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Christina Casha From: Sachin Bhayani Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 9:58 PM To: Mike Tassano; Mayor and City Council Cc: Nelson Fialho; Brian Dolan; Matthew Nelson; steve_maher@pleasantonusd.net; Samu Tiumalu; Cedric Novenario; Pleasanton City Clerk Subject: Re:foothill opp side too: follow up evidence : Plans for narrowing of Las positas and the severe problems with it Attachments: Foothill-narrowing1 jpg; Foothill-narrowing2 jpg ***[EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization.Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown senders.*** Hi Mike and City council, I understand we are making bike lanes on Las Positas on way to Foothill high school. I can see after making bike lanes, road is narrowed with permanent yellow zones and 2 lanes are made 1 going east from Foothill to LasPositas towards Hopyard . Attached picture. There is already traffic bottleneck on Las Positas going to Foothill high school in morning and while coming back in afternoon This new changes will increase the traffic congestion. Also the that stretch of road on Las Positas going to Foothill is uphill and hence few students actually bike. Those who do, get down and walk with their bikes. Most of the school year from Dec to Apr, it rains on and off and students biking are also less. I would request city to monitor the traffic jams on these stretch of road after the changes during Foothill school morning and closing times.lf needed you can roll back these changes(the blocked yellow zones, not bike lanes), as they will be obstructing even their local residents from coming out if there is emergency, Please make bike lanes narrower if you need to retain space for 2 cars like before. Second issue is that you have put permanent bike lanes on Las Positas near Hart school. The issue is going towards Hopyard, you have given sudden right angle turns on Coronado lane etc. This is due to the permanent blocking by bike lanes. This sudden right turn is difficult for car drivers. You can easily give a dotted lane next to right turn, to allow cars to gradually go right and then turn. That is done normally as you can see going on Tassagara and right turn on Dublin Blvd. There is a dedicated bike lane on Tassagara, but it is broken at the end to facilitate right turn. Pleasanton population is increasing and with lots more housing coming, we need wider roads to accommodate cars. Kindly look into this to resolve. i