HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/4/2018 Item 15, Medaglia
From:Anthony Medaglia <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:I Support Protected Bike Lanes
Dear Mayor and Council,
I want to express my support for the Anholm bikeway plan that includes protected bike lanes. As staff have
stated during several previous meetings, protected bike lanes are the most likely to attract more people to
ride their bike. As a community we have made it a priority to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicle
trips and give our community the opportunity to make healthier transportation choices. There is a plethora of
reasons why more people biking benefits our community and environment. For a century our streets we
designed only to accommodate cars which has led to some serious environmental and health impacts that
need to be addressed sooner rather than later. I want to help make the shift for the greater good of our
community and hope you will make the tough to decision to rethink the way we utilize our public right of
ways.
I expect our city leaders to maintain their historically forward thinking approach to environmental
sustainability and continuing to ensure that SLO develops as a healthy place to live. It’s one of the primary
reasons why I chose to live here and it’s also a factor that helps our company attract top notch talent to move
to and settle in the area. Creating safer options to ride bikes as a form of transportation is a key to achieving
this. We’ve done a great job achieving this so far, but there is a long way to go, let’s not disrupt this
momentum. I simply don’t see any value in maintaining street parking or motor vehicle throughput in a
residential area like Broad and Chorro streets, especially when there is plenty of driveway parking and a
preferable corridor provided by Santa Rosa St. If this were to be proposed for my neighborhood I wouldn’t
hesitate for a second to support it.
Sincerely,
Anthony Medaglia
Chief System Engineer – Road Drivetrain
amedaglia@sram.com
SRAM LLC
San Luis Obispo Product Development Center
4720 Allene Way
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
P: +1 (805) 548-8032
M: +1 (805) 234-2983
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