February 16, 2018
Dear Menlo Park City Council,
As you know, congestion has become the unavoidable, traffic dilemma in Menlo Park in the last few months. With the recent
installation of the ‘No Thru Traffic’ signs in the Willows neighborhood that has prevented commuters from funneling into Dumbarton
Bridge through the residential area, traffic flow has curtailed slightly. My commute from Stanford to home, in Menlo Park’s Belle
Haven Neighborhood, use to take 25 minutes taking the Marsh Road exit, and now it takes 45-50 minutes due to commuters spilling
into my community taking shortcuts, and avoiding the heavy gridlock on Bayfront Expressway. Not only is the traffic inevitable in
this area with the Facebook/Caltrain construction occurring at the same time, I know preventing drivers from flooding into Belle
Haven with the help of ‘No Thru Traffic’ signs will significantly reduce commute times for not only myself, but others who live in
this area. One added benefit to the stop-and-go traffic, has been a contracted, construction worker, which has alleviated some
gridlock by directing traffic from Instagram’s headquarters. We need action now. The solution to this “carmageddon” in my
neighborhood is to have two, big street signs to block half the roadway from: 1) Chilco x Terminal Avenue and the other between 2)
Terminal x Almanor Avenue. Too many cars are avoiding the ‘No Left Turn from 3:30-7:00PM’ signage (legally enforceable) between
Chilco and Hamilton, and taking Terminal Avenue and Almanor Avenue to make a left on Hamilton Ave to cut through Willow Road.
I understand the caveat that these signs cannot be legally enforced, but re-directing traffic and keeping cars on Bayfront
Expressway is enough justification to install the signs in our neighborhood to significantly return our roads back to normalcy.
Our neighborhood is in need of a solution now.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Elidia and Daniel Tafoya
Belle Haven Residents
340 Terminal Avenue, Menlo Park
Elidia.tafoya@gmail.com [Elidia.tafoya@gmail.com]
650-724-1982
Maria Contreras
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
David and Rachel Bickerstaff
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Rose Bickerstaff
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Clementine Smith
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Whitney Pine Hoermann
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Maria Becerra
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Yui and Joanna Lee
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Victoria Fontenot
Terminal Ave., Menlo Park
Ismael Lombera
Almanor Ave., Menlo Park
Carmen Contreras-Mora
Modoc Ave., Menlo Park
Carlos and Cari Navarrete
Almanor Ave., Menlo Park
The Pech Family
Hollyburne Ave., Menlo Park
The Mora Family
Windermere Ave., Menlo Park
Alfredo Arteaga
Hollyburne Ave., Menlo Park
The Contreras Family
Hamilton Ave., Menlo Park
Sources: Bradshaw, K. (2013, November 15). Willows traffic: 'No Thru Traffic' signs up. The Almanac. Retrieved from
http://www.almanacnews.com [http://www.almanacnews.com]
