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Does removing parking and adding bike lanes hurt retail business?
Not according to these studies:
Curbing Cars, December 2006
Bike Lanes, On-street Parking and Business, February 2009
Do you want the "NO BIKES" signs removed?
These signs are wrongly placed, bicycles ARE allowed to use this path. This was part of the agreement of the development of the Wild Oak community.
Please let SR City Council know that enough is enough. It is NOW time to remove these signs. Please print this petition and return it when completed to SCBC PO Box 3088, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
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Improve Santa Rosa Creek trail access!
Board of Supervisors Meeting
Date: Tuesday, June, 23, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chambers
575 Administration Drive, Room 100A
Santa Rosa, California 95403
This is one of the critical east west links between Santa Rosa and the West County. The project will continue the paved path that starts in Downtown Santa Rosa (and currently ends at Fulton Ave.) all the way to Willowside. Beyond Fulton, the Santa Rosa Creek currently has two dirt roads traversing it; one on each side. Recently, the north side has been made into a connecting route all the way to Willowside Road with the installation of three bridges. The plan is to pave the north side, leave the south side a dirt path. This will give bicyclists a fantastic east/west connector all the way from Downtown Santa Rosa to Willowside road while leaving the south side dirt for those users who prefer a dirt pathway. This improvement on the north side will make this trail easier to use for many trailer users including wheel chairs, roller blades and skinny tire bikes.
Support is needed, please let County Parks and Rec know that this is highly desired. They have received a petition opposing the project.
This is an important improvement for transportation and recreation riders, and one that will increase our bicycle network greatly.
The public meeting date for the Santa Rosa Creek Trail Reach F has been scheduled for the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on June 23, 2009 at 9:30am. Please note that start time could be delayed if the Board of Supervisors needs to allow more time for other agenda items.
At the meeting, the Board of Supervisors will consider adopting the Addendum to the 2007 Santa Rosa Citywide Creek Master Plan EIR and approving the Santa Rosa Creek Trail- Reach F project.
Date: Tuesday, June, 23, 2009
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chambers
575 Administration Drive, Room 100A
Santa Rosa, California 95403
For further information, please contact Ken Tam at Sonoma County Regional Parks at 565-2041
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SRJC/HWY 101 OVERCROSSING
http://tinyurl.com/dcvmqv
The City of Santa Rosa, Public Works Department, is studying a potential bicycle and pedestrian bridge across Highway-101 in the Santa Rosa Junior College area. The bridge would be an east-west connector over Highway-101. A community meeting was conducted Thursday, February 19, 2009 to receive public input regarding the community’s goals, issues, and priorities as they relate to this potential project. The second meeting was Thursday, May 7, 2009
If you have questions or comments about this project please contact, Otto Bertolero, Associate Civil Engineer at 707-543-3878 or via email at obertolero@srcity.org
Second Community Meeting Documents
5-7-09 Community Meeting Annoucement
PDF version of the announcement for the second community meeting regarding a proposed bicycle and pedestrian bridge across Highway 101
First Community Meeting Documents
2-19-09 Community Meeting Announcement
PDF version of the announcement for the first community meeting regarding a proposed bicycle and pedestrian bridge across Highway-101
2-19-09 Meeting Announcement in Accessible Format
Rich Text Format version of the announcement for the first community meeting
Slide Presentation from the 1st Community Mtg.
Notes from the 2-19-09 Meeting
Notes form the 2-19-09 Meeting in Accessible Format
Results of Triange Worksheet Excercise
The results of worksheets that were completed by members of the community.
County Chip seal frustrates bike riders
Don't like it?
You can help the SCBC efforts by writing a letter to the county letting them know that the new 1/2" rocks they are using in their chip seal is bad for bikes and bike riders.
