Tag Archives: rush hour

19. Better North-South Bus Service

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San Mateo County residents need to be able to get to work.

Current bus service is inadequate and leaves people stranded for us to 5 hours because it doesn’t run at night.  The bus ride from north to south is two hours. When the bus doesn’t start until 5 am in the north, a person can’t get to work until 7 am in the south.

Higher paying jobs are 9-5, lower paying jobs, the jobs that support us all, can be any time, day or night. These are service jobs, and many start much, much earlier.  Yet, low paid workers who desperately need to work more than one job, cannot get to 2nd and 3rd jobs.

Also, people going out at night are stranded if they don’t catch the midnight bus. This encourages drunk driving.

We basically only have one street in San Mateo County for north-south transport. Can’t we cover El Camino at least every 30 minutes?

-Dana Callen

16. More Road Signs for When Devil’s Slide is Out

DevilsSlideOriginal Photo: Flickr user Airplane Journal.  Used under Creative Commons license.

It would be wonderful if there were more signs that tell you when the Devil’s Slide is closed. Also, on the week-ends having more signs that tell you how long it will take to get to HMB using 92. - Larry Kleinman

The Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project April actively advocated for should solve the problem of an impassible Highway 1 come 2011.

15. Fund Regional Transportation with Express Lanes

Express LaneOriginal Photo: Flickr user rutio. Used under Creative Commons license.

Charge solo commuters to use the express “carpool” lane and use that money to help fund SamTrans and Caltrain. – Elizabeth Lasensky

The VTA Express Lane project in Santa Clara County already follows a similar model.

Assembly Bill 2032 directs that revenue from express lanes operations be reinvested in projects and services that provide traffic congestion relief in the express lanes corridor. This will include operation and maintenance of the express lanes and expanding public transit service within the corridor.  This may allow funds collected to be invested in SamTrans and other transportation within the county.

2. Parallel Bike Lanes

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Build parallel trails for pedestrians and bicycles along major transportation corridors.

One example is Highway One on the coastside.  Often clogged by traffic on weekends and sunny days, Highway One is no longer an efficient route for local residents and visitors to travel between communities along the coast.  A parallel trail, separated from the roadway by a landscaped median, would allow pedestrians and cyclists to move easily up and down the shoreline while relieving automobile congestion.  A trail would also provide a safe route for students to once again walk or ride their bikes to school, further reducing the gridlock caused by parents dropping off and picking up their kids during peak commute hours.