"As with all transportation projects, the identification of alternatives for this Project involved consideration and balancing of diverse and sometimes competing needs in the allocation of public right-of-way and resources,"
"If we add lights, we're essentially taking the one arterial that we have that actually kind of works ... and then we're causing impediments,"
"I think a light is almost a non-starter."
Palo Alto is weighing eight crossing options, seven tunnels, to provide safer bicycle and pedestrian connections across the Caltrain tracks between the California Avenue and San Antonio stops. City staff will narrow the options to two before returning to the Planning and Transportation Commission in November and seeking City Council selection by year’s end. Leading options include tunnels at El Dorado Avenue and Loma Verde Avenue and center-running bike lanes on the San Antonio Road bridge. The evaluation uses criteria such as mobility, user experience, ease of construction, visual appeal and neighborhood impacts. Commissioners discouraged adding traffic signals on Alma Street due to potential congestion.
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