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Reduced speed limits where pedestrians, cyclists are
From Becky Ruden
Date Mon 7/20/2026 8:28 AM
Distrib City Clerk <[email protected]>; Sayed Fakhry < [email protected]> Hello,
I understand the city is addressing speed limit reductions in San Rafael. I live in the Mont Marin neighborhood and we lost bus access ~3 years ago. As such, parents are driving their kid to school and the increase in traffic is substantial.
I am working with the Safe Routes to School group to address some pressing needs for safer pedestrian crossings, and one of the items we've been discussing is traffic calming measures on Canyon Oak Road.
It's currently 35 mph but given the amount of walkers, joggers, cyclists, and children biking to school on this road, drivers routinely go 40 45 mph creating unsafe conditions for pedestrian traffic.
I encourage you to reduce the speed limit to 25 mph on Canyon Oak Road and include a speed limit sign that blinks and let's motorists know when they exceed the speed limit to protect pedestrians.
Thanks,
Becky Ruden
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Support for AB 43 Phase 2 Speed Limit Reductions
From Cory Krug <
Date Sun 7/19/2026 8:29 AM
To Distrib City Clerk <[email protected]>; Sayed Fakhry < [email protected]> Cc Steph Freed <[email protected]>
Dear City Council and Mr. Fakhry,
I support the proposed speed limit reductions, particularly on Lincoln Avenue and Los Gamos Road.
I live on Wilson Ct and Lincoln Avenue and have a 2-year-old. Lincoln is a residential street with regular pedestrian activity, including children waiting at the Wilson Ct. bus stop. Los Gamos also sees significant pedestrian traffic because of Kaiser. The proposed speed limits better reflect how these roads are used and are a sensible improvement for safety.
Thank you for your consideration.
- Cory
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Support for 7/20 Agenda item 3.b: AB 43 Speed Limit Updates From Dave Rhoads <
Date Sun 7/19/2026 7:15 AM
To Distrib City Clerk <[email protected]>
Cc Eli Hill < [email protected]>; Mayor Kate <[email protected]> Dear Mayor Kate, Councilmember Hill and the City Council, Thank you for continuing to implement San Rafael's Complete Streets, Vison Zero, and Mobility goals through the proposed AB 43 speed limit updates.
Walk/Bike San Rafael strongly supports the recommended speed limit reductions. We're especially encouraged to see reductions on several important walking and bicycling corridors, including routes to schools such as 5th Avenue near Sun Valley Elementary. These are exactly the kinds of streets where lower speeds can make the biggest difference for safety.
Changing a speed limit sign doesn't immediately change driver behavior, but it does set the right expectation for how a street should operate. Combined with future street design improvements, lower speed limits are an important tool for reducing the risk and severity of crashes.
We're also pleased to see the City taking advantage of the flexibility provided by AB 43 wherever state law allows. While it's disappointing that corridors like Point San Pedro Road no longer qualify under the latest guidance, that reinforces an important lesson: if we want people to drive slower, we ultimately need to design streets that encourage slower speeds—not just post lower speed limits.
Thank you to staff for bringing this forward, and we encourage the Council to approve the proposed speed limit updates.
Sincerely,
Dave
Dave Rhoads
Co-Chair, Walk/Bike San Rafael, A Marin County Bicycle Coalition Local Team W: www.walkbikesanrafael.org
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Thank you for lowering speed limits in specific spots aruond San Rafael! From Jana Zanetto
Date Sun 7/19/2026 3:28 PM
To Distrib City Clerk <[email protected]>
Dear City Council members,
I am a 76-year old who tries to bike and walk around town as much as possible for their benefits to me and the environment. I want to urge you to lower the speed limits in several places that I ride regularly:
1. to 20 mph on 5th Avenue in Sun Valley
2. to 20 mph on Greenfield Avenue, the connector between SR and San Anselmo
3. to 30 mph on Anderson Drive
I live on a small street on Lincoln Hill and feel fearful of some cars that regularly go 25 mph on our street posted at 15 mph (Prospect Drive). I think drivers in general are speeding more than ever, and recent reports about increasing deaths of pedestrians and cyclists further support my observations. Thank you very much for your efforts to create a safe city for all of us by lowering speed limits.
Jana Zanetto
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Support for 7/20 Agenda item 3.b: AB 43 Speed Limit Updates External Inbox From Matthew Hartzell <
Date Sun 7/19/2026 9:59 AM
To Distrib City Clerk <[email protected]>
Cc Patrick Seidler
Dear San Rafael City Council,
WTB-TAM Strongly supports the recommendations of Staff to reduce speed limits throghough the City of San Rafael as listed in Item 3.b of the July 20, 2026 City Council meeting.
We have been monitoring the progress on AB 43 in jurisdictions across Marin County, and can say without hesitation that San Rafael is hands-down the leader. We thank San Rafael for its leadership and wisdom, and we hope that its neighboring jurisdictions in Marin County take note and follow suit with speed limit reductions of their own.
This will reduce injuries and save lives.
Matthew Hartzell
Director of Planning, WTB-TAM
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AB 43 Speed reductions
From Susan Nawbary
Date Sun 7/19/2026 8:04 AM
Sayed Fakhry <[email protected]>
Cc Distrib- City Clerk < [email protected]> Hello Sayed Fakhry and city council,
I support lowering speed limits across San Rafael, but especially at Lincoln where I live. Drivers come off the freeway to avoid 101 and fly through Lincoln, which is densely populated with a large population of Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants. This places a disproportionate amount of deadly traffic in communities that have more people, which means more children walking, biking, and taking the school bus. Many have parents that stay in the shadows and can't speak up for safety.
A failure to lower the speed limit across San Rafael but including Lincoln Ave would be safety failure and a racial equity failure.
Thank you for proposing to lower the speed limit; 1 am in full support. After you do that, please implement more traffic calming measures to match the speed that people shoos be driving.
Susan Nawbary
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