On Tuesday, Sept. 11, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District will remember the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, by placing 343 American flags on the front lawns of Fire Station 1 at 300 Middlefield Road and Fire Station 4, at the corner of Valparaiso Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas, in memory of the 343 New York Fire Department firefighters who lost their lives that day.
The fire district is a sponsor of California Task Force 3, a search and rescue team that spent three weeks shortly after 9/11 at the World Trade Center site. The team searched for survivors and assisted in the recovery of victims. Team members will speak Sept. 11 at Stanford University School of Medicine and San Jose State University.
The honor guard of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District will also lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Tuesday, Sept. 11, meeting of the Menlo Park City Council.
VTA cuts bus service
Beginning next year, public transit riders will no longer be able to travel from the Menlo Park train station to Stanford and other points south aboard a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus, thanks to the VTA’s vote Aug. 30 to end the service.As part of system-wide changes, the VTA axed Route 22 service to Menlo Park, ignoring pleas of riders and Mayor Kelly Fergusson.
The 22 route loops from the Menlo Park train station to the Eastridge Mall in San Jose, with many stops in between, including the Stanford campus and hospital. But starting Jan. 1, the bus will go no farther north than the Palo Alto Caltrain station.
VTA officials pointed to low ridership: Some 400 people a day board the bus in Menlo Park, and thousands board at other stops, they say.
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