Comments on: Two neighborhoods battle over traffic calming

By: Living on CP

Living on CP — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:23:18 +0000

Living in Sanders Ranch must be a burden. Those 25 minute commutes to the freeway must be killing her. I can recommend some very lovely penthouses in Jack London Square or SOMA. If you want to live in Sanders Ranch, you should expect a 25 minute ride to the freeway. That’s not unreasonable. One day, all those tickets will lead to an arrest or she will end up hitting someone and go to jail or pay a big settlement. Just because we are more educated and more wealthy doesn’t mean we have more common sense or more concern for our neighborhoods.

By: CP-er

CP-er — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:21:18 +0000

Dinner party last night. Guests included some folks from Sanders Ranch. One very nice lady was moaning how it takes her 25 minutes to “make it to the freeway” and how the speed tables slow her down even more. She was ticketed recently and showed me the ticket… 65mph on Camino Pablo. Turns out she has seven others just like it in her purse. But no problem here, folks, just keep on doing what you’re doing… everything is fine, just fine.

By: CP-er

CP-er — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:21:03 +0000

We’ll, SOMEONE has to take control of the roadways. Have you seen the way people are driving out there these days? What, six… seven… eight deaths, more, in Lamorinda with speeds as high as 100mph PLUS. I guess we could just make it Taiwan Rules, where everyone does what they want when they want, and the ambulance crews just pick up the victims as they are found. Oh, and here’s a newsflash for you: People IGNORE stop signs. If you can live with that kind of driving and that kind of risk, I’m cool with that — it will certainly cut down on the population explosion.

By: Baconwayer

Baconwayer — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:56:08 +0000

Putting speedbumps, raised crosswalks at stopsigns, islands, chicanes, etc. seems like overkill to me. Why must the vast majority of us be forced to navigate an obstacle course everytime we come and go from our homes just so we can slow down a handful of speeders who are just going to floor it in between speedbumps anyway? This self-righteous attitude where people think they have the right to control public roadways is unique to this city, this area. I’m not sure why you all think you’re entitled to this degree. There are already 4 stopsigns along Springbrook from Bacon to Camino Diablo. Enough is enough.

By: LeadFoot

LeadFoot — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:43:41 +0000

Interesting tale of two neighborhoods, similar to the ongoing battle in Moraga – where people speeding down Camino Pablo feel put out by three speed tables designed to slow them down and increase the visibility of kids crossing the street. No issue in recent memory has stirred as much vitriol. In both Lafayette and Moraga, people cut off from their raceways are fighting the calming measures with scare tactics and pictures of burning houses and stricken occupants. Amazing.