As a Crossing Guard I take this kind of safety project deeply to heart and the protection of the kids to get to school should be at the communities top priorities too!
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Virginia Vaquero
7 years ago
Cal Trans....yes...it is difficult but dang it...we got a train, bikes, pedestrians and vehicles all operating in one location...it deserves some creative problem solving!
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Pamela J Clements
7 years ago
I am a driver, cyclist, and pedestrian. As a driver, I am constantly aware of the fact that I have more power than cyclists or pedestrians, and that this means that I am responsible for respecting their right-of-way. The same goes for respecting pedestrians when I’m on my bike. My safety as a pedestrian has been severely disregarded many times in the past 10 years, with two nearly fatal incidents. We most certainly need greater safety measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians, yet we also need to include a public safety awareness campaign. Drivers and cyclists, both, must slow down, respect the laws of transit, and be more mindful. Santa Cruz had the highest rate of cyclists killed by vehicles in the state. This is outrageous.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
I am strongly in favor of safer walking paths along the school and library routes in Felton. In addition to dangerous sections of highway 9, it is additionally imperative that the crosswalk at Felton-Empire and Gushee be improved to have flashers prior to the downhill curve that cars come barrelling down before the old library. As more residents come to use the new library, this intersection, which has caught my own daughter in dangerous crossing situations, be improved to prevent another sad casualty.
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Bill Burton
7 years ago
My dad saved the Covered Bridge roof for another 100 years, with intent to connect historic routes to today's uses. I would like a trail system that includes this bridge route. In the 1970s a proposal for a bike pedestrian trail along old railroad routes through the San Lorenzo Valley was initiated. Essentially this would be a trail on the east side of the river from Felton to Ben Lomond, along Railroad Ave along the way, and a pedestrian bridge toward the high school. Many would still be alive if we were to build such a route. It is still possible.
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Barbara Hanson
7 years ago
Please require/suggest a daylight lights on safety zone for motorists, bikes and pedestrians from Paradise Park to Bboulder Creek on hwy 9.
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patricia a duffy
7 years ago
lets get this done...SOON
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Tauraley
7 years ago
This needs to be a top priority.. especially with so many kids walking to and from school!
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Michael Hendricks
7 years ago
Josh was my friend. :(
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Tamara Slaten
7 years ago
Why hasn't there been any kind of traffic light, safety area for pedestrians yet? This is just ridiculous. It needs to be a thing Now
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Nicholas S Mangrum
7 years ago
I used to walk that same path every day as a kid home.
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Sheila De Lany
7 years ago
Highway 9 Safety is a serious issue!
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Ed James-Beckham
7 years ago
Middle and high school students walk and run along this route every weekday, often at commute times. It is an area where many autos are driven at unsafe speeds and I worry for the people on the side of the highway when I see them. Please make this route safer for pedestrians and cyclists, especially for the children in our community who have little choice but to risk their lives on the side of the highway to get to and from school.
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Gracie Hoff
7 years ago
This is very sad. Some changes need to be made immediately.
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Adele Watkins
7 years ago
Keep our citizens safe.
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Ronald Bourret
7 years ago
My son walks home on Highway 9 from the high school quite frequently. We need a safe option!
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James Clarke
7 years ago
For Josh
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Christopher Garcia
7 years ago
My boys love walking to town, and a safer passage for them would make that more possible.
Please!
As a Crossing Guard I take this kind of safety project deeply to heart and the protection of the kids to get to school should be at the communities top priorities too!
Cal Trans....yes...it is difficult but dang it...we got a train, bikes, pedestrians and vehicles all operating in one location...it deserves some creative problem solving!
I am a driver, cyclist, and pedestrian. As a driver, I am constantly aware of the fact that I have more power than cyclists or pedestrians, and that this means that I am responsible for respecting their right-of-way. The same goes for respecting pedestrians when I’m on my bike. My safety as a pedestrian has been severely disregarded many times in the past 10 years, with two nearly fatal incidents. We most certainly need greater safety measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians, yet we also need to include a public safety awareness campaign. Drivers and cyclists, both, must slow down, respect the laws of transit, and be more mindful. Santa Cruz had the highest rate of cyclists killed by vehicles in the state. This is outrageous.
I am strongly in favor of safer walking paths along the school and library routes in Felton. In addition to dangerous sections of highway 9, it is additionally imperative that the crosswalk at Felton-Empire and Gushee be improved to have flashers prior to the downhill curve that cars come barrelling down before the old library. As more residents come to use the new library, this intersection, which has caught my own daughter in dangerous crossing situations, be improved to prevent another sad casualty.
My dad saved the Covered Bridge roof for another 100 years, with intent to connect historic routes to today's uses. I would like a trail system that includes this bridge route. In the 1970s a proposal for a bike pedestrian trail along old railroad routes through the San Lorenzo Valley was initiated. Essentially this would be a trail on the east side of the river from Felton to Ben Lomond, along Railroad Ave along the way, and a pedestrian bridge toward the high school. Many would still be alive if we were to build such a route. It is still possible.
Please require/suggest a daylight lights on safety zone for motorists, bikes and pedestrians from Paradise Park to Bboulder Creek on hwy 9.
lets get this done...SOON
This needs to be a top priority.. especially with so many kids walking to and from school!
Josh was my friend. :(
Why hasn't there been any kind of traffic light, safety area for pedestrians yet? This is just ridiculous. It needs to be a thing Now
I used to walk that same path every day as a kid home.
Highway 9 Safety is a serious issue!
Middle and high school students walk and run along this route every weekday, often at commute times. It is an area where many autos are driven at unsafe speeds and I worry for the people on the side of the highway when I see them. Please make this route safer for pedestrians and cyclists, especially for the children in our community who have little choice but to risk their lives on the side of the highway to get to and from school.
This is very sad. Some changes need to be made immediately.
Keep our citizens safe.
My son walks home on Highway 9 from the high school quite frequently. We need a safe option!
For Josh
My boys love walking to town, and a safer passage for them would make that more possible.
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