to 15 in total. Staff will work to finalize these distributions and include the discussion when it returns to Council for long-term authorization to change these two RPPS. The EPM RPP District formerly had 250 employee permits across zones A, B, C, and D. Since those employee permits were removed from zones A-D, the City has completed construction of the Sherman Garage near California Avenue and implemented changes to the RPP program that make parking permits in garages cheaper than RPP employee permits. Staff anticipates a de minimis impact from the addition of 50 total employee permits throughout zones A, B, C, and D in EPM. Staff will monitor the utilization rates of these permits and return to Council for future changes as necessary and appropriate. In general, neither residents nor business stakeholders who utilize these two RPP districts expect the Caltrans project to move forward without substantially impacting ECR parking. Other RPP districts, such as College Terrace, are not expected to be impacted by this loss of parking along ECR. Similarly, near Stanford’s frontage there are current Saturday game-day prohibitions for parking along ECR, but these would become redundant if all parking was disallowed along ECR. Short-term Parking Solutions on Streets Adjacent to ECR Staff has conducted preliminary outreach to stakeholders including businesses sited along ECR as well as the Chamber of Commerce to discuss options for short-term parking sited on streets adjacent to ECR. This was the greatest priority for the Chamber of Commerce. Staff will continue to work to align potential changes to short-term parking (such as shorter-time limit zones of 20 minutes, green curbs, and yellow curbs) with the desires of businesses along El Camino Real. Staff will provide updates on these conversations as they continue, including timing relative to the potential removal of parking for the repaving. Using the TMA to leverage existing resources Parking demand by ECR businesses could be further reduced by enrolling eligible employees into transit or bike commute programs supported by the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association (TMA). The TMA supports low-income workers with transit fare subsidies and a bicycle commute incentive program. The TMA is funded by the City, and the current budget request for FY 2025 from the TMA includes a small increase over their baseline service costs to expand outreach and coverage to El Camino Real businesses. The TMA has begun working on reaching out to businesses on ECR and has already provided some services to employees. Using the ad hoc to coordinate efforts to accommodate RV Dwellers along El Camino Real The Caltrans El Camino Real Project will result in, at minimum, temporary and potentially long- term displacement of vehicles that park along this State Highway. City staff is in regular contact with the County Office of Supportive Housing and community partners to identify ways to help vehicle dwellers who will be impacted by this project. In response to the City’s request for clarification on notification and outreach to vehicle dwellers, Caltrans sent a communication on April 30 where Caltrans committed to providing a three-week notification to impacted businesses and parked vehicles along El Camino Real in Palo Alto. City staff requested that Caltrans share the draft of any notice/flyer with City staff before it is finalized. Sufficient notice of when vehicles may be displaced helps the City, its partners, and the impacted households to plan for resources and options. The County Office of Supportive Housing is conducting outreach and consulting with local nonprofits to help identify the characteristics of the households who may be impacted. This will help the City understand what types of services and options are needed. At the same time, the City is in conversation with the County, local safe parking operators, and local landowners to identify and then secure a near-term and longer-term safe parking option for these additional RVs. Next steps will be identifying funding and advancing necessary steps for the longer-term approach such as bringing to City Council a budget amendment, an urgency ordinance, contract(s), and/or lease agreement(s). The exact timing for the Caltrans project is unclear, but the parking spaces could be removed as early as July or August. Because the Council will be on its summer recess during July, staff is seeking the City Council’s authority to negotiate and enter into agreements (e.g., letter of intent, lease agreement, etc.) as needed to provide temporary safe parking to the vehicles impacted along the corridor. In the revised Caltrans bike lane plans, existing parking on El Camino Real that can continue to accommodate vehicles will be retained on certain segments. Currently, the Caltrans Bike Lane proposal includes retaining approximately 780’ of existing parking on the West side of El Camino Real in between Galvez Street and just past Encina Avenue. Additional Considerations There are three items of additional consideration for the City Council. One is the need to synchronize the repaving effort with other City efforts, namely the effort along California Avenue. The second is the need for potential maintenance agreements with Caltrans, and the third is future projects anticipated from Caltrans. Synchronizing with California Avenue Efforts The Caltrans project offers an opportunity to coordinate upcoming improvements to the City’s Car-Free Street project on California Ave with new pavement markings at the El Camino Real/California Avenue intersection. In addition to adding stamped asphalt crosswalks to match those at Stanford Avenue and Charleston Road/Arastradero Road, staff propose a two-way bikeway on the north side of car-free California Avenue at El Camino Real to enable implementation of Council’s direction for a bicycle facility along California Avenue (Figure 1). To connect this new facility to the bike lanes across the intersection with El Camino Real, staff propose a realignment of the travel and bike lanes on California Avenue on the west leg of the intersection to accommodate the movement of eastbound cyclists into the northside bikeway along car-free California Ave. A bike lane could be inserted between a left-turn lane and a right-turn lane. Staff is working with Caltrans to determine if this work can be included in the current SHOPP program funding. Work outside of the intersection on California Avenue would need to be funded by the City. Figure 1: California Ave/El Camino Real Intersection Concept Plan (For Discussion Only) Maintenance Agreements Caltrans informed City staff of their intent to draft a Maintenance Agreement (MA) stating the City would be responsible for all maintenance and costs associated with the bike lane channelizers included in the draft bikeway plans. City staff and Caltrans staff held a virtual meeting on May 24, 2024 to discuss the proposed MA. This topic is still an ongoing negotiation with Caltrans.13 Public entities may be liable for dangerous conditions that arise on property they maintain, even if maintenance is performed under an agreement and the property is not owned by the agency. Therefore, if the City enters into a maintenance agreement with Caltrans for the bike lane channelizers, it will assume some liability for those channelizers. Future Caltrans Workshops and Projects Caltrans is planning to hold a number of workshops starting in August 2024 with all El Camino Real local and regional stakeholders through Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties, including transit agencies. This initiative will discuss and form consensus on bicycle 13 For informational purposes, the “Agreement for Maintenance of State Highways in the City of Palo Alto” (effective July 1, 2007) is a delegated maintenance agreement between the City and Caltrans whereby the City is reimbursed by Caltrans for street sweeping and sidewalk maintenance along El Camino Real. The City submits invoices to Caltrans every six (6) months for this service. In addition, the City is responsible for maintenance costs at the intersections of Stanford Avenue and Arastradero Road/Charleston Road along El Camino Real per our maintenance agreements with Caltrans. The Stanford Avenue and Arastradero Road/Charleston Road intersection improvements along El Camino Real were City-led projects and are, therefore, the responsibility of the City to maintain. and pedestrian safety enhancement strategies and how they will be implemented for the corridor. This effort will also discuss and explore funding opportunities from both state and local agencies to be able to leverage funding contributions for a medium-to-long-term corridor safety enhancement investment plan. This work will be the basis of Caltrans’ Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (CMCP) development for the entirety of Highway 82/El Camino Real. This plan will be developed through a collaborative process involving the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, County Transportation Agencies, cities and counties, transit agencies and other stakeholders within the corridor. It will include comprehensive performance assessments, analyses and evaluations leading to recommendations of system management strategies and multimodal projects for the corridor. Staff anticipates actively participating in these workshops and this planning effort. Next Steps The City’s engagement with Caltrans has led to significant safety improvements in the Caltrans proposal. While Caltrans’ ability to fully implement a Safe System Approach is limited by several factors, the outcome of the collaboration to date has yielded an improved plan and a mutual understanding that El Camino Real will require future planning and study to further reduce road user conflicts in key locations along the corridor. Recognizing that the current project is an initial step towards improving safety for vulnerable road users on a key corridor of the City’s High Injury Network, the City Council could choose to pursue additional actions beyond those included in staff’s recommendation. Those could include: x Request Caltrans add Council-identified locations for No Right Turn On Red restrictions (Attachment E) and evaluate the safety and operational performance of the restrictions two to three years after implementation. x Direct staff to continue working with Caltrans to improve the safety of the proposed bikeways, including requesting all changes to the plans recommended in the F&P memo and plan mark-ups (Attachment A) that are within the bounds of the SHOPP funding program x Direct staff to work with Caltrans and VTA to pilot a bus boarding island program to reduce bus and bike conflicts x Direct staff to engage in Caltrans-led planning for the El Camino Real corridor scheduled for August 2024 FISCAL/RESOURCE IMPACT As a Caltrans project, it is not anticipated that Caltrans will ask the City for any funding for the proposed bikeway project. However, the City is absorbing the cost of hosting the community engagement meetings that are in excess of the usual standing committee calendars as well as the cost of consultant peer review of Caltrans plans. The City may also be asked to maintain the bike lane channelizers included in the draft bikeway plans. The City’s proposed changes at California Avenue may require City funding as well depending on discussion with Caltrans. Other costs may result from the project for altering existing City services, such as street sweeping, to maintain our quality of service. There is also a cost associated with providing additional safe parking. If the City identifies and secures a temporary safe parking option for households living in vehicles that are displaced from El Camino Real due to the Caltrans project, there would be costs associated with leasing land and operating a safe parking site in the near term. Staff is seeking other funding options (e.g., grants, private funders) to help with this temporary need. Staff will likely require a return to Council during the mid-year budget process for any longer-term costs associated with continuing to operate additional safe parking. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT As discussed throughout the body of this report, there has been extensive stakeholder engagement on this project since April 1, 2024. For the full breakdown of stakeholder engagement prior to April 1, 2024, please reference the City Council Staff Report from April 1, 2024 (Agenda Item 11)14. The following sections summarize the additional stakeholder engagement completed since April 1, 2024, organized by the Council motion areas. Safety Improvements x May 16, 2024 – Joint Ad Hoc Workshop with Caltrans and other stakeholders (including SVBC, PABAC, VTA) x May 23, 2024 – Follow-up meeting with Caltrans, VTA staff, City staff, and Fehr and Peers x Conversations with representatives of the City/School Transportation Safety Committee x Various meetings with the ad hoc Parking Impacts x Conversations with the TMA x Conversation with the Chamber of Commerce x Targeted Survey for Businesses along ECR and Residents in neighboring RPPs x Site visits and discussions with stakeholders representing businesses and residents Vehicle Dwellers x Participation in monthly Caltrans’ Unsheltered Encampment and Maintenance Plan of Action Meeting and correspondence with Caltrans 14 CC Staff Report (Agenda Item 11), April 1, 2024 x Regular and ongoing conversations with community partners and the County Office of Supportive Housing ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW As the lead agency, Caltrans is responsible for the environmental review of the El Camino Real Repaving Project. Caltrans has determined that this project meets the criteria for a Categorical Exemption (CE) under CEQA regulation 15301 (existing facilities) and a Categorical Exclusion (CE) under NEPA at 23 CFR 771.117(c). The City does not anticipate being a “responsible agency” under CEQA for this project because it does not anticipate having discretionary approval authority for a portion of this project. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Memo and Plan Markups from Fehr & Peers Attachment B: Resolution in Support of Caltrans’ Repaving Project on El Camino Real Attachment C: Caltrans Bicycle Counts on El Camino Real Attachment D: Joint City of Palo Alto and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Review and Comments on Bike and Bus Conflict Areas Proposed on State Route (82)/El Camino Real (June 4, 2024) Attachment E: Matrix of Proposed No Right Turn on Red Restrictions APPROVED BY: Philip Kamhi, Chief Transportation Official 60DUNHW6WUHHW_6XLWH_6DQ-RVp&$__)D[ ZZZIHKUDQGSHHUVFRP ¶¾ÀÃ²¿µÆ¾ 'DWH -XQH 7R &LW\RI3DOR$OWR3KLOLS.DPKL&KLHI7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ2IILFLDO6\OYLD6WDU/DFN 7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ3ODQQLQJ0DQDJHUDQG&KDUOLH&ROHV6HQLRU7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ3ODQQHU )URP )HKU 3HHUV6WHYH'DYLV3(DQG0HJKDQ0LWPDQ$,&3563, 6XEMHFW 5HYLHZRI(O&DPLQR5HDO3URSRVHG6WULSLQJLQ3DOR$OWR&DOLIRUQLD 6- :HKDYHSHUIRUPHGDUHYLHZRIWKHSURSRVHGVWULSLQJSODQVGDWHG0D\IURP&DOWUDQVIRU 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Co n s i d e r e l i m i n a t i n g t h i s p a r t of 3 9 A s e c t i o n t o a v o i d effe c t i v e l y h a v i n g 2 5 0 ' o f mix i n g z o n e t h a t d r i v e r s m a y use a s a r i g h t - t u r n l a n e (red u c t i o n t o 1 0 0 ' s h o w n ) . 100 f t Co n t i n u e b u f f e r s e p a r a t i o n t h r o u g h t h i s are a a s m a r k e d b i k e l a n e ( n o t c o n f l i c t zon e ) a n d p r o v i d e b r e a k i n cha n n e l i z e r s / r a i s e d s e p a r a t i o n d e v i c e s to a l l o w e m e r g e n c y v e h i c l e a c c e s s t o fire h y d r a n t i n a d v a n c e o f d r i v e w a y . Not r e v i e w e d . Ma y b e f e a s i b l e t o pro v i d e t w o - s t a g e turn q u e u e b o x . Ma y b e f e a s i b l e t o pro v i d e t w o - s t a g e turn q u e u e b o x . Uni v e r s a l c o m m e n t s : • Ve r i f y d r a i n a g e a n d o t h e r i n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n b i k e w a y h a s b i c y c l e - f r i e n d l y l i d s • Ve r i f y p l a c e m e n t o f b i k e d e t e c t i o n s y m b o l s i s c e n t e r e d i n b i k e w a y / b i k e l a n e • Co n s i d e r i n c l u d i n g l i m i t l i n e s a c r o s s b i k e l a n e s w h e r e a p p r o p r i a t e • Wh e r e f e a s i b l e , c o n s i d e r q u i c k - b u i l d c u r b e x t e n s i o n s t o n a r r o w s i d e s t r e e t s , h e l p i n g t o r e d u c e v e h i c l e t u r n i n g s p e e d s • Co n s i d e r e s t a b l i s h i n g a d e s i r e d s t a n d a r d f o r m a r k i n g s h a r e d b u s / b i k e s p a c e s s u c h a s t h e e x a m p l e at r i g h t ( f r o m C a l t r a n s D I B 9 4 ) t o m a k e c l e a r w h i c h m o d e s a r e a l l o w e d a n d w h i c h i n t e r a c t i o n s bic y c l i s t s a n d b u s d r i v e r s s h o u l d b e p r e p a r e d t o n a v i g a t e - t h i s m a y i n c l u d e y i e l d m a r k i n g s i n t h e bik e w a y w h e r e s u i t a b l e s p a c e i s a v a i l a b l e f o r b i c y c l i s t s t o y i e l d t o b u s e s • Op p o r t u n i t i e s f o r p o t e n t i a l a d d i t i o n a l e n h a n c e m e n t s o r p i l o t p r o j e c t s t o c o n s i d e r a t s p e c i f i c loca t i o n s a r e i n d i c a t e d i n t h e s e m a r k u p s • Co n s i d e r a d d i t i o n a l t e m p o r a l s e p a r a t i o n o f m o d e s a t k e y i n t e r s e c t i o n s u s i n g s i g n a l t i m i n g s t r a t e g i e s a n d / o r r i g h t t u r n o n r e d r e s t r i c t i o n s t o r e d u c e b i c y c l i s t / p e d e s t r i a n e x p o s u r e • Pe r m i s s i v e / u n s i g n a l i z e d l e f t t u r n s w i l l r e q u i r e d r i v e r s t o e v a l u a t e g a p s i n m u l t i p l e l a n e s o f t r a f f i c w h i l e m o n i t o r i n g t h e l o c a t i o n o f b i c y c l i s t s , c o n s i d e r l e f t - t u r n r e s t r i c t i o n s w h e r e f e a s i b l e Inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s sho w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e c o u l d gen e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t c y c l i s t s div e r t i n g v i a d r i v e w a y s a n d i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b ram p s w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Co o r d i n a t i o n w i t h V T A t o d e t e r m i n e i f t h i s s t o p loc a t i o n c a n b e s h i f t e d a w a y f r o m a l o c a t i o n imm e d i a t e l y u p s t r e a m o f a s i g n a l c o u l d b e ben e f i c i a l i n t h e m e d i u m - o r l o n g - t e r m . Inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s sho w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e c o u l d acc o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t c y c l i s t s d i v e r t i n g via d r i v e w a y s a n d i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s wh e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t ( s o m e m a y a l s o p a s s beh i n d t h e b u s s t o p t h r o u g h t h e e d g e o f t h e gas s t a t i o n s i t e ) . T h e s t o p ' s l o c a t i o n b e t w e e n two c l o s e l y s p a c e d d r i v e w a y s m a k e s sho r t - t e r m m o d i f i c a t i o n s c h a l l e n g i n g . