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First Name
Jim
E-mail
Agency*
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Last Name
Colbert
Phone
Date of Meeting*
2022-07-19
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6.0
Dear Council
Members,
I am responding
to Item 7 Review of June 2022 Draft 2040 General Plan Land Use Element,
Safety and Noise Element and June 2022 Draft Downtown Truckee Plan. My
principal
interest is the section Mobility Element of the Truckee 2040 Draft Plan. I have
read most of the plan but will comment
principally on road speed in Tahoe Donner.
I am a resident of Tahoe Donner for about ten years now and have seen
the speed of cars increase significantly. When possible, I either walk or ride
my bike (now electric) to the various Tahoe Donner facilities, into Town Center
and Donner Lake. Since Covid, I have noticed an increase in auto traffic and
more
vehicles exceeding the speed limit. If you drive the speed limit on Northwoods
Blvd you will have a line of cars behind you in no time. Since Covid, I have
also noticed many more people walking and cycling on Northwood's Blvd and
adjacent
residential streets. So please consider
Northwoods Blvd in your Mobility Element review. Some suggesting for safety
and traffic calming
on Northwoods Blvd might be. One, widen
the bike lanes and maybe include some protection from the main road so
Northwoods
is more family friendly. Consider class four bike lanes. Second, increase the
number of speed signs and periodically enforce the speed laws. Three consider
small round abouts or traffic circles to
slow traffic or some sort of bump outs to help reduce speed. Fourth, more stop
signs along Northwoods like the three ways at Northwoods and Northwoods.
Fifth,
install radar control to ticket speeders. The last is to implement a process to
ensure that whatever is done is enforced.
I am happy
to see that the plan includes more bike lanes especially in the Town Center
area and access to Donner Lake as well as the third exit from Tahoe Donner.
Thank you
for all the time and effort you have put in to produce the plan.
Best
Regards
Jim
Colbert
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