Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 9:26 AM
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For South Palo Alto residents, it's traffic, traffic traffic
Original post made on Dec 9, 2015
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 9:26 AM
Comments (11)
Posted by It's obious
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 9, 2015 at 4:05 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 9, 2015 at 4:05 pm
It's obvious that the elected officials could care less about the people living here and their plights, all they want is more and more development to bring in more and more people. On the false assumption that the new people will work in this city and that they will bike to work.
Posted by James Thurber
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm
I'll agree that traffic is pretty bad and if a lane is "removed" from El Camino it'll likely get worse.
But I've also noticed that, along with all the buildings going up, the number of vacant apartments appear to be increasing. The new apartments adjacent to Lazano's Car Wash (Domus on the Blvd) still have vacancies. Everywhere I go I now see "For Rent" signs.
At some point our economy is going to change. It's been going up like gangbusters for quite awhile but, historically speaking, that never lasts forever . . . never . . . ever.
So be patient please. At some point the entire Silicon Valley madness will pass and, when it does, Mountain View will still be a wonderful place to live.
Posted by Robert
a resident of another community
on Dec 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm
a resident of another community
on Dec 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm
People driving cars complaining too many other people are driving cars...
Posted by Michael Dunn
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 9, 2015 at 6:19 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 9, 2015 at 6:19 pm
I would think that synchronizing the light at the Grocery Outlet with the Charleston Light would help.
Posted by MV Resident
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 3:59 am
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 3:59 am
It's such BS for PA to complain about traffic from MTn View development. PA has over developed San Antonio with several projects such as a school, senior housing , etc, without even consulting w MV neighbors.
They have onlythemselves to blame
Posted by MV Resident
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 10, 2015 at 10:04 am
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 10, 2015 at 10:04 am
"Monroe Park residents said the traffic is so bad that many cannot get out of their driveways. The increase is due in part to Mountain View's higher-density development, which includes the revamping of San Antonio Shopping Center on El Camino Real into a mixed-use hub, residents said. The second phase of that development, The Village, is slated for completion in late 2017 and will add a hotel, a movie theater and nearly 400,000 square feet of office space, among other amenities."
Think it's bad now? This is just the beginning. The MV city council thinks it has a mandate to build as densely as possible, an agenda that coincides nicely with what developers want. There are many thousands of new rental units in the pipeline, as well as more commercial space for Google and LinkedIn, on top of the 400,000 sf going in at the San Antonio Shopping Center. It's not a coincidence that developers put $90,000 of dark money into the last council election (Voice article: Web Link
Posted by MV Resident
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 10, 2015 at 10:16 am
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 10, 2015 at 10:16 am
@MV Resident Monta Loma - Oops! - didn't mean to appropriate your "member" name!
- MV Resident Old MV
Posted by True MV Resident
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
Monroe Park residents said the traffic is so bad that many cannot get out of their driveways. The increase is due in part to Mountain View's higher-density development, which includes the revamping of San Antonio Shopping Center on El Camino Real into a mixed-use hub, residents said. The second phase of that development, The Village, is slated for completion in late 2017 and will add a hotel, a movie theater and nearly 400,000 square feet of office space, among other amenities."
This is pure hyperbole and as I stated earlier, ignores the fact that PA council has done much more damage with their projects on San Antonio. None of the MV projects impacts Monroe Street.
Posted by PA Hotels
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Dec 10, 2015 at 3:52 pm
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Dec 10, 2015 at 3:52 pm
I read that Palo Alto is discussing two 5-story hotels on San Antonio. I guess it's their turn now.
Maybe both cities should jointly discuss adding a lane to San Antonio.
Posted by Tom the Traffic Engineer
a resident of another community
on Dec 10, 2015 at 7:05 pm
a resident of another community
on Dec 10, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Every major thoroughfare in Palo Alto is built as a residential street with a 25mph limit and stoplights every block. Then the planners can't figure out why the entire city is completely gridlocked.
The obvious answer is also politically infeasible: invest in the infrastructure.
-Tom Munoz, CalTrans
Posted by mvresident2003
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:18 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:18 pm
it's all about the $. Follow the $
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