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Co n s i d e r e l i m i n a t i n g 3 9 A a n d ma r k i n g t h i s a s a b i k e l a n e wh e r e 6 ' w i d e a n d b u f f e r e d bik e l a n e p a s t t h e d r i v e w a y . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . C o u l d p r o v i d e buf f e r e d b i k e l a n e w i t h o u t p h y s i c a l sep a r a t i o n f o r a p o r t i o n i f n e e d e d t o acc o m m o d a t e c u r b a c c e s s d u e t o EVA n e e d s , b u t t h e r e i s n o app a r e n t n e e d f o r a c c e s s h e r e . The r e i s a n e x i t - o n l y driv e w a y h e r e , n e e d t o term i n a t e s e p a r a t i o n slig h t l y e a r l i e r . Red u c e 3 9 A l e n g t h a p p r o a c h i n g sign a l , p r o v i d e b u f f e r e d b i k e l a n e (no t c o n f l i c t z o n e o r s e p a r a t e d bike l a n e ) s o t h a t a c c e s s t o m i n o r driv e w a y s i s m a i n t a i n e d b u t b i k e prio r i t y i s m o r e c l e a r . Red u c e 3 9 A l e n g t h d e p a r t i n g sign a l , p r o v i d e b u f f e r e d b i k e l a n e (no t c o n f l i c t z o n e o r s e p a r a t e d bike l a n e ) s o t h a t a c c e s s t o m i n o r driv e w a y s i s m a i n t a i n e d b u t b i k e prio r i t y i s m o r e c l e a r l e a d i n g t o bus s t o p . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . I t a p p e a r s t h e oth e r s i d e o f t h i s m a t c h l i n e a l r e a d y sho w s s e p a r a t e d b i k e l a n e . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n , but i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e t h e d a s h e d gre e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e m o r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r bus e s t o a p p r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . In t h e n e a r / m e d i u m - t e r m , t h i s c o u l d m a k e sen s e a s a l o c a t i o n t o c o n s i d e r p i l o t i n g in-l a n e s t o p p i n g w i t h s o m e k i n d o f b o a r d i n g isla n d t r e a t m e n t g i v e n s t o p s a r e l i k e l y b r i e f . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n , but i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e t h e d a s h e d gre e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e m o r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r bus e s t o a p p r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . In t h e n e a r / m e d i u m - t e r m , t h i s c o u l d m a k e sen s e a s a l o c a t i o n t o c o n s i d e r p i l o t i n g in-l a n e s t o p p i n g w i t h s o m e k i n d o f b o a r d i n g isla n d t r e a t m e n t g i v e n s t o p s a r e l i k e l y b r i e f . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y b e t w e e n driv e w a y s . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Co n v e r t a l l o f t h i s t o sta n d a r d C l a s s I I b i k e l a n e s , the r e s h o u l d b e n o c o n f l i c t ma r k i n g s i n t h i s a r e a . Con s i d e r a d j u s t i n g t h i s t o sta n d a r d C l a s s I I b i k e l a n e rath e r t h a n c o n f l i c t z o n e onc e p a s t t h e b u s s t o p . The C h a r l e s t o n / A r a s t r a d e r o s t o p s a r e t h e t h i r d bus i e s t f o r t r a n s i t r i d e r s h i p , b u t b o t h p r o v i d e eno u g h w i d t h t o c o n s i d e r a n e a r - t e r m p i l o t o f a sha r e d b i k e / p e d e s t r i a n b o a r d i n g p l a t f o r m t h a t wo u l d a l l o w h o r i z o n t a l s e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n s t o p p e d bus e s a n d t h e b i k e w a y w i t h i n - l a n e s t o p s . The s t r i p i n g s h o w n i s g e n e r a l l y a p p r o p r i a t e f o r t h e geo m e t r i c c o n s t r a i n t s , b u t l e s s c o n f i d e n t c y c l i s t s are l i k e l y t o d i v e r t t o t h e s i d e w a l k w h e n b u s e s a r e pre s e n t . V e r i f y i n s t a l l a t i o n o f g r e e n b i k e m a r k i n g s with r e d b u s m a r k i n g s i s f e a s i b l e a c c o r d i n g t o p l a n . Two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x i s i n path - o f - t r a v e l f o r b u s e s u s i n g que u e j u m p , a d j u s t l o c a t i o n . The F H W A I n t e r i m A p p r o v a l f o r inte r s e c t i o n b i c y c l e b o x e s c a l l s f o r t h i s to b e m a r k e d a s a s o l i d b i k e l a n e , n o t a con f l i c t z o n e . T h i s w o u l d e n c o u r a g e driv e r s w a i t i n g t o t u r n r i g h t w h e n t h e ligh t i s r e d t o b l o c k t h e b i k e l a n e t h a t allo w s b i c y c l i s t s t o a c c e s s t h e b i k e b o x . Tha t s a i d , t h i s b i k e b o x m a y n o t b e nec e s s a r y w i t h a r e c e i v i n g b i k e l a n e pro v i d e d . The F H W A I n t e r i m A p p r o v a l f o r inte r s e c t i o n b i c y c l e b o x e s indi c a t e s a t l e a s t 5 0 ' o f m a r k e d bike l a n e s h o u l d b e p r o v i d e d f o r ent r y i n t o t h e b i k e b o x . Con v e r t t o s t a n d a r d Cla s s I I b i k e l a n e s , not c o n f l i c t m a r k i n g s . The C h a r l e s t o n / A r a s t r a d e r o s t o p s a r e t h e t h i r d bus i e s t f o r t r a n s i t r i d e r s h i p , b u t b o t h p r o v i d e eno u g h w i d t h t o c o n s i d e r a n e a r - t e r m p i l o t o f a sha r e d b i k e / p e d e s t r i a n b o a r d i n g p l a t f o r m t h a t wou l d a l l o w h o r i z o n t a l s e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n stop p e d b u s e s a n d t h e b i k e w a y w i t h i n - l a n e s t o p s . The s t r i p i n g s h o w n i s a p p r o p r i a t e f o r t h e geo m e t r i c c o n s t r a i n t s , b u t l e s s c o n f i d e n t c y c l i s t s are l i k e l y t o d i v e r t t o t h e s i d e w a l k w h e n b u s e s a r e pre s e n t . Eva l u a t e f e a s i b i l i t y o f nar r o w i n g t h r o u g h b i k e l a n e ext e n s i o n m a r k i n g s t o f i t a two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x . Eva l u a t e f e a s i b i l i t y o f n a r r o w i n g thro u g h b i k e l a n e e x t e n s i o n m a r k i n g s to f i t a t w o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x . M a y be a b l e t o a l s o r e d u c e t u r n r a d i u s giv e n m u l t i p l e r e c e i v i n g l a n e s . Ma r k i n g s h o u l d s w i t c h from 3 9 A t o s h a r r o w s bef o r e r i g h t - t u r n l a n e is m a r k e d . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d bus e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e cou l d g e n e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t cyc l i s t s d i v e r t i n g w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t , tho u g h t h e r e i s n o t a d r i v e w a y o r o t h e r r a m p imm e d i a t e l y u p s t r e a m t o f a c i l i t a t e t h i s . Co o r d i n a t i o n w i t h V T A t o d e t e r m i n e i f t h i s s t o p loc a t i o n c a n b e s h i f t e d a w a y f r o m a l o c a t i o n imm e d i a t e l y u p s t r e a m o f a s i g n a l c o u l d b e ben e f i c i a l i n t h e m e d i u m - o r l o n g - t e r m . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d bus e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e cou l d g e n e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t cyc l i s t s d i v e r t i n g v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s and d r i v e w a y s w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Ge n e r a l n o t e - e x i s t i n g g e o m e t r y d o e s n o t l e n d itse l f t o p r o v i s i o n o f b i k e b o x e s , t w o - s t a g e t u r n que u e b o x e s , o r b i k e l a n e e x t e n s i o n s a c r o s s E C R at t h e M a y b e l l A v e n u e / E l C a m i n o W a y inte r s e c t i o n . F u t u r e e f f o r t s c o u l d e v a l u a t e w h e t h e r rea l l o c a t i o n o f s p a c e i n t h e E C R r i g h t - o f - w a y (po t e n t i a l l y i n c l u d i n g l a n e r e d u c t i o n s ) c o u l d p r o v i d e spa c e t o e n h a n c e m u l t i m o d a l f a c i l i t i e s . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y , wo u l d r e d u c e b i c y c l i s t exp o s u r e t o v e h i c l e s t r e a t i n g this s p a c e a s a r i g h t - t u r n l a n e . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d bus e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e cou l d g e n e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t cyc l i s t s d i v e r t i n g v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s and d r i v e w a y s w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y bet w e e n d r i v e w a y s . Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y t o disc o u r a g e v e h i c l e s i n t r u d i n g into b i k e w a y , w h i c h w i l l r e d u c e visi b i l i t y o f p e d s a t c r o s s i n g . Co n s i d e r p r o v i d i n g s o l i d (bu f f e r e d ) b i k e l a n e a c r o s s the s e d r i v e w a y s b e f o r e sta r t i n g 3 9 A a t i n t e r s e c t i o n . Lim i t l i n e ? Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y i f bus e s c a n m a n e u v e r b a c k t o the t r a v e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y , wo u l d r e d u c e b i c y c l i s t exp o s u r e t o v e h i c l e s t r e a t i n g this s p a c e a s a r i g h t - t u r n l a n e . Thi s c o u l d p a i r w e l l w i t h ded i c a t e d c o r n e r t r e a t m e n t me n t i o n e d a b o v e l e f t . Co n s i d e r s m a l l s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y s e c t i o n b e f o r e driv e w a y s . A q u i c k - b u i l d cur b e x t e n s i o n i n t h i s c o r n e r cou l d h e l p f a c i l i t a t e t h i s , coo r d i n a t e w i t h C i t y . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y , wou l d r e d u c e b i c y c l i s t exp o s u r e t o v e h i c l e s t r e a t i n g this s p a c e a s a r i g h t - t u r n l a n e . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s and b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e min i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n . T h e side w a l k w i d t h h e r e c o u l d g e n e r a l l y acc o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t c y c l i s t s dive r t i n g v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s a n d driv e w a y s w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s and b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e m i n i m a l wit h d e s i g n a s s h o w n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h her e c o u l d g e n e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s con f i d e n t c y c l i s t s d i v e r t i n g v i a d r i v e w a y s wh e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Tw o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x sho u l d b e p l a c e d i n f r o n t o f bik e l a n e a n d W B t h r o u g h lan e o n E l C a m i n o W a y , not i n f r o n t o f r i g h t - t u r n lan e o n E l C a m i n o W a y . Als o n e e d t o v e r i f y l o c a t i o n sho w n i s n ' t i n s i d e t h e cro s s w a l k . Qui c k - b u i l d d e d i c a t e d c o r n e r m a y b e fea s i b l e h e r e w i t h s t r i p i n g a n d v e r t i c a l deli n e a t o r s ; f u t u r e i m p r o v e m e n t c o u l d incl u d e p r o t e c t e d c o r n e r c o n s t r u c t i o n . This t w o - s t a g e t u r n que u e b o x i s s h o w n insi d e t h e c r o s s w a l k . A tw o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x m a y not b e f e a s i b l e h e r e w i t h o u t mod i f y i n g c r o s s w a l k s ; l o c a t i o n sho w n i s p a r t i a l l y i n t h e p a t h o f thro u g h v e h i c l e t r a f f i c a n d a l s o imp e d e s p a t h o f t h r o u g h bicy c l i s t s o n E B L o s R o b l e s (tra v e l i n g o n t o E l C a m i n o W a y ) . If no n c o m p l i a n t c u r b r a m p i n this c o r n e r i s b e i n g u p g r a d e d , may b e p o s s i b l e t o r e a l i g n cros s w a l k s . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y bet w e e n d r i v e w a y s o r m a r k ent i r e a r e a a s ( b u f f e r e d ) b i k e lane r a t h e r t h a n s h o w e n t i r e zon e w i t h c o n f l i c t m a r k i n g s . Thi s b r e a k a p p e a r s t o b e s o l e l y f o r a c c e s s t o a f i r e hyd r a n t , t h e r e a r e n o d r i v e w a y s o r o t h e r c u r b acc e s s n e e d s . C o n t i n u e b u f f e r s e p a r a t i o n t h r o u g h this a r e a a s m a r k e d b i k e l a n e ( n o t c o n f l i c t z o n e ) and p r o v i d e b r e a k i n c h a n n e l i z e r s / r a i s e d s e p a r a t i o n dev i c e s t o a l l o w e m e r g e n c y v e h i c l e a c c e s s . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y t o disc o u r a g e v e h i c l e s i n t r u d i n g into b i k e w a y , w h i c h w i l l r e d u c e visi b i l i t y o f p e d s a t c r o s s i n g . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s and b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n , b u t i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o red u c e d o w n s t r e a m d a s h e d g r e e n . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y , but c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h C i t y on a d j a c e n t l a n d u s e p l a n s ma y b e n e e d e d . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y t o disc o u r a g e v e h i c l e s i n t r u d i n g into b i k e w a y , w h i c h w i l l r e d u c e visi b i l i t y o f p e d s a t c r o s s i n g . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y t o disc o u r a g e v e h i c l e s i n t r u d i n g into b i k e w a y , w h i c h w i l l r e d u c e visi b i l i t y o f p e d s a t c r o s s i n g . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , p r o v i d e sep a r a t e d b i k e w a y . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y (ca n p r o v i d e o p e n i n g s i n phy s i c a l s e p a r a t i o n f o r E V A as n e e d e d , m a i n t a i n b u f f e r ) . Thi s c u r b c u t h a s bee n e l i m i n a t e d , pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d bike w a y h e r e s i m i l a r to t r e a t m e n t i n o t h e r dire c t i o n o n E C R a t this i n t e r s e c t i o n . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s and b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o g e n e r a l l y b e min i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n , b u t i t w o u l d be i d e a l t o r e d u c e d o w n s t r e a m d a s h e d gre e n . T h e s i d e w a l k w i d t h h e r e c o u l d gen e r a l l y a c c o m m o d a t e l e s s c o n f i d e n t cyc l i s t s d i v e r t i n g v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b ram p s w h e n b u s e s a r e p r e s e n t . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y u s e d s t o p a c c o r d i n g t o ride r s h i p d a t a - i n t e r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s and b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n , b u t i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o red u c e d o w n s t r e a m d a s h e d g r e e n . Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Ma r k a s s o l i d C l a s s I I bike l a n e u n t i l app r o a c h t o P e p p e r Ave n u e , i n c l u d i n g acr o s s d r i v e w a y . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Eva l u a t e a d j u s t m e n t s t o s i g n a l ope r a t i o n s a n d b i k e w a y w i d t h t o a l l o w two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x e s o f f o f E C R ont o H a n s e n / P o r t a g e g i v e n o f f s e t inte r s e c t i o n g e o m e t r y p r e c l u d e s m o r e typ i c a l t u r n i n g o r p r o t e c t e d i n t e r s e c t i o n stra t e g i e s . ( E x t e n d s b e y o n d S H O P P . ) Be y o n d S H O P P , e v a l u a t e e l i m i n a t i o n of p o r k c h o p i s l a n d s a n d r e a l l o c a t i o n of s p a c e t o i m p r o v e p e d e s t r i a n cro s s i n g s a n d b i k e c i r c u l a t i o n . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n , but s o m e c y c l i s t s m a y e l e c t t o d i v e r t o t h e side w a l k v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s ( n o t e tha t c u r r e n t s i t e c o n s t r u c t i o n o n e a s t s i d e of E C R m a y t e m p o r a r y a f f e c t t h i s ) . In t h e n e a r / m e d i u m - t e r m , i t m a y b e des i r a b l e t o c o o r d i n a t e w i t h V T A t o eva l u a t e r e l o c a t i o n o f t h i s s t o p - i t i s loca t e d w i t h i n w h a t i s f u n c t i o n a l l y a s i n g l e sign a l i z e d i n t e r s e c t i o n a t H a n s e n / P o r t a g e . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - i n t e r a c t i o n s bet w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h des i g n a s s h o w n , b u t s o m e c y c l i s t s m a y e l e c t t o d i v e r to t h e s i d e w a l k v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s . T h i s c o u l d be a g o o d l o c a t i o n t o l o o k a t s o m e k i n d o f b u s boa r d i n g i s l a n d ( o r b i k e / p e d e s t r i a n b o a r d i n g p l a t f o r m ) in th e n e a r - t e r m i n c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h t h e t r a n s i t age n c i e s t o a d d r e s s t h i s i s s u e . T h e r e m a y b e s p a c e ava i l a b l e t o a l l o w c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a f u l l b u s b o a r d i n g isla n d w i t h s e p a r a t i o n o f b i k e s h e r e i f p u r s u e d i n coo r d i n a t i o n w i t h a d j a c e n t p r o p e r t y o w n e r s . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . Con s i d e r u s i n g e d g e l i n e s t o b e t t e r def i n e p o r k c h o p i s l a n d a n d a l l o w ma r k i n g o f s o l i d b i k e s p a c e (po s s i b l e s e p a r a t e d ) a d j a c e n t t o i t . Pro v i d e s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y bet w e e n d r i v e w a y s o r m a r k ent i r e a r e a a s ( b u f f e r e d ) b i k e lane r a t h e r t h a n s h o w e n t i r e zon e w i t h c o n f l i c t m a r k i n g s . If se p a r a t e l e f t - a n d r i g h t - t u r n l a n e s are n o t n e e d e d o n H a n s e n , c o u l d con s i d e r m o d i f y i n g t h i s t o a quic k - b u i l d p r o t e c t e d c o r n e r a r o u n d the e x i s t i n g p o r k c h o p i s l a n d i n p l a c e (req u i r e c o u n t s / c o o r d i n a t e w i t h C i t y ) . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Sol i d b i k e l a n e , n o n e e d for 3 9 A d o w n s t r e a m o f inte r s e c t i o n . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Con s i d e r p r o v i d i n g s e p a r a t e d bike w a y b e t w e e n t w o d r i v e w a y s . In n e a r - t e r m , c o n s i d e r p h a s e sep a r a t i o n s o r o t h e r s i g n a l t i m i n g stra t e g i e s t o s e p a r a t e v e h i c l e mo v e m e n t s f r o m a c t i v e m o d e s (inc l u d i n g p e d s ) a n d / o r p r o v i d e g r e a t e r wa r n i n g o f i n t e r a c t i o n s . R e q u i r e s Ca l t r a n s a n d C o u n t y c o o r d i n a t i o n . Cro s s w a l k s e t b a c k s c o u l d m a k e two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x e s f e a s i b l e on a l l l e g s t o f a c i l i t a t e b i c y c l i s t mo v e m e n t s a s p a r t o f S H O P P . Ma r k a s s o l i d C l a s s I I bike l a n e b e y o n d limi t s o f b u s s t o p . