ECR: How is this maneuver legal?

July 20, 2024

Change is afoot for our beloved El Camino Real as the Axe man cometh for the Eucs. The city e-newsletter notes that pothole repair on a systemic level (as opposed to when someone calls) as "Caltrans is currently completing pothole repair work on El Camino Real, between Howard Avenue and Sanchez Avenue. Work will take place daily, between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. One lane will remain open in both directions, but drivers should expect delays."

One thing that will have to change as 91% of the Eucs get cut down, huge swaths of pavement get dug up at one time, trenches get dug for power/phone lines and drainage piping is the commercial parking habits of various truck drivers. It's not just Amazon, UPS, FedEx, et al. Check this guy out resupplying Walgreens! There's a city lot right there, but hey, let's just shut down half of northbound ECR for half an hour or more. How is that legal?

ECR illegal loading

Posted in Parking, Police Report, Power (Electricity, Gas), Streets of Burlingame, Trees

5 responses to “ECR: How is this maneuver legal?”

Cassandra

July 21, 2024

Resupplying or large-scale looting operation?
resident

July 21, 2024

When a pedestrian or a kid on an e-bike gets hit in the crosswalk coming out from behind the truck, who gets arrested? The driver or the truck driver?
Timothy Hooker

July 30, 2024

Can’t turn around in that lot maybe?
Jennifer Pfaff

July 30, 2024

It’s kind of a triangular lot, but you can definitely travel in a big circle, and that truck isn’t all that long. I think this is just more “convenient” and nobody is ticketing them anyhow. I see the truck there at least once a week, ‘same spot. Evidently Walgreens hasn’t told them to unload in the back lot, just like everybody else; that lot is pretty empty in the early mornings.
Cassandra

August 17, 2024

Speaking of legal/illegal:
Be warned:
The Mercy High School race track is open on Adeline, Hillside and Alvarado.
Late parents and new teen drivers…
30-35 mph on blind curves.

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