Bridgeway is not working for everyone
Our community has spoken out: Bridgeway is not working for everyone. Many consider it the most dangerous part of their travel across town by foot or by bicycle.
“As someone who has grown up in Sausalito using this section of road to bike to school every day (from as young as 5), and who now uses it very often for many trips by bike, I wholly support adding new bike lanes here. The existing “sharrow” conditions have put me and others in far too many dangerous situations and close calls, putting our life on the line.”
“This reconfiguration is ten years, possibly longer, overdue. Towns throughout Marin are embracing alternative safe routes for non-motorized travel, and we’re way behind.”
“I have lived on the corner of Richardson and Bridgeway for 10 years now. I have witnessed numerous biking, pedestrian, and car accidents during this time and have voiced my opinion on several occasions about making this area safer for everyone. Yet NOTHING has happened.”
“I haven’t seen detail from a citizen group or committee brought forth with this much done and the concept so well done on an area that makes sense. So I think you’ve already taken a huge step … this is kind of like Friends of Dunphy Park style planning, but done in a much shorter period of time to give us a starting point.
Granted there is going to be a lot of discussion from businesses and all sorts of groups, I think we should have that started pretty soon without a formal program. I’ll obviously bring it up at the end of the council meetings, but that is at the end of the council meetings. ”
Sausalito Police Chief John Rohrbacher describes shifting traffic dynamics and emergency access considerations at the November 19, 2018 Sausalito Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting
