2002
Hexagon Traffic Consultants Report from Palo Alto Main
library:
Summary page vii concluding no turning
pockets are needed
2007 Hexagon Transportation
Consultants Report excerpt:
pages 25 & 26 concluding "left turn pocket is
not required"
2008 Mitchell Park Library Study
excerpts:
Page 11 showing proposed
Middlefield/Mayview striping - no turning lane (expanded in following
page)
Pages 71-72 "no left turning pockets are required"
Page 11 proposed site detail as shown to public in 2008 outreach
distribution package, the most recent version found in the libraries
today:
No turning lane is shown, and bike lanes
are full width:
2009/2010 Striping
Plan calling for turning lanes - as approved by Public
Works/Transportation, but without public review or notice
Google Maps View showing Pre-Library renovation street configuration
(two staggered signals, continuous wide bike lane):
View of Middlefield showing old/new striping:
Google Maps View annotated with Red to show new red-curb (blue is
existing no-parking zone at bus stop):
Riding a Bicycle in the "bike lane" seems to confuse motorists - VTA
busses on Middlefield routinely veer into the bike lane:
On this ride down the "bike lane", the motorist behind came to a full
stop behind me:
As did the guy behind him:
View of Middlefield showing hazard to residents entering/leaving
driveways with narrow bike lane:
View of Middlefield showing blocked left turn into/out of driveways
from newly created barrier median:
This is what street parking predictably looks like to the north of the
500 foot "Red Curb" zone:
Same problem at the south end of the "red curb" zone:
This is Google Maps satellite view of Cubberley/Montrose at
Middlefield, 2 blocks down the street - it functions fine without a
dedicated turning lane, and with higher traffic volumes in/out.
This same signalling is what Middlefield Residents request for
Mayview/Mitchell Park Library, and the bike lane width can be preserved
through the intersection at Mayview/Mitchell Park Library, unlike this
intersection where the street widens going north: