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Ocean Avenue Mobility Action Plan

FROM:

Mary Miles

Attorney at Law

San Francisco, CA 94102

page364@earthlink.net

TO:

Clerk of the Transportation Authority

San Francisco County Transportation Authority (“SFCTA”)

and Members of the SFCTA Board

1455 Market Street, 22nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94103

clerk@sfcta.org

DATE: June 26, 2023

PUBLIC COMMENT: OBJECTIONS TO APPROVAL OF ITEM 6 SFCTA AGENDA, JUNE 27, 2023 (Ocean Avenue Project)

This public comment OPPOSES and OBJECTS to approval of SFCTA Agenda Item 6 (Ocean Avenue Mobility Action Plan. (Consent Agenda Item 2.) Please assure that this Comment is distributed to every member of the SFCTA Board and is placed in all applicable files.

The Project proposes spending Prop L funds of $15,602,323, plus $66,753,177 already spent, a total of $82,355,500 for these proposed bicycle and pedestrian “improvements.” 

According to the packet, this Project will remove 420 parking spaces, a pedestrian bridge, and make conditions more difficult and unsafe for travelers who drive. It is unexplained in the Staff memo whether those costs include MTA and SFCTA staff time for engineers and “public relations” flacks for “outreach” to bicycling and walking advocates.

This Project is a primary example of why MTA faces a “fiscal cliff”: Extravagant spending on bicycle facilities and anti-car obstructions and removing parking and traffic lanes on city streets. 

We hear the complaints of MTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin about his agency's fiscal cliff, while millions are spent on bicycle and “pedestrian” projects that are clearly aimed at making driving more difficult in San Francisco. 

Less than 3% of San Francisco travelers choose bicycling to get around the city, and the vast majority choose driving cars. (Corey, Canapary & Galanis Research: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Travel Decisions Survey 2021, p. 5 [bicycling mode share is three percent of San Francisco travelers].)

Meanwhile, San Francisco has some of the worst maintained streets in the nation.

Removing another 420 parking spaces and a pedestrian bridge at a cost of tens of millions is a bad idea on its face, an idea that has not received lawful environmental review, does not serve the majority of city travelers, and is inappropriate while MTA demands billions more in public revenue.

Please vote NO on Item 6 (Ocean Avenue Mobility Action Plan) and reject this extravagant and unnecessary proposal.

Sincerely,

Mary Miles

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