On July 20th, a Friday, neighbor city Palo Alto closed University Avenue for a film and music promenade. The PA Daily called it "both boon and burden." Some restaurants and retailers had slow to no business from lunch through the afternoon, but by evening foot traffic numbered 3,500 people and restaurant seating overflowed the sidewalk out into the street.
The main complaint was traffic. There were no signs highlighting the event, no warning other than the queue of autos as one approached from El Camino. The Palo Alto situation is not directly analogous to Menlo Park's downtown; witness the success of the Connoisseurs' Marketplace the same weekend. Nevertheless, we can learn, and I'm prompted to offer an explanation for my proposal for altering Menlo Park traffic patterns. I'm not adamant about the details, but I have thought carefully about this!
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