Re: [Ebbc-Talk] [Discuss] Fwd: Special City of Alameda Transportation Commission Mtg - Thursday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m.
Jon Spangler <[email protected]>
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Bill, You can also submit comments via email, fax, or letter to Gail Payne at the City of Alameda in advance of the meeting: Gail Payne, AICP Transportation Coordinator City of Alameda Public Works Department 950 West Mall Square, Room 110 Alameda, CA 94501-7558 phone: 510-747-7948 fax: 510-769-6030 [email protected] Jon On Apr 26, 2012, at 3:40 PM, J.W.T. Meakin wrote: > At 4/26/2012 12:39 PM, Jon Spangler wrote: >> Cyclists, >> >> If you ride through or in Alameda's East End (AKA the Fernside neighborhood) you may have encountered traffic problems >> or confusion at the Gibbons Drive/Northwood Drive/Southwood Drive intersection. >> >> The proposals recommended so far by Public Works have been controversial. What do you recommend? You can contribute >> to the discussion next Thursday, May 3, at 7 PM, at a special meeting of the Transportation Commission at City Hall. >> >> Agenda and more info below. >> >> Jon > > Thanks for the heads-up. I shall be out of town that day. Is anyone willing to represent my views, which are: > > No change. The intersection is perfectly safe as it is (no reported accidents over the last 5 years), the proposed changes will simply be tedious, the original requirement came from one resident who objected to late night donuts being turned outside her house (i.e. has nothing to do with safety or general use of the intersection), and the money would be better spent elsewhere. > > I walk or ride through this intersection practically every day and have done for 14 years. > > Fallback position: Ok, obstruct the donuts, but don't interefere with traffic flow. More stop lines are definitely out. > > Bill. Jon Spangler Writer/editor Linda Hudson Writing TEL 510-864-2144 CEL 510-846-5356 [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/jonmspangler www.twitter.com/jonmspangler "She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life." —Frances E. Willard, in A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle (1895) _______________________________________________ Ebbc-Talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ebbc.org/listinfo.cgi/ebbc-talk-ebbc.org