Interesting that passengers were surveyed. They are obviously being served.

The important people to survey would have been people who are not using the shuttle to see what would encourage them to use it.

It is good to know that there is a school orientated shuttle being considered and I look forward to hearing more about that.

I hope the plan includes increased or modified service during the noon hour so those of us seniors who attend daily mass at St Thomas Aquinas church during the week can have reliable transportation to and from servive. Currently the shuttle schedule does not help us. Thank you for considering this proposal.

NEIGHBORHOOD DESCRIPTION further South from San Antonio/Middlefield/Alma), say a mile TO Middlefield/Charleston/longer FOR East Meadow stop/start KEEPS Seniors in cars! Driving population NOT covered (especially many mobility,aged and/or time challenged)!! WHO WROTE OUR surveyed rider LOCATION/POPULATION OBVIOUSLY BEING SERVED??

The West Shuttle proposal needs to include at least one stop in Downtown Palo Alto on the downtown side of Alma. It is difficult and dangerous to cross Alma for the elderly, people with small children and people with limited mobility. The University Avenue tunnel at the train station can be difficult and dangerous to use. A single shuttle stop on Hamilton would provide safe service to downtown.

> The Crosstown Shuttle, by contrast, could see its
> ridership rise by 40 percent if the city were to
> increase its frequency.

Based on what evidence. The Crosstown Shuttle did run on the half-hour for a long time, so the City has data that could be used to demonstrate that when the shuttle service was cut in half, then the ridership dropped by half. Why can’t we approach this frequency issue on the data that we know we have, rather than the typical, no data, approach that often signifies the best work of the Palo Alto planners?

Since the shuttles are often close to empty, or only full for a few blocks, why does the City believe that people will ride the shuttle when it runs on the half-hour, but not ride it when it runs on the hour?

I was stuck in a 5:00 PM huge traffic jam at the East Bayshore / Embarcadero transition. There was a Stanford Free Shuttle and another Palo Alto Free Shuttle heading east on Embarcadero towards the golf course. I think that is a parking place for people - some Palo Alto city offices are located in that area as well as at the city landfill and offices.

I think that is really a good idea. I look forward to seeing what the final map is and times for all of the shuttles.

Side Note - the parking lot for the KMART in Redwood City has designated parking for the Kaiser Permanente facility across the street - that is an excellent use of parking space.
Other side note on that location - geese congregate there for the evening - that is quite a site.

The current East Palo Alto shuttle began in July 2014, serving the Woodland west of Bayshore neighborhood. There was a previous shuttle in existence for years which served the EPA east of Bayshore. That shuttle was discontinued when the current route started.

It appears Google will be funding a shuttle for Mountain View. Web Link Seems like every City is an island around here and nobody ever goes from Mountain View to Palo Alto or v.v.

Perhaps the Berlin Wall does exist.

Public transportation, whether funded by users or funded by corporations or by city governments, must look beyond artificial boundaries when it comes to usefulness.

Hello friend

There is no Berlin wall.

Each city is catering to their citizens and have a good heart.
Compared to southern California, we have it good to great.

There is not one solution that will satisfy all.

Shuttle expansion is a good program. It will help the students, seniors and all that do not want to drive or that do not have cars.

Let's expand; make it better; improve it with continuous improvement in mind.

Respectfully

Sea

You must see that Palo Alto residents don't stay in Palo Alto and often need to get across city boundaries and our transportation must reflect that. Palo Alto residents need to get to Kaiser in Castro Street, Mountain View residents need to get to PAMF, are good examples of this.

Mountain View and Palo Alto must talk to each other and get shuttles that people will use to get them to where they want to go. Each city working its own routes and stopping at the perimeters will prevent useful transportation.