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San Mateo County Bike/Ped Safety Projects Starved for Funding

By Andrew Boone | Mar 3, 2014 | 16 Comments

Despite growing demand for better walking and biking infrastructure in San Mateo County, active transportation grants from the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) cover only a fraction of the projects that cities want to build, leaving many residents without the sidewalks, bike lanes, and other basic ingredients they need to safely […]

Sidewalk-Jumping Driver Claims Children He Hurt Were “Reckless”

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 9, 2014 | No Comments

This fall, 90-year-old Edward Nelson lost control of his vehicle, jumped the curb, and pinned two six-year-old twins against a wall with his BMW SUV in Menlo Park, California. One of the twin brothers suffered a broken arm. The other was hospitalized in critical condition; he wasn’t released from the hospital until five weeks and […]

Don’t Widen 101: How SM County Could Move More People With Less Traffic

By Andrew Boone | Jan 3, 2014 | 2 Comments

San Mateo County is poised to spend more than a hundred million dollars on an expansion of Highway 101 while passing over more effective, less expensive options to improve people’s commutes. Even as total traffic volumes have remained flat over the past decade on Highway 101 in San Mateo County, the City/County Association of Governments […]

Proving to Caltrans That El Camino Real Can Be a Safer Street

By Andrew Boone | Oct 17, 2013 | 7 Comments

Despite pockets of new development, El Camino Real remains a dangerous, car-oriented urban highway along most of the San Francisco Peninsula. If it can ever transform into a great street, it will have to become safer for walking and biking. And while enhancing walkability is a key goal of the Grand Boulevard Initiative — the long-term planning […]

Menlo Park Expands Red Light Photo Enforcement Program

By Andrew Boone | Sep 4, 2013 | 43 Comments

Last week, the Menlo Park City Council voted to extend its red light photo enforcement program for an additional five years and add a fifth red light camera at the intersection of Bayfront Expressway and Chilco Street, where 20 collisions have resulted in 14 injuries and one fatality since 2008. A temporary test camera installed […]

SamTrans Upgrades El Camino Real Bus Service With More Reliable Route

By Andrew Boone | Aug 22, 2013 | 34 Comments

SamTrans hopes to attract more transit riders after combining its popular 390 and 391 bus routes into a single route, called ECR, that now runs the length of San Mateo County along El Camino Real with more frequent and reliable service. The ECR runs every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 20 minutes on weekends […]

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