October 13, 2005
VTA confirms La Avenida will forever be a 1 way street
Hello Mr. Cheung:
La Avenida will be closed to eastbound traffic (between Shoreline Boulevard and the new road only) but open to westbound traffic during construction activities that will permanently turn La Avenida into a one-way street for westbound traffic.
The reason for the change in access is to accommodate the new off-ramp configuration of Shoreline Boulevard. The new connecting road is scheduled to be named at the next Mountain View City Council meeting on Tues., Oct. 25.
To access La Avenida, northbound Shoreline Boulevard traffic should turn right on Pear Avenue and right on the new road. Southbound Shoreline Boulevard traffic should turn left on Pear Avenue and right on the new road.
For further questions, please contact me directly. Thank you!
That sucks. Now my commute is lengthened by another 3 minutes as I have to go 3 blocks further and make a left turn. Expect Pear Ave to become a major speed trap.
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3 Comments to “VTA confirms La Avenida will forever be a 1 way street”
October 14th, 2005 at 12:10 am
I hate being nitpicky but can’t help myself. In your second to last sentence, I think you mean to say farther instead of further.
I know it sucks to have your commute increased by 3 minutes. My already long commute is made longer by frequent construction projects.
October 14th, 2005 at 9:51 pm
I have to note that people in California are often quoted when it comes to bad traffic; but really, 3 minutes is nothing at all.
I remember once seeing a report on traffic where the interviews were all from California drivers. One woman lamented that her commute — of 30 miles — took 40 minutes! Horror! How does she manage to survive?
Let me just point out that prior to moving to California, my commute in Washington DC took 40 minutes. That was to go 14 miles. At 9:30 in the morning, after rush hour.
Be grateful that there are freeways galore here, no matter how congested. That there are expressways and a million different surface streets to get where you’re going (at least, until you have to cross the bay… but then again, in DC there were only a certain number of bridges crossing the Potomac).
The grass is always greener, you know? Three minutes is not that significant, and frankly I’ll bet it’s less than three minutes. Try a stop watch some time to see how long it really is.
October 18th, 2005 at 12:48 am
Well my control in this experiment is gone because I can’t go the old way anymore.
As for DC, it’s interesting because I just had that post recently about how amazingly fast MARC was compared to Caltrain.
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