[SDCBC] My letter to my Councilmember.

[Robert Leone]

Dear SDCBC:
	If I get this in the mail today, my Councilmember should have it on 
Monday....

Councilmember Kevin Faulconer
202 C Street, MS #10A
San Diego, CA 92101
9/15/07
Dear Councilmemeber Faulconer:
I am writing to urge your support for the Bayshore Bikeway Western Salt 
Works project (see supplemental docket for the September 18th Council 
meeting). Even though I live in Council District 2, I frequently bicycle 
along the Bayshore Bikeway for both recreation and transportation.
Currently, the Bayshore Bikeway stretch between Chula Vista and Coronado 
requires riding in traffic on Palm Avenue. I'm an experienced cycling 
commuter, so I'm habituated to riding in traffic legally and safely. 
However, not all adult cyclists have the experience and training I've 
had, and not all cyclists are adults.

In this case, a dedicated non-motorized transportation corridor would 
allow youth more opportunity for aerobic exercise, more range to travel 
by two wheels to visit friends, libraries and the significant 
environmental education resourses around the southern end of the San 
Diego Bay. A dedicated non-motorized transportation corridor would make 
family outings for picnics by bicycle more possible. A dedicated 
non-motorized transportation corridor would benefit others besides 
cyclists – runners and rollerbladers would find their outing range 
increased. Bird watchers would have more access to the birds of the bay.

The real value of the Bayshore Bikeway Western Salt Works project is 
that it joins two otherwise unconnected non-motorized transportation 
corridors, the Silver Strand and a bike path through Chula Vista. It 
makes riding long distances along the bay, for any reason (recreation, 
transportation, shopping, exercise) more tenable for all users, from 
elite marathoners and road racers in training to retirees on tricycles 
with full cargo baskets and their grandchildren on bikes with training 
wheels. Please support this project.

Your constituent,

Robert Leone

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