Seven years after fatal collision, new stoplights operating on El Camino

Here we go again...
1) Signage is too small and too high off the road,
2) Flashing red is confusing AFTER solid red, as evidenced by drivers who won't move until someone behind them hits their horn,
3) The town published a "users guide" which goes only to Patch, Almanac, Post, and Atherton online readers.

WHAT ABOUT THE ROW who travel ECR.
Lets get Caltran redesigning and implementing a more sensible system, like the HAWKS MP has installed. Or do they have to pay for a flawed system when the next pedestrian is hurt.

Memberone:

[part removed] The law is to proceed when safe on a flashing red light after stopping. The problem is that this state will give anyone that can fog a mirror a license to drive. Not the design of the crosswalks.

Note that the Fire District has committed to paying 50% of the cost for Hawk Signals on Middlefield Road on both sides of Station 1 AND to loan Menlo Park the other 50% of the cost so that these signals can be installed immediately.

These signals would permit safer pedestrian and bicyclist crossings of Middlefield and permit the fire engines to more safely depart Station 1.

The City of Menlo Park said that they were too busy and that this project would have to wait until 2019!

@Peter

Congrats to the Fire District for their forward thinking and generosity to make this happen QUICKLY......safer is ALWAYS better.

Roy

June 20, 2017 Fire Board meeting:
12. Consider and Authorize the Fire Chief to Enter Into Discussions and Agreement with the City of Menlo Park to Install a Hybrid Beacon Traffic Signal (HAWK) on Middlefield Road and Linfield Drive and Santa Monica Avenue to Support Emergency Response from Fire Station One and a Mutually Beneficial Proposal for an Improved and Safer Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings from the Group Parents for Safe Routes to School Not to Exceed $175,000

Motion: Upon motion by Director Carpenter, seconded by Director Silano, the Board authorized the Fire Chief to enter into discussions and agreement with the City of Menlo Park to install a hybrid beacon traffic signal (HAWK) on Middlefield Road and Linfield Drive and Santa Monica Avenue to support emergency response from Fire Station No. 1 and a mutually beneficial proposal for an improved and safer pedestrian and bicycle crossings from the Group Parents for Safe Routes to School for an amount not to exceed $175,000. The Board stated that if the City of Menlo Park is unable to designate funds for this project in the next fiscal year, the Fire Board authorized the District to fund the full cost of the project provided that the City of Menlo Park agrees to reimburse the Fire District in FY 2018/19 for 50% of the cost of the project. (Vote: 5-0-0)

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To date nothing has happened because the City of Menlo Park is too busy doing other things.......