Planning Commission Meeting tonight

1. Please do not copy Palo Alto or Redwood City's poor planning for the King's Highway and environs;
2. What we heard at visioning walk-alongs and meetings: "THE TOXIC EXHAUST EMISSIONS AND THE NOISE FROM TRAFFIC AND TRAINS."
3. Housing should not be placed in the hazardous air and noise pollution area around the El Camino, the train station or the railroad tracks;
4. A reminder of the statement in the publication of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission:

"TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

"NEW PLACES, NEW CHOICES In The San Francisco Bay Area

"The Challenges for TOD

SOME POSSIBLE TOD SITES IN THE BAY AREA MAY BE LOCATD NEAR ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL SITES, FREEWAYS OR BUSY ARTERIALS, AND OTHER SOURCES OF POLLUTION. ALL POTENTIAL HAZARDS MUST BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR AT THESE SITES' Note that El Camino Real and the Railroad are congested during several hours of each day to a worse extent than a freeway due to the fact that the traffic is operating stop-and-go at its least efficiency spewing asbestos from brake linings, toxic emissions from engines, pulverized rubber from tires, etc. not fit for human consumption.

On the books of the transit authorities 2,500 TOD housing units are slated for a one-half-mile from the new to-be Dumbarton train station at the other end of Willow Road.

The Derry E.I.R states that residents will be exposed to train-related pollution. This will continue for many years to come.

Please keep housing away from El Camino and the railroad tracks.

Wise Old Owls

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http://www.topix.com/forum/source/palo-alto-daily-news/TA5I68UT7948JKPFT Received on Mon May 19 08:54:45 2008