Corrections to San Jose DOT's poor roadway design on Blossom Hill Road bridge

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Option 1: Restore shoulder with optional zerbra striping. (Shown: it's already on part of the bridge.)
Option 1: Restore shoulder with optional zerbra striping. (Shown: it's already on part of the bridge.) 		Option 2: Restore shoulder with "refective pavement markers".
Option 2: Restore shoulder with "refective pavement markers".
Option 3: Place a concrete berm to create a sidewalk on the bridge and ramps. (photo: Montague Expy.)
Option 3: Place a concrete berm to create a sidewalk on the bridge and ramps. (photo: Montague Expy.) 		A wider type of berm. (photo: Winfield Blvd, San Jose)
A wider type of berm. (photo: Winfield Blvd, San Jose)
Option 4: There is room for a dirt path. Remove guardrail for more room.
Option 4: There is room for a dirt path. Remove guardrail for more room. 		Option 5: As done for Capitol on-ramp, place asphalt sidewalk. (NE side of bridge.)
Option 5: As done for Capitol on-ramp, place asphalt sidewalk. (NE side of bridge.)
Where on-ramp reaches top, continue with straight-through walking facility. (NE side)
Where on-ramp reaches top, continue with straight-through walking facility. (NE side) 		Bike shown in shoulder. Continue shoulder all the way along the right turn, to Cottle. Re-do double-turn lane for modern safer design for bicyclsts/walkers going straight through along Blossom Hill Road. (NW side)
Bike shown in shoulder. Continue shoulder all the way along the right turn, to Cottle. Re-do double-turn lane for modern safer design for bicyclsts/walkers going straight through along Blossom Hill Road. (NW side)
On-ramp needs ped/bike facility. There is plenty of room on the ramps. (SW side)
On-ramp needs ped/bike facility. There is plenty of room on the ramps. (SW side) 		San Jose DOT's unacceptable proposal: An underpass at "Blossom Hill train station" at Ford Ave is too far from Blossom Hill Road (the distant bridge) to serve as a crossing.
San Jose DOT's unacceptable proposal: An underpass at "Blossom Hill train station" at Ford Ave is too far from Blossom Hill Road (the distant bridge) to serve as a crossing.
San Jose DOT's other unacceptable proposal: Force walkers to cross these tracks for the next 25 years by doing nothing to solve the dangerous problem they created.
San Jose DOT's other unacceptable proposal: Force walkers to cross these tracks for the next 25 years by doing nothing to solve the dangerous problem they created.