HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/30/2020 Item 2, Teaford
Wilbanks, Megan
From:Stephanie Teaford <sfteaford@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, November 30, 2020 3:59 PM
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Active Transportation Plan
Dear Committee Members,
I appreciated the opportunity to review the draft Active Transportation Plan. As a regular
bike rider and walker in our community, I am really happy to see the road improvements
included in the plan. I think the Tier 1 projects will help me feel safer, will encourage
others to choose alternative forms of transportation and still others feel less vulnerable as
they live their daily lives and move about our community.
Over a two year period (2016-2018), I walked over 400 miles through California
communities from San Diego to Sonoma (walking to all 21 California Missions along the El
Camino Real). The road took me through safe and pleasant places and some not so safe
(really dangerous) and unpleasant places. I spent seven hours per day on the road - a lot
of time to see and think. I noticed many people getting to jobs in the early morning or
returning at the end of the day, on bicycle and on foot, on some very busy roads with no
bike and walking infrastructure and I reflected on the equity issues created by a car centric
community.
I am grateful that our community has some very bike-friendly and walk-friendly roads; it is
a great start for a healthy, equitable and inclusive community. I really hope we can
continue to build on this start, creating environments that will draw more people out of
their cars and that are safe for all.
Please support the Active Transportation Plan and its implementation.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Fusco Teaford
sfteaford@gmail.com
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love
and that love comes with community. —Dorothy Day
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