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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/6/2024 Item 6a, Tarver Ryan Tarver < To:E-mail Council Website Subject:South Broad Street Safety Concerns - Improvements for bicycle safety This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear City Council Mambers, I am writing today to express my concern for the danger South Broad Street presents for those of us who commute with our children on bicycles. I frequent South Broad street by bicycle two to four times a day in each direction as I drop my daughter off at daycare at Grandmother's house and then commute to work out by the airport. 80% of my daily commute by bike is along the South Broad Street stretch of town. I am part of a group of concerned residents asking that unallocated funds from the mid-year budget review, Item 6A, be set aside to hire a traffic engineer to update the study that was done for the South Broad Street Plan, adopted in 2014, and make recommendations for improving the safety of the South Broad Street Corridor, specifically as it relates to reducing the speed of drivers and improving safety for all road users and access for those that walk and bike. We are asking that the city take the first step to improving the safety of this travel corridor and work towards addressing the following stated major city goals: 1. Climate Action and Sustainable Transportation: Making this street safer to walk and bike will reduce car dependency and help the city achieve its climate action goals. 2. DEI and Housing and Homelessness: A number of the new housing units in the South Broad area are affordable units. Implementing this would be a step towards removing barriers to safe transportation opportunities and creates greater transportation equity in our community. 3. Economic Resiliency: Making this street safer will allow for better and more equitable access to the great businesses that operate on South Broad Street. Thank you for your time, Ryan Tarver -- Ryan Tarver Team Lead rtarver@sram.com San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Cell: +1 805.234.6494 Work: +1 805.235.7172 1