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y b u s y b u s s t o p s e r v i n g pro v i d e r s b e y o n d V T A o n l y . M o d i f i e d geo m e t r y s h o w n i n p l a n s w o u l d acc o m m o d a t e b i c y c l i n g o n s i d e w a l k , b u t wou l d b e a p p r o p r i a t e t o p u r s u e r e v i s e d geo m e t r y t h a t c o u l d p r o v i d e b u s b o a r d i n g isla n d g i v e n p o t e n t i a l f o r a d d i t i o n a l s p a c e . The F H W A I n t e r i m A p p r o v a l f o r inte r s e c t i o n b i c y c l e b o x e s ind i c a t e s a t l e a s t 5 0 ' o f m a r k e d bik e l a n e s h o u l d b e p r o v i d e d f o r ent r y i n t o t h e b i k e b o x . Thi s i s l i k e l y a m o d e r a t e l y b u s y b u s s t o p in t e r m s o f r i d e r s h i p - d a t a w e r e n o t ava i l a b l e d u e t o r e c e n t t e m p o r a r y clo s u r e s . M o d i f i e d g e o m e t r y s h o w n i n pla n s w o u l d a c c o m m o d a t e b i c y c l i n g o n sid e w a l k w i t h b i c y c l i s t s a b l e t o a c c e s s t h i s spa c e v i a i n t e r s e c t i o n c u r b r a m p s w h e n bus e s a r e p r e s e n t . Ma r k a s s o l i d C l a s s I I b i k e l a n e bey o n d l i m i t s o f b u s s t o p i f pos s i b l e - c o o r d i n a t e w i t h V T A . Co n s i d e r a d d i n g e d g e l i n e t o r e d u c e trav e l l a n e w i d t h ; c o u l d i n c l u d e refl e c t o r s a n d o r d e l i n e a t o r s b e h i n d edg e l i n e w h e r e f e a s i b l e t o dis c o u r a g e d r i v e r s f r o m t r a v e r s i n g . Ma r k a s s o l i d C l a s s I I b i k e l a n e , pro v i d e s h o r t e r 3 9 A s e g m e n t a t min o r i n t e r s e c t i o n s . Con s i d e r s h o r t s e c t i o n o f sep a r a t e d b i k e w a y b e f o r e righ t - t u r n l a n e o p e n s t o red u c e d i s t a n c e b i c y c l i s t s mix w i t h v e h i c l e s . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n , but i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o r e d u c e d o w n s t r e a m das h e d g r e e n . T h e s i d e w a l k i s g e n e r o u s adja c e n t t o t h i s s t o p a n d l e s s c o n f i d e n t bicy c l i s t s m a y u t i l i z e t h a t s p a c e b e t w e e n Oxf o r d a n d t h e d r i v e w a y . Co n s i d e r ~ 5 0 ' o f s o l i d b i k e l a n e h e r e t o bre a k u p c o n f l i c t z o n e s . Wh i l e f a c i l i t y w i d t h s t a n d a r d s v a r y i n diff e r e n t d o c u m e n t s , i t m a y a l s o b e a b e t t e r bic y c l e e x p e r i e n c e t o c o n s i d e r a 6 ' C l a s s I V bik e w a y w i t h 2 ' b u f f e r i n c l u d i n g s e p a r a t i o n (or e v e n 5 ' + 3 ' ) , t h e n d r i v e w a y b r e a k s c o u l d be t r e a t e d a s d a s h e d g r e e n . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . C o n s i d e r pro t e c t e d b i k e w a y h e r e ( s e e P D - 2 4 for c o m m e n t s o n c o n t i n u a t i o n ) . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Con s i d e r s h o r t s e g m e n t o f s e p a r a t e d bike w a y b e t w e e n i n b o u n d a n d o u t b o u n d driv e w a y s f o r J a c k I n T h e B o x - t h e dow n s t r e a m t a p e r o f t h e s e p a r a t i o n c a n b e omi t t e d i f n e e d e d d u e t o c o n s t r a i n t s . T h i s sho u l d s t i l l a l l o w e n o u g h s p a c e f o r 5 0 ' o f 39A a p p r o a c h i n g C a m b r i d g e A v e n u e . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . B r e a k s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y f o r d r i v e w a y . Wit h c l o s u r e o f Cal i f o r n i a A v e n u e , this c a n b e s e p a r a t e d bike w a y s i n c e v e h i c l e righ t t u r n s w i l l n o long e r e x i s t . Lan e c o n f i g u r a t i o n m a y c h a n g e with C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e c l o s u r e , b i k e left t u r n c a n e i t h e r b e acc o m m o d a t e d w i t h t w o - s t a g e t u r n que u e b o x t o r e a c h N B E C R o r b e ma r k e d u s i n g d o t t e d l i n e s w i t h gre e n t h r o u g h i n t e r s e c t i o n p e r C A MU T C D F i g u r e 9 C - 1 ( C A ) i f b i k e lan e s h i f t s t o b e b e t w e e n s e p a r a t e left - a n d r i g h t - t u r n l a n e s . Adj u s t d i m e n s i o n s t o pro v i d e t w o - s t a g e turn q u e u e b o x f r o m NB E C R t o W B Cal i f o r n i a A v e n u e . De t e r m i n e i f b i k e stri p i n g t h r o u g h inte r s e c t i o n c a n b e adj u s t e d t o p r o v i d e two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box f r o m S B E C R t o EB C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e . The C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e s t o p s h a v e V T A ' s h i g h e s t r i d e r s h i p o n EC R i n P a l o A l t o a n d s e r v e a s t i m e p o i n t s t o p s f o r 2 2 / 5 2 2 ser v i c e . A t t i m e s , m u c h o f t h e b l o c k f a c e b e t w e e n C a l i f o r n i a Ave n u e a n d C a m b r i d g e A v e n u e i s o c c u p i e d b y b u s e s . Stri p i n g a s i n d i c a t e d i s a p p r o p r i a t e f o r S H O P P . S o m e c y c l i s t s ma y d i v e r t t o s i d e w a l k u s i n g c u r b r a m p s a t t h e s i g n a l i z e d inte r s e c t i o n s ( t h o u g h s i d e w a l k i s w e l l u t i l i z e d ) . S i g n s w a r n i n g bicy c l i s t s o f p o t e n t i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s w i t h b u s e s a n d p e d e s t r i a n s cou l d b e c o n s i d e r e d . Con s i d e r s h o r t - t e r m p i l o t o f s h a r e d p e d e s t r i a n / b i k e b o a r d i n g isla n d s t h a t a l l o w b u s e s t o s t o p i n t h e o u t s i d e t r a v e l l a n e t o eva l u a t e e f f e c t o n s a f e t y a n d o p e r a t i o n s i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h Cal t r a n s a n d V T A . I f b u s e s s t o p p e d i n - l a n e , a s h a r e d boa r d i n g i s l a n d c o u l d p r o v i d e 4 ' o f s e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n a stop p e d b u s a n d a 5 ' b i k e w a y f o r b i c y c l i s t s a n d t r a n s i t r i d e r s to g a u g e i n t e r a c t i o n s . I n m e d i u m - o r l o n g - t e r m , e v a l u a t e pro j e c t s t h a t c o u l d p r o v i d e a d d i t i o n a l s p a c e t o s e p a r a t e bicy c l i s t s a n d b u s e s t h r o u g h r e d u c t i o n o f t r a v e l l a n e s a n d / o r oth e r c r o s s - s e c t i o n a d j u s t m e n t s . The C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e s t o p s h a v e V T A ' s h i g h e s t r i d e r s h i p o n EC R i n P a l o A l t o a n d s e r v e a s t i m e p o i n t s t o p s f o r 2 2 / 5 2 2 ser v i c e . Str i p i n g a s i n d i c a t e d i s a p p r o p r i a t e f o r S H O P P . S o m e c y c l i s t s ma y d i v e r t t o s i d e w a l k u s i n g c u r b r a m p s a t t h e s i g n a l i z e d inte r s e c t i o n s ( t h o u g h s i d e w a l k i s w e l l u t i l i z e d a n d s p a c e con s t r a i n e d ) . S i g n s w a r n i n g b i c y c l i s t s o f p o t e n t i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s with b u s e s a n d p e d e s t r i a n s c o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d . Co n s i d e r s h o r t - t e r m p i l o t o f s h a r e d p e d e s t r i a n / b i k e b o a r d i n g isla n d s t h a t a l l o w b u s e s t o s t o p i n t h e o u t s i d e t r a v e l l a n e t o eva l u a t e e f f e c t o n s a f e t y a n d o p e r a t i o n s i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h Ca l t r a n s a n d V T A . I f b u s e s s t o p p e d i n - l a n e , a s h a r e d boa r d i n g i s l a n d c o u l d p r o v i d e 5 ' o f s e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n a sto p p e d b u s a n d a 5 ' b i k e w a y f o r b i c y c l i s t s a n d t r a n s i t r i d e r s to g a u g e i n t e r a c t i o n s . I n m e d i u m - o r l o n g - t e r m , e v a l u a t e pro j e c t s t h a t c o u l d p r o v i d e a d d i t i o n a l s p a c e t o s e p a r a t e bic y c l i s t s a n d b u s e s t h r o u g h r e d u c t i o n o f t r a v e l l a n e s a n d / o r oth e r c r o s s - s e c t i o n a d j u s t m e n t s . Ma y b e f e a s i b l e t o p r o v i d e bike w a y s e p a r a t i o n , coo r d i n a t e w i t h V T A o n sto p l e n g t h n e e d s . I n - l a n e sto p p i n g p i l o t w o u l d h e l p fac i l i t a t e t h i s . If le f t - t u r n l a n e c a n b e elim i n a t e d , a d d me d i a n r e f u g e . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Ge n e r a l n o t e - f u t u r e p r o j e c t e v a l u a t i n g rea l l o c a t i o n o f s p a c e o n E C R c r o s s - s e c t i o n c o u l d als o l o o k a t p r o t e c t e d c o r n e r s / i n t e r s e c t i o n s f o r cro s s i n g b i c y c l e f a c i l i t i e s a t i n t e r s e c t i o n s l i k e Ca l i f o r n i a A v e n u e a n d S t a n f o r d A v e n u e . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Tw o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x sho u l d b e p l a c e d i n f r o n t o f bike l a n e a n d E B t h r o u g h lan e o n S e r r a , n o t i n f r o n t of r i g h t - t u r n l a n e o n S e r r a . Tw o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x sho u l d b e p l a c e d i n f r o n t o f bike l a n e a n d W B t h r o u g h lan e o n P a r k , n o t i n f r o n t o f righ t - t u r n l a n e o n P a r k . Co n s i d e r i n t r o d u c i n g two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box e s f o r t u r n s o n t o EC R a s w e l l . Con s i d e r i n t r o d u c i n g two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box e s f o r t u r n s o n t o EC R a s w e l l . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n (plu s t h e S t a n f o r d t r a i l i s a n a t t r a c t i v e alte r n a t e r o u t e ) , b u t i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o min i m i z e t h e d a s h e d g r e e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e mo r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r b u s e s t o app r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . In t h e n e a r / m e d i u m - t e r m , t h i s c o u l d m a k e sen s e a s a l o c a t i o n t o c o n s i d e r p i l o t i n g in-l a n e s t o p p i n g w i t h s o m e k i n d o f b o a r d i n g isla n d t r e a t m e n t g i v e n s t o p s a r e l i k e l y b r i e f . Thi s s e e m s l i k e i t c a n b e sep a r a t e d b i k e w a y i f b u s e s can m a n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n (plu s t h e S t a n f o r d t r a i l i s a n a t t r a c t i v e alte r n a t e r o u t e ) , b u t i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o min i m i z e t h e d a s h e d g r e e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e mo r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r b u s e s t o app r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b ( s e e P D - 2 5 ) . In t h e n e a r / m e d i u m - t e r m , t h i s c o u l d m a k e sen s e a s a l o c a t i o n t o c o n s i d e r p i l o t i n g in-l a n e s t o p p i n g w i t h a b u s b o a r d i n g i s l a n d trea t m e n t t h a t a l l o w s b i k e s t o p a s s b e h i n d the i s l a n d g i v e n b u s s t o p s a r e l i k e l y b r i e f and t h e r e i s e n o u g h s p a c e t o s e p a r a t e bic y c l i s t s f r o m t r a n s i t r i d e r s . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . Thi s i s a m o d e r a t e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e like l y t o b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n and d r i v e w a y s / i n t e r s e c t i o n s p r o v i d e opp o r t u n i t y f o r b i k e s t o d i v e r t t o s i d e w a l k ( i f not a l r e a d y d i v e r t e d t o S t a n f o r d t r a i l a t t h e sign a l i z e d i n t e r s e c t i o n ) . As t h i s i s e f f e c t i v e l y a n i n - l a n e s t o p a s sho w n , i t m a y b e d e s i r a b l e t o c o o r d i n a t e with V T A o n p o t e n t i a l t o s h i f t t h e s t o p t o a nea r b y l o c a t i o n t h a t m i g h t a l s o a l l o w s o m e kind o f b u s b o a r d i n g i s l a n d / c u r b e x t e n s i o n trea t m e n t ( m a y n o t b e s h o r t - t e r m s o l u t i o n ) . Co n s i d e r p r o v i d i n g s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y h e r e a n d a l l o w i n g 3 9 A acr o s s d r i v e w a y t o t h e n o r t h ser v e a s t h e b r e a k f o r L e l a n d Ave n u e i n t e r s e c t i o n . Th e F H W A I n t e r i m A p p r o v a l f o r inte r s e c t i o n b i c y c l e b o x e s c a l l s f o r t h i s to b e m a r k e d a s a s o l i d b i k e l a n e , n o t a con f l i c t z o n e . T h i s w o u l d e n c o u r a g e driv e r s w a i t i n g t o t u r n r i g h t w h e n t h e ligh t i s r e d t o b l o c k t h e b i k e l a n e t h a t allo w s b i c y c l i s t s t o a c c e s s t h e b i k e b o x . Th a t s a i d , t h i s b i k e b o x m a y n o t b e nec e s s a r y w i t h a r e c e i v i n g b i k e l a n e pro v i d e d . C a n a 5 ' b i k e l a n e b e ext e n d e d t o t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n a n d t h e sep a r a t e d b i k e w a y e x t e n d e d ? Sug g e s t s h i f t i n g t h e t w o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e b o x to b e m o r e d i r e c t l y i n f r o n t o f S t a n f o r d A v e n u e to i m p r o v e v i s i b i l i t y o f b i c y c l i s t s t o a p p r o a c h i n g veh i c l e s . L o c a t i o n o f b o x s h o w n i n p l a n s c o u l d res u l t i n d r i v e r s l o s i n g t r a c k o f w a i t i n g b i k e s i f the y t r y t o t u r n r i g h t o n r e d ( w h i c h s h o u l d b e pro h i b i t e d ) . A d j u s t c r o s s b i k e a c c o r d i n g l y . Co n s i d e r i n t r o d u c i n g two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box e s f o r t u r n s o n t o EC R a s w e l l . Con s i d e r i n t r o d u c i n g two - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box e s f o r t u r n s o n t o EC R a s w e l l . Con s i d e r m a r k i n g a s s o l i d Cla s s I I b i k e l a n e a c r o s s driv e w a y s . Con s i d e r m a r k i n g a s s o l i d C l a s s I I b i k e lan e a c r o s s d r i v e w a y s . Wh i l e f a c i l i t y w i d t h s t a n d a r d s v a r y i n diff e r e n t d o c u m e n t s , i t m a y a l s o b e a bet t e r b i c y c l e e x p e r i e n c e t o c o n s i d e r a 6 ' Cla s s I V b i k e w a y w i t h 2 ' b u f f e r i n c l u d i n g sep a r a t i o n ( o r e v e n 5 ' + 3 ' ) , t h e n d r i v e w a y bre a k s c o u l d b e t r e a t e d a s d a s h e d g r e e n . Ens u r e e x i s t i n g p e d refu g e s a r e m a i n t a i n e d The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Sho u l d n o t u s e s h a r r o w s i n inte r s e c t i o n . S u g g e s t u s i n g dot t e d l i n e s w i t h g r e e n t h r o u g h inte r s e c t i o n p e r C A M U T C D Fig u r e 9 C - 1 ( C A ) . Thi s i s a l o w v o l u m e s t o p - i n t e r a c t i o n s bet w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e min i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n ( p l u s t h e Sta n f o r d t r a i l i s a n a t t r a c t i v e a l t e r n a t e r o u t e ) , but i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e t h e d a s h e d gre e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e m o r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r bus e s t o a p p r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . Thi s i s a l o w v o l u m e s t o p - i n t e r a c t i o n s bet w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e min i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n ( p l u s t h e Sta n f o r d t r a i l o r a d j a c e n t s i d e w a l k a r e b o t h alte r n a t e s ) , b u t i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e the d a s h e d g r e e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e m o r e t h a n nee d e d f o r b u s e s t o a p p r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . Brin g b i k e l a n e s t r i p e to in t e r s e c t i o n . This i s n ' t a v e h i c l e i n t e r a c t i o n zon e a t a T - i n t e r s e c t i o n , con s i d e r m a r k i n g a s s o l i d b i k e lane t h r o u g h i n t e r s e c t i o n . The F H W A I n t e r i m A p p r o v a l f o r inte r s e c t i o n b i c y c l e b o x e s indi c a t e s a t l e a s t 5 0 ' o f m a r k e d bike l a n e s h o u l d b e p r o v i d e d f o r ent r y i n t o t h e b i k e b o x . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . The r e s h o u l d b e n o i n t e r a c t i o n s i n this s p a c e , s u g g e s t m a r k i n g a s s o l i d bike l a n e a t m i n i m u m a n d p o t e n t i a l l y incl u d i n g b u f f e r / s e p a r a t i o n . Elim i n a t e 3 9 A s e c t i o n d o w n s t r e a m from i n t e r s e c t i o n s , e x t e n d b i k e w a y and f o r c e v e h i c l e s t o t u r n d i r e c t l y into t r a v e l l a n e s . If fe a s i b l e , p r o v i d e e d g e l i n e a n d phy s i c a l s e p a r a t i o n t o s e p a r a t e t h e bus s t o p f r o m t h e f r o n t a g e inte r s e c t i o n a n d p r o v i d e a s h o r t seg m e n t o f s o l i d b i k e l a n e b e t w e e n to r e d u c e e x p o s u r e f o r b i c y c l i s t s and c l a r i f y p o s i t i o n i n g f o r d r i v e r s . Co n s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bik e w a y i f b u s e s c a n ma n e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . It's u n c l e a r i f t h i s i n t e r s e c t i o n des i g n a c c o m m o d a t e s t u r n s from S B E C R t o C h u r c h i l l o r t h e adj a c e n t C h u r c h i l l p a t h - w o u l d rec o m m e n d s o m e k i n d o f jug h a n d l e t r e a t m e n t t o f a c i l i t a t e this b i k e m o v e m e n t s e p a r a t e from p e d e s t r i a n s . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Thi s i s a n e x t r e m e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - inte r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e l i k e l y to b e m i n i m a l w i t h d e s i g n a s s h o w n ( p l u s t h e Sta n f o r d t r a i l i s a n a t t r a c t i v e a l t e r n a t e r o u t e ) , but i t w o u l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e t h e d a s h e d gre e n - t h i s s e e m s l i k e m o r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r bus e s t o a p p r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . S e p a r a t e das h e d g r e e n i s n o t l i k e l y n e e d e d b e c a u s e o f the d r i v e w a y t h a t i s t y p i c a l l y c l o s e d . Thi s i s a n e x t r e m e l y l o w v o l u m e s t o p - i n t e r a c t i o n s bet w e e n b i k e s a n d b u s e s a r e l i k e l y t o b e m i n i m a l with d e s i g n a s s h o w n ( p l u s t h e S t a n f o r d t r a i l i s a n attr a c t i v e a l t e r n a t e r o u t e i n b o t h d i r e c t i o n s f o r tho s e w h o a r e n ' t f e a r l e s s / c o n f i d e n t r i d e r s ) , b u t i t wou l d b e i d e a l t o m i n i m i z e t h e d a s h e d g r e e n - t h i s see m s l i k e m o r e t h a n n e e d e d f o r b u s e s t o app r o a c h / d e p a r t t h e c u r b . