Without evidence, example or facts, a group has decided BV is no longer safe for children walking or riding to BVE. They’ve manufactured a crisis despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary and The Lafayette City Transportation and Circulation Commission is listening.
IF we don’t act now, our community will resemble downtown Berkeley! We are a group of 70 families fighting this transformation for months.
Their Current Proposal:
• Prohibiting parking on one side of Silverado Dr., Burton Dr., Merriewood Dr., Indian Way, and Rohrer Dr.
• Creating a multi-use pedestrian/bike/skateboard path with a permanent asphalt berm separating traffic and pedestrians.
• Painting a multi-use pathway bright neon green on designated streets.
The Facts:
• Burton Valley has a perfect safety record for 60 years. No recorded incidents of motor vehicles hitting bikes or pedestrians.
• Speed humps and narrower driving lanes have already been approved for all roads in/out of BV and are being installed.
• Lafayette’s own SafeTrek Report ranks the city #2 in traffic safety in all of California.
• The multi-use lane proposed is too narrow by any CalTrans or US DOT safety standards.
• Traffic safety experts teach kids to walk against traffic and ride bikes with the traffic. The proposed multi-use lane does just the opposite.
• Allowing parking on one side only make it less safe for kids living in even numbered houses: to reach the “safer” multi-use lane, they would need to jaywalk between parked cars. Why are even numbered kids’ lives worth less then odd numbered kids?
• The National Safe Routes to School (SRTS) user’s manual has criteria for evaluation of success. The City has completed NONE of these steps.
• A CDC study of SRTS programs in four states conclude the success rate of such programs is minimal for achieving more bicycling to schools, only raising rates of bicycling by .05 percent.
What you can do:
• Email: Mike Moran, [email protected], Director of Engineering and Public Works AND Susan Candell, Lafayette Mayor, [email protected]
Tell them you oppose the loss of 50% of our parking and barriered too narrow, two-way pathways.
- Attend the next Transportation and Circulation Committee Meeting July 21 at 7 PM Link at https://www.lovelafayette.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12582/16?
- Share this petition:
Stay informed, share with neighbors, don’t be silent. This doesn’t solve a non-existent problem!
Please considering adding your address when you sign so the City can see those in the neighborhood who oppose these changes.
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July 19, 2021
I really thought this might just fizzle out (or worse, get completely ignored) but clearly I was wrong because the emails just keep pinging and honestly it is overwhelming to see so many people actually paying attention to this madness. My head is spinning a bit imagining neon green paint on our streets when we already have a sixty year safety record to prove we do not need this nonsense and thank you for sticking with me while I try to organize all this energy.
Reached 100 supporters
July 19, 2021
65 Comments
As a Silverado resident I am firmly in support of speed bumps which actually slow traffic down. Curbs penalize residents of the affected streets but do not slow down those speeding down the streets.
The City of Lafayette's Engineering, Public Works Department should consider: additional Speed Bumps & Stop Signs in the Safe Routes to School pilot study; furthermore, the pilot study should not consider permanent elimination of parking on one side of a street to accommodate a dedicated pathway for pedestrians and bicyclist.
As a Merriewood Drive resident for 39 years, I am against the multi-use pathways with asphalt berms. I do support the proposed traffic calming solutions - speed humps, red curbs, no parking before/after school hours, etc, Let's not ruin it for the many walkers, dog walkers, bicyclists, skateboarders, horseback riders that use Merriewood and adjacent streets.
I grew up walking and biking to Burton Valley Elementary and to Stanley Middle School. Nothing about these streets ever felt unsafe to me. There has to be a better use for these funds. I don’t see much benefit to this project other than a false sense of security/safety for parents.
In my forty five year residence on Silverado Dr. there has never been one child injured while going to and from Burton Valley Elementary School.
Agree that traffic calming is needed. This doesn’t seem like a good solution. Separate but related issue—why can’t the trail that goes behind the community center be developed to connect to Sweetbriar/Sandalwood by BVE (not the dirt path thru brush)?
This is a dumb idea. Don’t overthink things.
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Without evidence, example or facts, a group has decided BV is no longer safe for children walking or riding to BVE. They’ve manufactured a crisis despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary and The Lafayette City Transportation and Circulation Commission is listening.
IF we don’t act now, our community will resemble downtown Berkeley! We are a group of 70 families fighting this transformation for months.
