February 1, 2025
City Council Members of San Mateo
330 20th st, San Mateo, CA 94403
Copy to: SMFCSD Superintendent & SMFCSD Board of Trustees Dear San Mateo City Council Members,
We are writing on behalf of the Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) of the San Mateo Foster City School District (SMFCSD). As concerned leaders of our school community, we strongly support the preservation of safe bicycle lanes on Humboldt Street in San Mateo. These lanes are essential for promoting Safe Routes to Schools and advancing the goals of Vision Zero.
Maintaining safe, accessible bicycle infrastructure is critical to the safety and well-being of our students and families, helping to create a safer, more sustainable environment for all. We urge you to prioritize these efforts for the benefit of our entire community.
The Humboldt Street bike lanes stretch 1.6 miles, making them one of the longest and most important segments of bicycle infrastructure in the City of San Mateo. These lanes directly serve four schools, benefit all schools in the district, and provide a crucial connection to downtown San Mateo and public transit. Their strategic location makes them an essential part of the city's bicycle network. Additionally, the Humboldt Street bike lanes enable regional connectivity to the only safe bicycle overpasses over Highway 101, linking the east and west sides of San Mateo, as well as providing bike routes to Foster City and Burlingame. This network is vital for the safety and mobility of cyclists throughout the region.
We stand with the San Mateo community in expressing our concerns about pedestrian safety along Humboldt Street and in the North Central neighborhood. We firmly believe it is possible to slow down vehicle traffic without compromising the existing bicycle infrastructure. Safe Routes to Schools provide children with the opportunity to safely travel to school without relying on cars, helping to reduce overall vehicle congestion. The City has a range of effective tools-such as speed monitoring, increased patrols, speed bumps, and other measures that can be used to reduce vehicle speeds and enhance the safety of our entire community.
One year ago, on February 1, 2024, SMFCSD PTA Presidents signed a letter advocating for the adoption of Vision Zero. In that letter, we stated: "Our cities can make infrastructure improvements, such as extended red curbing, additional stop signs and crosswalks, bike lanes, and other solutions." Today, we are calling on the City to preserve the safe infrastructure of the Humboldt Street bike lanes, which were installed in 2022. According to data from the City of San Mateo, these lanes are used for over 10,000 bicycle trips per month. Removing the Humboldt Street bike lanes and forcing cyclists to share the road with vehicle traffic would undermine the goals of Safe Routes to School and Vision Zero, compromising safety for all.
From our letter last year, also applicable in this case: "Every student and their caregiver deserve peace of mind knowing their child can safely travel to and from school."
Collectively we represent thousands of families in Foster City and San Mateo who want safer streets.
Petitions Signed to Stop Removal of Parking Spaces
From: Trina M Pierce
To:
Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 10:39 AM PST
From: Trina Pierce
Petitions Turned_in on Friday to City Hall
545 (194 was from online)
Today turning in paper copies, new signatures 105
Total of online petitions as of 2/22 is 213 (minus 194
turned in = 19)
545 Already scanned by City
113 New Signatures
19 Updated amount online
Total 669
748 RECEIVED
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Néme (orinted) Address [printed)
/ Signature:
Trina Preme
Hereths Bates
Dend BA
Reedell liVers.
Ernestine SAcken
liste tarnis
VETTE SOWERS
La Mereili
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Branden Brute
Emane Huff
Don fil
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nore (printed) Address (printad) Signatura /
Kevin cagina
Ernest Davis
Ling Cal
Daren Nichelsen
Chanda lesman
blond fran
enter Chancin
Jessie Gechet
Tens Lounprel
Al Sate
Johana EStrada
DAN MCQUIGG
DANA Pillelemen
DENISEGVINLE
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (pintegy Address (printed) Signature
Kinda Nob
Email-Ms June B
Caroline DAqin
Rick HoRa
Bılly kobinson
Dana Robinson
camilleBelinan
bullykobinson
batoniyia Brown
MAHENDRA KUMAR
MEGNAL RAMMI
YASHNA RAM
Sushila Bali
Suresit Bauti
LOZAN Am
Paar
Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (impresa) : Firma
becario Salazar
Legis Romero
Matetro M
AvaUsTo /tUELGAS
Maricela Huelgas
Carlos Salazar
Maria Marisca
ANDIGOZAL
Kan Yen ko
Elena orellan
Guillermo Severo
Vanessa Severo
Lynn Kateli
Santos Orellana
Moris Orellana
Hara Quellana
Page
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mate are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (prinled) Address (printed!