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y i f b u s e s c a n man e u v e r b a c k t o t h e trav e l l a n e m o r e q u i c k l y . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y i f bus e s m o v e t o w a r d t h e c u r b l a t e r , incl u d i n g u s i n g t h e a r e a i n f r o n t o f the d r i v e w a y . Con s i d e r s e p a r a t e d bike w a y i f b u s e s m o v e tow a r d t h e c u r b l a t e r . See P D - 2 5 The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Ad d e d g e l i n e t o r e d u c e w i d t h of o u t s i d e l a n e s ( u n i v e r s a l wh e r e n o b i k e f a c i l i t y ) . Sug g e s t e i t h e r a d d i n g a q u i c k - b u i l d d e d i c a t e d cor n e r h e r e w i t h a d d i t i o n a l s t r i p i n g / v e r t i c a l sep a r a t i o n ( s e e N A C T O D o n ' t G i v e U p a t t h e Inte r s e c t i o n ) t o k e e p d r i v e r s f r o m p a s s i n g o v e r this c o r n e r o r s h i f t i n g t h e t w o - s t a g e t u r n q u e u e box t o b e m o r e d i r e c t l y i n f r o n t o f t h e r i g h t l a n e on E m b a r c a d e r o R o a d t o i m p r o v e v i s i b i l i t y o f bicy c l i s t s t o a p p r o a c h i n g v e h i c l e s . L o c a t i o n o f box s h o w n i n p l a n s c o u l d r e s u l t i n d r i v e r s losi n g t r a c k o f w a i t i n g b i k e s i f t h e y t r y t o t u r n righ t o n r e d ( w h i c h s h o u l d b e p r o h i b i t e d ) . Nee d t o b r i n g t h e b i k e l a n e ma r k i n g s b a c k t o t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n to m a k e t h e c r o s s b i k e a c r o s s E C R wor k h e r e . M a y a l s o n e e d t o m a k e con n e c t i o n o p p o r t u n i t y t o S t a n f o r d trai l m o r e c l e a r a t i n t e r s e c t i o n . Sug g e s t r e m o v i n g t h i s - b i k e are n ' t r e q u i r e d t o t u r n r i g h t a n d this c o u l d s i m p l y b e s i g n e d a s the e n d o f t h e b i k e l a n e . If p r o v i d e d , p l a c e i n cen t e r o f t r a v e l l a n e . Thi s c a n b e s o l i d a n d sep a r a t e d s i n c e r i g h t turn s a r e c h a n n e l i z e d , n o t occ u r r i n g a t t h e s i g n a l . Idea l l y , a b i k e p o c k e t h e r e w o u l d p r o v i d e b i c y c l i s t s e x i t i n g t h e Sta n f o r d t r a i l a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o s t a g e a t t h e s i g n a l b e f o r e con t i n u i n g s o u t h b o u n d . T h e r e i s p l e n t y o f s p a e c a n d c o u l d b e sep a r a t e d w i t h s t r i p i n g a n d p h y s i c a l e l e m e n t s f r o m cha n n e l i z e d r i g h t s . A lo n g - t e r m o p p o r t u n i t y cou l d b e t o c o n s i d e r p r o p e r trai l c r o s s i n g s f o r t h e Sta n f o r d t r a i l . Ma r g u e r i t e s t o p s h e r e . Giv e n a d j a c e n t sch o o l a n d a v a i l a b i l i t y of s p a c e , a t w o - s t a g e turn q u e u e b o x h e r e wo u l d b e d e s i r a b l e . Tre a t t h i s p a r t a s a s e p a r a t e d b i k e w a y to a v o i d v e h i c l e s c r u i s i n g i n b i c y c l e spa c e . U p s t r e a m d a s h i n g w o u l d b e pro v i d e d f o r t r a n s i t , d o w n s t r e a m wou l d b e p r o v i d e d f o r d r i v e w a y con f l i c t s a n d e n d o f b i k e w a y . Thi s i s t h e V T A s t o p . Thi s t r a n s i t s t o p i s f a i r l y h i g h vol u m e , b u t t h e d r i v e w a y c u t s wo u l d p r o v i d e o p p o r t u n i t y t o avo i d b u s e s u s i n g t h e s i d e w a l k . Fea r l e s s / c o n f i d e n t b i c y c l i s t s ma y t r a v e l h e r e , b u t m o s t o t h e r bic y c l i s t s w i l l p r o b a b l y d i v e r t acr o s s t o t h e S t a n f o r d t r a i l a n d not p a s s t h i s s t o p . This i s a f a i r l y b u s y b u s s t o p , s o i t m a y b e acc u r a t e t h a t t h i s m u c h s t o p p i n g s p a c e i s nee d e d . F e a r l e s s / c o n f i d e n t b i c y c l i s t s m a y trav e l h e r e , b u t m o s t b i c y c l i s t s w i l l p r o b a b l y dive r t t o t h e S t a n f o r d t r a i l a n d n o t p a s s t h i s stop o n - s t r e e t . Lon g - t e r m , t h e r e i s l i k e l y s u f f i c i e n t s p a c e t o con s i d e r p a r t n e r i n g w i t h a d j a c e n t p r o p e r t y own e r s a n d V T A t o i m p l e m e n t p e r m a n e n t bus b o a r d i n g i s l a n d s a t t h i s l o c a t i o n . Gen e r a l n o t e - t h e E C R / E m b a r c a d e r o / G a l v e z inte r s e c t i o n g e n e r a l l y h a s e n o u g h s p a c e t h a t i t may b e f e a s i b l e t o p u r s u e a l o n g - t e r m p r o t e c t e d inte r s e c t i o n d e s i g n . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Add e d g e l i n e t o r e d u c e w i d t h of o u t s i d e l a n e s ( u n i v e r s a l wh e r e n o b i k e f a c i l i t y ) . Co n s i d e r a d j u s t i n g s t r i p i n g t o m a k e a mo r e c l e a r l y d e l i n e a t e d s i n g l e - l a n e exi t t h a t o p e n s i n t o a d d i t i o n a l l a n e s on r a m p . D e s i g n a s s h o w n p r o v i d e s les s c l a r i t y t o d r i v e r s . eline t o r e d u c e w i d t h e lan e s ( u n i v e r s a l o bik e f a c i l i t y ) . Thi s t r a n s i t s t o p i s f a i r l y h i g h vol u m e , b u t m o s t b i c y c l i s t s w i l l not i n t e r a c t w i t h i t s i n c e t h e y w i l l be o n t h e a d j a c e n t S t a n f o r d t r a i l . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 Sho u l d n o t h a v e b i k e l a n e sym b o l i n i n t e r s e c t i o n . S u g g e s t usin g d o t t e d l i n e s w i t h g r e e n thro u g h i n t e r s e c t i o n p e r C A MU T C D F i g u r e 9 C - 1 ( C A ) . Bik e s t u r n i n g a c r o s s p a i n t e d buf f e r a n d t h e n h a v i n g 3 9 A w i t h gre e n i n t h e s h i f t i n g a r e a f o r driv e r s i s c o n f u s i n g f o r a l l u s e r s . Ma y m a k e m o r e s e n s e t o m o r e clea r l y m a r k a n e d g e l i n e a n d seg r e g a t e t r a v e l p a t h s f o r driv e r s a n d b i c y c l i s t s , s e e bel o w . Thi s e n t i r e a r e a a p p e a r s t o a v o i d ma r k i n g t h e b i k e l a n e o n t o p o f t h e con c r e t e b u s p a d / g u t t e r , b u t t h e mu c h l a r g e r w i d t h o f t h e c o n c r e t e pad a n d a l i g n m e n t e x i t i n g t h e Q u a r r y Roa d i n t e r s e c t i o n l e a v e b i c y c l e s mo r e e x p o s e d b y d o i n g s o . M a y n e e d to a t l e a s t s h i f t b i k e l a n e n e a r Q u a r r y to c l a r i f y p a t h o f t r a v e l f o r v e h i c l e s ent e r i n g f r o m U n i v e r s i t y r a m p . Add e d g e l i n e t o r e d u c e w i d t h of o u t s i d e l a n e s ( u n i v e r s a l whe r e n o b i k e f a c i l i t y ) . 11.0 ft Cou l d m a k e t h i s n a r r o w e r tha n 7 ' t o p r o v i d e m o r e dist a n c e f o r v e h i c l e s h i f t . If fe a s i b l e , m a k e t h i s soli d g r e e n w i t h s o l i d whi t e s t r i p e t o d i s c o u r a g e veh i c l e s f r o m e n t e r i n g . Co u l d s h i f t b i c y c l e t o w a r d c u r b h e r e and m a k e s o l i d b i k e l a n e ( o r e v e n a d d buf f e r / s e p a r a t i o n ) t o a v o i d l o n g s t r e t c h of e x p o s u r e f o r b i c y c l i s t s . Is t h i s j u s t d i r e c t i n g b i c y c l e s into t h e c u r b r a m p o p e n i n g ? Tha t i s a n a t y p i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n of i n t e r s e c t i o n m a r k i n g s . If fe a s i b l e , i n t r o d u c e s o m e s e p a r a t e d bike w a y l e n g t h h e r e t o a v o i d d r i v e r s usin g i t a s a v e r y l o n g r i g h t - t u r n l a n e . The r e i s a l o t o f s p a c e h e r e , s u g g e s t c o o r d i n a t i o n with S a m t r a n s o n n e a r - t e r m p i l o t o f a s h a r e d bike / p e d e s t r i a n b o a r d i n g p l a t f o r m t h a t w o u l d allo w h o r i z o n t a l s e p a r a t i o n b e t w e e n s t o p p e d bus e s a n d t h e b i k e w a y w i t h i n - l a n e s t o p s . Dep e n d i n g o n r i d e r s h i p , i t m a y a l s o b e p o s s i b l e t o con s i d e r e l i m i n a t i n g t h i s n o r t h b o u n d s t o p s i n c e it's q u i t e c l o s e t o t h e P a l o A l t o T r a n s i t C e n t e r f o r peo p l e a c c e s s i n g t r a n s i t . Thi s c o u l d b e a g o o d l o c a t i o n t o l o o k a t som e k i n d o f b u s b o a r d i n g i s l a n d ( o r bik e / p e d e s t r i a n b o a r d i n g p l a t f o r m ) i n t h e nea r - t e r m i n c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h t h e t r a n s i t age n c i e s t o a d d r e s s t h i s i s s u e . Bic y c l i s t s c a n a c c e s s t r a i l her e t o a v o i d i n t e r a c t i o n with b u s e s a t s t o p . The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . DR A F T 5 / 2 0 / 2 4 It m a y b e p r e f e r a b l e t o p u t a buf f e r o r s e p a r a t i o n h e r e w i t h a nar r o w e r b i k e w a y . 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The s e c o m m e n t s r e p r e s e n t s u g g e s t i o n s b a s e d o n a r e v i e w o f the p r o p o s e d d e s i g n p l a n s a n d e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s , b u t r e q u i r e furt h e r e n g i n e e r i n g e v a l u a t i o n t o v e r i f y f e a s i b i l i t y . NOT YET APPROVED 106_20240320_ts24 1 Resolution No. _____ Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto in Support of Caltrans’ Repaving Project on El Camino Real R E C I T A L S A. El Camino Real is a state highway maintained by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans); and B. Caltrans plans to resurface El Camino Real in Palo Alto in 2024; and C. Caltrans is prepared to install bicycle lanes along El Camino Real within the City of Palo Alto, in addition to pavement rehabilitation, striping improvements, and curb ramps, sidewalks, and driveway improvements to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards (the “project”); and D. Use of the road as bicycle lanes would require the conversion of all on-street parking along El Camino Real within the City of Palo Alto; and E. Creating and maintaining a sustainable transportation system that provides safe, comfortable, and convenient travel along and across streets through a comprehensive, integrated transportation network that emphasizes walking, bicycling, use of public transportation, and other modes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the use of single-occupancy motor vehicles is, and has been a major focus for the City of Palo Alto; and F. The adopted Transportation Element of the City of Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan 2030 includes the following goals, policies, and programs in support of bicycle facilities along El Camino Real: x Goal T-1 Create a sustainable transportation system, complemented by a mix of land uses, that emphasizes walking, bicycling, use of public transportation and other methods to reduce GHG emissions and the use of single-occupancy motor vehicles. x Policy T-1.3 Reduce GHG and pollutant emissions associated with transportation by reducing VMT and per-mile emissions through increasing transit options, supporting biking and walking, and the use of zero-emission vehicle technologies to meet City and State goals for GHG reductions by 2030. x Policy T-1.16 Promote personal transportation vehicles as an alternative to cars (e.g. bicycles, skateboards, roller blades) to get to work, school, shopping, recreational facilities and transit stops. x Policy T-1.19 Provide facilities that encourage and support bicycling and walking. x Program T1.19.2 Prioritize investments for enhanced pedestrian access and bicycle use within Palo Alto and to/from surrounding communities, including by incorporating improvements from related City plans, for example the 2012 Palo Alto Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan and the Parks, Trails & Open Space Master Plan, as amended, into the Capital Improvements Program. x Policy T-3.5 When constructing or modifying roadways, plan for use of the roadway by all users. NOT YET APPROVED 106_20240320_ts24 2 x Program T3.5.1 Continue to use best practices in roadway design that are consistent with complete streets principles and the Urban Forest Master Plan, focusing on bicycle and pedestrian safety and multimodal uses. Consider opportunities to incorporate best practices from the National Association of City Transportation Officials guidelines for urban streets and bikeways, tailored to the Palo Alto context. x Policy T-3.11 Consider the objectives of the Grand Boulevard Initiative and the South El Camino Boulevard Design Guidelines when designing roadway and pedestrian improvements along El Camino Real. x Policy T-3.12 Coordinate roadway improvements with other transportation and utility infrastructure improvements such as sewer and water. x Policy T-3.13 Work with Caltrans, Santa Clara County and VTA to improve east and west connections in Palo Alto and maintain a circulation network that binds the city together in all directions. x GOAL T-6 Provide a safe environment for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists on Palo Alto streets. x Policy T-6.1 Continue to make safety the first priority of citywide transportation planning. Prioritize pedestrian, bicycle and automobile safety over motor vehicle level of service at intersections and motor vehicle parking. x Policy T-6.2 Pursue the goal of zero severe injuries and roadway fatalities on Palo Alto city streets. x GOAL T-8 Influence the shape and implementation of regional transportation policies and technologies to reduce traffic congestion and GHG emissions. x Policy T-8.2 Coordinate with local and regional agencies and Caltrans to maintain and improve transportation infrastructure in Palo Alto, including the Multi-Modal Transit Center. x Policy T-8.8 Support regional bicycle and pedestrian plans including development of the Bay Trail, Bay-to-Ridge Trail and the Santa Clara County Countywide Bicycle System. x Program T8.8.1 Identify and improve bicycle connections to/from neighboring communities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties to support local trips that cross city boundaries. Also advocate for reducing barriers to bicycling and walking at freeway interchanges, expressway intersections and railroad grade crossings. G. The 2018 Caltrans District 4 Bike Plan identifies the implementation of Class IV protected bikeways on El Camino Real in Palo Alto as a Tier 1 project; and H. Caltrans is the lead agency for purposes of CEQA and has found this project Class 1 (existing facilities) categorically exempt under CEQA regulation 15301. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby expresses its support for the the removal of parking on El Camino Real within the City of Palo Alto to allow Caltrans to proceed with its project. NOT YET APPROVED 106_20240320_ts24 3 SECTION 2. Environmental Review. As the lead agency for this project, Caltrans has found this project to be categorically exempt under CEQA regulation 15301 (existing facilities). Should the City be determined to be a responsible agency under CEQA, the City has considered the lead agency’s determination. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: __________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: __________________________ _____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager _____________________________ Chief Transportation Official EL CAMINO REAL BIKE COUNTS - APPROACH VOLUMES DATE:WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 2024 PERIOD: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM El Camino Real 1 2 0 27 139 (Shopping C 103 34 1 NW NE 3 14 1 86 SW SE 22 Embarcadero Road Embarcade 40 0 3 7 El Camino Real ## in street ## on sidewa EL CAMINO REAL BIKE COUNTS - APPROACH VOLUMES DATE:WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 2024 PERIOD: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM El Camino Real 20 8 2 11 1 37 0 NW NE 57 127 93 38 SW SE 47 California Avenue California Avenue 15 1 2 16 El Camino Real ## in street ## on sidewalk/path EL CAMINO REAL BIKE COUNTS - APPROACH VOLUMES DATE:WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 2024 PERIOD: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM El Camino Real 9 9 0 8 6 7 0 NW NE 1 19 0 15 SW SE 17 Page Mill Road Page Mill Road 10 0 3 19 El Camino Real ## in street ## on sidewalk/path EL CAMINO REAL BIKE COUNTS - APPROACH VOLUMES DATE:WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 2024 PERIOD: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM El Camino Real 11 8 0 13 11 31 0 NW NE 129 134 0 1 SW SE 17 Arastradero Road Arastradero Road 5 0 5 24 El Camino Real ## in street ## on sidewalk/path OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION 250 Hamilton Ave, 5th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-2520 Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org Memo Date: June 4, 2024 To: Caltrans El Camino Real Council Ad Hoc Committee From: Philip Kamhi (City of Palo Alto Office of Transportation) & Lauren Ledbetter (VTA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager) Subject: Joint City of Palo Alto and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Review and Comments on Bike and Bus Conflict Areas Proposed on State Route (82)/El Camino Real On May 16, 2024, the Caltrans El Camino Real Council Ad Hoc Committee requested a meeting between VTA, Caltrans, and City staff to discuss bus stop treatments to add to the current bikeway proposal that accommodates bus stops within the new bike lanes.1 Under this configuration, cyclists approaching a bus at a stop are expected to either wait behind the bus, safely merge into the vehicle lane to pass the bus on the left, or merge onto the sidewalk and pass the bus on the right. A follow up meeting with Caltrans staff, VTA staff, City staff, and Fehr & Peers was held virtually on May 23, 2024, to discuss the proposed bike facilities at bus stops and identify other opportunities to improve bike and bus interactions on El Camino Real. Caltrans staff presented a range of various bus stop design treatments that were generally consistent with the designs featured in VTA’s Bus Stop & Passenger Facility Design Criteria and Standards (December 2020), Caltrans’ Design Information Bulletin-94 Complete Streets Contextual Design Guidance (DIB-94) (January 16, 2024), and Caltrans’ Design Information Bulletin-89-02 (DIB-89-02) (February 7, 2022). DIB-94 includes strategies to reduce conflicts between buses and cyclists (see DIB-94, Section 7.3) and states that “[i]n general, preference should first be given to a design that provides separate spaces for bicyclists to move within their travel way, for buses to stop, and for pedestrians to wait and board bus vehicles. The next-preferred design option would provide a lower degree of separation, integrating pedestrians and bicyclists through the boarding area. The third preference would be to provide a space shared by bicyclists and buses.” There was consensus that right-of-way constraints severely limit the bus stop treatments that can be implemented within the Caltrans project. Even so, there was agreement that the City and VTA would 1The proposed draft bikeway plans, dated May 20, 2024, include one improved bus stop near the north-east corner of the El Camino Real and Park Boulevard/Serra Street intersection which does not require the