Improved parking completed at Nealon Park

Published on November 18, 2024

In response to community feedback to alleviate existing Nealon Park parking demands and safety concerns, the City reconfigured and improved parking conditions at these two parking locations:

• Park parking lot: added nine parking spaces (from 27 to 36) by reconfiguring the parking spaces in front of the pickleball court and softball field from diagonal spaces to perpendicular space.
• Park frontage parking: added 12 parking spaces (from 17 to 29) by reconfiguring the parallel spaces to back-in angle parking.

With back-in angle parking, loading and unloading, especially for families with children accessing the playground and Menlo-Atherton Cooperative Nursery School, would be improved. The trunk of the vehicle would be adjacent to the sidewalk adjacent to Nealon Park and there would be no interference with car doors, as they would open away from the roadway and bike lane. The back-in angle parking also enhances the safety of bicyclists, as it would provide the driver with greater visibility as they exit onto Middle Avenue.

While back-in angle parking is new to the City of Menlo Park, it's not new to the Bay Area. The Stanford Dish parking (located on Stanford Avenue between Junipero Serra Boulevars and Raimundo Way) has been utilizing back-in angle parking since 2015.

For additional information about back-in angle parking (e.g., instructional videos), please visit the project webpage, or contact Senior Transportation Engineer, Kevin Chen, at (650) 330-6748.