Signature
Elberte Pabon
Betty han fahre
Cathy Becerra
Juan Deterra
Ma Hole
Nan Bereini JR
JAMES LOGARA
Linda Chickme
Times tengea
ALRABENE M
Debbi Chewnina
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nore (printed) Address (printed) •
Signature
Anseta miller
Kenneth Simon
Pattie Young
Willain Yung
demendene miles
Dorothy & Biscoe
vocke MOre
YI Liesay
Well,
Kandice Podlor
Marsha (Unters
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Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) * Direccion (impresa) : Firma
AlFREDO VISAU:
MARiA UBAN
ESPERANZA FeRRETi
MiCHELlE REYES
DAViD REYES
yesenia tequilar
Ar Pone Aguilar
Dellis Aguila
Maria Salario
Meresa Corose
Ishua Cent
Dina Monse
Joss Escabar
Martin Festabax
Elias Cruz
Benata hernandez
Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer príncipalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (impresa) Firma
Rosa Lopes
Mineria canecho
Amatis De Leou
Benito Morros
Brenta Call Bruse
relia Cifrentes
Albute Garcia
Pedago Garcia
Luci Marlery
odillo leves
Page
Petition.
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT In
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) Address (printed) Signature
Judy A HEMLiX
MARVIN HENDEX
Meie Abriguess
JosE GAON
HETUEFEROSI
berte Simmons
AND SOMAK
Verma Stephens
Martha Maland
Claude hench
Naney Gland
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 fines to list your email & phone number
Infedi ass (printed) Signoture
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We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your emall & phone number
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Anit
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172 214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
intedi Address (printed) Songture
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nore (printed) Address (printed! Signature
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Petition.
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) Address (printed) Signoture
Kathy Harwood
STEVEN GOMEZ
Charles Tith inton
TARA EDEL
RI LOWERS
CRENTON STARE
Yvette Ague
Corinne Stunan
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DOUG-HANDERSA
TONYA KAVTMIN
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eucion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (impresa) ..... Firma
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Kathenne No fran
Maria de la 10Z HG
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Candelaria
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Maro Gentaled
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Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) • Direccion (impresa) Firma
Lonel Turios
Ana Bautiste
Michael Lax
Ezair Conzalez
Maria Ales
macias
Esther Vargas
Wendi Perr
Mant Hernander
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (prinled) Address (prinied|
DAMNGU:
Comotet
-mily levell
Lynn Stude
Pedro Posas
JAMES TyRGE
one lan 2129
Natalie Genue
ChRisti Fontat
Desilva Fontrust
Laylor Fortunat
Petition.
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (printed) Address (printed) Signature
Mike DariN
Joses
JOIN KAL
Dana Cigella
Mal More
Lilia Vega
Josefina Macios
David Vega
Irene Vega
Handel Calinetti
David Gulinett
Marabilinth
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (printed) Address (printed! Signature
Penina Queror TER
Alcarde Contrera
Caitlin MeMans
Brian MEMaNs
LOLA MEMANUS
BRUN AUDIES
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Har Artsin
Justin sellesinger
Mark Shtesar
Ricpad Baker
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From Anita Webb
Subject: Additional Petition Names
Date: Feb 9, 2022 at 5:14:51 PM
To: Pierce Trina
I forgot this one
Anita
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT In
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
Morth Central
Please use 2 lines to Isi your email 4 phone number
Name (brinlea) Ado printegr Signonre
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Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (impresa) : Firma
Page
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (printed) Address [printed)
Signoture/
Nates Graf
ASHA BAtAM
Jacquennesh thason
Piro
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) -
Address [printed) Signature
Karginipiz
JAno. Hawa
CHARES AGROWELL
Antic tensore
IVAN SCHUMIGL
Dizhre whitaker
Page
Nosure a cuentas acaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estimos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacior Miento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bidicteras que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (Impresa) Firma
Gervin Balein
Manta paray-
Eugenia Gonzalez
Lily Gomez
Ala Vargas
Jose ham
Agustin Menor
wany vinchi
Page
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Please use 2 lines to list your email and phone number
Name (Frinted) Address. (Printed)
Signature
