It's great to see the City of Menlo Park working to deal with the cross-town (Dunbarton) traffic congestion in Bell Haven, but disappointing that the City has focused all of it's suggestions (Web Link on the Sand Hill, Alpine and Page Mill corridor. Stanford is a very significant contributor to traffic volumes and congestion both Belle Haven and the Willows. The City of Menlo Park should suggest "Tunnel, Gondola, Bridges..." and satellite parking with transit on both sides of town.

While not suggesting solutions, a review of the actual staff report and proposed letter Web Link shows that traffic volumes and congestion in Belle Haven and the Willows were addressed:

"Neighborhood street impacts in the Willows and Belle Haven neighborhoods in Menlo Park are not addressed. The Crescent Park neighborhood in Palo Alto was evaluated, and cut-through traffic from that area also directly impacts the Willows, across the Pope-Chaucer bridge over San Francisquito Creek. Additional traffic added to Bayfront Expressway, Willow Road and University Avenue will also lead to additional cutthrough in the Belle Haven neighborhood as commuters seek out alternative routes. Both of these should be addressed. The City of Menlo Park has adopted standards and thresholds of significance that should be used to evaluate increases in daily roadway traffic volumes on local streets in lieu of the TIRE Indices Analyses prepared following the City of Palo Alto standards. Based on Table 8-5 on page 217, cut-through volumes on Lytton Avenue and Hamilton Avenue near Pope-Chaucer are between 76 and 145 daily trips. These increases in traffic through the Willows would be considered significant following City of Menlo Park impact standards, and need to be evaluated and mitigated accordingly in a recirculated DEIR."

Good job by Nicole H. Nagaya, Assistant Public Works Director, who has accepted a job with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; her last day with the city will be Aug. 28.

Belle Haven with a Gondola? Cool! Thanks, Facebook!

Actually there should be a pedestrian bridge or tunnel from "Willow Village" across Willow Road, if they develop that ...

Speed bumps and cutouts are fine, but ultimately the problem is the capacity to get from US-101 to the Dumbarton Bridge ... the rest is window dressing ...