Write: Phillip Demery
Director of Transportation and Public Works
2300 County Center Dr. Suite B 100
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Please cc your county supervisor:
First District Supervisor:
Valerie Brown - vbrown@sonoma-county.org
Second District Supervisor
Mike Kerns - mkerns@sonoma-county.org
Third District Supervisor
Tim Smith - tsmith@sonoma-county.org
Fourth District Supervisor
Paul L. Kelley - pkelley@sonoma-county.org
Fifth District Supervisor
Mike Reilly - mreilly@sonoma-county.org
COUNTY ROAD RESURFACING ROUGHER, BUT CHEAPER
Published on October 23, 2008
© 2008- The Press Democrat
BYLINE: RANDI ROSSMANN, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT PAGE: B1
Drivers traveling over a new roadway surface on a long stretch of Occidental Road west of Santa Rosa may feel like work crews completed the work but forgot to provide the final smooth top layer of asphalt.
The job is done. But the rough, noisy ride now greeting drivers is the result of the county's newest method of road repair.
Less expensive than asphalt pavement, the new surface uses oiled rock chips as a top layer. And it's a method more county roads will receive in the future, said county public works officials Wednesday.
"It's a rougher finish, and it's meant to be that way," said Phil Demery, the county's director of public works and transportation.
"We used a little bit larger chip than we have in the past. It provides a greater wearing surface and the road will last longer," Demery said.
It also will provide more traction when the rain falls, Demery said. "Dollars are really driving this. We want to use the most cost-efficient treatments we can apply," said Steve Urbanek, county pavement preservation coordinator. "You're going to see more roads with more chip seals."
Crews recently finished resurfacing 6.5 miles of Occidental Road with a chip seal. The rural two-lane thoroughfare connects west Santa Rosa to greater Sebastopol and west Sonoma County.
This week, road crews are working on chip sealing two miles of Eighth Street East, from Highway 121 to Napa Road.
But they've already completed such resurfaces on stretches of Pepper Road, West Sierra Avenue, Grange Road and Crane Canyon.
The work involves laying rock chips over an oiled roadway, sealing it with more oil and rolling it to compress the surface.
Drivers then are advised to travel slowly over the surface for a few days, to reduce kick-ups from any loose rocks as the surface sets.
The roadwork received mixed reviews from residents and regular travelers. "I think it's OK; of course it looks different and we're going to have to get used to it," said Sylvia Melrose, who lives along Occidental Road.
"But I wonder how long it's going to last without the asphalt finish to kind of hold it together. I just hope it's long-lasting," she said.
While chip sealing is cheaper, it doesn't last as long as a full asphalt overlay. Officials said that, typically, the new rocky surface functions for five to seven years. And with the larger rocks used on these projects, they're hoping for at least seven years.
An asphalt overlay can last about 20 years but costs about $1 million a mile.
The county's 20 miles of chip sealing this season cost less than $1 million, Urbanek said.
"If we only had a program where we were overlaying roads with new pavement, we could do very few roads. We can do many more roads with chip seal."
County Supervisor Mike Reilly said he's heard no concerns about the change on Occidental but said he was curious about the new surface after driving it himself.
"It's certainly different. It makes a little bit more noise with your car," Reilly said.
Radios might need to be turned up and conversations become a little harder to hear.
At Hanna Winery, employee Mary Hilt said she hadn't noticed a noise issue. "But I listen to Jimmy Buffett when I drive." Hilt said she's hoping the new surface will mean an end to the bad pothole problem on the rural roadway.
"If that alleviates the potholes I think it's wonderful," she said. But the winter rains will tell that story. "We'll have to wait and see," Hilt said.
Urbanek said he's received a few complaints. "Most of it has been that it's different."
Some residents said they hadn't noticed the busy roadway needed repairs. Chip sealing is good for roads still in decent shape, officials said. The county no longer wants to wait until a roadway fails before fixing it.
"Occidental was in pretty good shape. That's exactly the time you want to use these effective treatments," Urbanek said. "We want to keep it that way."
Rick Moshier, Santa Rosa's director of public works, said there are no plans to use chip seal surfacing in the city. "It tends to not be as good for a real urban ... or semi suburban environment," he said, as rock chips can sometimes be thrown up onto lawns or in gutters and cause problems.
You can reach Staff Writer Randi Rossmann at 521-5412 or
randi.rossmann@pressdemocrat.com.
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