[SDCBC] AB1358 Transportation Bill Please help City Heights

[jwstump at cox.net]

Dear Senator Kehoe

Please support legislation that would promote greater bicycle use in City Heights and the Mid City.  We are yet to have CALTRANs complete the I-15 40th Street bike route from Park de La Cruz to Mission Valley.

Bikes and Bike rider ship are indicators of a healthy neighborhood.  Quality neighborhoods have active bike use 


As you know We are trying to restore a friendly and safe community in City Heights.  I feel that if we first provide transportation systems for people on foot or pedals the restoration of our community would be accelerated.

Thank you for all you do
John Stump, City Heights
---- Kathy Keehan <execdir at sdcbc.org> wrote: 
> AB1358, the 'Complete Streets' bill, will be heard at the State Senate Local
> Government Committee on July 11th. This is the bill that would make sure
> that community plans take into consideration the needs of bicyclists and
> pedestrians in the transportation network. So far the bill has passed the
> State Assembly, and we hope it will make it all the way to the Governor's
> desk, but it needs some letters of support to encourage those senators. 
> 
> Please write a letter, email, or call (sample letter below) our own Senator
> Christine Kehoe and let her know you support this bill to make bicycling
> better in California. You can contact Senator Kehoe's office at - 
> 
> phone - 619.645-3113
> 
> email - senator.kehoe at sen.ca.gov
> 
> fax - 619.645-3144
> 
> The most effective comments come from constituents of her district (39th
> Senate District) so if you live or work in San Diego west of I-15 or east of
> 15 between I-8 and SR54, or Lemon Grove, please make the time today to
> contact Senator Kehoe's office to support AB1358. Thanks in advance!
> 
> Kathy
> 
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> 
> Kathy Keehan
> 
> Executive Director
> 
> San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
> 
> P.O. Box 34544
> 
> San Diego, CA 92163
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> 858.487.6063
> 
> execdir at sdcbc.org
> 
> www.sdcbc.org
> 
>  
> 
> Please modify to make this more personal!!
> 
> RE: SUPPORT FOR AB 1358
> 
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> 
> Dear Senator Kehoe:
> 
>  
> 
> I join the California Bicycle Coalition and the San Diego County Bicycle
> Coalition in supporting AB 1358, the Complete Streets Act of 2007, because
> it will make bicycling and walking safer, more feasible modes of
> transportation. As non-motorized transportation modes, bicycling and walking
> can help solve a variety of the problems California faces: poor air quality,
> the threat of climate change and worsening public health.
> 
>  
> 
> It is imperative that roadway design enables motorists, bicyclists, and
> pedestrians to travel safely. AB 1358 will result in roads that serve all
> users, not just motorists, as is now too often the case.
> 
>  
> 
> In California, automobiles are responsible for 40% of the carbon dioxide
> released into the atmosphere, a percentage that does not include emissions
> from diesel buses, trucks, trains or airplanes. Promoting the construction
> of facilities that facilitate non-motorized travel will help California meet
> its climate change prevention goals without spending billions to investigate
> new technologies, some of which may never materialize. Bicycling and walking
> are available to us now, free of charge.
> 
>  
> 
> Americans rely on automobiles for transportation because, in many cases,
> there are no alternatives. Driving and riding in a car, however, do not
> require physical exertion.  By bicycling and walking, people can incorporate
> physical activity into their daily routines, which can improve the health of
> Californians, saving the state millions of dollars in saved health care
> costs and preventing the loss of productivity from illnesses that result
> from sedentary lifestyles, such as obesity, diabetes and heart attacks. AB
> 1358 will provide alternatives to driving by building roadways that are safe
> and inviting for non-motorized transportation, making it possible for more
> people to embrace active lifestyles.
> 
>  
> 
> I urge your support of this landmark legislation that will make California
> cities more livable, now and in the future. 
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
>  
>