1 Alby Calles
From: Josie Buchwald
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 9:09 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Subject: Bike Lanes on Aragon Blvd
City Council,
The Class 2 bike lanes on Aragon Blvd in their current form are too narrow, unsafe and unusable, and do not meet safety standards. Please use the upcoming repaving project on Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes that are wider, safer, and therefore usable, leading directly to Aragon High School, Baywood School, and Carey School.
Kids biking to school creates happy and healthy students and reduces greenhouse gases (a San Mateo 2040 plan priority), reduces VMT (vehicle miles traveled), and traffic congestion.
Please create a Safe Route to School for our students as a part of this repaving project.
Thank you,
Josie Buchwald and Óttar Gíslason
San Mateo residents
1 Alby Calles
From: Mike Swire
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2026 10:25 PM
Subject: June 1 Item #5 - Pavement Rehab
Dear City of San Mateo Leaders,
I am writing regarding #5 on Monday's Council agenda: the repaving of several streets in SM.
Per previous discussions, I want to ensure the City is incorporating safe streets improvements into its upcoming paving plans. Doing so makes our streets safer, reduces costs to taxpayers, and minimizes construction inconvenience for drivers and other citizens. San Francisco and other cities across the country have adopted this practice.
What safety improvements are occurring with this proposal?
For example, the City is proposing the repaving of Aragon Blvd near Alameda. The current design features Class II bike lanes which are unsafe.
As you can see from this image, the bike lanes are <3' wide depending on the size of the vehicle parked on the curb and in the door zone. Best practice, however, suggests that bike lanes be 5-6' wide.
2 Bike lanes are important here considering the proximity to Aragon High and Baywood Elementary Schools and the high number of crashes in the area. Could we take this opportunity to install protected bike lanes or advisory bike lanes?
Thank you,
Mike Swire
1 Alby Calles
From: Mary Burns
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 8:59 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Subject: Please improve bike lanes on Aragon Blvd
City Council,
The Class 2 bike lanes on Aragon Blvd in their current form are too narrow, unsafe and unusable, and do not meet safety standards. Please use the upcoming repaving project on Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes that are wider, safer, and therefore usable, leading directly to Aragon High School, Baywood School, and Carey School.
Kids biking to school creates happy and healthy students and reduces greenhouse gases (a San Mateo 2040 plan priority), reduces VMT (vehicle miles traveled) and traffic congestion.
Please create a Safe Route to School for our students as a part of this repaving project.
Thank you,
Mary Burns
San Mateo resident
1 Alby Calles
From: Jon Felder
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 8:54 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Cc: Allison MacQueen Felder
Subject: Aragon Blvd repaving please add full bike lanes with green paint San Mateo City council,
I have been a teacher at Aragon High School since 2015 and bike to school daily.
Please use the upcoming repaving of Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes with green paint that run from El Camino Real to Alameda de las Pulgas.
This would make it safe for students and staff to be able to bike to Aragon High School.
Jon Felder
1 Alby Calles
From: Erin Livingston
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 1:20 PM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Subject: Aragon Bike Lanes
City Council,
The Class 2 bike lanes on Aragon Blvd in their current form are too narrow, unsafe and unusable, and do not meet safety standards. Please use the upcoming repaving project on Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes that are wider, safer, and therefore usable, leading directly to Aragon High School, Baywood School, and Carey School.
Kids biking to school creates happy and healthy students and reduces greenhouse gases (a San Mateo 2040 plan priority), reduces VMT (vehicle miles traveled) and traffic congestion.
Please create a Safe Route to School for our students as a part of this repaving project.
Thank you,
Erin Livingston
San Mateo resident
1 Alby Calles
From: Zack Horn
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 10:04 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Subject: Request: Improved Bike Lanes on Aragon Blvd.
City Council,
The Class 2 bike lanes on Aragon Blvd in their current form are too narrow, unsafe and unusable, and do not meet safety standards. Please use the upcoming repaving project on Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes that are wider, safer, and therefore usable, leading directly to Aragon High School, Baywood School, and Carey School.
Kids biking to school creates happy and healthy students and reduces greenhouse gases (a San Mateo 2040 plan priority), reduces VMT (vehicle miles traveled) and traffic congestion.
Please create a Safe Route to School for our students as a part of this repaving project.
Thank you,
Zack Horn
San Mateo resident
1 Alby Calles
From: President Council PTA
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 8:54 AM
To: City Council (San Mateo)
Subject: Aragon Blvd - create a Safe Rout to School
City Council,
Baywood School (a part of the SMFC District), Carey School and Aragon High School deserve Safe Routes to School. There is no safe biking route to these schools right now and the upcoming repaving project is a great opportunity to improve this corridor.
The bike lanes on Aragon Blvd iare too narrow, unsafe and unusable, and do not meet safety standards. Please use the upcoming repaving project on Aragon Blvd to construct bike lanes that are wider, safer, and therefore usable, leading directly to Aragon High School, Baywood School, and Carey School.
Kids biking to school creates happy and healthy students and reduces greenhouse gases (a San Mateo 2040 plan priority), reduces VMT (vehicle miles traveled) and traffic congestion.
Please create a Safe Route to School for our students as a part of this repaving project.
Allison MacQueen
SMFC PTA Council President