Hello! I live on Claire Place which is just off Middle Ave. Yes, on Sundays people park in front of my house to go to New Community Church because there’s no parking on Middle Ave. My dogs bark. And THAT IS FINE. Please keep the bike lane. It makes Middle Ave so much safer. I also love the st...
Kevin (and Menlo Park City Council), Thank you for hosting the Zoom meeting on the 19th. It was great to get an update on the Middle Ave project, and I appreciate you listening and responding to everyones comments. I live on Middle Ave right across from the tennis courts, so I am affected by al...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am a resident of Menlo Park and I often walk from the Nealon Park playground over to Allied Arts with my young children. Closing Blake Street to through traffic has made this part of the walk much safer. I also bike-commute to Stanford campus and the Middle A...
Dear Menlo Park City Council members. I would like to offer some thoughts regarding the Middle Avenue Complete Streets project in anticipation of the project review meetings scheduled this month. My first concern is the bike lane and parking reconfiguration in front of Nealon Park. I view thi...
Since City Council is collecting feedback on the bike lane pilot on Middle Ave I wanted to include them on this email exchange. Every single day there are multiple cars (particularly at construction sites) parked in the bike lane. This forces cyclists out into the lane of traffic making the bike...
Hi there, I wanted to write in support of making the Middle Ave bike lane permanent, as well as the other improvements in the project. It has greatly improved the bike safety of children biking to school in the district, and as a resident who lives on an adjoining street, I dont mind the slight...
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...
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...
Dear City Council members and Staff: I am writing to applaud the City for the pilot safety improvements on Middle Ave between El Camino (ECR) and University, but also to point out the dangerous lack of proper bicycle lane markings and signage on the intended northbound bike lane (opposite Nealon...
Hello I am writing to encourage you to keep and improve the bike lanes and pedestrian crossings that are part of the trial on Middle Ave. Living on Claire place, we see a dramatic improvement in biking safety along middle and the cars are going slower due to the stop at San Mateo Ave. We do ge...