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Jennife 1a Andrewr
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Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streeis in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) Address (printed] Signalurs
Martha layel
acoueline Paras
Dose lalavo
Dolores Hynes
Jessia Hernandez
Rodrigo Hernande
10l menez
Addana Dona
Paro
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) Address (printed) Signoture
Alexe Clia
Omar burinan
Layne: Trend
Mine Media
china Sonnel
Oscar Avanda
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (printed) Aderess (prinfed) Signature
unza Kancev
Do TENANE
Heru-simel
amoa loga
canal Shan
James Manhonely
James luckles danan
Paar
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Trina Pierce
Benaiah Wilberforce
Alan Louie
Leia Austin
Nora Li
Donna Minatra
Tristen Moors
Monica Strabala
Nicole Wiegand
Rich Strabala
Kelly May
Jonathan Ramirez
Milton Tomasino
Frank Salinas
Rajunesh Maharaj
Jonathan Ramirez-Sanchez
Walid Abid
Arturo Molina
Samantha Joachim
Chris McKellar
Ema Halpin
Alison Halpin
Matthew Baumann
Lisa Joachim
Welch Maleta
Natalia Tatola
Andersen Fung Smith
Austin Glascock
Thomas Halpin
Anthony Pacelli
JP Scheller
Guillermo Delgado
Santos Rumbo
Kim Banas
Daniel Chapman
Aldo Bamaca
Cyrus Vance Milan
Diego Ramirez
Shaylona Wheeler
Zaniesha Woods
Vertna Williams
Claudia Tatola
Anna Tatola-ortiz
Ginger Joachim
Curshawna Granger
LeeAnn Gunter
Patricia Ciapponi
Teresa Pale
Charlie Norman
Mignon Page-Broughton
Anna Belanger
Kassandra Montgomery
zina butler
Kiera Aldridge
sophia heath
Alonzo Brian Emery
Kyle Terada
Hope Trygstad
Thomas Sheldon
Elena Fresquez
kim hoffman
Anthony Arrechea
janice hudson
Virginia Mcisaac
Susanne Scher
Sandra DiMattea
Victor and Kate Rainaldi
Bijan Yavari
Surena Yavari
Mona Lotfi
Jolaiya Aldridge
Frank Lam
Dasha Herrera
Sheila Callaghan
Trina Bowsher
Hernando Garcia
Elizabeth Connolly
Nat Valik
Mike Peyzner
dexter Chiang
Susheela Carroll
LUI
mike minerva
Brittany Thompson
Lucy Lopez
Gail Marlin
Cassandra Garcia
Vanessa Haney
Gerardo Salazar
Jeshua Reinado
Jason Liao
Debbie Sandino
Ana Fonua
Kimberly Sosa
Teresa Wen
Madison Huynh
Stephen & Susan Bell
Claudia Marquez
Mark Awad
Courtney Stalley
Peter Martin
Joel Sato
Kevin Hwang
Irasema Carranza
Eunice Chan
carol gillett
adrienne kent gunst
Phyllis Berwick
Pegah Shahmirza
Hernando Gonzalez
Jeannine Klopocki
Bogdan Klopocki
Celmy Kantun
Elizabeth Valdez
Kim Cresci
Rebecca Baltodano
Ronald McGoldrick
Kielan Crow
Brittany Venturelli
John Dos Ramos
Brennan W
Marcia Wachna
Dev Patnaik
Diane Morris
Andrea Lopez
LynetteA Bartel
John Chetcuti
Monica Devoy
juliet virahi
Martin Taualo
Kia Myers Holsey
Kendra Williamson
Irene Vega
Carlene Brasel
Julia Osuna
Audrey Smith
Penny Wilkins
Danelle Rienks
Kim Hoffmann
Carla Sheldon
Alberto Garcia
Leslie Talley
Althea Hori
Anna Kuhre
Joanne Stodgel
Shanti forte
Jason Pullen
Cynthia Arevalo
Christine Hanan
Sandra Palma
Maria Palma
Jeff Gilbert
Silvia Yoc
Jennifer Hilliard
CINDY ANTONTA77T
Yas Suzuki
Qz
carol murphy
Chrissy newsom
betty harada-garcia
John & Dorothy Meyer
Jillian Abinader
Suzanne Volmer
Gina Williams
Amy Tatsutani
Allison Leong
Loreley Fernandez-Davila
Patricia Marsala
Shirley Escobar
Haydet Giulianetti
Jose Garcia
Zila Saigado-meza
Anna Traverso
Yvette Batrez
Denise Strehl
Jeanne Guynes
Linda Lowe
Kara McGinty
Tea Tran
Sandra Gonzalez
Cynthia Botello
Wendy Lee
Linh Bui
Kandice Podlone
Julian Botello
María Carmen Botello
Mirna Hardy
Michael Mozzone
Kimya Cotton
Elena Gumina
Margarita Garcia
Richard Axelrod
Ashley Garcia
Wendy O Connors
Kristy Beougher
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Nome (printed) Address (printed)
hawrence Sicincture
Andrews
CAntaine McHuc
MEL Souznizz
-egus GreGoro
Edwin Gaspan
2amn
Richelle Conorer
LetterBran
Andrea Hot a
Richard Washuigton
washingtar
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Peticion
Nosotros, los residentes abaja firmantes de of
San Mateo, no estamos a favor de la eliminacion
de 172-214 espacios de estacionamiento para
acomodar el nuevo carril de bicicletas que se
propone establecer principalmente por la
Humboldt Street y otras calles en el area de
North Central
Nombre (impresa) Direccion (impresa)
: Firma
LINDA RUIZ
ALZADORO SOLS
Abel Pirir
Garbar Murin
NOC SALDO
#ARISH CHANORA
SASIA CHANDRA
Petition
We the undersigned residents of San Mateo are NOT in
favor of the removal of 172-214 parking spaces to
accommodate the New Bike Lane to be established
primarily on Humboldt Street & surrounding streets in
North Central
Please use 2 lines to list your email & phone number
Name (printed) Address [prinled) Signoture
HARLEH CANA RAT
ALES CHAN
Mon chin
Thang Thung
Matton Char
Medis
BRENHAH WOOD
MriTe Bartel
MEI TAIMAN
Los abajo firmantes residentes de la ciudad de San Mateo estamos protestando y no a favor de la remocion de espacios de estacionamiento para acomodar la instalacion de carriles para bicicletas en Humboldt Street, en North Central San Mateo.
