This survey will remain open to at least September 1 in order to collect s many responses as possible.

Dana, your survey is constructed in such a way that the answers are meaninless. Anyone that has tried filling it out knows what I mean. Please stop, let the city commissions do their job. If you care about biking, apply to the complete streets commission.

Bike Rider:

I do not understand why you object to a survey of what Menlo Park bicyclists want and prefer with regards to safe and convenient ways to ride across El Camino. I would expect the city and its commissions would welcome this input from as many bicyclists as possible. This is the most fundamental type of market analysis but I have seen no such city study. Please share it if you can find one.

And why do you believe that residents should not provide useful information and feedback to our city and city council but rather defer solely to commissioners? I do not believe our city council shares your opinion as I continue to receive positive feedback and encouragement from council members. Perhaps, you should talk directly to them, as I do.

I agree with Bike Rider. This survey is poorly written, filled with unnecessary biased copy and needlessly bashes the complete streets commission. Due to the biased and confusing way it is constructed, the results will be meaningless.

MPer & bike rider

1. More than 50 bicyclists completed this survey on the first day.
2. None complained about anything including the structure.
3 Please point out the unnecessary biased copy so I and other readers understand your concern.
4. I am sorry you found it confusing; if you need help with it, just ask.
5. I did not "bash" the complete streets commission; I simply expressed an opinion that is easily supported with facts.

My statement:

"Menlo Park continues to make decisions without knowing either how bicyclists actually use its existing formal bike network and neighboring streets or what improvements bicyclists most need and want. And it has no plans to collect this vital information. Instead, city bike investment decisions are largely shaped by a very small minority of residents who aggressively promote individual projects but lack the bike network design expertise and network usage data required to make sound, fact-based proposals. Hopefully, input and feedback from a much larger number of residents will improve the quality and efficiency of Council decisions."

6. I have found the survey responses so far VERY meaningful and appreciate that residents are taking advantage of this opportunity. And I am sure they would not appreciate your attempts to discredit their feedback.

You appear to accept the status quo re: Menlo Park Bike Network planning and design but many bicyclists like me do not. The existing process is seriously flawed.

1. More than 50 bicyclists completed this survey on the first day.

-- has nothing to do with the structure of the survey and is barely statistically significant

2. None complained about anything including the structure. - ok!

3 Please point out the unnecessary biased copy so I and other readers understand your concern.

-- see your statement below. you insert your point of view just prior to the start of the survey. this biases the results. if you want people real opinions, leave yours out. that is survey design 101.

4. I am sorry you found it confusing; if you need help with it, just ask. --

- one one adult per household may fill it out? why. unless they are unmarried, why? why not just one survey per respondent, why cab't kids fill it out? why can'y a married couple fill it out individually? what if you have more tan 4 bikers in the household? why use household as a metric at all

- in the second question you ask 2 questions one demo and one usage?

- why do you need my name and the names of those in my household?

5. I did not "bash" the complete streets commission; I simply expressed an opinion that is easily supported with facts.

-- in which you imply they don't know what they are doing. Once again your opinion has no place in an ''unbaised" survey

My statement:

"Menlo Park continues to make decisions without knowing either how bicyclists actually use its existing formal bike network and neighboring streets or what improvements bicyclists most need and want. And it has no plans to collect this vital information. Instead, city bike investment decisions are largely shaped by a very small minority of residents who aggressively promote individual projects but lack the bike network design expertise and network usage data required to make sound, fact-based proposals. Hopefully, input and feedback from a much larger number of residents will improve the quality and efficiency of Council decisions."

"decisions are largely shaped by a very small minority of residents who aggressively promote individual projects but lack the bike network design expertise and network usage data required to make sound, fact-based proposals.

-- Dana this statement also describes your efforts perfectly. The proposals you aggressively promote lack design expertise, usage data and ignore facts and seemed to be supported only by you.

6. I have found the survey responses so far VERY meaningful and appreciate that residents are taking advantage of this opportunity. And I am sure they would not appreciate your attempts to discredit their feedback.

--survey's are great if they are unbaised in design and metrics are clear. take out your opinions and many of the questions to vague to be meaningful. Example, one persons definition of 'often', 'occasionally' and 'seldom' can vary widely from another. this is done throughout

And I am sure they would not appreciate your attempts to discredit their feedback.

- doing nothing of the sort. my comments have zero to do with other feedback. my comment has to do with the way in which you wrote they survey. It is poor design that discredits the results.


You appear to accept the status quo re: Menlo Park Bike Network planning and design but many bicyclists like me do not. The existing process is seriously flawed.

-- once again that is your opinion. I'd like to see safer streets for pedestrians, bikes and cars -- not just bikes. For bikes, there is some progress. valpo and santa cruz have been done and oak grove / university is under construction.

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As of Friday, July 22 over 100 Menlo Park households had already completed this bike survey; these include over 175 bicyclists. A big thanks for all these responses. I believe Menlo Park will benefit from all responses and encourage other residents to complete the survey soon. There is no closing date for the survey and results will be posted and updated on the Re-Imagine Menlo Park website. Hopefully Menlo Park will conduct similar resident surveys in the future as part of its regular bike planning process, something leading bicyclist-friendly cities already do.

Survey Link: Web Link

If you need any help whatsoever, simply send me a message. My email address is included in the survey.

You can make a difference!

I'd like to see a complete streets solution for ECR, rather than just a bike focused solution. The sidewalks in MP really need to be widened and updated.

I'd also like to see better bike education for children and adults. Too many times have I seen cyclists riding the wrong direction, wearing headphones, using cell phones, not stopping at stop signs, not yielding the right of way to pedestrians, riding side by side and so on.

Grade separated rail crossing would also be nice.

Complete Streets: I agree with you. Going forward all significant bike projects will be evaluated from the perspectives of ALL street users. What is less clear at this point is how rigorous an analysis will be required and who will actually perform them.

Bike-vehicle accidents often happen because a motorist does not spot a bicyclist soon enough to avoid the rider. The wearing of brightly colored clothing that can easily be spotted at dawn and dusk is a great safety measure increasingly worn by bicyclists and runners alike. Perhaps the City or schools districts could provide shells with a cool design that elementary and middle school students would like to wear. These do not have to be expensive.

better visibility for bikers is great idea and important. However being more visible doesn't solve for distracted cyclists, of which there are many. It also puts the onus on to others rather than the cyclist taking responsibility for their own safety.

Complete Streets: I totally agree. Both bicyclists and motorists share responsibility for avoiding "bad encounters", and minimizing these incidents requires changes in their behavior as well as improving our shared street environments. Thanks for constructively sharing your views.

A summary of the first two weeks of survey responses is now available here: Web Link . (Note: this survey remains open.)