San Mateo County, CA | November 2, 1999 Election |
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Belmont's Car ProblemBy Dave WardenCandidate for Council Member; City of Belmont |
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It's no secret that Belmont has traffic problems. What do we do about them?Belmont has the misfortune of having ONLY ONE major east-west traffic artery: Ralston Avenue. In order to get to either freeway, or go to the store, or take your kids to school, it's almost impossible to avoid Ralston Avenue. Over 25,000 cars travel along Ralston Avenue every single day.
Belmont's Ralston Avenue traffic is caused by:
There are several things that we can try to accomplish to improve the traffic situation:
The SOLUTION to our traffic problems DOES NOT involve "high-density housing on the transportation corridors" as the real-estate developers would have you believe. High density housing just means more people, who mostly drive cars--like you and I do! Belmont's transporation corridors are needed for commercial and retail businesses to provide a tax base for our city revenues. |
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