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As a state deadline fast approaches, Atherton is searching for ways to spur residential development that complies with California's housing mandate while also preserving the town’s historically large-lot, single-family character.
but how to have places where people could set up a coffee or flower boutique or something, how to build that into the plan. in terms of traffic, taking cars off, i'm very much in support of taking cars off market. i'm not sure why there's ability to turn between van ness and 12th why there's that turning lane. i'm trying to figure o are comim because they've had so much chances to turn before that point i don't understand why we need that block for cars to drive along. i see every day conflict with cars and bicyclists and pedestrians. so i think whatever we do, in terms of the choice...
to, you know, have the city reenforce that kind of use. it's kind of like thinking of it as a parklet i guess and taking advantage of a private uses and private entries and private spaces that could be enhanced. >> president fong: commissioner hillis. >> do you have a breakdown of who uses market street like the vehicular use, autos, what percent are buses and trains and transit? do you know that? >> yes, we do. i don't have the numbers with me off the top of my head. do you recall? >> the majority are pedestrians, in terms of the number -- a little over 50% would be pedestrians. >> ...
something. i think that was at least the original proposal. so that might be an opportunity to, you know, have the city reenforce that kind of use. it's kind of like thinking of it as a parklet i guess and taking advantage of a private uses and private entries and private spaces that could be enhanced. >> president fong: commissioner hillis. >> do you have a breakdown of who uses market street like the vehicular use, autos, what percent are buses and trains and transit? do you know that? >> yes, we do. i don't have the numbers with me off the top of my head. do you recall? >> the maj...
that i think have started up. so that's a consideration, unless there is some way to identify them, i guess if you have a mustache in front of your car, that's an easy way to identify it. but i think if somebody like me participants in one of those other programs and just uses my car, then there's no readily available way to identify who i am. so that's something -- i don't know if those will last but it's a phenomenon that cropped up. it just came to mind. also in terms of your nodes, it seems like one other aspect of considering where the city might spend it's money with respect to...