bus stop and bike lane to share space. This stop retains a dedicated bike lane and a separated pull-out area for buses. DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 2 further investigate the high frequency bus stops for any treatments that do not require additional right- of-way. To support this work, VTA shared bus stop utilization and ridership (boardings and alightings) data revealing the highest frequency stops to be those at California Avenue, Embarcadero/Galvez, and Charleston/Arastradero. The following sections provide examples of the range of design treatments referenced in the design standard documents above and discussed in the meeting. Bus Stop Designs Featuring Separated Spaces Bus boarding island platforms (i.e., side-boarding islands or floating islands) (see Figure 1) represent an example design featuring separated spaces for bikes and buses. However, given the limitations in scope and right-of-way along El Camino Real, it was concluded that bus boarding island platforms would need to be considered in a future project separate from the current Caltrans project. Figure 1: Example of Bus Boarding Island in San Francisco Source: Caltrans DIB-94 Bus Stop Designs Featuring Integrated Bicycle/Pedestrian Spaces An integrated bike/pedestrian zone at bus stops (see Figure 2) is an example design featuring integrated bicycle/pedestrian spaces, however, given the limitations in scope and right-of-way along El Camino Real, it was concluded that these designs would need to be considered in a future project separate from Caltrans SHOPP project. Additionally, VTA design guidelines prohibit integrated bicycle/pedestrian zones at bus stops. The agency cannot commit to a permanent installation but would be willing to participate in a temporary pilot to understand how an integrated stop could be designed to prevent conflicts between transit customers and bicyclists. A pilot would need to be completed outside of the current Caltrans repaving project to allow for the lead time associated with pre-launch planning, outreach, engineering, funding identification, materials procurement, construction, and staff resource identification. DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 3 Figure 2: Diagram of an Integrated Bicycle/Pedestrian Zone at a Bus Stop (MassDOT Separated Bike Lane Guide) Source: Caltrans DIB-94 Bus Stop Designs Featuring Shared Bike/Bus Spaces The following bikeway designs featuring shared bike and bus spaces were also discussed: • Dashed standard bike lane shared with bus pull out area (current proposal for most stops - see Figure 3) • Dashed standard bike lane with separated bus pull out area (current proposal for 1 stop) • Dashed buffered bike lane with separated bus pull out area Figure 3: Bus Stop in Standard Bike Lane with No Parking Source: VTA Bus Stop & Passenger Facility Design Criteria and Standards (December 2020) Additional Strategies Considered Below are several other design strategies and programs that were considered in addition to the above bus stop designs: • Class I bikeway and signage (as needed) directing bicyclists to ride on sidewalk around bus stop. This was not recommended after staff analysis documented in the next section. DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 4 • On-street markings to clarify conflict areas and right-of-way for bicyclists and buses. This is recommended based on the discussion in the next section. • Relocate bus stops to locations with additional right-of-way that would allow for separated bike/bus design treatments. VTA recently rebalanced bus stops on ECR, so this would not be ideal. • Educational materials and techniques for transit operators and bicycle educators to encourage safer interactions between buses and bicyclists. This is recommended below. Assessment of Bus Stops along El Camino Real Sidewalk Use Palo Alto staff performed a qualitative assessment of the six high frequency bus stops to determine the feasibility of potential treatments to improve bike and bus interactions. One question to resolve was whether existing sidewalks could be used for both bicycle and pedestrian traffic when buses are stopped in the bike lane at bus stops. When buses block the bike lane, the sidewalk could potentially provide a safer alternative for cyclists than passing a bus on the left in the adjacent travel lane. Potential conflicts with pedestrians could occur depending on sidewalk width, but these conflicts may be less severe than potential bus/bike or car/bike conflicts if cyclists or drivers make a mistake. To safely support bus loading as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic, adjacent sidewalks would need to accommodate a bus landing of 5 feet wide by 8 feet deep plus a 10’ sidewalk clearance, for a total width of 18 feet. The results of this bus stop analysis are in Table 1, which includes the following: • the average number of buses per day that use that stop • average number of boardings/alightings per day • presence of a concrete bus pad at the stop • estimate of the sidewalk width adjacent to the stop Table 1: Highest Frequency Bus Stops for Routes 22/522 – Riders, Bus Pads, Sidewalk Width Staff found that none of the sidewalks adjacent to the high frequency bus stops meet standards for bus loading and Class 1 bike facilities. Only two of the high frequency bus stops have greater than 10 feet clearances that could accommodate both cyclists and pedestrians. However, when space for wheelchair landing area is taken into account, these stops do not meet the threshold widths needed for safe mixed bicycle and pedestrian use under Caltrans and VTA standards. Moreover, the sidewalk widths leading up to the bus stop areas are generally not wide enough to support mixed bicycle and pedestrian traffic. DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 5 On-Street Markings Bus/bike interaction designs should make bicyclists and bus operators feel more comfortable about sharing the road with one another, mostly by knowing where to expect each other. See Figures 4 and 5 below for suggested green paint markings, “Bike Bus Only” labels, and “Bike Yield” markings that may have following benefits: • Make it clear to bus operators and cyclists who has the right-of-way when conflicts occur (i.e., yield markings in bike lane indicates priority for buses and delineates space for cyclists to stop and wait for buses to load/unload passengers) • Encourage cyclists to wait behind buses, keeping them out of the travel lane and off the sidewalks • Reinforce that this space is for bicyclists and uses only, which could deter private vehicle loading/unloading activity that may occur Staff Recommendations Following the meeting with Caltrans, City staff and VTA staff reviewed the range of bus stop treatments discussed above and noted that the following strategies could be available within the current Caltrans project to enhance the safety of the shared bus stop/bike lane areas: • Incorporate on-street green markings at bus stopping areas with “Bike Bus Only” labels (see Figure 4 for example) • Include “Bike Yield” markings in bike lanes (see Figure 5 for example) • Implement an educational campaign on how to safely use the shared bike lane/bus stop area • If possible, relocate bus stops to locations with additional right-of-way that would allow for desired bike/bus design treatments Figure 4: Example of Bus Stop at Class IV Separated Bikeway in Hayward Source: Caltrans DIB-94 DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 6 Figure 5: Diagram of Bus Stop Mixing from the FHWA Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide Source: Caltrans DIB-94 Next Steps Based on the discussion above, City staff and VTA staff suggest the following as key next steps: •Prior to finalizing striping plans, City and VTA staff to coordinate with Caltrans on incorporating clear, consistent, and gap-free roadway markings and signage (as needed) into bikeway design, considering the potential bus stop treatments and strategies discussed above •Prior to finalizing striping plans, City staff and VTA staff to assess the feasibility of relocating bus stops to locations with additional right-of-way that would allow for desired bike/bus design treatments •Prior to repaving completion, City staff and VTA staff to coordinate with Caltrans, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC), and other relevant stakeholders to develop educational materials and techniques for transit operators and bicycle educators to encourage safer interactions between buses and bicyclists •In the coming months once resources and staff are identified, City staff and VTA staff to coordinate with Caltrans on a bus boarding island pilot on El Camino Real in Palo Alto outside of the current Caltrans project Attachments Attachment 1: VTA Boardings for Palo Alto Bus Stops along El Camino Real (October 2023) Attachment 2: VTA Daily Number of Stops at Palo Alto Bus Stops along El Camino Real DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 VTA Data: Boardings by Bus Stop on El Camino Real in Palo Alto stopid stop_di on_name at_name oct2023_boardings 60331 E EL CAMINO REAL SAM MCDONALD 3.61 60339 E EL CAMINO REAL BARRON 21.26 60337 E EL CAMINO REAL HANSEN 38.09 60340 E EL CAMINO REAL LOS ROBLES 25 60335 E EL CAMINO REAL CALIFORNIA 186.21 60330 S EL CAMINO REAL GALVEZ 97.62 60341 E EL CAMINO REAL VISTA 15.92 60518 N EL CAMINO REAL WELLS 0.67 60511 W EL CAMINO REAL PAGE MILL 20.36 60514 W EL CAMINO REAL PARK 2.36 60508 W EL CAMINO REAL CURTNER 21.83 60343 E EL CAMINO REAL ARASTRADERO 69.97 60327 S EL CAMINO REAL STANFORD SHOP 4.8 60510 W EL CAMINO REAL PORTAGE 7.49 60507 W EL CAMINO REAL EL CAMINO WAY 21 60516 W EL CAMINO REAL SAM MCDONALD 0.12 60515 W EL CAMINO REAL CHURCHILL 0.5 60513 W EL CAMINO REAL STANFORD 3.81 60504 W EL CAMINO REAL CHARLESTON 33.25 60338 E EL CAMINO REAL MATADERO 10.57 60509 W EL CAMINO REAL MARGARITA 12.58 60342 E EL CAMINO REAL MAYBELL 10.72 60503 W EL CAMINO REAL Dianhs Court 8.61 60336 E EL CAMINO REAL PAGE MILL 40.79 60333 E EL CAMINO REAL SERRA 20.84 60505 W EL CAMINO REAL EL CAMINO WAY 11.9 60332 E EL CAMINO REAL CHURCHILL 7.48 60512 W EL CAMINO REAL CALIFORNIA 56.73 60329 S EL CAMINO REAL PALM 26.29 60517 N EL CAMINO REAL EMBARCADERO 10.26 60334 E EL CAMINO REAL OXFORD 9.93 Attachment 1DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 VTA Data: Daily number of stops at ECR stops LOCATION Cross Street Weekday Saturday Sunday EL CAMINO + CALIFORNIA EAST 59 48.4 45.4 WEST 56.9 49.8 43.6 EL CAMINO + EMBARCADERO WEST 42.19 30.2 26 EL CAMINO + ARASTRADERO EAST 40.81 24.6 26.4 EL CAMINO + CHARLESTON WEST 38.29 29.6 29.8 EL CAMINO + GALVEZEAST 33.81 25 23.8EL CAMINO + PAGE MILLEAST 17.19 9.2 9 WEST 22.48 12 10 EL CAMINO + EL CAMINO WAY / LOS ROBLES WEST 19.48 17.8 17.4 EL CAMINO + CURTNER WEST 17.95 19.2 17.2 EL CAMINO + HANSEN EAST 17.05 8.4 8.4 EL CAMINO + LOS ROBLES EAST 16.19 16 14 EL CAMINO + BARRON EAST 16 13 13.2EL CAMINO + DINAHS CTEAST 7 5.4 5.6 WEST 9 9.2 8.2 EL CAMINO + CESANO WEST 13.1 10.4 8.8 EL CAMINO + PORTAGE WEST 11.62 8.2 5.6 EL CAMINO + MARGARITA WEST 11.29 9.4 7.8 EL CAMINO + VISTA EAST 10.67 10.4 8.6 EL CAMINO + EL CAMINO WAY / MAYBELL WEST 10.48 9 6.4EL CAMINO + MATADEROEAST 10.29 8.2 7 EL CAMINO + MAYBELL EAST 10 4.8 5.8 EL CAMINO + WELLS WEST 8.86 8.4 6.6 EL CAMINO + OXFORD EAST 8.38 8.4 8.4 EL CAMINO + PARK WEST 7.86 8.4 5.4 EL CAMINO + STANFORD WEST 6.81 8.8 6.6 EL CAMINO + PALMEAST 6.81 4.6 3.2EL CAMINO + SERRA EAST 6.19 5.8 6 EL CAMINO + CHURCHILL EAST 2.9 2.4 2.6 WEST 3.1 3.4 2.8 EL CAMINO + SAM MCDONALD EAST 1.05 1.4 1 WEST 1.38 2 0.2 Average # of buses per day Attachment 2DocuSign Envelope ID: B7A35691-ADD7-4DED-AE47-5FAA97069149 No Right Turn on Red Proposed Locations These tables show the El Camino Real intersections where No Right Turn on Red restrictions are being considered. Table 1 shows the intersections that appear on the City’s Suggested Routes to School maps. Table 2 shows the remaining non-school route intersections where Caltrans is proposing right turn restrictions. ; indicates an approach where Caltrans is proposing a No Right Turn on Red restriction. + indicates an approach where City staff recommend Council request an additional No Right Turn on Red Restriction. A grey cell indicates that a turn restriction is not feasible or requested for that approach. Table 1: Proposed Right Turn Restrictions at School Route Crossings of El Camino Real El Camino Real Intersection Proposed No Right Turn on Red Restriction Schools Served Northbound on El Camino Real Southbound on El Camino Real Eastbound on Side Street Westbound on Side Street & Bike/Ped Context Notes Arastradero Rd/ W Charleston Rd + ; ; Gunn/Fletcher/Briones Heavy bike commuter use Los Robles Ave/ El Camino Way ; ; ; ; Gunn/Fletcher/Briones Heavy bike commuter use Matadero Ave/ Margarita Ave ; ; + + Gunn/Fletcher/Barron Park Heavy bike commuter use Stanford Ave ; ; + + Escondido/Greene/Paly Heavy bike commuter use Maybell Ave/ El Camino Way + + + + Gunn/Fletcher/Briones Heavy bike commuter use Cesano Ct/ Los Altos Ave + + Santa Rita (Monroe Park students) Cambridge Ave + + + + Paly/Greene Curtner Avenue + Barron Park Ventura Avenue + Barron Park Table 2: Proposed Right Turn Restrictions at Non-School Route Crossing of El Camino Real El Camino Real Intersection Proposed No Right Turn on Red Restriction Schools Served Northbound on El Camino Real Southbound on El Camino Real Eastbound on Side Street Westbound on Side Street & Bike/Ped Context Notes Page Mill Rd/ Oregon Expwy ; ; Mayfield Soccer Fields/ Stanford Research Park Park Blvd/Serra St + + ; ; Stanford Univ Bike & Ped Gateway Heavy bike commuter use Churchill Ave ; Paly HS Stanford Univ Bike& Ped Gateway Heavy bike commuter use Galvez St/ Embarcadero Rd ; Stanford Univ Bike & Ped Gateway Heavy bike commuter use California Ave + ; Stanford Univ & SRP Bike & Ped Gateway/Hi-frequency bus stops/ Hi ped activity/Car-free street CALTRANS REPAVING PROJECT ON EL CAMINO REAL Philip Kamhi, Chief Transportation Official Nick Saleh and Aung Maung, Caltrans June 17, 2024 www.cityofpaloalto.org OVERVIEW Staff Report provides an update on Council Motion from April 1, 2024 1)Caltrans return with added safety measures 2)Create ad hoc committee to focus on: a)Safety improvements at conflict areas b)Parking alternatives c)RV/vehicle dwellers 2 Caltrans has committed to expediting encroachment permits on El Camino Real. City has submitted permits at the following (pending Caltrans approval): •Churchill Avenue •California Avenue (signage) City expects to request permits at the following: •California Avenue (forthcoming) •Quarry Road (pending voter approval) PROPOSED ENCROACHMENT PERMIT LOCATIONS Example separated bikeway. Photo provided by Qwick Kurb Channelizing Systems 3 •Request Caltrans respond to requested changes in Fehr & Peers review memo and joint City and VTA memo (Attachments A & D) •Include City-proposed locations for additional No Right Turn on Red restrictions (Attachment E) •Develop new Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans for the bikeway project •Caltrans commitment to expediting encroachment permits on El Camino Real •Caltrans provision of tentative and final project timelines for public notification EXAMPLE CONDITIONS FOR ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 4 Staff recommends that Council take the following actions: A.Review the revised plans from Caltrans regarding the Caltrans project to repave El Camino Real that will repurpose parking spaces for bicycle lanes, B.Authorize the City Manager or their designee to direct staff to make necessary adjustments to the RPP Programs and return to Council on consent if needed, C.Authorize the City Manager or their designee to enter into agreements as needed to provide temporary safe parking for those currently along the project corridor in Palo Alto, and D.Approve a resolution supporting the removal of on-street parking for this project. RECOMMENDATION 5 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES June 17, 2024 www.cityofpaloalto.org NO RIGHT TURN ON RED PROPOSED LOCATIONS (SCHOOL ROUTE CROSSINGS) 7 NO RIGHT TURN ON RED PROPOSED LOCATIONS (NON-SCHOOL ROUTE CROSSINGS) 8 •High visibility crosswalk markings •Electrical work •New bikeways in Mountain View and Los Altos •New bikeway proposal in Palo Alto Class IV Bike Way High Visibility Crosswalk Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon APS Caltrans SR 82 Paving Project Scope: •Pavement Rehabilitation •Curb ramps,sidewalks,and driveways to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)standard. Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto 9 Funding: •Total project cost :$44.6 M Construction capital cost:$30.1 M •SHOPP:$40.9 M (SB 1:$4.47 M) •Local:$3.7 M (City of Mountain View) •Bikeway in Palo Alto:$3.2 M (IIJA Safety) Schedule: Construction began in November 2023 and is anticipated to complete in fall 2025 Class II Bike Lane Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Caltrans SR 82 Paving Project 10 •Design Flexibility -DIB 94 •Intersection treatment:bike boxes and signs •Continuous bikeway •No right turn on red signs •Incorporate best practices •Speed management/enforcement •Continue collaboration with the stakeholders throughout the design process •Continue collaboration with the city and stakeholders on future improvement and corridor plan. Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Recap from April 1,2024,Council Meeting 11 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Design Flexibility -DIB 94 Revisions: •Reducing #1 &2 lane widths to 10.5 feet •Reducing #3/outside lane width to 11 feet •Widening bikeway widths throughout •Additional bike boxes •Eliminating 4 Sharrow lane locations •Implementing “No Right Turn on Red”at intersections. 12 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto No Right Turn on Red (Att.E)-cont.on next page 13 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto No Right Turn on Red 14 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Regional Planning Effort on the ECR corridor Planning: Caltrans is planning to hold workshops in August 2024 with regional stakeholders to discuss and form consensus on the Bike/Ped safety enhancement strategies and how to implement them in the corridor.These workshops will serve as the foundation for developing Caltrans’ Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (CMCP)for SR 82(ECR). Encroachment Permit: Caltrans will continue to assist the City with the permit approval process for future improvement. 15 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Caltrans 82 Paving Project-Timeline Schedule: Construction began in November 2023 and is anticipated to complete in fall 2025 Paving and striping schedule: •Begins tentatively in mid August 2024 •Paving will take approximately 2 months •Striping begins tentatively in October 2024 Bikeway Design: Finalize the design by July 1 Maintenance Agreement: Before the construction completion 16 Bikeway Implementation in Palo Alto Fehr &Peers Review (Attachment A) Bike and Bus Conflict Areas (Attachment D) Caltrans review in progress Received Attachment A,Memo and Plan Markups from Fehr &Peers,and Attachment D,Joint City of Palo Alto and VTA Review and Comments on Bike and Bus Conflict Areas,on June 10,2024. 