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Commission likes option to add bicycle lanes along El Camino Real

Original post made on Apr 19, 2015

Given a choice of three options or leaving El Camino Real alone, the Menlo Park Planning Commission gave a unanimous thumbs up to one design that would create buffered bike lanes along the city's main corridor — as long as trees at its intersection with Ravenswood Avenue are left alone.

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Posted by Vladimir
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Apr 19, 2015 at 12:07 am

It does not matter what some commission in Menlo Park wants. The Grand Boulevard Initiative contemplates bus-only lanes on El Camino from San Jose to South San Francisco. It has been decided.

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Posted by what does decided mean?
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Apr 19, 2015 at 6:38 am

Does the GBI have any teeth to enforce what it "decides"? I don't think so.

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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Apr 19, 2015 at 6:48 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.

The GBI has NO statutory authority to require anything.

"The Grand Boulevard Task Force is a broad federation of interested public and private parties that challenges communities to RETHINK (emphasis added) the corridor’s potential for housing and urban development, balancing the need for cars and parking with VIABLE (emphasis added) options for transit, walking and biking."

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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Apr 19, 2015 at 7:20 am
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Here is how the Palo Alto City Council responded on 12 Jan 2015 to VTA's proposal to use two ECR lanes exclusively for buses ala the GBI Vision:

"Palo Alto opposes dedicated lanes in Palo Alto."
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 9-0

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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Apr 19, 2015 at 7:32 am
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And it should be noted that there is a Motion to Reconsider the earlier MP Planning Commission vote to add bike lanes in Menlo Park; this is on the Planning Commission's agenda for 20 April.

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