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Delgado, Adriana
From:Sandy Stannard <stannard@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Thursday, November
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Fix Foothill For Bikes....please!!!
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Dear Active Transportation Committee,
I live in a neighborhood adjacent to Foothill Boulevard and I bike commute to Cal Poly 4-5 days/week.
According to San Luis Obispo's own data, Foothill Blvd. has both more vehicular traffic and bicycle traffic, than Broad St,
and vehicles travel at higher (arterial) speeds on Foothill.
Yet somehow Broad St. got to the head of the line before Foothill Blvd. for bike safety improvements.
While the City of SLO and neighborhoods argued and dithered about Broad Street, another bicyclist was killed on Foothill
Blvd.
The existing conditions on the most heavily used section of Foothill Blvd. are dangerous and very much disincentivizes bike
commuting.
50% of Cal Poly's carbon footprint is from transportation.
That footprint could be reduced a lot through changes to Foothill Blvd.
SLO could solve a lot of problems and save lives,
short term traffic safety wise and long term climate change wise,
through changes to the shared public right of way called Foothill Blvd.
I am writing to express my support for
1) placing the Foothill corridor AT the top of the Tier 1 project lists for long-term safety improvements that include
protected bike lanes
and
2) using any available funds for low-cost and quick-build projects to enhance safety infrastructure ASAP along the Foothill
corridor -
as opposed to use of short-term or surplus funds for a lengthy study.
We urgently need protected bike lanes along Foothill due to its history of fatalities and serious injuries from accidents of
all kinds,
and due to its well documented heavy usage by community members
including neighborhood residents, Bishop's Peak and Pacheco students, SLO High students, and Cal Poly/Cuesta students,
faculty, and staff.
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Fix Foothill For Bikes Now!!
Thank you,
Sandy Stannard
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Sandy Stannard, Architect, LEED AP
Professor of Architecture
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
http://architecture.calpoly.edu/faculty/stannard
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