17 From:Allie H To:Council, City Subject:Concerning 6/17 Agenda item #31 Date:Monday, June 17, 2024 11:55:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I write as a concerned parent of school-aged children who are both walkers and cyclists in ourcommunity. I would like to state my unequivocal support in favor of No Right Turn onRed Restrictions. I feel privileged to live in Palo Alto, where, by-in-large, I feel that mychildren are relatively safe. Nonetheless, one of my biggest fears and concerns as a parent is their safety while riding their bikes and walking due to distracted drivers. Studies show adramatic increase in distracted driving and related pedestrian/cyclist fatalities. As you are well aware, we've had several instances of children being hit, injured and killed in Palo Alto duringschool commute hours, which coincide with rush hour times. As a parent and community member, there is no greater loss than losing a child too soon. No amount of right turns orsaving a few minutes for cars to get to work can justify the loss of life and safety for the children of our community. As a mother and commuter, I urge the city council to adopt theproposed restrictions to ensure the increased safety of our community. All of us know that distracted driving is not going away any time soon, if ever. We live in an increasinglydistracted world (1 in 10 drivers admit to getting in a car accident while on their cellphone), which our very own Silicon Valley is responsible for. The least we can do is try tominimize the resulting bodily injury and loss of human life. We know that El Camino is one of the most dangerous sites (labeled a "high collision corridor") in Palo Alto, particularly forcyclists. The proposed restriction is a no-brainer. Please adopt the proposed No Turn on Red restriction. Thank you for your time and consideration of this urgent matter. Alexandra Horevitz, LCSWNixon Elementary Parent From:Daniel Hulse To:Council, City Subject:Public comment for #31: ECR Bikeways Date:Monday, June 17, 2024 10:21:55 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I live in the Del Medio neighborhood of Mountain View and I often bike to parts of Palo Alto.One thing that is apparent to anyone who bikes in the area is that El Camino Real is a massive, gaping hole in our bike network because it is so central and so dangerous. To fix this, I really hope that you will accept city staff's recommendation to move ahead withbike lanes on El Camino. These lanes will immediately improve safety on El Camino for all uses, including driving, biking, walking, taking transit. Some people have said some bad things about these lanes in the past that are untrue: 1. First is that they are unneeded because there are "parallel routes" like the Park bike boulevard. However, these parallel routes are not especially visible and aren't going toserve the destinations on El Camino itself. Which is one of the reasons why people already cheat death and ride on the sidewalk. Another reason is that El Camino is amajor transit corridor for the 522/22, which has a good amount of users who take their bikes on the bus. Without bike lanes, the "last mile" bike connection for these users isinherently unsafe. Finally, given how much of this corridor is being improved, people biking from adjacent cities like Mountain View will have an expectation that the bikeinfrastructure of El Camino will be as good as anywhere else. If their bike lane disappears suddenly, Palo Alto will have made their situation more dangerous, not lessdangerous. 2. Another untrue thing is that the bike lane could make biking more dangerous somehowbecause people will ride it. Besides missing the point that increasing bike mode-share is inherently good for the climate, the point itself is untrue because the level of safetyprovided by this facility is relatively good, has been improved from its original form, and has many opportunities to get better in the future. There are several projects andsources of funds from the state and VTA level to improve bike safety on this corridor in the future. It is also clear that Caltrans has become a partner that is amenable to furtherimprovements after the repaving project is completed. However, Palo Alto doesn't act now, they may miss out on these further safety improvements and remain stuck with theinherently unsafe status quo. 3. Finally, it's untrue that bike lanes will hurt small business owners. Palo Alto has one ofthe highest bike transportation mode shares in the country, and these improvements will unlock new markets who previously would be unable to frequent El Camino businesses.Furthermore, the El Camino corridor is not set in amber, and is in fact set for increases in both residential and commercial density. Bike lanes will help businesses better servethese growing *local* markets in the future, as opposed to people who might be driving in and creating traffic in the process. I really hope that you will agree to remove parking on El Camino. If we get this right, it will be possible to use El Camino to bike from Santa Clara to Millbrae on a single continuous,high-quality, comfortable, and safe bike corridor. Thank you for doing your part to make it happen. Sincerely,Daniel Hulse From:Zafarali Ahmed To:Council, City Subject:Public comment for #31: ECR Bikeways Date:Monday, June 17, 2024 9:33:23 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, What a historic night! I want to thank you and the ad hoc committee for the impressive workover the last 10 weeks. You have worked tirelessly with City Staff, Consultants, VTA, Caltrans, PA TMA in an impressively short time period to really up the safety of the Caltransplan. Thank you for this transformative leadership! I urge you to go ahead with this plan to remove parking to make space for the bikeways with utmost enthusiasm. Improvements that are not possible in this plan due to right of wayrestrictions should be funded and prioritized for the 2025 City Bike Plan. Parking removal ensures we have daylighting to improve sightlines along the entire corridor: at intersections,driveways and bus tops. This makes mixing zones more manageable until the next iteration of improvements can be made (for example in Walnut Ave in Fremont). I cannot wait to have a safe route to access: Real International Produce to get my groceries. Tofu House and Red Hot Wok to have an Asian feastThe Avis Car rental to pick up a car for road trips. The Village Flower shop to brighten up my home with flowersOneMedical to improve my access to healthcare Coupa Cafe and Fambrini's for a coffeeDowntown Los Altos without a massive detour. Thank you once again for voting for a transformative future,Zafarali Ahmed From:Catherine Wu To:Council, City Subject:Removal of Parking Spaces on El Camino Real - Oppose Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 7:59:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I strongly oppose removal of parking spaces along El Camino Real. My family has worked at or owned businessesalong El Camino Real off and on since the 1970s. These are small family businesses with people looking to buildsomething in Palo Alto. Taking away the access to these spaces will be detrimental. Much of the unilateral removalof parking spaces on busy corridors comes from organized bike coalitions that ignore how removal of these spacesaffects those who do not fit into young fit bodies. They ignore those with children, those with elderly people to carefor, and those with physical impairments who cannot just hop onto a bike to ride to these businesses or walkmultiple blocks to said businesses. As someone who works in the service industry, taking away these spaces alsoignores those who support these small businesses - such as truck drivers who deliver food ingredients or officesupplies or business equipment. Amazon, UPS and FedEx drivers are still going to park illegally to get their jobsdone, which creates a dangerous situation for both cars and bicycles, especially when vehicle lanes are decreased inquantity and width. So many of these businesses were barely hanging on during the pandemic - anyone who actually lived in this areaand knows these businesses knows this. Don’t disrupt the lives of many to acquiesce to the few. Those who followed similar parking space removal changes in other cities such as in San Francisco, have seen howsmall businesses fell one by one and in its place empty storefronts - which already plague certain sections of ElCamino Real - popped up along with blight. Caltrans can’t even be bothered to repave or fix potholes that have plagued El Camino Real up and down thepeninsula for five years, maybe more. They literally are painting new white lines into the potholes. Additionally many of these businesses are owned by minorities who tend not to speak up and are not spoken for. Asper usual the transportation planners seem to utilize little time for public comment and awareness and bully in theirown agendas without consideration of small local business owners. These issues for increasing safety andtransportation need further study and community engagement. Please reject the removal of parking spaces. Catherine Wu From:Robert Neff To:Council, City Cc:Neff, Robert Subject:I Support Complete Streets CalTrans proposal on ECR at 6/17 Meeting Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 7:15:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 6/16/2024 Honorable Members of Palo Alto City Council, I write regarding the proposed complete streets improvements to El Camino Real. I think the recently formed Ad Hoc committee has done an outstanding job working with CalTrans to improve the ECR plans beyond what was proposed earlier, particularly in measures to create safer crossings along the corridor. Removing parking near crossings, removing free right turns at key intersections, and other adjustments will make crossing safer and more comfortable. The latest lane width reductions should slow automobiles, and make the street safer for all as well. I support implementing the current version of the plans developed with CalTrans, for better safety and comfort down the street, and better bicycle and pedestrian access to businesses on ECR. But I think there are a lot of unknowns about the impacts of removing parking, including both where and when the free parking on ECR is being used, and then on the availability of other parking to replace those spaces if they are removed. How could I expect a member of city council to vote for this plan, without having a parking removal study available to describe the impacts? PABAC wrote to council in January, recommending at least a parking survey, but that was not requested by council, or advanced by city staff, then, or triggered much earlier in this process by the earlier Complete Streets communications from CalTrans. So I think a best option at this point is to proceed with the CalTrans bike lanes and crossing improvements plans, excepting specific locations where mitigation options for parking removal cannot be identified. City staff can work to minimize this list before paving begins. For example, here is a list of proposed locations for further study, based on a parking occupation survey done by me. Three caveats: 1. Other locations may be identified with a professional survey. 2. No analysis of the ability to mitigate these parking spaces is done. For example, Stanford visitors could pay for parking at Stanford instead of parking near Churchill. Paly student drivers could drive their bikes. 3. A separate analysis of business parking is in this presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1A5mOhz8k4XWYwVLcuKUvEr1qgyk- 0ViQ6sFw3_k2U-U/edit?usp=sharing organized by volunteers Ken Kershner and Katherine Dumont. A key finding is a 9:1 ratio of off-street parking spaces to on- street spaces. Blocks / Side Max Number / Occupancy across 10 surveys (unless noted.) Notes PAMF to Embarcadero (W)15 / 58%Campers, and Stanford daytime users. Embarcadero to Churchill (W) 60 / 85%Overnight and Stanford daytime users. Embarcadero to Churchill (E) 61 / 87%Daytime Parking (Paly) Cambridge to Park/Serra (E) 47 / 80% combined peak. **Daytime weekday/wkend California to Soccer Park (W) 17 / 95%Day and night. New housing development. Ventura to Los Robles to Driscoll (W) 24 / 70% avg night Night parking near Buena Vista, Apartments and Vista Ct. Vista to Los Robles (E)16 /82% Avg. daytime Avg weekday parking. Charleston to Dinahs Ct (W)15 / 80%Observed on a weekday morning. ** Not all at the same time. Business daytime parking near Leland. Unrestricted parking Stanford to Oxford. Sunday parking from Oxford to Cambridge observed. This survey is described here, based on 10 drives up and down ECR on weekdays, weekends, daytime and nighttime. Details are at this link, including an overview/summary, data analysis, and links to raw data and links to example parking surveys used in Los Altos and Santa Clara: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mVOq6in1BoVAOaXQgHIdF1tieVL4vXsRqu3hEtRo- Hg/edit?usp=sharing The first version of this was shared with you, PTC and Transportation staff on March 25. Thank you for your service to the city of Palo Alto. Sorry to take so long to write this. – Robert Neff Emerson near Loma Verde robert -at- neffs.net 650-804-1245 From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Retain parking on the ECR Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 6:34:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Vice-Mayor Lauing and Council Members, Is safety a priority for this council regarding the proposed bike lanes for the El Camino Real — a highway? Why hasn’t the public been informed concerning mitigating safety requirements from CALTRANS? I argue that the mitigating if any safety measures provided by CALTRANS should be discussed FIRST and made public before removing parking on the El Camino Real. Should the council weaken the parking permit programs you will put pressure on neighborhoods. Now with several Builders’ Remedy projects we will have bottlenecks contributing to unsafe conditions for cyclists and pedestrians. The city engaged the consultants Fehr & Peers who ascertained that CALTRANS failed to address the dangerous high-speed conditions that are prevalent on the highway. They noted that these conditions would pose significant RISKS to vulnerable road users. The consultants cited that friction from driveways and buses were perilous. I have spoken with other Palo Altans who agree that putting bike lanes on the El Camino Real is folly and hazardous. Alternative routes exist including Park Boulevard. The El Camino Real is not the Champs-Élysée. What is going on here? Many residents question the council’s goals. Is pressure from a lobbying concern of cyclists and CALTRANS pushing the council to ignore the needs of Palo Altans? Is it because we are in campaign season? Is it because the council wants to appear ‘progressive' and green? Has the council factored the data to see just how many cyclists are residents? How many Palo Altans want this corridor for cyclists, EV bikes, EV scooters, and skate boarders? Two of our intersections are grade F including Page Mill and Embarcadero at the El Camino Real. Why didn’t the city do a survey of the businesses regarding this monumental proposition? The Bike Coalition informs the city and residents that everything is copacetic with the businesses. Kushner at the February 29th meeting said that it was a myth that retailers would lose business should parking be eliminated. In other words these lobbyists did their own survey. Are they not biased? Frankly, when you speak with the dentists, restaurant owners and others they are not in accord with the Bike Coalition lobby. One responsible and professional city council member did in fact go to speak with business owners. You must support Palo Alto’s community and retain parking on the El Camino Real. Respectfully, Ann Lafargue Balin From:Margaret Heath To:Council, City Subject:Parking on El Camino Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 5:32:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and Council Members, I urge you NOT to remove parking along El Camino. Unfortunately the city manager and hisstaff did not conduct any meaningful outreach to include either notification or a comprehensive survey of all the businesses along El Camino as to how they will be impactedif street parking is removed. I know because my dentist near the corner of El Camino and Park knew nothing about this proposal. He and the other medical practitioners and retail in therelatively new building need their private parking lot for patients and customers. Requiring all their staff to park on El Camino. Probably pretty typical of El Camino businesses even if theyhave some limited private parking. Relying on hearsay by dedicated bicycle lane proponents that 80% of the El Camino businesses have adequate alternative parking is an insult to those businesses. As well as theneighbors living on nearby streets. Recently, a similar situation in San Francisco has so severely impacted businesses the new dedicated bicycle lane that replaced parking is/has beenremoved. Apparently, the argument that lost customers will be replaced by bicyclists is just wishful thinking. Then there is the safety aspect. With all the traffic that needs to travel along El Camino, themany intersecting streets and driveways, as well as buses and electric bicycles, who are these dedicated bicycle lanes going to be safe for? Certainly not safer than the existing situation where the majority of bicycle accidents occurfrom broadside contact at the many street and driveway intersections, which a dedicated bicycle lane won't change. And which will only get more and more unsafe with all the newdriveways with additional vehicles to be added in the next few years because of the many new apartment buildings in the pipeline. With almost certainly more apartment buildings anddriveways to come in future. All requiring vehicles to cut across bicyclists whether there is a dedicated bicycle lane or not. Proponents of replacing all the parking along El Camino with dedicated bicycle lanes arelooking at this through blinkered eyes. Filling the council chambers and no doubt your mail with passionate support for their own position. Unable to accept that there are some situationswhere replacing parking with dedicated bicycle lanes is not in the broader public interest. But you are elected to see the bigger picture. In addition, for almost twenty years, Palo Alto's vision for El Camino has been to promote awalkable boulevard. But there needs to be something to walk to. Without street parking most of the small businesses and restaurants along El Camino know that it doesn't take much brainsto predict that in a few years there will be few remaining businesses and restaurants along El Camino to bicycle to, let alone to walk to. I ask all of you, even the most dedicated bicycle advocates serving on council, to weigh up ifyou can really find in good conscience that replacing all the El Camino parking between San Antonio and Sand Hill with dedicated bicycle lanes will be safe for adults and especiallychildren to use, as well as serve the interests of the majority of residents and businesses that you represent. Sincerely, Margaret Heath2140 Cornell Street From:Alan Wachtel To:Council, City Subject:Proposed El Camino Real bikeways (June 17 meeting, agenda item 31) Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 5:03:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Members of the Council: Agenda Item 31 for your Monday, June 17, meeting includes a discussion of the Caltrans project to replace existing parking on El Camino Real with bikeways and, among other things,approval of a resolution supporting the removal of on-street parking for this project. On May 7, the Palo Alto Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC), of which I'ma member, adopted by unanimous vote a resolution advising the City Council to: 1. Remove parking on El Camino Real and utilize the space for appropriate bikeways viaCaltrans Paving Project EA 04-4J89U after modifications compatible with the Safe Systems approach 2. In the longer term, further expand the city’s bicycle network and work with regionalpartners to expand transit coverage and frequency, with the goal of reducing parking needs along El Camino 3. Work with Caltrans to improve the El Camino Real bikeway design around majorintersections, roadway sections with limited width, and bus stops in follow-up projects. The full text of this resolution, including the findings that precede these recommendations,was sent to the Council on May 10 by PABAC chair Bruce Arthur, under the subject line "PABAC Motion Calling for Bicycle Lanes on El Camino Real in Palo Alto," where youshould be able to find additional detail. PABAC's recommendation does not seem to have been cited in staff reports for this item. It's important to note that this resolution endorses theconcept of bikeways on El Camino, rather than any particular design, which was still under development. As the staff report mentions, the Council ad hoc committee met on May 16 with City staff, Caltrans staff, VTA staff, consultant firm Fehr & Peers, and biking advocate stakeholders,including representatives of PABAC (I was one) and the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, to review the design to that point. Since then, however, Fehr & Peers has provided additionalrecommendations, both for the key issue of bus stops and for the El Camino bikeway design itself, presented in a memo dated June 5 and included in your packet (Attachment A, PacketPg. 