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Purrington, Teresa
From:Robb Moss <rmoss@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Saturday, November 28, 2020 6:53 PM
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:ATC Communication
Dear Advisory Board.
San Luis Obispo has made much progress on a low stress active transportation network that just needs some key
connections. I feel that the proposed plan misses doing just that. Instead of creating a list of projects to close those
gaps, it adds projects that create new higher stress parallel routes on busy streets. For example: Broad Street vs Railroad
Safety Trail, S Higuera vs Bob Jones Trail, South St. vs Meadow Park neighborhood.
If the plan is approved as is, my understanding is that the city will stop working on connecting our bike paths that are
almost done and instead build cycle tracks on our busy streets with gaps for driveways. Safety along all bike paths for me
and my kids who ride the trails regularly are of top concern.
As a daily bike commuter I regularly avoid busy streets so that I can have a safer more pleasant commute, even if it
requires a longer ride. From my home I ride the new greenway from Meadow Park to and along Nipomo, then I cross
over to Mill and down California. The goal is to avoid as much traffic as possible on my way to and from Cal Poly. This
I've found is the safest commute for me on low traffic greenways, and sharrows, and bike lanes when there is no other
option. I would like to see the plan place more emphasis on connecting bike paths, greenways, and other low traffic
options.
Thanks for your consideration
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Robb Eric S. Moss, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Editor, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geonvironmental Engineering
CE/ENVE Graduate Coordinator
Prof. Geotechnical, Earthquake, and Risk Engineering
Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering 13-217
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0353
office: 805.756.6427
web: http://ceenve.calpoly.edu/faculty/rmoss/
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