Written Comments — Santa Monica City Council, February 27, 2024

1 David Yakobson
From: kurt kurtkraft.com <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 4:58 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please
support and prioritize safer streets!
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From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 2:33 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update - MODIFIED

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Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Dear Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock, City Council Members, and City Manager, I support the City having an even greater commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes, that are engineered well. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more well engineered protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone, including more stop signs, street calming, and speed limits that do not exceed 25 mph, including on Ocean Ave. Please support and prioritize safer streets and driving, including no texting or using a computer while driving, including by public safety officers!
Thank you.
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From: Shahab Yarmohammadi <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I'm an educator in the field of STEM and I teach children at schools all across our beautiful city. I solely rely on my bike to get to work and to run errands. I'm grateful that our city has relatively good infrastructure which enable me to do that but we can definitely use more and better infrastructure.

I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone. Please support and prioritize safer streets! Shahab Yarmohammadi
[email protected]
+1 424 977 9878 (USA GMT-7)
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From: Sam Shapiro-Kline <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:11 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please
support and prioritize safer streets!
Sam Shapiro-Kline
90403
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From: Chasen Daniels <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:06 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioriƟze improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must conƟnue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioriƟze and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioriƟze safer streets!
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From: greg chasen <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:00 PM
To: Anuj Gupta; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; David White; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone. Please support and prioritize safer streets!
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From: Natalya Zernitskaya <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 12:08 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Phil Brock; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; Jesse Zwick; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; David White
Subject: 2/27/2024 CC Agenda Item 3B

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Re: 2/27/2024 Santa Monica City Council Agenda Item 3B
Dear Mayor Brock, Vice Mayor Negrete, City Councilmembers, and City Manager, I am grateful that we will all be getting an update about the implementation and status of the City’s Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero. I have greatly appreciated the renewed focus on making our City safer for all who traverse Santa Monica streets over the past few years.

Although there is no formal action for the City Council to take tonight on the City Manager’s update on Santa Monica’s Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero efforts, I urge the Council to reflect on the information provided and collaboratively work to implement best practices locally to improve safety on our streets.

I believe that something we can all agree on in this City is that we all want to see the number of fatalities and significant injuries from traffic violence to drop to zero. And I believe that this is an achievable goal - if we prioritize safety on our streets rather than convenience and speed for those who need to (or choose to) use motor vehicles.

We are a multi-modal city which means that we understand that different folks may need to use different methods to get around and that we understand that making our streets safer for folks like pedestrians and bicyclists makes our streets safer for all Santa Monicans.

Sincerely,
Natalya Zernitskaya
Natalya Zernitskaya (she/her)
[email protected]
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From: Jesse Budlong <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:23 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Jesse Budlong
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From: Cynthia Rose <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:17 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; David White; Anuj Gupta; Jason Kligier; councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Support item 3B Mobility and Vision Zero Update Attachments: 2024-02 CC Support Item 3B Mobility Vision Zero Update.pdf

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Dear Santa Monica City Council and City Manager,
On behalf of Santa Monica Spoke and the Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance we are pleased to share a letter of support for this evening’s City Manager Report that will provide a progress update on the Bike Action Plan Amendment and Vision Zero efforts making our streets safer for everyone.

Please see our attached letter of support.

Cynthia Rose & Cris Gutierrez
PS Greetings from Colorado - Sadly I cannot attend this evenings council meeting in person but look forward watching the update online.

Cynthia
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Cynthia Rose
Director
Santa Monica Spoke
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A community group dedicated
to biking and walking in Santa Monica.

Working to make the
City of Santa Monica a
more sustainable,
bikeable & walkable place to live, work and play.

February 27, 2024

RE: Agenda 3B, 2/27 Council Meeting

Dear Mayor and City Council Members:

Santa Monica Spoke and the Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance are pleased to see that this evening’s City Manager Report includes the Department of Transportation’s Mobility presentation on the genuine progress made with the Bike Action Plan Amendment and Vision Zero efforts making our streets safer for everyone. As our City shows its leadership in providing road users, including the most vulnerable, such as people walking and biking, with street and infrastructure design that secure public safety, the community can trust that our quality of lives and living improves.

