Mayor Nash, Vice Mayor Wise, and Councilmembers Combs, Schmidt, and Taylor
I spoke at the June 23rd meeting, asking Council to agendize the El Camino
Real Phase 1 quick-build protected bikeway from Sand Hill Road to Middle
Avenue. Im writing to renew that ask.
The Complete Streets Commission has now unanimously endorsed this project.
That endorsement reflects months of deliberation and represents the
considered judgment of the body Council created for exactly this purpose.
It deserves a Council response.
The timing also matters. OBAG4 — the One Bay Area Grant program that funds
bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure construction and design — is open
now. A focused application from staff, paired with the Caltrans
encroachment permit process, is the critical path. Neither can move without
Council direction to put this project in the queue and allocate a small
amount of staff time.
Mountain View and Palo Alto have built their segments. The gap in this
corridor is Menlo Parks segment — a stretch where riders who travel in
protected infrastructure on both sides lose that protection the moment they
cross our city line. That gap is a choice, and the CSC has told you its
the wrong one.
What Im asking is simple and low-cost: place this on a near-term agenda so
Council can direct staff to pursue OBAG4 funding and initiate the Caltrans
encroachment permit. No budget commitment is required at this stage — only
the direction that puts the project in motion.
Thank you,
Ken Kershner
Allied Arts, Menlo Park
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*Ken Kershner | Co-Founder & CEO*
Cell 650-248-9059 | Email k en@triomotors.co
Trio Motors | Menlo Park
