It's hard to believe the BRoadway Autonomous Zone (the BRAZ) is still going on from 4pm on Saturdays to 10pm on Sunday. The only thing more empty than the BRAZ are the EV charging stations in Lot Y on Chula VIsta. We touched on the BRAZ and the BAAZ (Burlingame Ave Autonomous Zone) here. The BAAZ was a victim of its success--too many people and too much scootering, skateboarding, biking at speed amongst the non-socially distancers so it closed and parklets arrived. Like every other comparison between the Avenue and Broadway--things are different up north. I've been near the BRAZ a dozen or more times and it's a ghost town. There are fewer people walking in the street than the usual number of jaywalkers. And from my conversations, it ain't good for business either and that's not good for sales taxes. What's up with that?
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Traffic is also picking back up. How to tell?
See how much traffic is now struggling to travel along Carmelita which is were the traffic that diverted from Broadway is traveling. That street is so narrow that the two opposing traffic streams are stuck playing chicken and diving into driveways to let the opposite way pass. Another thing the city has not accounted for.
Posted by: BMW | November 01, 2020 at 12:22 PM
I just got dropped from contributing to BV.
I still hope Hillsider will come to my Rescue.
Posted by: hollyroller@gmail.com | November 02, 2020 at 03:49 PM
Holly, you have not been dropped--no one has been "dropped". Try refreshing your browser and clearing you cache if you are having issues. Ctrl + F5 in Chrome.
Posted by: Joe | November 04, 2020 at 01:24 PM
Sound good Joe. Thank you.
It is a good time to get used to lack of shoppers. Get used to business closing. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year may only happen in our homes. Isn't the way it should be?
I believe that @ 50% of the Brick& Morter Burlingame Business's will close before 12/25/2020.
No one can afford $10-50.000.00 a month rent when the daily sales are under $300.00
Posted by: hollyroller@gmail.com | November 05, 2020 at 06:55 PM
At least Prop 15 is losing by 3.4% right now. What is scary is that we have that many stupid people in the state. 48.3% idiots.
Posted by: resident | November 05, 2020 at 07:36 PM
I think this is the reality test: if you’ve been shopping at a grocery store for eight months and that grocery store has been open every day seven days a week then I think we can open the schools and go to church using reasonable precautions.
Posted by: Cassandra . | November 06, 2020 at 11:28 AM