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Re: San Mateo <-> Palo Alto

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From: Ben Pfaff
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:52
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Don Freeman <freemand@cosmoslair.com> writes:

> On 6/7/2011 2:54 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>> david@fetter.org (David Fetter) writes:
>>
>>> I'm about to move to San Mateo for a shorter commute to work in Palo
>>> Alto.  Is it dangerously crazy to ride on 82 (El Camino Real) for that
>>> stretch?
>>
>> Dangerously crazy?  No.  I commute from Redwood City to Palo Alto
>> on El Camino every day.
>>
>> Is there a better way?  Maybe.  You might find that you like Old
>> County (and the other names for that road) and Middlefield Road
>> better.  That was usually the route I took when I lived in San
>> Mateo.
>
> That's what I did when I lived in San Mateo as well.  That was one of
> my excursions to go to Palo Alto.  I would take Old Country Rd (back
> then I could cut through the Bay Meadows (RIP) parking lot and connect
> with OCR at the exit.  It ends at Redwood City and at that point I
> would transverse the railroad tracks and finish up by using ECR. I
> never tried using Middlefield though, sounds like that would be a
> better option then my cutting over to El Camino.

Middlefield is OK until you get to Palo Alto.  In much of Palo
Alto itself, it's a bit narrow for my comfort, so I often switch
to Bryant Street at that point.
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From: blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff)
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Subject: Re: San Mateo <-> Palo Alto
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