771). The staff report asks the Council to consider transmitting this memo to Caltrans for a response to the suggested changes. That would be appropriate, but since the design changes proposed are both material and substantial, it is important that the Council ad hoc committee continue its work and thatbicycle advocate stakeholders, including PABAC, be given the opportunity to review and comment on these proposals and any revised designs before their final adoption. PABAC has already expressed concern, for instance, about certain features, such as two-stage turn queueboxes, that appear frequently in Fehr & Peers's drawings. The Council meeting, of course, is not the place to discuss these technical details. Suitableopportunities need to be arranged before the plans can be considered complete. --Alan Wachtel Palo Alto From:Jo Ann Mandinach To:Council, City Subject:Item 31 JUST SAY NO TO BANNING PARKING ON EL CAMINO REAL Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 5:01:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Just say no to Caltrans' proposal to ban parking on both sides of El Camino which will obviously destroy the 60 businesses there. Tell them you won't even consider this plan until they FINALLY REPAVE EL CAMINO which for years has cost us $$$$$ in new tires and expensive car repairs. Tell them to get their PRIORITIES STRAIGHT!! In San Francisco, merchants have gone on 30-day hunger strikes to protest the replacement of parking with bike lanes, If the city's going to destroy retail businesses without even bothering to do outreach to these businesses, at least save us some money and cancel the contracts with allthe "retail consultants" and save us a few million dollars a year so you don'thave to keep raising our utility rates! At least put this to a vote so you can see how outraged the community is! Most sincerely, Jo Ann Mandinach From:Jeffrey Hook To:Council, City Subject:Don"t rob Peter to pay Paul with ECR bike lanes Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 4:08:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Councilmembers,Once again, city staff is pulling in the wrong direction. They are recommending encroaching on Evergreen Park RPP to allow ECR business employees to park in ourneighborhood de-prioritizing Park Blvd as the main bicycle route between Palo Alto and MountainView. I align with the long term climate and pollution goals of the City. The Comprehensive Planstrongly supports reduction of car trips. From the Sustainability-Mobility section: Road transportation represents the largestpercentage of Palo Alto’s existing carbon footprint– and a congestion headache!Replacing a portion of vehicle trips with active transportation modes, such as walking,biking, and transit, is critical to reducing emissions in the transportation sector. Palo Altohas a strong biking community and multiple transit options, making it easy for residents to choose low- or zero-carbon transportation options. Car trips account for a huge percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, pollution from tire wear,noise and congestion. Rather than encroaching on neighborhood safety and quiet, keep parking permit programs as they are. If necessary, provide subsidies to ECR businesses toallow their employees to commute by bike or public transportation. For example, ECR businesses are very close to CalTrain stations; bicycles are a perfect way to cover the "extramile". There is no need to go backward in order to move forward. Keep the gains we have made in safety and quiet in Evergreen Park by making NOmodification to the RPP. Prioritize Park Blvd as the preferred bicycle route between Palo Alto and MountainView. If bike lanes are added to ECR, that is a bonus provided by CalTrans, and in no way is causefor the City to undermine its own programs to address climate change. Don't let the Staff run the City! Be accountable to the residents and to our planet. Sincerely, Jeffrey Hook resident, Evergreen Park neighborhood in Palo Alto From:Rebecca Sanders To:Council, City Subject:June 17 - Item 31 - Bike Lanes Date:Sunday, June 16, 2024 3:58:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and City Council Members: Thank you for your service and for taking up this matter of bike lanes on El Camino. I love to ride my bike but I oppose this current offered plan: 1. This will hurt the already embattled small businesses along ECR who have very little offstreet parking and rely on ECR to provide the extra parking they need. 2. I think it's a terrible idea to roll back residential parking permit programs in Evergreen, Mayfield & Southgate neighborhoods whose residents worked for years to negotiate withemployers along ECR to limit employee parking in the neighborhoods, by providing a certain number of parking permits to small business owners. If the parking on ECR is eliminated, thesmall businesses will need to recapture that parking in the neighborhoods. We should first be of service to the folks that live and work near ECR and not passersby. 3. Won't this de-emphasize/cancel the program to make Park Boulevard the preferredbike route from Mountain View to Peers Park - a route that we have been promisedwould be shorn up, but which never happened? A really good path already exists thatcould be made better for way less cost that building bike lanes on ECR. Why theduplication of effort here? 4. Finally, it's terribly inconsiderate that items that affect neighborhoods are often put late atnight on the agenda. Why is that the case? Why can't our policy be to encourage participation rather than discouraging it? Please consider in August putting items of great public interestearlier in the evening. Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Becky Sanders Ventura Neighborhood From:Annette Glanckopf To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Bike lanes on El Camino Real Date:Saturday, June 15, 2024 8:05:53 PM Attachments:letter to counicl on bike lanes - v2.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and Council, I am very concerned about bike lanes on El Camino. See my attached letter for my detailed comments. Palo Alto has spent countless hours putting together a bicycle plan. Let's stick to what we have thoughtfully developed. Thank you Annette Date: June 14, 2024 Subject: Bike Lanes on El Camino To: Palo Alto City Council Re: Item 31 on Council Agenda for 6/17/24Repaving El Camino Dear Council Members. Bike lanes do not belong on El Camino Real. I ask you to reject the plan to do so. My concern is small business vitality and safety (bikes/pedestrians/vehicles). Palo Alto has gone to great lengths to provide safe bike routes–on Park Boulevard as well as Bryant–which closely parallel El Camino. CalTrans is holding Palo Alto hostage by demanding bike lanes on a transit corridor in order to repave El Camino Real (ECR), which is sorely needed. Don’t give in to the pleas of the avid bike community speakers, who are mostly from other cities and not Palo Alto. Bike lanes on ECR – a state highway - are not in the best interest of the entire community. Retail: This will be the “nail in the coffin” for the many small businesses on El Camino, who depend on close- by parking or in front of their establishment. If it is too difficult to park, people just will find other places to go. Ironically this is just at a time when the city is trying to encourage more retail, especially small independently owned businesses. Yes, some of these businesses do have parking lots, but is it sufficient? I think not, especially for those customers (elderly, disabled) who want to park in front of the establishments. Even Sundance, which has a parking lot, is concerned about the loss of ECR parking. Taking out a huge number of parking spaces in a major mistake. Small retail is truly the “silent majority”. They won’t show up at council; they aren’t represented by the Chamber. If their businesses fail, they will simply disappear–and “we” will lose more local retail. Parking: Caltrans counts 600 vehicle parking spots on ECR, but hasn’t identified where these vehicles should/could go. The neighborhoods? ECR parking is also used as dwelling spaces. I understand that at least 41 spaces serve as dwelling spots for some of our neighbors. There are at least 50 parking spots on El Camino on the side of Paly. Again, where are those cars going to go? The Southgate Neighborhood? Town and Country Center, which currently lacks sufficient parking? Additionally, as we continue to build on this busy corridor, residential parking on ECR will be also be eliminated. Where will they park? In the adjacent neighborhoods? Safety: With the numerous curb cuts, driveways, and streets on ECR, bike lanes are a recipe for disaster, especially with distracted drivers, speeders in a hurry, buses and trucks, as well as numerous traffic lights. Also inexperienced youth bikes. Note that on Park Blvd, there are only a handful of lights and fewer driveways, streets, etc. to hamper bikers. This Park Blvd alternative route already has bollards (Ventura and near Mollie Stone’s) for bike safety. This route is much safer and FASTER as well. ECR accident reports show that a large majority of serious and fatal accidents between cars and bikes are broadsides, indicating that these accidents occurred when bikes were crossing ECR. This plan does not at all address this real and known fact. Let’s not say “Yes” to bike lanes on every street, especially high traffic state highways as ECR. Let’s use the 2012 bike plan that was so carefully constructed, Finally let's consider the greater good. The daily car, bus, and truck traffic is significant on ECR–in the high thousands–while bike traffic would be in the hundreds at best. Should we inconvenience the far greater number of ECR users and businesses when there are alternative routes for cyclists that are faster and safer. Please take a strong stand against CalTrans and refuse bike lanes on El Camino. Annette Glanckopf, Midtown resident From:Annette Glanckopf To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Bike lanes on El Camino Real Date:Saturday, June 15, 2024 8:05:44 PM Attachments:letter to counicl on bike lanes - v2.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and Council, I am very concerned about bike lanes on El Camino. See my attached letter for my detailed comments. Palo Alto has spent countless hours putting together a bicycle plan. Let's stick to what we have thoughtfully developed. Thank you Annette Date: June 14, 2024 Subject: Bike Lanes on El Camino To: Palo Alto City Council Re: Item 31 on Council Agenda for 6/17/24Repaving El Camino Dear Council Members. Bike lanes do not belong on El Camino Real. I ask you to reject the plan to do so. My concern is small business vitality and safety (bikes/pedestrians/vehicles). Palo Alto has gone to great lengths to provide safe bike routes–on Park Boulevard as well as Bryant–which closely parallel El Camino. CalTrans is holding Palo Alto hostage by demanding bike lanes on a transit corridor in order to repave El Camino Real (ECR), which is sorely needed. Don’t give in to the pleas of the avid bike community speakers, who are mostly from other cities and not Palo Alto. Bike lanes on ECR – a state highway - are not in the best interest of the entire community. Retail: This will be the “nail in the coffin” for the many small businesses on El Camino, who depend on close- by parking or in front of their establishment. If it is too difficult to park, people just will find other places to go. Ironically this is just at a time when the city is trying to encourage more retail, especially small independently owned businesses. Yes, some of these businesses do have parking lots, but is it sufficient? I think not, especially for those customers (elderly, disabled) who want to park in front of the establishments. Even Sundance, which has a parking lot, is concerned about the loss of ECR parking. Taking out a huge number of parking spaces in a major mistake. Small retail is truly the “silent majority”. They won’t show up at council; they aren’t represented by the Chamber. If their businesses fail, they will simply disappear–and “we” will lose more local retail. Parking: Caltrans counts 600 vehicle parking spots on ECR, but hasn’t identified where these vehicles should/could go. The neighborhoods? ECR parking is also used as dwelling spaces. I understand that at least 41 spaces serve as dwelling spots for some of our neighbors. There are at least 50 parking spots on El Camino on the side of Paly. Again, where are those cars going to go? The Southgate Neighborhood? Town and Country Center, which currently lacks sufficient parking? Additionally, as we continue to build on this busy corridor, residential parking on ECR will be also be eliminated. Where will they park? In the adjacent neighborhoods? Safety: With the numerous curb cuts, driveways, and streets on ECR, bike lanes are a recipe for disaster, especially with distracted drivers, speeders in a hurry, buses and trucks, as well as numerous traffic lights. Also inexperienced youth bikes. Note that on Park Blvd, there are only a handful of lights and fewer driveways, streets, etc. to hamper bikers. This Park Blvd alternative route already has bollards (Ventura and near Mollie Stone’s) for bike safety. This route is much safer and FASTER as well. ECR accident reports show that a large majority of serious and fatal accidents between cars and bikes are broadsides, indicating that these accidents occurred when bikes were crossing ECR. This plan does not at all address this real and known fact. Let’s not say “Yes” to bike lanes on every street, especially high traffic state highways as ECR. Let’s use the 2012 bike plan that was so carefully constructed, Finally let's consider the greater good. The daily car, bus, and truck traffic is significant on ECR–in the high thousands–while bike traffic would be in the hundreds at best. Should we inconvenience the far greater number of ECR users and businesses when there are alternative routes for cyclists that are faster and safer. Please take a strong stand against CalTrans and refuse bike lanes on El Camino. Annette Glanckopf, Midtown resident From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:RE: El Camino Real Repaving (Agenda Item 31) Date:Saturday, June 15, 2024 4:18:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council Members, RE: El Camino Real Repaving (Agenda Item 31), I am writing as an individual to ask you to: support No Right Turn On Red Restrictions recommended in Attachment E by Caltrans and/or by city staff. As you support bike lanes along ECR for strong and confident bicyclists, please also incorporate wayfinding signage from ECR at multiple locations to quieter parallel bike routes, especially Wilkie-Park Bicycle Boulevard, for people who are not comfortable riding in areas like ECR with high auto volumes and speeds. support Fehr & Peers-recommended improvements to the 5/20/2024 Caltrans ECR Repaving plans, especially at school commute crossings. direct staff to continue working with Caltrans to improve safety of the proposed bikeways, especially ECR school commute crossings direct staff to engage in Caltrans-led planning for the ECR corridor for August 2024 with a strong focus on school commute crossing safety Many individual community members and groups, including the city’s Safe Routes to School PTA partners together with the Palo Alto Council of PTAs Executive Board, have come together to identify improvements to create safer El Camino Real crossings for users of all ages and abilities, including people who cannot or choose not to drive a car. These road users include hundreds of PAUSD school children who have to cross the State Highway Route 82 each school day to get to: Palo Alto High School Henry M. Gunn High School Ellen Fletcher Middle School Frank Greene Middle School Escondido Elementary School Juana Briones Elementary School Barron Park Elementary School The report points to ECR intersections in Palo Alto that frequently are used by youth school commuters. Current safety challenges young people face at these intersections cannot be understated. ECR crossings are long. Young people of shorter stature and with shorter legs scurry to cross as many as seven lanes of heavy motor vehicle traffic with no pedestrian refuge at most ECR intersections. Parked cars can obstruct driver views of young people of shorter stature and a shorter person’s view of a car. Both drivers and pedestrians can be distracted by the very high levels of activity and stimuli at ECR intersections. From the report, No Right Turn on Red restrictions eliminate conflict between right-turning vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists traveling through an intersection. Multiple studies validate the effectiveness of this low-cost, high-reward safety measure. Without this restriction, right turning drivers look to the left to find a gap in traffic and may not look for people on foot or on bicycles coming from the right… This treatment is a best practice at locations where there is high pedestrian activity, school activity, older road users, and bicycle facilities.12 Current Allowed Right Turns On Red at ECR school route intersections present unnecessary risk for people on bikes and on foot, especially youth and people with disabilities or in wheelchairs who tend to be slower moving and less visible. Staff and the PTAs have offered strong data-based arguments regarding bike/ped collisions at these intersections. Consistent with Council’s recent decision to adopt the Safe System Approach, No Right Turn on Red Restrictions slow speeds and reduce points of conflicts. Speed is the major factor in severe injury and death in traffic collisions. You can make a decision to save lives and reduce injury collisions now. Please support No Right Turn On Red Restrictions recommended in Attachment E – all those recommended by Caltrans and/or by city staff. Again, please: support No Right Turn On Red Restrictions recommended in Attachment E by Caltrans and/or by city staff. As you support bike lanes along ECR for strong and confident bicyclists, please also incorporate wayfinding signage from ECR at multiple locations to quieter parallel bike routes, especially Wilkie-Park Bicycle Boulevard, for people who are not comfortable riding in areas with high auto volumes and speeds. support Fehr & Peers-recommended improvements to the 5/20/2024 Caltrans ECR Repaving plans, especially at school commute crossings. direct staff to continue working with Caltrans to improve safety of the proposed bikeways, especially ECR school commute crossings direct staff to engage in Caltrans-led planning for the ECR corridor for August 2024 with a strong focus on school commute crossing safety Thank you for considering my comments and for your support of Safe Routes to School. Families and children depend on your prioritization of their safety on public streets in Palo Alto. With gratitude, Penny Ellson Virus-free.www.avg.com From:Michael Regula To:Council, City Subject:Support ECR Bike Lanes Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 6:29:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Mayor Stone and City Council Members, I support removal of vehicle parking to implement protected bike lanes on El Camino Real aswell as all the recommendations made by the volunteers on the SVBC local team and El Camino Real 2030 Campaign to ensure that these bike lanes are successfully implemented. Climate Change has been at the forefront of the city council's 2024 agenda. Moving forwardwith this project would demonstrate the city's commitment to this priority. As a center of innovation, Palo Alto has the opportunity to take the lead yet again, this time in human-friendly, sustainable city design. Thank you for your service to this community and for leading the way in making El Camino safe for bikes! Michael RegulaUniversity South Neighborhood Resident From:Melissa Oliveira To:Council, City Cc:Lara Anthony Subject:Item 31: Please Support "No Right Turn on Red" on El Camino School Crossings Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 5:05:30 PM Attachments:SRTS Letter to Palo Alto City Council_ ECR Children"s Safey Prioritization.