San Carlos Transit Village produces 3 tons of CO2 per day

At the transit village community open house neighbors expressed concern with traffic, deterioration of schools, and access to sunlight. The former two concerns are heard at every development on the Bay. Neighbors agree on a bunch of reasons for opposing traffic from air quality and carbon monoxide to danger to their kids and the unpleasantness of living in neighborhoods with too many cars. They don’t express opposition by quoting the fact that more than 50% of CO2 comes from cars.

Neighborhood issues in San Carlos have been of concern to the community since speeding dangers caused a pedestrian fatality on San Carlos Ave. After a public outcry San Carlos reluctantly found money for another signal light.

Its not just San Carlos which manages itself into a lifeless sewer for traffic to far away jobs. The expanded automotive access on 101 by CCAG creates expanded expectations. There was a letter in the paper after the fuel spill from an irate driver in Palo Alto asking for the Menlo Park city council to restore six lanes on the El Camino. This driver from Palo Alto is saying: Menlo Park needs to bantustan its transit center from downtown, by turning El Camino into a death corridor, so he can use Menlo Park as a drive through. Neighbors know that development brings traffic and reduces quality of life.

San Carlos has proposed reducing the parking requirement to 1.6 cars per unit. The transit operator is asking for replacement of the 300 spots. That means the development will have almost 800 cars. These cars will generate 3 tons of CO2 per day and 1.5 tons of noxious emissions like ozone, benzene, etc which have been linked to everything from asthma to lung cancer.