We the undersigned, residents of the City of San Mateo are protesting and not in favor of removal of parking spaces to accommodate installation of bike lanes on Humboldt Street, in North Central San Mateo.
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as on Humboldt Street, In North Central San Mateo.
abajo firmantes residentes de la ciudad de San Mateo estamos protestando y no a favor de la remocion de espacios de estacionamiento para acomodar astalacion de carriles para bicicletas en Humboldt Street, en North Central San Mateo. ne/ Nombre Signature/Firma Address/ Direccion Phone/ Telefono Email/ El correo eletronico Alexander Johnson
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Jan. 17, 2025
To: San Mateo City Council
Subject: Humboldt Bike Lane
I know you, the council, have to make a big decision about the Bike Lane.
There are a few new council members that may not have heard the residents of North Central. Who spoke before the council last year. Or had a chance to read the letters sent to the council last year. I think it is important that the new members understand the affects the Bike Lane has on the entire group of North Central.
For example last year, one resident of North Central got up to speak to the council one night. He was nervous, sly and spoke softly, but he was only 10 or 11 years old. Basically he said he no longer played outside in the yard. Because they were parking cars there now. You might say go to the park, 6 blocks away. But what parent comes home from work and has 2 hours to walk the children to park to play. Verse the children playing in their yard and knowing they are safe. So this is not just about parking spaces. This affects kids too. If you think the children have a Bike Lane to ride in. Here is a question, for the council members, would you allow your children (12 years old or younger) to ride in the Bike Lane on Humboldt St.. As cars drive by at 20 mph and within 3 feet of the bicyclist. Be honest with yourself.
Advocates of the Bike Lane say it's a way for the bicyclists to get fresh air and exercise. But some children are losing that privilege, because of the Bike Lane.
One day, I counted the houses on one block of Humboldt St. on both sides of the street. And I just counted houses, not Condos or apartments.
There are 10 houses, since installing the Bike Lane there are 4 houses now parking cars in the front yard. That is 40%. I don't know about the other blocks, but it's probably happening on other blocks.
As you decide this issue, are you going to give non-San Mateo residents the same consideration? Like the person who said the Bike Lane looks good, but never said if they used the Bike Lane and they are from Burlingame. Verse San Mateo resident, who says they have to walk a block from where they parked their car to their home.
I attended last week's council meeting. A gentleman spoke to the council, he stated that accidents were down and we should keep the Bike Lane. Implying that the Bike Lane is the reason for less accidents. He didn't offer any facts, like how many accidents happened on Humboldt St. before the Bike Lane and after installing the Bike Lane. And I believe he was a non-San Mateo resident. This would be, like me saying Hillsdale Mall reported a 10% increase in shoppers to the mall last year. So we should keep the Bike Lane, because it helped the mall.
So I hope the council base their decision on facts and not on opinion.
Here's a fact you know, the residents of North Central have complained about losing parking spaces for years. By writing letters to the council, signing petitions and attending council meetings.
You may think that only the residents of Humboldt St. are affected by the Bike Lane, since they lost parking space in front of their homes. But the cars that park on the west side of Humboldt St., have to find a new place to park. Some are parking in their yards, but the rest are parking on the streets in the neighborhood. This is how it affects the whole neighborhood, say a Humboldt resident parks his car on a side street, like Tilton Ave., now a resident of Tilton can't find parking in front of his home, so they park on Grant St. and it goes on and on. This is just one car, think about the number of parking spaces lost on Humboldt St.. It's like playing Musical Chairs, but instead of chairs it is parking spaces and instead of playing in a yard, it is played in the North Central neighborhood.
Why didn't Humboldt St. get a Share Bike Lane, like Delaware St? If Humboldt St. got a Share Bike Lane, that probably would have been the better choice. The residents would not lose parking spaces. Children would have yards to play in. Bicyclists and drivers would have to learn to share the street. And it would have spared the council and the North Central residents all this stress.
So as you decide the future of the Bike Lane, think about 75 bicyclists who may use the Bike Lane and the hundreds of residents.
Finally, do you think if the Bike Lane is removed, bicyclists are going to stop riding their bicycles. Or the bicyclists who use the Bike Lane to get to and from work, are going to quit their jobs.
North Central Resident
Katherine Sheehan
From: Max Mautner 1
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 11:08 PM
To: Katherine Sheehan; Jay Yu
Cc: Mike Swire; Mike Swire
Subject: Re: Invitation: Humboldt Ave Bike Lanes - Q&A with Mike @ Fri Jan 17, 2025 10am - 10:30am (PST) (null)
Hi Katherine & Jay (CCing Mike),
I took your suggestion and made a video revisiting what it is like riding with bike lanes now, versus 2.5 years ago.
I also tried out riding my bike on Idaho Street last night, and I want to share my thoughts:
I immediately noticed that Idaho has a 2-way stop at every single intersection. This would require bicyclists traveling north-south who utilize a hypothetical "bike boulevard" on Idaho to stop and yield for east-west traffic at every block of travel.
