HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/4/2018 Item 15, Akers
Christian, Kevin
From:steve akers
Sent:Thursday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Please Support Protected Bike Lanes in Anholm
Dear Mayor and Council,
I'm writing today to express my strong support for the Anholm Bikeway plan that includes
protected bike lanes.
Our City's stated goals, in the LUCE, the Bike Master Plan and the Climate Action Plan, call for an
increase in bicycle ridership. I ask you today to stand up and support these goals by approving
the option which will create safer streets and increase ridership.
I currently ride through the Anholm neighborhood about 50 to 60 times a year. There are a
number of businesses off of Foothill I frequent. While biking though the Anholm neighborhood is
more pleasant and safer than biking on Santa Rosa, adding protected bike lanes will make it
more pleasant and much more safe.
Without safer streets for everyone, I'm afraid that ridership will fail to increase to the levels that
we need to reach to help make our city cleaner, greener and leaner.
Thank you and city staff for your hard work on this tough, seemingly endless process.
Sincerely,
Steve Akers
PS: Full disclosure: I am an employee of Bike SLO County, but am writing you today as a private
citizen and resident of San Luis Obispo.
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