Date : 6/21/2021 3:16:01 PM From : "David Alexander" [email protected] To : "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject : Adopt the Upper Great Highway Concepts Evaluation Final Report - 6.22.21 CTA Meeting Hi CTA Clerk and Staff, I strongly urge Supervisors Chan, Mar and Melgar, et al. to adopt the Upper Great Highway Concepts Evaluation Final Report. Thank you! Dave "Alex" Alexander, MPA Pronouns: he/him/his Richmond Family Transportation Network 列治文區家庭交通互聯網 www.RFTN.org 1 Date : 6/21/2021 3:54:54 PM From : "Jennifer Parker" [email protected] To : "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject : Car-free space Great Highway Dear Chair Mandelman and Commissioners, As someone who lives in Miraloma Park, I am asking the SFCTA to prioritize car- free space on the Great Highway 24/7. Since April 2020, this space has become a community hub for art and activism, and welcomes thousands of people walking, biking, and rolling every day. Our city’s largest contributor of carbon emissions is transportation, and we have an opportunity to prioritize people-first space on a corridor already drastically impacted by rising sea levels and climate change. This permanent closure will help us reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and make it possible to restore Ocean Beach’s natural ecosystems to the best of our abilities. As the City starts to reopen, it’s time we reimagine how we use our streets and plan for the future of SF. Now is the time to think big and prioritize the Great Highway for people, not cars." Sincerely, Jennifer Parker 812 Teresita Boulevard SF, CA 94127 3 Date : 6/21/2021 10:14:50 AM From : "Marc Strohlein" [email protected] To : "[email protected]" [email protected] Cc : "[email protected]" [email protected], "Pat Strohlein" [email protected] Subject : Closure of the Great Highway To the Clerk of the Transportation Authority and Mayor of San Francisco I’m writing to ask that the Great Highway be reopened to traffic due to the negative impacts of the closure on myself and many others. For residents of the San Mateo Coast and peninsula, the Great Highway is our main route to get into the western portion of the city as well as Marin County and other destinations to the north. Closure has forced us to drive through nearby neighborhoods adding traffic to residential streets with dangerous intersections. Many of the intersections lack four way stop signs and residents park right up to the corners, hindering visibility and making crossings dangerous. Driving through the neighborhoods necessitates dodging cars pulling out of driveways and double parked vehicles. And it is not uncommon to see other vehicles speeding and rolling into intersections. The irony is that the highway is right next to a beautiful beach, a coastal paved walking and biking path, and also adjacent to Golden Gate Park—possibly the greatest collection of recreational opportunities in the city. The Great Highway was one of the first highways in America and should be a gateway and show place for the western part of the city. Please reopen the highway for the sake of the safety and wellbeing of the neighborhood residents and those trying to travel to and through the city. Marc Strohlein 4 Date : 6/21/2021 2:19:50 PM From : "Kat" [email protected] To : "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "rec- [email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "rec- [email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected],"[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject : COMMENTS FOR JUNE 21, 10 am SFCTA MEETING REGARDING PILOT FOR GREAT HIGHWAY I am a member of The Open the Great Highway group. Please do NOT allow the "pilot program" of the Great Highway to become a reality. This "pilot program" is an underhanded way to achieve their goal, without due process! Nothing about this attempt has been above board and fair. Hardly anyone knows that there is an attempt to close the Great Highway for good. Most people still believe that this closure is TEMPORARY (like we were falsely told). I have spoken to many people regarding the closure and a number of them believe it is closed for sand removal. SFMTA and Rec and Park have done a good job of NOT informing the public of their intentions. With the Great Highway closed it is now dangerous to drive in the outer Sunset District. The attempts by SFMTA to alleviate the congestion created by the Great Highway closure has only created more issues and more problems for everyone who has to drive there. It is apparent that they don't think much before they decide to make their changes. They just do it and we all have to suffer with their poor choices and mistakes. It is apparent that the closure of the Great Highway has negatively affected the livability of the Sunset District. It is obvious that the "affluent neighborhoods" were not burdened with a "pilot program". The once quiet residential streets have been transformed into busy thoroughfares. One Sunset resident counted 350 cars passing by his house in one hour! Instead of "go eat cake" we are told to "go ride a bike". This has become a class issue! We are resisting the gentrification of the 5 Sunset District. Special interest group (bike coalition) should not be allowed to destroy the Great Highway. Both special interest groups Kids Safe and the Great Highway Park are headed by tech multi millionaires, who can throw heaps of money at their "pet projects". These groups are made up of affluent parents who are using their children to get their own way. It's never a good idea to teach a child to play on the road ever! The Great Highway is an intrical part of the S.F. transportation system and its removal will be detrimental to the traffic flow in the City. There was zero outreach to our neighbors to the North and the South regarding the permanent closure of the Great Highway. They depend on the Great Highway to get to their jobs and businesses in the City. People in the Richmond District used that roadway to go South as well. We are just coming out of a Pandemic, and instead of making things easier for the working class people, they are placing yet another burden on them! Everything that SFMTA has done has created a bigger mess. It seems that all they are doing is destroying our transportation system. This whole thing seems to be a selfish attempt to accommodate the FEW at the expense of the MANY.This road does not need to be closed for cyclists or pedestrians. We were always able to SHARE the Great Highway with all! We should be allowed to continue that. Please do NOT allow this selfish misguided pilot program to close the Great Highway for two years. We ALL need the Great Highway opened NOW. Please do not be responsible for destroying the western part of the city. Kathy Regan 6 Date : 6/21/2021 1:00:20 PM From : "'Mike Regan' via Clerk" [email protected] To : "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "rec- [email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected],"[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected], "[email protected]" rec- [email protected], "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject : Comments for June 22 10 am SFCTA Meeting Regarding Pilot Program for Great Highway I am a member of the Open Great Highway group and have a few bullet points regarding this pilot program for the Great Highway.