SABA and our membership urge the Commission to recommend to City Council to make Slow and Resilient streets a priority. Sacramento should join the cities worldwide who have successfully implemented Slow Streets. While we ended up not implementing a plan a few months back, there are now reports about implementation in cities like NYC (https://www.transalt.org/open-streets-progress-report) with emerging best practices that could be useful for a plan in Sacramento. We also think that the implementation plan in Los Angeles (https://ladot.lacity.org/coronavirus/apply-slow-street-your-neighborhood) has merits that would encourage communities to come forward to identify a Slow Street in their neighborhood. We thought we needed to move quickly because of the pandemic and now we can move strategically. We support the City allocating CARES Act dollars to launch a Slow and Resilient Street program in Sacramento and will be urging City Council to implement a program.
To avoid any future confusion I would like to State clearly that I am no longer a docent at the California State Railroad Museum.
It is believed that the termination of my contract was forced by the City of Sacramento exploiting its roll as a "partner agency".
Being the first outspoken critic of the Del Rio Trail project to have their position terminated I feel like I can take on a certain mantle of street credibility. It should be noted that another main critic of the project, Gregg Lukenbill survived an attempt to force him off the California State Railroad Foundation Board.
In my previous comments I was always careful to make it clear that I was speaking only for myself up until now. A climate of fear now pervades the entire Del Rio Trail issue.
I don't know exactly how many state workers within the State Park System and members of rue Foundation I speak for who deplore what the City is doing but fear to speak for themselves but their silence does not imply concent.
I urge the Commission to immediately recommend to Council that "Slow Streets" be implemented in Sacramento. Cities across the world have recognized that the covid-19 crisis creates a real need for outdoor spaces. These spaces are especially important in under-served areas of the city, where bike/ped infrastructure is already limited and multi-generational households may especially need space to recreate, but the Council has taken no action despite clear benefits (http://www.sactownmag.com/July-August-2020/Send-in-the-Cones/). As a result, neighborhoods that already suffer from limited infrastructure continue to do so, now with additional pressure from the pandemic -- meaning essential workers are underserved at home, as well as at work. It's time for the City to move, and I urge this Commission to so recommend.
SABA and our membership urge the Commission to recommend to City Council to make Slow and Resilient streets a priority. Sacramento should join the cities worldwide who have successfully implemented Slow Streets. While we ended up not implementing a plan a few months back, there are now reports about implementation in cities like NYC (https://www.transalt.org/open-streets-progress-report) with emerging best practices that could be useful for a plan in Sacramento. We also think that the implementation plan in Los Angeles (https://ladot.lacity.org/coronavirus/apply-slow-street-your-neighborhood) has merits that would encourage communities to come forward to identify a Slow Street in their neighborhood. We thought we needed to move quickly because of the pandemic and now we can move strategically. We support the City allocating CARES Act dollars to launch a Slow and Resilient Street program in Sacramento and will be urging City Council to implement a program.
To avoid any future confusion I would like to State clearly that I am no longer a docent at the California State Railroad Museum.
It is believed that the termination of my contract was forced by the City of Sacramento exploiting its roll as a "partner agency".
Being the first outspoken critic of the Del Rio Trail project to have their position terminated I feel like I can take on a certain mantle of street credibility. It should be noted that another main critic of the project, Gregg Lukenbill survived an attempt to force him off the California State Railroad Foundation Board.
In my previous comments I was always careful to make it clear that I was speaking only for myself up until now. A climate of fear now pervades the entire Del Rio Trail issue.
I don't know exactly how many state workers within the State Park System and members of rue Foundation I speak for who deplore what the City is doing but fear to speak for themselves but their silence does not imply concent.
I urge the Commission to immediately recommend to Council that "Slow Streets" be implemented in Sacramento. Cities across the world have recognized that the covid-19 crisis creates a real need for outdoor spaces. These spaces are especially important in under-served areas of the city, where bike/ped infrastructure is already limited and multi-generational households may especially need space to recreate, but the Council has taken no action despite clear benefits (http://www.sactownmag.com/July-August-2020/Send-in-the-Cones/). As a result, neighborhoods that already suffer from limited infrastructure continue to do so, now with additional pressure from the pandemic -- meaning essential workers are underserved at home, as well as at work. It's time for the City to move, and I urge this Commission to so recommend.
Craig Segall, District 4