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Item No. 8
03/10/15
McDonald, Cristal
From: Kiff, Dave
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 1:55 PM
To: City Clerk's Office
Subject: FW: BIke Lane Proposal
For the record.
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From: Laura Curran fmailto:lauracurran @me.com]
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 1:09 PM
To: Dept - City Council
Subject: Bike Lane Proposal
Councilmembers.
The attention and proposed addition of 4.5 miles of Bike Lanes are appreciated, but not sufficient. The Bike Committees
efforts are appreciated, but they are hampered by limited vision.
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This project calls for painting 'stripes on the street'. This is a bandaid.
If the City were truly dedicated to improving bike and pedestrian connectivity and ridership throughout the City, options
for separated bikeways would be on the table. For example, San Joaquin has a median and sidewalks with enough real
estate to be allocated a bike way. Could some of that space be used to make it enticing to ride a bike on San Joaquin?
At one point, there was a proposal to create a Ped /Bike Boardwalk along the Bay. What has happened to that project?
Neighboring cities, such as Irvine, as installing true Bike Lanes and transportation paths, such as the Jeffrey Trail. These
will encourage ridership by bike riders of all ages. As Newport Beach invests in physical infrastructure, such as
Community Centers and Play Fields, we should consider applying some of the same ingenuity and dedication to
developing a true bike infrastructure.
Thank you Laura Curran