From: Anne Bowen
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 2:31 PM
To: Distrib- City Clerk <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda item #6b Second and Fourth Street intersection improvement project TO: San Rafael City Council
FROM: Anne Bowen
San Rafael, CA 94901
SUBJECT: Proposed Closure of Left Hand Turn Lane from 2nd ST. to Marquard Ave.
Closing off the westbound left turn lane from Second to Marquard blocks the main access to
our neighborhood creating unnecessary hardship for residents. Alternate routes are less safe
and prone to more congestion with more difficult access. I strongly oppose the closing of the
westbound left turn lane from Second St to Marquard.
From: LR
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2025 3:07 PM
To: Distrib- City Clerk <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda item #6b Second and Fourth Street intersection improvement project I am writing to plead with the San Rafael city council to please not close the left turn lane from Second to Marquard/West End Ave! All of us residents, delivery people, maintenance workers and parents using the preschool need to be able to access our homes, school and workplaces using that left turn lane! Bicycles can safely cross without preventing everyone else’s access.
Please look out for the interests of the people who LIVE in the West End, over those of the occasional cyclist headed to San Anselmo.
Thank you!
Liz Ryan
April 21, 2025
San Rafael City Council
1400 Fifth Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
Re: Item 6.b - 2nd Street and 4th Street Intersection Improvements Project Mayor Kate and Members of the City Council,
I am writing on behalf of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition to support staff’s recommendation to advance the design of the proposed improvements to the 2nd Street/4th Street intersection.
Improvements to this intersection are badly needed, as the existing configuration is both confusing and challenging for the many people who use it while walking or biking. City staff have done extensive outreach to the public and to the city’s Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and have developed a design that addresses many of the shortcomings of the present configuration. The project puts the finishing touches on the city’s new two-way protected bikeway on 2nd Street, improving bicycle access between the West End and Gerstle Park.
While some residents of the neighborhood to the immediate south of the intersection will be somewhat inconvenienced by the proposed reconfiguration, resulting in the need to drive a block longer to access their homes, this project will serve tens of thousands of users of all modes on a daily basis, and the safety of those users should be paramount.
I thank city staff for their hard work on this project and I look forward to seeing this project take another important step toward implementation.
Sincerely,
Warren J. Wells, AICP
Policy & Planning Director
Marin County Bicycle Coalition