Maintaining public safety in our streets strengthens our community, climate resiliency and our capacity to help the children, youth, adults and elders know that they have the freedom to choose commuting options that keep them active and healthy. As studies show, active commuting, like biking, leads to enjoyment and productivity throughout the day including at school, work or play. Simply put, “Bicycling for transportation, such as commuting to work, provides the benefits of incorporating exercise into everyday life, reducing costs associated with driving a car or taking public transportation, and lessening road congestion and air/noise pollution, as seen in urban areas.” (See https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ nutritionsource/bicycling/)
Let us affirm how far we have come and prove determined to continue the advancements and innovations towards Vision Zero and street designs to reduce barriers to healthy active transportation and to safeguard public safety nested in positive community relationships.

Sincerely,
Cynthia Rose
Director, Santa Monica Spoke Cris Gutierrez
Co-Chair, Santa Monica Safe Street Alliance Co-Chair, Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance SMSpoke.org
SaMoSafeStreets.org
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From: Mary Daval <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 11:06 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Re: Item 3B City Manager Report – Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update.

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager:

I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes.

I am a 73 year old woman who uses cycling, walking and public transit for most of my mobility trips. I frequently travel from my home in Culver City to medical appointments at UCLA in Santa Monica. I depend on your cyclcing infrastructure to help keep me safe.

Additionally, as the founder of Women on Bikes Culver City, I regularly lead rides in and around Sata Monica. These rides are frequented by women of all ages but with a hefty majority of senior riders. Safety needs to be the top priority if we are to continue to frequent businesses and cultural activities in Santa Monica.

Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Thank you
Mary Daval
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From: Rael <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 10:15 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

Please support and prioriƟze safer streets!
Further, let’s make Santa Monica a LEADER in the USA for safer streets and protected bike lanes. 17th Street bike lane is a WINNER and I now bike North/South much more frequently than before (for example, to the SMC pool). Let’s hope BROADWAY becomes includes a fully protected bike lane in the near future—by the Ɵme my three year old is on two wheels.

Sincerely,
Rael Lewis
Berkeley/Arizona
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From: joni yung <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 10:06 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Re: Item 3B City Manager Report – Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update.

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager:

As a longtime Santa Monica resident, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Thank you.
joni yung
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From: Michael Monagan <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:54 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioriƟze improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must conƟnue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioriƟze and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please
support and prioriƟze safer streets!
Michael Monagan
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From: Mark Mallare <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:44 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I have been working in Santa Monica since 2015 and love the city because of its safety for pedestrians and cyclists. I also take the metro E line from my home in Chinatown, and together, it gives me a great combo for car free and stress free commuting.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
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From: Guy 19123 <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 7:41 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please
support and prioriƟze safer streets!
Guy Cheney
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From: Anne Kim <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 6:57 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please
support and prioriƟze safer streets!
I bike commute to work everyday and would love to see our bike lane network taken to the next level of safety and convenience to encourage more people to become cyclists.

Thank you,
Anne Kim
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From: Ferris Kawar <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 6:28 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

As a resident who chooses to live in a 1-car household in Santa Monica, thanks to the growing network of protected bike lanes in our city, I ask for your continued support of prioritizing bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero efforts.

These measures are making it possible for people like me to feel safe riding to work and taking my daughters to Edison and JAMS by bike or on foot. Please continue to grow these efforts.

Thank you,
Ferris Kawar
Sunset Park resident
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From: Holly Franke <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 4:40 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; [email protected] Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I am a Santa Monica resident ( for more than 40 years) and have ridden my bicycle for years on the streets of Santa Monica.

Although I want safer streets I do not think the current road diet and cone, especially along Ocean Ave and the California incline are the best way to handle traffic. It's very confusing as it is now.

And there are way more cars that use Ocean Ave than bikes Take down those stupid cones please.

Holly Franke
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From: Mario <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 1:47 PM
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, As a resident of Santa Monica, I hope that you will support efforts to enhance street safety and implement more protected bike lanes. Specifically addressing those among you who have previously voiced concerns about such measures, I implore you to reconsider.

