HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/4/2025 Item 7a, Beaudoin
Maija Beaudoin <
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Subject:Bike lanes
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Dear City Council,
Please do not install anymore bike lanes where they take up driving space! The installation must be
extremely costly, and they make driving more unsafe!
I see very few bike riders use these lanes anyway, and they take up so much room making driving even
more congested. Also, for drivers of cars they make intersections even more unsafe since they add more
areas to have to look and check... Especially the one from Southbound LOVR turning into Costco and
also the intersection coming out of Laguna Lake Park onto Madonna. I am a very careful driver, but the
added distance from the curb means more areas for drivers to have to visually check before turning. I
also have a bicycle-club friend that also says these bike lanes make her rides less safe and other bike
club members agree. These bike riders have almost been hit several times as they crossed in front of
intersections and driveways. In my neighborhood, the new cement bike lanes take up residential parking.
Whose idea were these cement bike lanes? Why didn't we get to vote?
The places bike lanes are needed are on Buckley and Tank Farm Roads. Why isn't money spent there to
widen the shoulders for bike lanes and make those areas more safe for both drivers and bike riders?
Thanks for your consideration.
Maija Beaudoin
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