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Council directs staff to pursue University Avenue Vision B and scope a pilot for a road-diet option

East Palo Alto City Council · March 3, 2026
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Summary

Consultants presented two corridor visions for University Avenue. Council directed staff to advance PS&E for Vision B (maintain two travel lanes with protected bikeways and buffered sidewalks) and to scope a temporary pilot testing elements of Vision A (localized road diet with an emergency/transit bypass lane).

The council heard a data-driven presentation and community engagement summary on the University Avenue Grand Corridor project and gave staff direction to proceed with design work.

Consultants described two alternatives: Vision B maintains two travel lanes in each direction while adding continuous, buffered sidewalks and protected bikeways and improving crossings; Vision A implements a road diet in parts of the corridor, converting a travel lane into a mountable emergency/transit lane and creating a more local,…

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