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Speed limit lowered after death of cyclist

The death of a Menlo Park schoolteacher has prompted a lower speed limit on westbound Woodside Road at the intersection with Interstate 280. Woodside bicyclists say the lower speed limit, from 40 to 35 miles per hour, will make the area safer for cyclists.

In July 2007, the Woodside Town Council voted to request Caltrans to decrease the speed limit following the October 2005 death of Michelle Mazzei, an Oak Knoll School teacher who was struck by a car while riding her bike on Woodside Road.

After 21 months of lobbying by Woodside officials, Caltrans workers installed new speed limit signs on April 8, according to Bob Page of the Woodside Bicycle Committee.

Bicyclists heading westbound on Woodside Road must cross the path of motorists merging onto the on-ramp for northbound I-280, creating a hazardous condition, according to Mr. Page.

Posted by woodside needs more stop lights, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood, on Apr 21, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Woodside needs more stop lights to make the roads safer for everyone.