From: judith kinsey
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2026 4:42 PM
To: Mary Gourley <[email protected]>
Subject: apple blossom bike trail
Hi, Mary,
I am a long time resident of Burbank Heights, been here for 16 years. I live in Building P in Apartment #1. My front porch looks out on the proposed bike trail route and I spend many, many hours observing the scene before me. And what I see is an extremely busy road.
Six days a week a huge bus stops many times a day picking up and discharging elderly passengers who live here, taking up a whole lane. Cars often try to drive around the bus as it waits, creating a very hazardous situation and blocking the road.
Buildings R and S, to the right of said road, house about 100 people who often need emergency services such as ambulances and those vehicles also park along the road, also tying up traƯic. This happens almost on a daily basis.
Many of these residents are physically impaired, using wheelchairs and walkers, and quite a few have vision and hearing problems, and I know of at least five who have dementia just in this small area. Not people who notice oncoming traƯic, never mind having the ability to get out of the way in a hurry!!! And they are constantly having to cross that road on a daily basis. We already have major problems with drivers speeding and heading up that hill with the afternoon sun in their eyes blinding them - a very dangerous situation that I witness on a daily basis.
This complex was specifically built to safely house senior citizens. Those very vulnerable people should not have to live in fear and I hope we can all put our heads together and find a better way.
Thank you.
Judith Kinsey