Please require a traffic study before approving any new business/residence adjacent Draegers, so that the city has an impact
statement for Menlo Avenue and intersecting streets for review.
As a resident of Menlo Avenue, I observe the following:
* In the early morning, about 8 am, Menlo Avenue fills up with vehicles parked for the day.These are vehicles driven by
employees, employers and business owners, who apparently do not obtain a parking permit for the business plazas.These vehicles
remain there until about 5 pm, when businesses close. During the day, there are also many large delivery vans which must stop
in the street, blocking traffic.
* When I drive to Palo Alto or Stanford, I can avoid the complicated El Camino–Menlo Ave. intersection, which requires I drive by
the Trader Joe’s parking lot, often busy with arriving and leaving vehicles.Instead, I head in the opposite direction toward
Draeger's, in order avoid the tangle of turning lanes at El Camino and Menlo Ave.
* Evening traffic is even worse. Business people are heading home. Many shoppers head for Trader Joe’s and/or Draeger’s.(There
are many mid-block left turns into TJ’s parking lot.)
An hour-by-hour traffic analysis would provideinformation needed in the planning stages for the proposed business/residence
building adjacent Draeger’s, on Menlo Avenue, near University.
A. Lee
Menlo Park - Downtown