I can't think of an existing bike boulevard with such a bicyclist-hostile design. It seems contradictory to the point of a "boulevard" to be stopping every block, waiting and yielding to motorist cross-traffic. Is this a misunderstanding on my part?
This every-block-stop on Idaho also diminishes the value of any traffic-calming installations on the intervening blocks, in my mind.
Realistically, I don't expect that bicyclists will observe signage to detour off of Humboldt for a segment where parking is restored and bike lanes are removed--measurably increasing the likelihood of a bicyclist injury or fatality on Humboldt and increasing riding on the sidewalks.
I thought | should share this feedback directly with you both, if it's not already on your radar.
Thank you again for meeting with Mike & I this past week. We really appreciate your willingness to engage with us as you study options.
I regrettably believe that you are tasked with chasing design alternatives that would measurably reduce bicyclist safety on this corridor & in the neighborhood at large.
Staff & the community (in the Bike Master Plan) prioritized Humboldt over possible alternatives as it had the most merit above all other choices.
The measurable traffic safety impacts of installing bike lanes on Humboldt seems to have been lost in communications about the North Central Complete Streets survey, unless I have missed it.
I'd urge you to share with the council and the public at the Feb. 3rd meeting what safety effects the bike lanes installation have had--hopefully you have this data collected and shareable. If not, then I think it would be incumbent upon you to share that this data has not been collected/measured/analyzed, as this data should be a critical input to decision making on what to do next.
Thanks again and see you soon,
Max Mautner
10/31/24
To whom it may concern,
I live in the north central neighborhood on Humboldt st.
We have been at our home for 40 years. The bike lanes on Humboldt st have caused challenges for us and our neighbors. We lost too many parking spaces, that its difficult to find open space parking nearby. We sometimes have to park 3 4 blocks away. Mail carriers and delivery trucks have no where to park and sometimes block driveways and fire hydrants.
Hosting my children's birthday parties, is inconvenient for guest since there is no parking for them. We spend lots of time in the front yard, and have seen very little use of the bike lanes.
The bike lanes are dangerous, drivers on Humboldt st are constantly speeding. Many of my neighbors with children have said " I would not let my kids ride their bikes on the dangerous bike lanes". Many bikers use the sidewalk, as they too say its dangerous.
There was one day when we had a plumbing issue. The plumbers work truck with a trailer needed to park on the bike lane to have access to the sewer clean out. Within 5 minutes of being parked they gave them a parking ticket.
Please consider in giving the north central neighborhood there parking spaces back.
Sincerely,
Maria Mariscal
From:
Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 12:25 PM
To: Public Works
Subject: Attn: Jay Yu
Regarding Humboldt Bike Lane
I attended the meeting at MLK center where you represented information on the bike lane.
I am particularly interested in learning more about the Preliminary Bike Usage slide you showed. If I recall correctly you said that based on the data it indicates 250 bikes a day are using this bike lane. I may have misheard but I would like to verify that that statement was made. Can you please verify what you said and how you reached that conclusion?.
I did have an opportunity to talk with a different person after the meeting (you referred me to him when I came up to you to discuss this). I'm sorry I don't remember his name. He did say this data was gathered on one day, using video cameras, and the data represents the number of bikes crossing particular intersections, so it could be that one biker was counted several times as he/she traveled the corridor. That makes sense.
What doesn't make sense is this data shows 65 bikes passed through the Tilton Ave intersection but all the rest of the intersections had much less. This indicates an unusual amount for one intersection and makes me wonder where did these 65 riders come from and where did they go after the passed through the intersection? It just doesn't make sense to me.
I live one block off Humboldt on Idaho Street and I rarely see any bikers using the bike lanes so its hard to me to accept that on this particular day there were at least 65 bikes crossing through Tilton. If that statistic is accurate, that indicates that almost 2,000 bikes a month use the bike lanes (65 bikes × 30 days in month). How could I not be seeing them? Another slide presented during your presentation (Slide Il Community Feedback) indicated that the community has advised the City that there is Low Bicycle Usage, so I'm not the only one who is not seeing 2000 bikes a month. If, in fact, that bike lane is so heavily used, why is the City taking another look at the bike lanes? Wouldn't you be touting its huge success?
Something is not right. I would appreciate any feedback from you regarding this.
