SVL 1.9: Palo Alto and Cousins

Two days after that I went to meet a member of TransForm – an organisation that works on improving public transport

http://www.transformca.org/landing-page/our-approach

because one of the events I had previously attended was hosted by them and I had taken a short survey saying I wouldn’t mind being contacted for more information/clarification of my ideas. So I was called to have a cup of coffee and discuss my ideas and now I will be working with a group of students on collecting residents’ opinions and initiating a business association of those who run shops on the main El Camino Real (road) so they can voice their needs in a more organised manner. There is talk about change in land use – if people use less cars, or don’t need to park their cars (using car share) parking space can instead be used for more dense and diverse land use. And most importantly, possibility of a dedicated bus lane (which is the focus for now), increased intersections, slower car speed limit to increase throughput of the road and brainstorming to make it more bike friendly too. Pretty exciting.

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  restocked, talked to his family. We went to see the Glass Pumpkin show in Palo Alto and walked around after dinner at Oren&#8217;s Hummus on Friday
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