Dear City Council, I have been a homeowner and resident of Menlo Park for the last 9 years, and have two children that attend the local schools in the area. I’d like to bring up an important topic that our family feels is important to the area near the Willows, where we reside. A top 2024 prio...
How to make Coleman Avenue safer has been an issue since my children, who are now in their 40’s, attended Laurel School. There has never been a plan that the homeowners would agree to …. But this new idea of making Coleman a one way street has got to be the craziest idea yet. You have no reasonable...
Dear Council Members, I am writing to support making the Middlefield Road Safe Street Project a priority for 2024 - specifically intersections of Middlefield & Willow, Middlefield & Woodland and segment of Middlefield Road in-between. The safety of our children as bicyclists, and of motorists...
Regarding the informational item N2. The county and complete streets is proposing a pilot option to close Coleman Ave where the county and city lines meet. The proposal says the traffic will go to Bay Road or Willow to reach Ringwood Ave. Bay Road is overwhelmed with morning traffic now. There is a...
Dear City Council: Thank you for approving the closure of Blake St at the intersection with Middle/Nealon Park. I have lived on Blake St for more than 10 years and during this time have witnessed "cut-through" traffic increase dramatically (by which I mean traffic that has no origins in our...
Hi City Council, I know there are bigger issues than the one I am bringing up so thank you for reading my suggestion. Driving up and down Oak Grove from El Camino to Menlo Atherton HS, between the "rush hour" of 7:45 am until around 8:15am. At the intersection of Laurel and Oak Grove, heading...
Dear City Council members, Complete Streets Commission members, and Menlo Park staff members, We have lived on Blake Street for many years and were really happy to see the Blake Street temporary closure put into place last week. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration on an issue that is impo...
Dear Mayor and Council members, I want to applaud you for closing Blake Street to vehicular traffic from/to Middle Avenue. Coupled with the recently installed flashing beacons at the same intersection for pedestrians crossing Middle Avenue, it has been a huge improvement to the safety of Blak...
Good Morning, I was unclear who to email in this circumstance, so Ive copied all who I hope would be helpful. My family and I recently moved onto Elder Ave, directly across from Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park. Its a lovely street and neighborhood, but car speeds were a concern from day...
Thanks for your great work City Council. A top 2024 priority needs to be the Middlefield Road Safe Street Project, specifically intersections of Middlefield & Willow, Middlefield & Woodland and segment of Middlefield Road in-between. The safety of our children as bicyclists, and of motorists...