Claire Stephens
From: Eric Stern
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 7:02 PM
To: City Council (San Mateo) >; Jay Yu
Subject: Humboldt St. Bike Lane Feedback
Hello,
I'm writing in regarding the Humboldt St bike lane and parking situation. I've lived in San Mateo for about ten years, and in North Central for the last five years. Since moving in, the roads have always been problematically full due to the parking situation - a large number of residents are forced to rely on street parking. Not only does this make driving on the narrow streets in the area challenging and risky, I'll often encounter unsafe situations as a pedestrian from drivers navigating the situation. My own driveway gets regularly blocked, and visibility at intersections - both as a pedestrian and driver - is terrible, making crossing risky. It's also generally a quality of life issue day to day (hosting anything when friends can't park is quite a challenge), and a pretty serious concern for e.g. seniors who have to park a great distance from where they live. While the visibility-related issues should be improved by the new daylighting laws, the parking shortage and impact of same will be magnified since the law removes a lot of previously-legal parking areas. During my time here, the installation of the bike lanes on Humboldt St made the situation even worse, since it removed a lot of street parking causing it to overflow to the surrounding streets (I live on one street down from Humboldt). Any safety issues that may have been resolved on Humboldt itself have simply been shifted to surrounding streets - and often magnified since they're generally much narrower. While I support cyclists in general and would love to see more people using transportation other than cars, it's just not a realistic option for a lot of residents in my area. I very rarely see cyclists during my typically twice-daily walks downtown, and on the occasion I do see one, it's quite rare they're actually using the bike lanes where they do exist. As such, I want to voice my support for removal of the bike lane and restoration of the previous parking spaces along Humboldt.
Thanks for reading. Happy to discuss further if you would like any clarification or additional context.
Best,
Eric Stern
North Central San Mateo resident
From: Seema Patel
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 3:37 PM
To: City Council (San Mateo) <
Cc: Jay Yu >
Subject: Residential Parking Permit Program & Bike Lanes Hello City Council!
Although I currently serve as the Chair of the Planning Commission, I write to you today in my personal capacity as a resident of San Mateo who lives within a block of the Humboldt St Bike Lanes and uses them often.
I am unable to attend tonight's community meeting on the Humboldt Bike Lanes. The addition of painted bike lanes on Humboldt Street was a significant safety improvement for our community. (Neighborhood residents have long raised concerns about vehicle speeds on Humboldt St - a recent study showed that bike lanes reduced the top speed of vehicles by 28%!) My family uses these bike lanes to/from school, Coyote Point, Burlingame, and many other destinations given that Humboldt St is a significant connector in San Mateo's transit network.
In the previous outreach for this project, many community members expressed frustration at the amount of commercial vehicles and inoperable vehicles parked on the streets in the neighborhood.
Some residents felt it was unfair that some of their neighbors had high numbers of cars per household. Many residents expressed support for a residential parking permit program (RPPP) and it seemed like the City was going to explore implementing one in North Central as part of the proposed parking mitigation strategy.
My understanding is that implementation of a RPPP did not get very far because the City's current Residential Parking Permit Program Policy and Procedures require the City to identify a non- residential "Parking Generator" to create a new Residential Parking Permit Program Zone:
1. Parking Generator Identification - A non-residential parking generator must be identified that creates a parking overflow into the proposed residential parking permit area. The parking generator may be a school, business, commercial district or commercial use. The program is not intended for use in areas or on streets where there is a mix of commercial and residential use.
I believe this requirement is overly restrictive and should be eliminated. The city should be able to implement a RPPP Zone for any reason that the Council deems sufficient. If explicit requirements must be included, the removal of parking spaces seems like a valid justification for creation of a RPPP Zone. It may be better to condition a RPPP Zone on parking availability - for example, more than 90% of street parking spaces being occupied during peak times. Furthermore, as more of our land use transitions to mixed-use development, RPPP Zones may help alleviate residents' concerns about the impact of new development on parking availability, so the exclusion of mixed-use areas from the program and the requirement for a non-residential generator seem problematic. I believe a Residential Parking Permit Program Zone could help alleviate parking availability in North Central and encourage the City to change the requirements to make it possible to implement one in the neighborhood.
Thank you so much for your consideration!
Regards,
Seema Patel
From: Katrina Castillo
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2025 2:18 PM
To: City Council (San Mateo) < >; Clerk
>
Subject: Support for bike lanes
Hello City Council,
I am a San Mateo resident and constituent. I would like to voice my support for bike lanes and urge the city council to not remove bike lanes on Humboldt Street.
As we move forward into the future with our changed climate, we should be encouraging more people to use bikes, not discourage them by making it unsafe to use a bicycle.
We should not be prioritizing cars over people.
Thank you,
Katrina Castillo
From: Mike Swire
Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2024 9:23 PM
To: Sustainability & Infrastructure Commission {
Subject: Fwd: Sustainability & Infrastructure Commission Meeting Dear S&l Commission,
Thank you for your work on sustainability in the City of SM.
I want to alert you to the attached San Mateo Daily Journal article from your recent meeting discussing SMCTA's programs. I laud Chair Narita for advocating for clear metrics, especially around GHG reduction and congestion relief, in SMCTA's work and analysis of its performance.
