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Menlo Park: How to separate roads from rails

Original post made on Sep 8, 2017

The issue of where and how to separate roads from rails at Caltrain crossings in Menlo Park comes before the city's Planning Commission on Monday night, Sept. 11.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 7, 2017, 3:36 PM

Comments

Posted by Terry
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 8:43 am

Glad to see progress on this front. Glad too that the city is conducting good outreach and eliciting public input. I would expect that the CA High Speed Rail would have their own design criteria yet I don't see any reference to these. Do both designs conform to their requirements?


Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 8, 2017 at 8:50 am

Build The Wall! With that massive railway berm we're going to be just like San Bruno. How delightful.


Posted by relentlesscactus
a resident of another community
on Sep 8, 2017 at 9:19 am

Do it, do it all. You'll beat Palo Alto by a century after they tie an electric cord around their ankles and jump into a pool.


Posted by Yes Really
a resident of Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks
on Sep 8, 2017 at 12:42 pm

The rendering looks more like San Carlos and Belmont then San Bruno....

Design it however you like, just do it!

Like the big sidewalks on each side.


Posted by Aaron
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 8, 2017 at 12:46 pm

Would be good to expand the review to include a grade separation at Encinal Avenue...there are school children and parents driving kids to/from school down Encinal Ave, and it would improve safety for our kids by putting a grade separation there as well (though it's in Atherton, so maybe that's the issue). We need a more comprehensive plan for grade separation up and down the Caltrain corridor.


Posted by Ricki
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 8, 2017 at 7:29 pm

Nice. Make it happen.


Posted by Reality Check
a resident of another community
on Sep 9, 2017 at 2:21 am

@Aaron, you are mistaken. Encinal between El Camino and Laurel is wholly in Menlo Park.