The global evidence overwhelmingly supports the long-term benefits of prioritizing safe streets and protected bike lanes. As elected officials, it is incumbent upon you to familiarize yourselves with these best practices. While change inevitably brings some inconvenience and necessitates trade-offs, the data unequivocally demonstrates that embracing a more multi-modal transportation approach yields vastly more positive outcomes than negative ones.

The unchecked dominance of cars in our urban landscape (especially outside of Downtown) is detrimental to the cohesive fabric of our city. It is irresponsible to allow them to monopolize our public spaces, thereby compromising conditions for other modes of transportation such as walking, biking, and public transit. While I, like most in LA County, own a car and appreciate the convenience it offers on occasion, I believe it should not wield such overwhelming influence over our daily lives. True social and cultural vibrancy is experienced on foot, not behind the wheel. We yearn for safer and more enjoyable options to engage with our city.

Therefore, I urge you to prioritize the enhancement of bike and pedestrian infrastructure, along with the imperative goal of Vision Zero. The community has resoundingly supported these initiatives, emphasizing the need to safeguard vulnerable road users and create streets that are safer for all. Let us continue to prioritize and protect those who walk and bike by implementing more protected lanes and designing streets with safety as the paramount consideration.

I implore you to support and prioritize the creation of safer streets for our community's well-being and future prosperity.

Sincerely,
Mario Melgarejo
Lincoln and Pacific
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From: Bill Lasley <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:36 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioriƟze improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must conƟnue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioriƟze and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioriƟze safer streets!
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From: Philip Wiest <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:04 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; [email protected] Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

I run on the bike path 4-5 times per week. The number of motorized devices drive by careless people is out of control. Somebody is going to get injurred - especially where the running path crosses the bike path and where bikers ride/drive on walking paths. I think camera surveillance, at a minimum, is required. You spent all that money giving us a beautiful state-of-the-art pedestrian and bikeway solution... and motorized vehicles are running people and normal bikers off the road.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Thanks for your help,
Philip
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From: Philip Taylor <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 12:00 AM
To: Anuj Gupta; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; David White; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone. Please support and prioritize safer streets!
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From: Brodsky, Michael <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 10:54 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Support for Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update.

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Dear Mayor and City Council,
I want to thank you, along with our City Manager, and hard-working city staff members for your support in making our streets safer, healthier, and more sustainable though the use of active transportation.

Your positive actions in creating more bike lanes, safer intersections, protected bike ways, and offering accessible bike-share solutions will go a long way in making our streets safer, reducing traffic, and cleaning our air.

The health and wellbeing of our community needs to be our number one priority.

Sincerely,
Michael Brodsky
Santa Monica
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From: Sarah-Doe Osborne <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 9:55 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please support and prioriƟze safer streets!
I am about to have a child and am looking for a home to purchase. My decision on whether to purchase in the city of Santa Monica or elsewhere will be influenced by how safe it is for me and my child to walk or bike around the city without the danger of cars.

Sent by my carrier pigeon
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From: John Farren <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 9:52 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

As a Santa Monica resident about to start a family, the ability to get around safely walking and biking will play a large role in whether our family can stay in the city long term. So, please support and prioritize safer streets!
Sincerely,
John Farren
310.795.9471
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From: Tamas Nagy <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 9:18 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

My wife and I live in Sawtelle and would love to ride through Santa Monica to beach together but the current fractured bike network is particularly rough for her as a newer cyclist. We just want to patronize the local businesses and enjoy the beauty of the city safely. The new infrastructure that Santa Monica is installing is fantastic, but it’s simply not enough! I implore you to build more protected bike lanes and traffic calming measures.

Please support and
prioritize safer streets!
Tamas Nagy
Postdoc
Rando Lab
University of California, Los Angeles
tamasnagy.com
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From: Aaron Thomas <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 7:59 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
And tell the Santa Monica Police to enforce automobile speed limits and stop harassing cyclists with ticky-tacky tickets.

Aaron Thomas
Santa Monica, CA
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From: Leonora <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 7:51 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone. Please support and prioritize safer streets!
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From: April DS <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 5:04 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; [email protected]; [email protected]
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Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

I am a resident and voter in Santa Monica who regularly bikes and walks around our wonderful city. I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone. This is not only a safety issues, but also about preserving our quality of life and ameliorating the impact of climate change.

