How will the changes affect access to residents driveways?
There are over 100 private residential driveways along Embarcadero Road, and one complaint of the residents has been the potential for collisions as they are entering or leaving the driveways. Slowing the traffic and providing curb-adjacent bike or parking lanes, as is proposed, would help minimize such collisions. Nonetheless, while the frequency and seriousness of such collisions would be reduced, the community should be aware of two other issues related to driveway access. First, the more continuous flow of traffic induced by the reduction of traffic lanes from four lanes to two will reduce the number of gaps in traffic, and thus drivers entering the street will have to wait longer to find a suitable opening. Second, the proposed median will preclude the making of left turns into most of the driveways along the street, thus constraining residents either to make U-turns at minor intersections and roundabouts, or to modify their approach patterns when returning to their homes. In gene
