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Christian, Kevin
From:Marty Rippens <rippens@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, August
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Please support the Broad St. Bicycle Blvd. and Safe Routes to Pacheco/BP
Dear Mayor Harmon and City Council Members,
On August 15, you will be asked to consider plans for a Broad Street Bike Blvd. As a resident who lives
north of Foothill and regularly bikes to work downtown, I urge you to move forward with plans for the
Broad Street Bicycle Blvd., specifically Option 1, which makes the most "pedal-sense;" it is how I and
many other bicyclists already navigate through the Anholm district and its challenging hills.
More importantly, as the father of three elementary school children who bike and walk to school, I urge
you to consider how important the Broad St. Bike Blvd. is in relation to other promised SRTS
improvements, including a much-needed protected crossing at Ferrini/Foothill.
At the council meeting, you will no doubt be faced with a vocal minority resistant to these changes. While
their concerns may be valid, I respectfully remind you that hundreds of Pacheco and Bishop's Peak
families have been pushing for the Bike Blvd. and related SRTS improvements for many, many years.
On behalf of my children, their classmates, and all future students of Pacheco and Bishop's Peak who will
benefit from safer routes to school, I urge you to do what is best for our city as a whole and move these
projects to completion as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Marty Rippens
San Luis Obispo
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