Please continue to support and prioritize safer streets.

Thank you,
April De Stefano
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From: Emily Hsiung <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 5:01 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

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Dear Santa Monica Officials,
I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
I moved to Santa Monica because of the biking infrastructure; please continue to improve it for pedestrians and cyclists, so that it can be safe for everyone - even kids!
Thank you,
Emily
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
1 David Yakobson
From: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 4:03 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Re: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update.

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager:

I support the City's commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes.

Please prioriƟze improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure. With so much addiƟonal housing development now and in the future, we need safe alternaƟves to cars.

Thank you.

John Williamson
Santa Monica resident
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
1 David Yakobson
From: Jacob Wasserman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 3:04 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B: Safer Streets

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes and infrastructure. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming, community-supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

As a car-owner, walker, biker, parent, and Santa Monica resident, I see the need for safe streets every day.

Protected infrastructure on Ocean keeps my kid and me safe on bikes to and from daycare, and I would love to see it expanded as soon as possible, to corridors like Colorado.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Jacob Wasserman
90403
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
2 David Yakobson
From: John Zinner <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 2:58 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Council Meeting Item 3B, Bike Action Plan & Vision Zero Update

EXTERNAL
Council Members:

I live near 20th and Montana, and bike throughout Santa Monica. I’m glad to see progress towards making the city’s streets safe for cyclists and pedestrians, but there’s much must more that needs to be done.

A key example for me is that it’s very dangerous to bike on Montana Ave. (a major bike route) between 21st and 25th Streets because there isn’t enough space between the 3 islands in the “suicide lane” and parked cars for both a bike and car. I have to ride down the middle of the lane to make it clear to drivers that they can’t pass, which leaves me very vulnerable. This is also dangerous because drivers speed ahead of me and cut me off so they can enter the lane adjacent to an island before I do.

There are painted bike lanes east of 26th and west of 20th. The islands in between need to be removed and the bike lanes connected.

Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and completing the Vision Zero plan.

Thank you.

John Zinner, LEED Fellow
Partner / Senior Advisor, Director of Environmental & MiƟgaƟon Programs o 310-319-1131
m 310-801-1946

Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
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February 27, 2024
3 David Yakobson
From: Marcus Owens <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 2:32 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor,
City Council and City Manager,

I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes.

Please prioriƟze improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must conƟnue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioriƟze and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioriƟze safer streets!
Kindest Regards,
Marcus Owens
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
4 David Yakobson
From: kent Strumpell <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 2:27 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta; Council Mailbox Subject: Item 3B Bike Action Plan

EXTERNAL
Dear City Council and City Manager:

Thank you for your past support for fulfilling our city’s mobility plan. The amended Bike AcƟon Plan is a criƟcal element for transforming our streets to be safer, more inclusive and beƩer able to help us meet our greenhouse gas reducƟon goals. Reducing car trips is essenƟal for meeƟng this last goal, and it will be impossible to achieve that unless our streets provide safe passage for the most efficient forms of transportaƟon we have: pedestrians, bikes, scooters, cargo bikes, ebikes, etc.

With climate change impacts already upon us and happening faster than anƟcipated, we must accelerate, expand and prioriƟze the implementaƟon of the citywide protected bikeway network that is essenƟal to our wellbeing.

Thank you,
Kent Strumpell
1211 Michigan Ave.

Santa Monica
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
5 David Yakobson
From: Jonathan Balk <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 2:09 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

Please
support and prioritize safer streets!
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
1 David Yakobson
From: Robin Roy <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:49 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes, and encourage the City to move much faster to that end.

Please act quickly to calm Ocean Avenue among other prioriƟes. Each of the Ocean Avenue pedestrian crossings really should have stop signs, both to reduce risk to people crossing the street to access Palisades Park, and to disincenƟvize speeding.