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and Honorable City Council Members, We are writing to you on behalf of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs Executive Board as the PTA Council Chairs for Safe Routes to School, to express our support for the prioritization of the safety of the thousands of children who walk and bike to school daily in our city. In connection with Agenda Item 31, the El Camino Real Bikeway Project, the PTA Council Executive Board strongly encourages the City to adopt the No Right Turn On Red restrictions at the El Camino Real intersections frequently used by Palo Alto children to get to school. These are identified by City staff in the Council Staff Report Agenda Packet on page 763 and Attachment E (page 808), and also listed on the Attachment hereto for convenience. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL Safe Routes to School is a partnership among the City of Palo Alto, PAUSD, and community members working through school PTAs, whose mission is to reduce risk to students en route to and from school and to encourage families to choose healthy, active, sustainable alternatives to driving solo more often. Safe Routes to School has produced Walk and Roll suggested school routes (“Recommended School Routes”) to all PAUSD schools (for example, Palo Alto High School). Years of data, research and management have gone into determining which routes are safest for children biking and walking to and from each Palo Alto school to inform the Recommended School Routes. The percentage of students walking and biking to Palo Alto schools is among the highest in the nation, with over 50% of all PAUSD students biking to school by the time they reach middle school. El Camino Real is a heavily-trafficked main vehicle artery running through the giant web of Recommended School Routes, which, unfortunately, thousands of our children must cross every day to get to school. ADDITIONAL NO RIGHT TURN ON RED RESTRICTIONS NEEDED ON EL CAMINO We commend the City and Caltrans for taking measures to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety on El Camino Real. That said, we strongly encourage the City of Palo Alto, in partnership with Caltrans, to add No Right Turn On Red restrictions at the additional intersections recommended by City staff in the Attachment to better protect the thousands of children that need to cross El Camino Real to get to school every day. Those include the following El Camino Real Recommended School Route intersections: Arastradero Rd./W. Charleston Rd., Los Robles Ave./ El Camino Way, Matadero Ave./Margarita Ave., Stanford Ave., Maybell Ave./El Camino Way, Cesano Ct./Los Altos Ave., Cambridge Ave., Curtner Ave., Ventura Ave.; as well as the following additional intersections heavily used by students, families, cyclists and pedestrians: Page Mill Rd./Oregon Expwy, Park Blvd./ Serra St., Churchill Ave., Galvez St./Embarcadero Rd., and California Avenue, as specified on the Attachment. Without No Right Turn on Red restrictions, right-turning drivers look to the left to find a gap in traffic and may not look for people on foot or on bicycles coming from the right. In particular, children crossing on bike or on foot may not be seen due to their height. It is critical that we have No Right Turn on Red restrictions on our Recommended School Routes where children must cross such a busy thoroughfare as El Camino Real. COLLISIONS & FATALITIES ON EL CAMINO REAL Currently we do not have No Right Turn On Red restrictions on El Camino Real Recommended School Route intersections. Between 2012 and 2022, there were 46 reported collisions on the Recommended School Route intersections with El Camino Real. This averages out to about 4-5 collisions at El Camino Recommended School Route intersections per year. 79% of those collisions involved bicycles, and 22% involved pedestrians. Intersection # Collisions 2012-2022 Cambridge 6 Charleston/Arastradero 6 Los Altos/Cesano 3 Los Robles 3 Matadero 5 Maybell 5 Stanford 13 Ventura 2 Curtner 3 Total 46 Additionally, tragically, there was a student fatality at the El Camino and California Avenue intersection in 2020. While this intersection is not on a recommended school route, the California Avenue business district is a popular and important destination for students and families and accordingly we strongly recommend the addition of a No Right Turn On Red restriction at this intersection. With Caltrans’ El Camino Real Bikeway Project, the City has an opportunity to make an enormous impact on public safety generally and the safety of our children by adding No Right Turn On Red restrictions on our Recommended School Routes and other heavily used bicycle and pedestrian El Camino Real crossings. The PTA Council Executive Board strongly urges the City to adopt No Right Turn on Red Restrictions at all of the locations specified on the Attachment. Thank you for your tremendous efforts to improve the safety of our community along the El Camino Real corridor, and particularly for prioritizing the safety of our children on their way to school each day. Best regards, Lara Anthony & Melissa Oliveira Palo Alto PTAC Safe Routes to School Chairs, for and on behalf of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs Executive Board El Camino Intersection Location Recommended School Commute Route Staff/Caltrans Recommended Approaches for Adding No Right Turn on Red Signage *Note missing directions indicate that a turn restriction is not feasible or requested for that approach. Arastradero Rd/ W Charleston Rd Y N, S, W Los Robles Ave/ El Camino Way Y N, S, E, W Matadero Ave/ Margarita Ave Y N, S, E, W Stanford Ave Y N, S, E, W Y N, S, E, W Maybell Ave/ El Camino Way Cesano Ct/ Los Altos Ave Y N, W Cambridge Y (Pedestrians only) N, S, E, W Curtner Avenue Y (Pedestrians only) W Ventura Avenue Y N California Ave N (2020 student fatality location) S, E Page Mill Rd/ Oregon Expwy N N, S Park Blvd/Serra St N N, S, E, W Churchill Ave N N Galvez St/ Embarcadero Rd N W From:Matt Bryant To:Council, City Subject:Item 31 - Supporting Bicycle lanes on El Camino Real Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 1:28:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Honorable Mayor Stone and Esteemed City Council Members, As the father of two kids who ride bicycles to Gunn High School/Fletcher Middle School andas a Palo Alto cyclist, I am writing you to support the addition of bicycle lanes on El Camino Real in Palo Alto, and I support the Palo Alto staff's safety recommendations. I appreciate the new bicycle lanes, leading pedestrian intervals, and no right turn on redrestrictions at key Safe Routes to Schools intersections along El Camino Real. I support the City of Palo Alto working with CalTrans to make bicycling and pedestrian safetyimprovements along the El Camino Real corridor. No matter how you look at this, the CalTrans project adding bicycle lanes on El Camino Real is the right thing to do. It gives a safer passage for bicyclists and pedestrians traveling on ECR,it allows safer crossing for pedestrians and bicyclists across ECR, it improves access to schools (Paly, Keys) and parks (El Camino park, Mayfield soccer complex, Paly tennis/soccer,Stanford IM fields) located on ECR, it improves Safe Routes to Schools that cross ECR, it improves access to businesses on ECR including Stanford shopping mall, Cal Ave, and manyother businesses, and it improves the environment by increasing bicycle and pedestrian traffic rather than motor vehicles. Thank you for making El Camino Real safe for bicyclists and pedestrians! I look forward tocelebrating the El Camino Real safety improvement project upon completion. Best regards, Matt Matthew D. Bryant, PharmD415-846-1239 drmattbryant@gmail.comwww.linkedin.com/in/drmattbryant From:Ann Pianetta To:Council, City Subject:Bikes on El Camino Real Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 10:39:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: I want to put my two cents in about bike lanes on El Camino Real even though it may be too late. What is the matter with people! Here are the reasons NOT to allow bike riders on this dangerous street. 1. El Camino Real is actually Highway 82. HIGHWAY, not a street but a 6 lane highway. People travel anywhere from 35 to 50 mph. Don't you think that is too much for a bike rider to deal with? 2. The condition of the road is absolutely awful -- FULL of potholes and wear and tear. This makes for dangerous driving and the ruining of your car. For someone on a bike it is especially dangerous because the edge of the highway is not maintained. There is plenty of debris that get pushed over to the edge by cars. 3. When you open this highway up to people on bikes that will include children. How would you like to see a 7-year old riding down this street, having to manage all the big intersections and cars making right turns? 4. Bike riders over the age of 18 are not required to wear a helmet. I don't know why because to me that would only make sense. Bicycles are considered vehicles. Motorcyclists have to wear a helmet. It is the law. 5. What is the law for skateboards (electric or not), bikes (electric or not) and scooters (electric or not)? Should these things be in the bike lane. Are they considered vehicles? Should they wear helmets? 6. Bicyclists are more prone to not follow the law in stopping for lights and stops signs. They are often looking at their phones -- especially the teenagers and young adults. 7. Finally, what about the buses? How will they manage pulling over to pick up/drop off passengers? Adding bike riders would create a recipe for disaster. What should really be considered is putting buses along that line if you are going to remove all parking. I think removing parking is a big mistake. Buses can maneuver around parked cars. If you want to help the bicyclists why not put in a separate roadway next to the train tracks? It could only be for bikes. That would be safer for them. Please don’t cave in to the bicyclists. They have plenty of pathways to use when biking. Sincerely, Ann Pianetta 3815 La Donna Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 From:Elizabeth Rahn To:Council, City Subject:BICYCLE LANES ON EL CAMINO Date:Friday, June 14, 2024 10:19:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To Whom it Concerns: I live in Cupertino. If these new bike lanes for El Camino Realare like the ones in Cupertino with a low barrier divider,please consider the following: The barriers restrict a driver's ability to pull over foran emergency vehicle. I had a firetruck with flashinglights come up behind me, and I quickly tried to pull overto the side of the road to let them pass. My front tire hitthe barrier scrapping my tire rims and knocking out myalignment. I ended up being a momentary obstacle. Two teenage boys in the barrier bike lane are riding singlefile. The front rider is talking over his shoulder to theboy behind him, and hits the barrier. He falls off his bikeinto the road and quickly afterward the second boy hits thedowned bike and also spills into the road. I had to slam onmy brakes to avoid hitting two teenagers laying in the roaddirectly ahead of me. I suggest no low barriers, just paint something. Bikers do needprotection on busy roads. Elizabeth Rahn From:Joseph Yoon To:Council, City Subject:City Council (June 17) Agenda Item No. 31 Comment Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024 8:36:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, No.I oppose the enactment of this agenda item. Sincerely, Joseph Yoon From:Raymond Wang To:Council, City Subject:Parking on El Camino Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024 12:40:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, I'm writing because I saw a notice that a bike lane would be added to the street to reducetraffic collisions with bikers. While I do appreciate the importance of this measure, I feel like it would make it significantly harder for me to patronize businesses that are adjacent to thestreet. Has there been any thought or consideration in how we could add bike lanes while preserving street parking? Thank you for your time,Raymond From:Edouard Lafargue To:Council, City; Mesterhazy, Rose Cc:Gold, Audrey; Jules; Veronique Lafargue Subject:Support for No Turns on Red Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024 9:11:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, Audrey Gold recently told us about the No Turns on Red initiative that will be presented atthe city council meeting on June 17th. I wanted to add our family's support to this project, as it look like it has the potential to significantly improve pedestriand and bike safety. As you know, our son Paul was killed in 2020 by a truck driver at an intersection on ElCamino Real as he was biking home and was crossing the street using the pedestrian crossing, like most children do in order to get more protection while crossing intersections. A Traffic improvement plan that clearly: - Prevents turning on red - Gives pedestrian and vulnerable road users ample time to cross ... would go a long way to prevent more unecessary deaths, which unfortunately continue happening on a routine basis in Palo Alto, apparently to no one's great alarm apart from thefamilies of victims. I want to attract your attention to the fact that pedestrian crossing lights on El Camino real as set in a way that does not give time to pedestrians to cross the road in time before thoselights start blinking red or turning red altogether. This is a very real safety concern that could easily be addressed, by prioritizing the life of vulnerable road users over the speed and flow oftraffic that seems to take all precendence in decisions so far. Thanks again for bringing this initiative before the city council. We will not be able to attend due to travel, but i am hoping that it will result in improved safety and quality of life foreveryone in Palo Alto, With regards, Edouard, Véronique and Jules Lafargue From:Audrey Gold To:Council, City Subject:Item 31: Please support No Right Turn on Red on El Camino school crossings Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024 8:25:19 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Honorable City Council members, I passionately urge you to vote to support No Right Turn on Red on El Camino on the schoolcommute crossings at your meeting on Monday June 17th. For more than 15 years I have been an active volunteer for Safe Routes to School and this is one of the most remarkable opportunities to make meaningful change that I've seen. I personally knew the student Paul Lafargue who was tragically killed in March 2020. Twoyears later another student in Mountain View lost his life in a similar collison. If there had been a No Turn on Right in place it may have saved their lives. Please support the No Right Turn on Red now -- don't delay or postpone this importantdecision. Regards, Audrey GoldSafe Routes to School volunteer and long time PTA member No Right Turn on Red restrictions eliminate conflict between right-turning vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists traveling through an intersection. Multiple studies validate the effectiveness of this low-cost, high-reward safety measure. Without this restriction, right turning drivers look to the left to find a gap in traffic and may not look for people on foot or on bicycles coming from the right. In particular, children crossing in such a scenario may not be seen due to their height relative to larger vehicles. From:Maria Cristina Abilock To:Council, City Subject:El Camino Real bikeway and No Turn on Red Date:Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:16:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, My name is Maria Abilock and I have been a resident of Palo Alto for almost 40 years. I ride abicycle as my primary mode of transportation to work, for errands, and as recreation. I am writing to express my support for two agenda items coming up at City Council on June 17. The first item is the proposed bikeway on El Camino Real. Any project that providesmore safety protections and visibility for bicyclists is a great project. While I probably wouldn't use El Camino as extensively as a bike boulevard, there is a time and a place forriding stretches of El Camino to reach certain businesses, schools, and Stanford. I really appreciate the dashed green lanes for high visibility awareness of conflict zones and thebuffered curbs between motorists and the bike lane. Removing parking along El Camino is a great step towards reducing the priority of parked cars over cyclists' access to roads. The second item is the No Right Turn on Red signage along El Camino, particularly alongschool commute cross streets. Two of my son's friends have been hit at El Camino by right turning drivers not properly stopping and checking for cyclist traffic when they had red lightsand the cyclists had green lights. It is a problem. The no right turn on red LED panels at Middlefield and Charleston have been really effective. I appreciate them as a cyclist and as adriver. Thank you for your service to our community. With appreciation, Maria