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Christian, Kevin
From:Lea Brooks <leabrooks332@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Bochum, Tim
Subject:Comments for Agenda Item 1: Parking Management
Nov. 12, 2018
To: Mayor Harmon and Council Members Christianson, Gomez, Pease and Rivoire:
From: Lea Brooks, San Luis Obispo resident
Re: Study session on parking management issues and update of the Parking and Access Plan
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this issue. I enthusiastically support the LUCE and
Zoning Regulations updates that call for fewer trips by cars and an increase in multi-modal
transportation and the City’s goal to be a carbon-neutral city by 2035.
Please support the following:
-Official recognition that streets are public spaces that belong to everyone and are not for the
exclusive use for driving and parking vehicles.
-Reduce the demand for parking by continuing to improve and expand the bicycle and pedestrian
transportation networks and programs such as carpooling, vanpools and transit subsidies.
-More bike parking options that accommodate electric bikes, adult tricycles, cargo bikes, tandems
and include parking corrals and parklets.
-Encourage employers to adopt the City of Boulder, Colo.’s Parking Cash Out program described
in the staff report that pays employees not to drive alone to and park at work.
-Set an example by not providing free parking for City employees and providing options.
-Stop subsidizing private employers that do not provide adequate car parking for their workers
with free on-street parking when doing so discourages trips by bike. Industrial Way between
Broad and Sacramento streets is one example. The public space that should be designated for
bicycle lanes instead is devoted to free on-street parking. Although Industrial Way has signs
indicating people on bikes can take the lane, many motorists drive aggressively around people on
bikes because they do not want to share the road.
-Replace parking stripes with parking Ts on residential streets such as Chorro and Broad.
Motorists confuse the parking stripes with bike lanes despite sharrows and signs that indicate
bicyclists can take the full lane to avoid being doored. People on bikes do not appreciate being
yelled at by motorists to ride in the bike lanes when in fact there are no bike lanes.
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