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From: Doug Crisman <br />To: PublicComment; GRP -City Council <br />Subject: Proposed Slow Street Closure of Bridge Parkway in Redwood Shores <br />Date: Monday, April 27, 2020 12:48:47 AM <br />Dear Council Members, <br />I am concerned with and would like to ask you reconsider the proposal to close one lane of <br />Bridge Parkway in each direction to vehicular traffic to allow pedestrian use of the closed <br />lanes. <br />The proposal won't do much to improve social distancing as the Shores is not densely <br />populated and there are walkways on either side of Bridge Parkway that provide adequate <br />room for pedestrians to maintain appropriate social distance. <br />In addition, the risk of pedestrians coming into contact on the pedestrian paths over the bridge <br />could be minimized by designating each path for pedestrian travel in one direction. <br />Finally, Bridge Parkway is a key vehicular route across the central waterway in Redwood <br />Shores and it would be risky to combine pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the same direction. <br />This risk would be accentuated by the fact that the bridge on Bridge Parkway is steep, making <br />the summit blind, which makes it a real possibility that a speeding car crossing over the <br />summit could come into disastrous conflict with pedestrians and cyclists on the other side. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Douglas Crisman <br />561 Cringle Dr <br />(650) 703-9828 <br />