Sincerely,
Robin Roy
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
2 David Yakobson
From: Thomas Hand <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:26 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; [email protected]; [email protected]; Thomas Hand
Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, When I moved to Santa Monica 12 years ago I sold my car and haven't driven since. I walk or take the bus everywhere I need to go. Safe pedestrian infrastructure couldn't be more important to me every single day. I am regularly reminded how unsafe our pedestrian infrastructure currently is and how often motor vehicle drivers threaten or intimidate walkers (also every single day). I am likewise fascinated how once people are out of their vehicles and walking, they adopt a more gentle pace and a calmer interaction with other beings and our environment.

I was also a regular user of the SM city bikeshare while that lasted, though I do not currently own a bicycle. I was seriously injured while bicycling approximately 20 years ago when a driver in Ventura County struck me from behind. I was hospitalized overnight and spent over a year healing and rehabilitating. I am a bit shell-shocked regarding riding bicycles around motor vehicle traffic. However, I am fortunate, as I have had friends that have suffered far worse than I from unsafe motor vehicle drivers and infrastructure.

I deeply appreciate and support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes. Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please follow a "safe routes to school" mentality to establish "safe routes to anywhere" in our city.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Thomas Hand
[email protected]
Santa Monica resident (12 years)
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
3 David Yakobson
From: Ryan Olson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:18 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I support Santa Monica's commitment to safer streets and first-class bicycle infrastructure. I live in Sunset Park and work three days a week in downtown Los Angeles. I bought where I did so that I would be close enough to take the E line, and I use it 95% of the time that I commute downtown. I either rent a scooter to get me to the station or ride my bike, taking it on the train with me. I like the 11th St bike lane (I take it on my way to the station in the morning) and I love the 17th St protected bike lane (I take it on my way home at night).

I urge City Council to continue the path that they're on, making non-car travel in this city as safe as possible.

Ryan Olson
1021 Pine St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
4 David Yakobson
From: Carter Rubin <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:07 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager, I'm a Pico resident and daily bike commuter and ride my bike with my 3 year old son all around town.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
5 David Yakobson
From: Boris Suchkov <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 12:02 PM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; Anuj Gupta Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Plan and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

I support the City’s commitment to safer streets and more protected bike lanes.

Please prioritize improving bike and pedestrian infrastructure and Vision Zero. The City must continue the overwhelming community-supported commitment to prioritize and protect vulnerable road users, like people walking and biking, with more protected bike lanes and streets designed to be safer for everyone.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Thanks,
Boris Suchkov
Santa Monica Families for Safe Streets
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
6 David Yakobson
From: Ben Adler <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 11:50 AM
To: Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems; David White; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Item 3B City Manager Report - Bike Action Lab and Vision Zero Update Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica Mayor, City Council and City Manager,

My family and I moved to Santa Monica specifically because of its bike infrastructure and I would love to see it continue to grow. Our family commutes to work and school by bike and this would help us stay safe.

Please support and prioritize safer streets!
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
7 David Yakobson
From: Kyle Rebar <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2024 3:38 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre Subject: Support for Item 3B
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged

EXTERNAL
Hello!
I'm Kyle, a Santa Monica resident since 2019 in Ocean Park / Dogtown. I saw that there's an upcoming meeting about bike lanes and mobility projects coming up on the 27th. I won't be able to attend the meeting because I'm working late and wanted to share a few thoughts.

Santa Monica's compactness and walkability initially drew me to the city. I absolutely love the recent protected bike lane projects along Ocean Ave & 17th st. I go out of my way to bike 17th even if it extends my trip a bit because it feels a lot safer than using shared lanes (I was hit by a car coming out of an alley in DTSM last summer—low speed, no major damage, but it was very scary).

Some streets with unprotected bike lanes feel technically useable, but I don't feel remotely safe biking along with heavy traffic on 4th St near Olympic & Pico or Main Street any time during the day. Main might be a great candidate to project in the future.

I'm incredibly excited to learn more about biking and pedestrian projects like protected lanes on Broadway & Colorado.

Walkability and bikeability are very important to me—they're major reasons that I stay in Santa Monica. It feels like the only place in LA county where you could conceivably adopt a car free lifestyle...something I hope to do in the coming years.

Thank you for supporting implementing pedestrian and bike projects in Santa Monica! Kyle Rebar
Item 3-B
February 27, 2024
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Santa Monica City Council
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