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Jonathan Roberts <
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Re: Special ATC Meeting: 6/27/24
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Dear ATC members,
Thank you for the work you are putting into the design recommendations for the Foothill corridor. Our
community has suffered incredible losses of life due to the lack of physical barriers along this very
popular bike/ped route. I urge you to make your recommendations with the perspective that the safety of
non-car drivers comes first. This corridor serves two elementary schools, childcare facilities, Cal Poly
student housing as well as hundreds of residential units. Because of this, on-street car storage and
people that choose to drive their cars through this part of town are not acceptable reasons for
deprioritizing pedestrian/cyclist safety.
Please consider the following as you work through the agenda packet.
1. Please recommend a pedestrian hybrid beacon at Foothill and Casa. People ride the wrong way from
California to Casa because there is no safe way to cross the street when coming down the hill on Foothill
east of California. A hybrid beacon (if designed correctly with the potential for a pedestrian island, or the
types of striping/bollards, etc used on Johnson at Sydney St.) will also have the benefit of slowing down
vehicle speeds in this highly congested area.
2. If car storage along Foothill must continue, please consider switching the cars and the bike lane. This
will create a safe buffer for cyclists and pedestrians. If it is safe for cyclists to ride Foothill with a buffered
paint job as protection, it is equally safe for someone getting in and out of their vehicle. This type of
design works great on Higuera St. downtown.
3. Please recommend protected bike lanes throughout the entire corridor. Physical barriers stop cars
from crashing into cyclists, paint does not.
4. And finally, please don't get bogged down in the design cost differences. I urge you to not settle on
your recommendations. The ATC is responsible for making the best, safest recommendations to City
Council for those that walk, scoot and ride. Please give the City Council a strong recommendation based
on your committee's objectives.
Again, I truly appreciate all of the work you do!!!!
Thank you,
Jonathan Roberts
Bluephoto Wedding Photography
3242 Johnson Ave.
San Luis Obispo CA, 93401
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805-748-1378
jonathan@bluephoto.biz
www.bluephoto.biz
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