Opinion: Palo Alto needs a road safety policy
The city of Palo Alto does better on road safety than many U.S. cities; however, anyone who has walked or bicycled in Palo Alto, or has tried to pa...
The city of Palo Alto does better on road safety than many U.S. cities; however, anyone who has walked or bicycled in Palo Alto, or has tried to parallel park on our busiest streets for that matter, can understand there is plenty of room for safety improvement.Roads like Embarcadero and Middlefield see many crashes involving all kinds of road users. These collisions are no accident. Multilane arterials and their intersections are built for speed at the cost of road safety with multiple auto lanes in each direction, enabling uncontrolled passing and very limited space for bicycles and pedestrian facilities.