Make Your Voice Heard… It Matters!

Complete a survey to tell the Menlo Park City Council City which major bike network improvements would best serve you and your family.

Survey #1: El Camino Real bike lanes or east-west bike connectivity?

Menlo Park is currently preparing a field trial for “buffered” bike lanes on El Camino Real between Creek Drive and Encinal Avenue. (Buffered bike lanes have a 2-foot wide space between vehicle and bike lanes.) However, neither the actual value (appeal) of these bike lanes for various types of bicyclists nor their potential negative impacts on other users of El Camino Real, e.g., motorists, pedestrians, businesses and property owners, have been studied. For example, the elimination of all street parking on both sides of El Camino Real – about 150 spaces – would impact existing small businesses.

While many cyclists have already expressed support for bike lanes on El Camino, our City Council has received little feedback from most residents, especially the thousands of parents of elementary and middle school age children, the largest group of bike riders in Menlo Park. This survey is an opportunity for these parents to express their preference for one of two very different options: (1) buffered bike lanes that would create a north-south bike corridor on El Camino and (2) continuous buffered bike lanes and routes that would traverse El Camino and access Downtown Santa Cruz. You can learn more details about both options at Re-Imagine Menlo Park. For the purpose of this survey assume that either one, but not both, could be implemented within the next 3 – 4 years.

There are two different versions of this survey – select only the one that best fits you and your family.

Survey #1A: For parents with school age children 14 years old and younger. Take now.

Survey #1B For residents who do NOT have children 14 years old and younger Take Now.

Survey #2: New East-West Bike Corridor on either Oak Grove or Menlo-Ravenswood Avenues

Good news! Menlo Park residents now have the opportunity to evaluate two different proposals for building an east-west bike corridor, one that would improve the safety, convenience, and comfort of riding to destinations on opposite sides of El Camino Real. Early in October the city bike commission revealed one that centers on Oak Grove. A summary is available at http://bit.ly/mpbikeinitiative. Re-Imagine Menlo Park has published an innovative design that combines protected bike lanes on Menlo Avenue with an off-street bike path that runs through beautiful oak-filled, city property near Ravenswood. This proposal is previewed in The Almanac at XXX and available here . I encourage residents to review both, discuss them and ask questions. Make sure your voices are heard.

There are three different versions of this survey – select only the one that best fits you and your family.

Survey 2A: For adults with no children 14 or younger Take now.

Survey 2B: For high school students Take now.

Survey 2C: For parents with children 14 and younger Take now.

These surveys will continue indefinitely, and results will be published regularly.

Please contact me directly if you would like to help “spread the word” about these surveys in your neighborhood and schools. Dana Hendrickson – danahendrickson2009@gmail.com