1 Flores, Valerie
Subject: FW: Comment on MSC Agenda Item #2 re Shared Mobility
On Jan 11, 2022, at 3:46 PM, Christy Moision <[email protected]> wrote:
CAUTION: This email was delivered from the Internet. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button. Learn more.... ------------------------ I read the staff report on the Shared Mobility issue which helpfully outlines the purposes and benefits of shared mobility devices and the need for a good bike network to make the services successful.
While I agree that Pasadena's fledgling bike network is not well suited for shared mobility at this time, my conclusion is different. I believe we should be quickly building our network of safe, low stress streets to support both potential bicyclists and the ones who are already braving our roads.
I believe we should have done more during the pandemic to quick-build bike lanes, like we quickly adjusted some of our streets for outdoor dining. While that opportunity has passed, we can still make a great bike network happen, and do it quickly. We will make good progress on this front with the completion of bike lanes on Cordova and the Union Street cycle track. But there is much more to do.
I hope you can understand my disappointment in staff's recommendation that we shouldn't have shared mobility devices and services because we don't have a good enough network coming on the heels of staff's refusal to recommend bike lanes in the North Lake plan. Lake Avenue with all of its businesses and restaurants and its Metro station is a perfect place for protected bike lanes *and* shared mobility devices. We need both and the sooner the better.
I ask the Committee to have DOT move quickly on a safe, connected bike network.
Sincerely,
Christy Moision
District 7