I have driven across the train tracks on Ravenswood for years - including all the years my children have attended (and still attend) Menlo Atherton High School. I believe that there should be no left or right turns onto Alma from Ravenswood when traveling east on Ravenswood - and the cross walk should be moved to the light at Laurel. When driving east, a car can end up suddenly stopped on the tracks because: (1) a driver decides to turn right onto Alma but there is a pedestrian causing the right turning driver to stop suddenly; (2) a car suddenly stops to turn left onto Alma and has to wait for oncoming traffic or a pedestrian; or (3) a pedestrian starts to cross Ravenswood. Our children drive across those tracks everyday for school and it is very dangerous. And to Mr. Boyle, I say, if you are in your car, drive around the block to go to the library - you are in your car already. Otherwise, park your car and enjoy the walk. It is much safer to keep the cars moving straight across the railroad tracks and having all the turns and pedestrian crossings at Laurel where there is a light will be much safer for everyone.

15 pedestrians hit by cars at one intersection is a cry out for a stop light. Why was this not considered instead of these confusing and distracting curbs? Distracted drivers make the intersection more dangerous.

Car drivers all understand how stop lights work. Stop lights allow pedestrians to cross the street in a visible and predictable manner. Banning right-turns-on-red will make the crosswalks even safer. Stop lights may slow down traffic a little, but they will make the intersection much safer. Safety first, right? We don't need more traffic fatalities in this city.

Ya. Love Menlo Park and their love of ticketing. This change has caused not only problems at that intersection but also at Laurel and Ravenswood where everyone now gets funneled to. I got the pleasure of receiving a ticket today at that intersection from a cop who was posted standing at the side of the road and stopped me by entering the roadway and flagging me over. So, you made changes to the intersection, know there is going to be an uptick in violations and decide to position cops right there to cash in on confused and frustrated drivers. Warnings would be more appropriate the first couple weeks, but that don't pay the bills. I am seriously considering boycotting everything in that town because SAFETY (several have posted all over how the revised change is MORE DANGEROUS) is not the concern here, it's money.

The elimination of right turns onto Alma has overloaded Ravenswood and made the intersection at Laurel even more unsafe than it's always been. Lots of fixes are needed here, like turn signals at Laurel@Ravenswood. But first, let's bring back the right turns onto Alma -- a partial solution to excess traffic on Ravenswood.

This is the petition to remove the right turn barrier:

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