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Town and Country Ingress/Egress
Original post made by Old Palo Alto, Old Palo Alto, on Sep 29, 2009
Comments
Posted by Anon.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 29, 2009 at 3:41 pm
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 29, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Do you have any data that there are traffic problems there. I went to PALY and have lived in this area for decades and surprisingly have never noticed accidents in that location, but my experience is anecdotal, and the lay of the land is changing.
I'm surprised they do not have a pedestrian overpass from PALY to T&C, that might not be a bad, but expensive idea. Some of those little embedded LEDs in the street might not be a bad idea to stop cars too.
Posted by Facts
a resident of another community
on Sep 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm
a resident of another community
on Sep 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Uh, try looking at the blog below titled "New Traffic Signal to be installed at Paly/Town and Country entrance".
Looks like the City's been on this for some time already.
Posted by Lineman for the City
a resident of another community
on Sep 29, 2009 at 9:16 pm
a resident of another community
on Sep 29, 2009 at 9:16 pm
The new lights near Paly will help.
I would like to add that the design of the T&C parking lot is awful. We have to work in the shopping center sometimes. The lanes are too narrow and the turns are too tight. It use to be a breeze driving through the parking lot. The first driveway on the ECR side was narrowed by about 10'. When cars are going in and out at the same time they have to be extra careful.
Posted by David
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 30, 2009 at 12:40 pm
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 30, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I bike thru here daily to Stanford between 6 & 7, back home around 3 when school gets out. It is a mad house, and although they just blocked pedi/bike access for new light install this month of work is going to make it crazier. We're nuts to think the students are going to go up to El Camino to the crosswalk and back downt to get to Long's or the cheese hose. Remember, this road is not a locals route it's a feeder between 101 and Stanford, these drivers have a different agenda. This morning as I crossed from Paly to T&C I was chased by a car westbound that pulled in the driveway at a dangerous speed, pursued me and passed me by at Jamba, I was going to follow her to her parking place BUT WAIT she goes blazing out onto ElCamino, she just didn't want to do the legal right turn at the light. Her speed and recklessness really scared me!
