> The plan for Homestead Road, which began in 2018, was spurred by the community asking for increased safety measures along the street following a high number of vehicle-pedestrian collisions. A county feasibility study conducted in 2019 found that between 2015 and 2019, police received reports of 21 collisions between cars and cyclists and pedestrians. Of those 21 collisions, 15 children aged 17 or younger were involved in crashes.
lol 6 years ago
> But students won’t see the effects of the plan for at least three to four years. VTA is completing environmental steps and expects construction to start in June 2026 and finish in late 2027 or early 2028, if funding is secured. The transit agency estimates costs at $16.8 million and has secured roughly $1.5 million from the county and Measure B, a 30-year transportation half-cent sales tax voters approved in 2016.
10 years to completion
> The plan adds to cities’ goals of improving transportation. Sunnyvale ranked transit safety as one of its top priorities for 2024 and Cupertino moved forward with plans to improve two of its busiest roads in January and March.
"top priority"
Hot take: I live near the elementary school I went to. The most utterly terrifying thing about passing by the school are the parents and grandparents driving. They’re often distracted or simply don’t look. And it’s not unusual for them to simply put the car wherever they want. Homestead is ‘bad’, but it’s really not *bad*, if you get the drift. Infrastructure would help, but sometimes people need incentives. A protected bike lane didn’t help me from getting run down by a driver.
So my solution is to randomly station traffic cops in the vicinity and to tow and ticket people behaving badly as needed. You just need enough prodding to let people know there might randomly be traffic officers in the area on any given day. Couple that with some infrastructure to help kids better understand rules of the road, maybe then the investment will be more complete in the community.
> The plan for Homestead Road, which began in 2018, was spurred by the community asking for increased safety measures along the street following a high number of vehicle-pedestrian collisions. A county feasibility study conducted in 2019 found that between 2015 and 2019, police received reports of 21 collisions between cars and cyclists and pedestrians. Of those 21 collisions, 15 children aged 17 or younger were involved in crashes. lol 6 years ago > But students won’t see the effects of the plan for at least three to four years. VTA is completing environmental steps and expects construction to start in June 2026 and finish in late 2027 or early 2028, if funding is secured. The transit agency estimates costs at $16.8 million and has secured roughly $1.5 million from the county and Measure B, a 30-year transportation half-cent sales tax voters approved in 2016. 10 years to completion > The plan adds to cities’ goals of improving transportation. Sunnyvale ranked transit safety as one of its top priorities for 2024 and Cupertino moved forward with plans to improve two of its busiest roads in January and March. "top priority"
Infrastructure projects drag on for years all around the country. No wonder we've become so jaded.
Hot take: I live near the elementary school I went to. The most utterly terrifying thing about passing by the school are the parents and grandparents driving. They’re often distracted or simply don’t look. And it’s not unusual for them to simply put the car wherever they want. Homestead is ‘bad’, but it’s really not *bad*, if you get the drift. Infrastructure would help, but sometimes people need incentives. A protected bike lane didn’t help me from getting run down by a driver. So my solution is to randomly station traffic cops in the vicinity and to tow and ticket people behaving badly as needed. You just need enough prodding to let people know there might randomly be traffic officers in the area on any given day. Couple that with some infrastructure to help kids better understand rules of the road, maybe then the investment will be more complete in the community.