{"id":3192,"date":"2014-08-12T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2014-08-12T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T21:09:00","slug":"update-on-speed-bumps-on-matadero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/update-on-speed-bumps-on-matadero\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Speed Bumps on Matadero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of you have already written to the City of Palo Alto concerning your views of the Speed Bumps on Matadero.\u00a0 That apparently has not been enough to change the City Staff’s decision as to what to do. THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN<\/strong>. And copy Hillary on the email hillary.gitelman@cityofpaloalto.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the email (8\/12\/14) I received today\u00a0 from Hillary Gittlemen, Planning Director, which is similar to ones she has sent to others who had contacted her previously.<\/p>\n

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” Many thanks to you and to everyone who has written in and provided comments regarding the recently constructed Speed Humps on Matadero Avenue.\u00a0 Many of the comments we received said the new humps feel very abrupt and expressed a preference\u00a0 for Speed Tables, like those on Maybell Avenue.<\/p>\n

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As I think you know, we asked a surveyor to measure the Humps and Tables, to see how they compared to each other and to the City\u2019s standards.\u00a0 Low and behold, the Matadero Speed Humps are above the standard of 3.5\u201d that we use, as shown below, and we are working to get the contractor back in town as soon as possible to address this issue.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Matadero Avenue Speed Humps<\/div>\n
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No.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Max Height (Inches)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Hump Width (Feet)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Whitsell Avenue<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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3.84\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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12\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Tippawingo Street<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4.8\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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12\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Julie Court<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4.2\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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12\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Emma Court<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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3.54\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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12\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Chimaulus Drive<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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3.48\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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12\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Maybell Avenue Speed Tables<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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No.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Location<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Max Height (Inches)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Table Width (Feet)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Thain Way<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
4.8\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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22\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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East of Baker Avenue<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4.92\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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22\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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West of Baker Avenue<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4.56\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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22\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Frandon Court<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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5.76\u201d<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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22\u2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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We can ask the contractor to replace the current Speed Humps with either Speed Tables or with Speed Humps that meet the City\u2019s standard and would welcome continued input on these two alternatives by email to transportation@cityofpaloalto.org<\/a>.\u00a0 We would also be happy to come out and walk the street with a group of neighbors, if that\u2019s desirable.<\/div>\n
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Whichever alternative we use for the five existing locations, we still plan to install the Speed Table at Tippawingo that will double as a raised crosswalk for pedestrians.\u00a0 This speed table will be constructed at a height of 3.25\u201d and a width of 16-FT due to geometric constraints.<\/div>\n
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Please feel free to email your additional thoughts\/concerns to the email box above.\u00a0 We anticipate being ready to remove and reconstruct as early as the first week of September and hopefully sooner.<\/div>\n
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Many thanks,<\/div>\n
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Hillary & Jaime”<\/div>\n

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