Furthermore, I wanted to ask that the SIC review the proposal to rip out the newly installed bike lanes around San Mateo High School in North Central, an equity priority neighborhood with the highest rate of traffic violence in the City. The City held a large community meeting last week that was well attended by residents of the neighborhood and all of the City of San Mateo. Residents provided their input on the project and their preferences for the future. There was no consensus to rip out the bike lanes in favor of more free on-street parking. There was also no consensus on the Bike Boulevard proposal, which would require small children to share the lane with auto traffic and could divert traffic to adjacent streets. There was consensus, however, that the City should improve lighting, install traffic calming, and enforce vehicle speeds in the neighborhood. The City presented data on usage of the bike lanes. The figures were encouraging, especially since the City has refused to promote use of the bike lanes to residents and neighboring communities. In addition, many discussed other long discussed opportunities for improving parking supply in the area - a permit program to curb abuse of free parking (those with 5+ cars in the street), enforcement of the ban on commercial vehicles, increased use of the MLK Center lot overnight, identification of other public lots that are not shared overnight. It seems as if the SIC, charged with sustainability in the City, should have a say in this process prior to the planned 1/21 Council meeting. If you recall, the SIC voted unanimously two years ago in support of the bike lanes and the parking supply programs that were identified at that time.
Thank you for providing a sustainability lens to this important decision that will impact the future of the environment and the safety of our kids into the future.
Sincerely,
Mike Swire
From: Clerk
To: Matt Fabry; Katherine Sheehan; Jay Yu
Cc: Christina Horrisberger; Alex Khojikian; Chantal Eaton Subject: FW: Humboldt Bike Lanes December Meeting Concerns Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025 8:26:47 AM
From: Kevin Simpson <
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 5:54 PM
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Dear Mayor Newsom, Deputy Mayor Lorraine, and Council Members Diaz Nash, Cwirko-Godycki, and Fernandez,
Next Monday your agenda contains a discussion about the Humboldt Street Bike Lanes. At the December community meeting about these lanes, I was concerned by a number of issues with the content and conduct of that meeting. I shared these concerns with City Manager Khojikian and also wanted to bring these to your attention.
I appreciate that you delayed the original date for this meeting, in part I suppose from my request at open public comment a couple of weeks ago. However, I think that we need to allow more time for significant public discussion before a rush to make some significant decision occurs with what I consider inadequate understanding of data, potential impacts, and even the method we are using to foster community debate.
Below are the concerns; this is a long email, so let me bullet out the specific areas then dive in:
1) Unreliable data presented to the community (and presumably to you). I can personally point out significant incidents that aren't covered in the data shown to the community.
2) Lack of discussion about previous parking loss mitigation; and no record of the city having done its level best to mitigate those impacts for this important piece of a strong city commitment to bicycle and pedestrian data.
3) Complex data and complex options presented without any opportunity for the public to ask questions.
4) What frankly appears to have been an effort by the city to steer people to a particular viewpoint, which to me is the most disappointing aspect of this entire topic.
The details are below, but I strongly urge you to ensure that adequate time for data gathering, community discussion, more outreach and clear debate needs to happen.
These are not my only concerns with the removal or downgrade of the current bike lanes in favor of parking, but they are central to my concern about the way the entire subject is being handled.
We got into this unfortunate situation by rushing; we aren't going to get out of it by doing the same thing.
These are my specific concerns about that meeting. I apologize that this is a long email so perhaps grab the restorative beverage of your choice.
Data Concerns
The city presented safety data that was either incomplete or inaccurate or both. This in turn calls into question data methodology, transparency, and reliability across all the other data presented including usage data.
For example, the crash data presented seemed to show less than a handful of bicycle crashes on the corridor since 2017, when I personally know of two just on the two blocks closest to my house in the past four years, both with injuries-neither of which seem to be included in the stats.
1) The data showed no bicycle incidents at Tilton and Humboldt. In fact a person in his 60's was struck by a hit-and-run driver and put in a coma; the driver turned himself in later that day and I believe plead guilty to hit and run. The crash happened about 9:30am on New Year's day 2021, and received wide press coverage. No bicycle involved incident was listed in the data at the Humboldt and Tilton intersection.
2) Just within the past year, at S. Humboldt, a bicyclist went onto the sidewalk southbound on Humboldt to avoid cars blocking both bike lanes; the car parkers were patronizing an unregistered front yard restaurant. He hit a car exiting that driveway and was injured. This doesn't seem to be included anywhere in the city's data presented. When I spoke with PD who were on-scene at the time, they blamed the bicyclist for hitting the car but didn't cite or take issue with the cars blocking both bike lanes, even when I pointed them out. They told me they were too busy to worry about bike lane blockages.
If I personally saw the aftermath of two bike crashes within two blocks of my house that don't seem to be covered by the data presented, what else is missing? How accurate is any of the data used, whether it's crash data or usage data? How can this data be relied upon to drive a major public discussion and a potentially expensive decision that also potentially exposes people to more Another data example concerns the 4-way stop at Second and Humboldt. Data about this intersection was omitted.
Second may seem like small potatoes compared to larger cross streets like lilton or Monte Diablo, but it's a key connector tor cars, bikes, scooters, and pedestrians (including parents with strollers) between Amphlett, Humboldt and downtown, as well as a key route for neighborhood users to Gateway Park, one of only two parks in North Central. It's a very narrow street. It's the last place southbound Humboldt drivers can head into the northern section of downtown.
