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East San Jose Bikeway Plan Scrutinized, Park Avenue Parking Debate Begins

By Andrew Boone | Aug 11, 2014 | 5 Comments

About two dozen residents attended a San Jose Department of Transportation (SJDOT) community meeting last Wednesday, where staff gathered public input on four upcoming bike lane and sharrow projects planned for east San Jose streets. Five other projects, which will add bike lanes and sharrows to streets west of downtown — and, to the chagrin […]

Another Death on El Camino, While Atherton Bike/Ped Plan Stays Tabled

By Andrew Boone | Aug 8, 2014 | 4 Comments

32-year-old Shahriar Rahimzadeh was struck and killed by the driver of a red 2000 Volvo S40 sedan while walking across El Camino Real at Almendral Avenue near his home in Atherton two weeks ago. It was exactly the type of high-speed, fatal collision that could have been prevented either by crosswalk improvements that Caltrans is dragging its […]

San Jose Proposes Better Bikeways East and West of Downtown

By Andrew Boone | Aug 4, 2014 | 8 Comments

On August 6 and 13, San Jose Department of Transportation officials will present plans to improve traffic safety on ten streets that its Bike Plan 2020 identifies as key links in the city’s proposed 500-mile bikeway network. The improvements include new striping for both conventional and buffered bike lanes, bike detection for traffic signals, sharrows, sidewalks and […]

Santa Clara County Still Plans to Widen Expressways, Despite Lower Traffic

By Andrew Boone | Jul 29, 2014 | 9 Comments

Santa Clara County is still operating under plans that assume it can build its way out of traffic congestion by adding more lanes of traffic, plus new overpasses and underpasses, to the county’s 62 miles of expressways — dangerous arterial roadways that were “upgraded” decades ago with freeway-like ramps and overpasses. This is in stark […]

San Jose Candidates Campaign, Pitch Public Safety at SJ Bike Party

By Andrew Boone | Jul 25, 2014 | 1 Comment

San Jose Mayor or City Council candidates Sam Liccardo, Raul Peralez, and Don Gagliardi all made appearances at last Friday’s San Jose Bike Party, pitching improvements to bicycling conditions on the city’s streets as integral to public safety. An estimated 2,500 Bike Partiers rolled out from Arena Green Park in downtown San Jose on the […]

Initiative to Slow Downtown Menlo Park Growth Lands on Ballot

By Andrew Boone | Jul 18, 2014 | 63 Comments

On Tuesday evening, Menlo Park’s City Council reluctantly forwarded to the November 4 ballot an initiative that would reject two proposed developments that would replace largely-vacant auto dealerships with walkable offices, retail space, and apartments, and slow or stop future development along El Camino Real. The proposed developments would boost transit ridership by bringing thousands […]

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