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removal of three 'unimportant' crosswalks for 'added safety' <br />People wanting to walk are disappointed: <br />The city spent over $6 million on this project to "encourage walking and biking," and they didn't repair sidewalks around Stafford Park? During the pilot phase, <br />the speed humps were right at Stafford Park, they looked almost like raised crosswalks, but then staff moved the speed humps away. Speed humps benefit no <br />one unless they are installed as raised crosswalks. They would slow down traffic right at the crosswalk. They would be ADA-preferred and keep pedestrians out of <br />flooded streets. More droughts and flooding are expected in this county and this area. <br />If this project wanted to improve pedestrian safety, the way to go was pedestrian islands, raised crosswalks, fixed sidewalks and two traffic lights at the park. Not <br />one of these things happened. <br />On top of all these missing safety improvements, the city council and the traffic advisory committee (TAC) even approved the removal of three crosswalks for <br />'added safety.' However, they did not remove the legal right-of-way pedestrians still have at these crossings; they only rendered pedestrians using these crossings <br />less critical. Again, this signals drivers to go faster at these intersections. <br />Trees, Flooding and Sustainability? <br />Trees must feel very safe now; they have their own islands <br />They also have more buffers than the bike lanes <br />No rainwater run-off improvements were done <br />Trees will have to get recycled water … delivered by large fossil fuel trucks <br />The project violates San Mateo's Countywide Sustainable Streets Masterplan <br />Trees are winning or losing or both … <br />7/21/24, 5:24 PM Blog: Pedestrians still drowning on Hopkins Avenue - Redwood City Pulse <br />https://www.rwcpulse.com/blogs/peeking-at-plans/2023/11/13/hopkins-2/3/5