There have been two major crashes involving totaled vehicles at that intersection in just the last 18 months. In one case a car crashed there at high speed just before midnight, took out a city sign, demolished fences on two properties and knocked a neighbor's car 30 feet up into his yard. The driver nearly impaled himself on what was left of the sign which came over his hood-that's how fast he was going. There was a similar accident just a few months prior, again with totaled vehicles, some months earlier.
The stop at Second is routinely blasted through at high speed or used as a drag-style takeoff point for impatient drivers going both directions to or from the freeway.
Why wasn't car, bicycle and pedestrian safety data at that intersection included? Where did those two major crashes involving totaled vehicles wind up in the city's data? Much bike, scooter and pedestrian traffic funnels down Humboldt to Second and then heads downtown or the reverse pattern. In my opinion this intersection is a tragedy waiting to happen.
Another data gap seems to be parking availability. Before the bike lanes were installed, the city conducted an extensive parking survey. Has any such survey been done to assess the actual state of parking availability after bike lane install? Why not? Example: The house across from me used to park about 8 vehicles in the street and didn't use their driveway. They have three adults living in the house. Since the installation of bike lanes, they have reduced by at least 3 cars and also use their driveway
Time for Questions
The city did not manage the meeting to ensure questions could be asked in front of the whole group--and answered to the whole group- -about the complex data and options presented, leading to inadequate transparency and level-setting. A lot of this was time management.
The city asked each breakout table to report out in 1 to 1.5 minutes, but many of the city designated facilitators took far longer, and what was sacrificed was the ability to ask questions at this, the first occasion residents heard about a switch to a Bike Boulevard.
As an example, the four data questions I mentioned above should have been something everybody knows about and hears about in developing opinions about safety.
Likewise, residents at my table didn't know what a bike boulevard is and said they'd never seen one. I showed them pictures and told them where they could find them. This is an active option being considered (and appears to be the solution city staff favors). Why no opportunity to ask questions about it?
When the city puts such important and complex information up for all to see, and offers complex solutions, then asks people to weigh in, it should be sacred that there is time for questions.
Incomplete Reportback of Remediation to Date
In the deck presented, minimal information about parking loss remediation efforts was given. Bullet points about seeking parking options at the County Courthouse, school sites and other locations were glossed over, so we didn't really hear what was actually worked on or how that work was conducted.
No mention was made about a permit program, which was listed as a potential mitigator early on in this saga, but seems to have been dropped. I'll mention this again in another topic below.
We have a dedicated parking enforcement service. We typically only see them just before street sweeping every two weeks. They do nothing about the epidemic (which many residents will tell you about) of parking spots being blocked by cans, cones, and other devices; people being threated or harassed, or two viable spots being blocked by one car. Residents pitted against one another. The city could have flooded the district with parking enforcement, proactively enforcing commercial vehicle codes, abandoned vehicles, improper blocking of parking spots.
The city could have creatively looked for ways to go beyond old formulas about parking spot size, and started marking stalls and enforcing improper parking. Every little bit helps. Especially given our historic under-valuing of this neighborhood.
All of these remediation efforts were discussed when the bike lane decision was made; and precious little has come out of it.
When the city doesn't even report back on these remediation efforts to the broader community, how can we feel that the city did its level best to aggressively look for ways to alleviate the parking impact while maintaining safe bicycle lanes as part of the city's master plan? This has the effect of pitting two compelling interests, and two constituencies, against one another in an unhealthy and unnecessary manor. And it may lead to a regression in safety when we have an official city goal to reduce pedestrian and traffic injuries and deaths to zero.
Collectively, many of these potential mitigations could be lower cost and safety neutral. The improvements being spoken about, plus the cost to the city of undoing the work that was done, plus the potential impact to grant eligibility for the master bike plan, should make this an important avenue of consideration.
Tipping the Scales
People from at least two breakout tables have told me that city staff attempted to influence the discussion and the report-out At one table a city staff member acting as the facilitator brusquely derided a question about a parking permit program rather than fostering open discussion. At a different table the city-designated facilitator at first refused to list any mention of people favoring keeping the bike lanes. This is simply unacceptable.
What's more, the meeting seems to have been arranged by the city with assistance from a very vocal bike lane opponent—a friend of mine who I happen to disagree with-- who was circulating the flyer content for the meeting among that group before it was circulated officially by the city. Is this a transparent and equitable process? Outreach
What has the city done to directly contact bike lane users? At Norfolk and Third, the city placed large signage out for pedestrians and bike users to learn about the meetings. That's not being done on this much larger scale project and impact area.
I'm happy to meet by phone or in person to talk further if that would be helpful to any of you. At the very least I hope that before any final recommendation or decision is made to City Council, we get better data and we spend more time looking for ways to meet the commitment to biking safety and infrastructure in the master bike plan and mitigating parking impacts. We need to offer all constituencies the level best outreach we can muster after the issues with the original project.
We can do better as a city than to pit constituencies against one another.
North Central has been grossly underinvested for decades. A rush job on infrastructure projects based on questionable data, as well as less than level-best outreach and ideation of solutions, is not the way to remediate this historic lack of investment.
Thanks for your time in reading this lengthy email.
Best regards as ever,
Kevin Simpson