Their Current Proposal:
• Prohibiting parking on one side of Silverado Dr., Burton Dr., Merriewood Dr., Indian Way, and Rohrer Dr.
• Creating a multi-use pedestrian/bike/skateboard path with a permanent asphalt berm separating traffic and pedestrians.
• Painting a multi-use pathway bright neon green on designated streets.
The Facts:
• Burton Valley has a perfect safety record for 60 years. No recorded incidents of motor vehicles hitting bikes or pedestrians.
• Speed humps and narrower driving lanes have already been approved for all roads in/out of BV and are being installed.
• Lafayette’s own SafeTrek Report ranks the city #2 in traffic safety in all of California.
• The multi-use lane proposed is too narrow by any CalTrans or US DOT safety standards.
• Traffic safety experts teach kids to walk against traffic and ride bikes with the traffic. The proposed multi-use lane does just the opposite.
• Allowing parking on one side only make it less safe for kids living in even numbered houses: to reach the “safer” multi-use lane, they would need to jaywalk between parked cars. Why are even numbered kids’ lives worth less then odd numbered kids?
• The National Safe Routes to School (SRTS) user’s manual has criteria for evaluation of success. The City has completed NONE of these steps.
• A CDC study of SRTS programs in four states conclude the success rate of such programs is minimal for achieving more bicycling to schools, only raising rates of bicycling by .05 percent.
What you can do:
• Email: Mike Moran, [email protected], Director of Engineering and Public Works AND Susan Candell, Lafayette Mayor, [email protected]
Tell them you oppose the loss of 50% of our parking and barriered too narrow, two-way pathways.
- Attend the next Transportation and Circulation Committee Meeting July 21 at 7 PM Link at https://www.lovelafayette.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12582/16?
- Share this petition:
Stay informed, share with neighbors, don’t be silent. This doesn’t solve a non-existent problem!
Please considering adding your address when you sign so the City can see those in the neighborhood who oppose these changes.
Share this petition:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/act-now-save-b...
Updates
July 19, 2021
I really thought this might just fizzle out (or worse, get completely ignored) but clearly I was wrong because the emails just keep pinging and honestly it is overwhelming to see so many people actually paying attention to this madness. My head is spinning a bit imagining neon green paint on our streets when we already have a sixty year safety record to prove we do not need this nonsense and thank you for sticking with me while I try to organize all this energy.
Reached 100 supporters
July 19, 2021
65 Comments
Suggest instead that BVE parking be opened for soccer and baseball events - waiting for an adult/child to get hit trying to cross Rohrer dragging coolers, chairs, sporting equipment etc. Saw a passing car take off an open drivers car door a few years ago as driver was unloading her kids. Much more dangerous situation in my view - Accident waiting to happen.
As a Silverado resident I am firmly in support of speed bumps which actually slow traffic down. Curbs penalize residents of the affected streets but do not slow down those speeding down the streets.
The City of Lafayette's Engineering, Public Works Department should consider: additional Speed Bumps & Stop Signs in the Safe Routes to School pilot study; furthermore, the pilot study should not consider permanent elimination of parking on one side of a street to accommodate a dedicated pathway for pedestrians and bicyclist.
As a Merriewood Drive resident for 39 years, I am against the multi-use pathways with asphalt berms. I do support the proposed traffic calming solutions - speed humps, red curbs, no parking before/after school hours, etc, Let's not ruin it for the many walkers, dog walkers, bicyclists, skateboarders, horseback riders that use Merriewood and adjacent streets.
I grew up walking and biking to Burton Valley Elementary and to Stanley Middle School. Nothing about these streets ever felt unsafe to me. There has to be a better use for these funds. I don’t see much benefit to this project other than a false sense of security/safety for parents.
In my forty five year residence on Silverado Dr. there has never been one child injured while going to and from Burton Valley Elementary School.
Agree that traffic calming is needed. This doesn’t seem like a good solution. Separate but related issue—why can’t the trail that goes behind the community center be developed to connect to Sweetbriar/Sandalwood by BVE (not the dirt path thru brush)?
This is a dumb idea. Don’t overthink things.
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Suggest instead that BVE parking be opened for soccer and baseball events - waiting for an adult/child to get hit trying to cross Rohrer dragging coolers, chairs, sporting equipment etc. Saw a passing car take off an open drivers car door a few years ago as driver was unloading her kids. Much more dangerous situation in my view - Accident waiting to happen.