I want to beat a drum for one surface circulation improvement that will save pedestrians, bicyclists and mobility impaired disabled from unnecessary injuries and death. This is as important as stopping the increase in MLK Drive from two to four lanes to save lives there. Proposal: MAXIMUM Speed Limit on the Music Concourse roads: 10 MPH. (Possible exceptions might be: in the event of a fire, or, if someone actually needs an ambulance.) If the public is supposed to experience a revitalized open space, and a "Pedestrian Oasis" in the midst of two world class cultural institutions, then the buses and the emergency vehicles and any other vehicles passing through the Concourse need to be slowed down out of respect for those citizens accessing the park in the most environmentally friendly manner - on foot. Let's start in the Music Concourse and establish a strict 10 MPH Speed Limit. We can help restore safe and equal access for pedestrians in the Park, and in a City where pedestrians young and old are killed with impunity. Best regards, . Stephen Willis Save Golden Gate Park! Susan King <funking@mindspring.com> wrote: BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Regular Meeting Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:15 p.m. 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street), Room 408 AGENDA 1. Roll Call 2. New Committee Member Recognition 3. Announcements & Acknowledgments 4. Approve Minutes - June 16 BAC Meeting 5. Public Comment: (Discussion Item) The public may address the Committee on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee. This should not relate to any item on this agenda since the Committee will take public comment after it discusses and/or before voting on each agenda item. The Committee requests that each person limit him/herself to three minutes. 6. Chairman's Report (Information) 7. Committee Member Reports (Information) 8. Reports on the Bike Plan a. DPT Report - See DPT Bicycle Program Report to the BAC for June 2005 ( http://www.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp?id=3170 - bottom of page). Items will be open for public comment. (Information) b. SFBC Report (Information/Requested Action in Future Meeting) 9. Task Force Reports a. Bike Theft & Security - No Update b. Colored Bike Lanes - Andy Thornley, SF Bicycle Coalition c. BART/MUNI Ventilation Grate Replacement - Ended, as of July 21 10. New Business (Items will be open individually for public comment) Golden Gate Park Concourse Circulation Plan - Presentation by the Concourse Authority on the recommended design option., by Susan King Action: Resolution Resolution - GG Park Concourse Circulation Plan 2B WHEREAS Proposition J (the Golden Gate Park Revitalization Act of 1998) was enacted by the voters of San Francisco to: (1) Create a pedestrian oasis in the Music Concourse Area of Golden Gate Park; and (2) Take steps to reduce the impact of automobiles in the Park; and WHEREAS the Golden Gate Park Concourse project is nearing its first-phase completion, and the circulation plan for the Music Concourse area, defining whether and how vehicle traffic will move through and around the Concourse will be decided and the Concourse re-opened to the public by mid-October of this year; and WHEREAS the Concourse Authority's recommended design (approved on 6/14/05) is not sufficiently consistent with the mandate of Proposition J to create a pedestrian oasis in the Music Concourse Area of Golden Gate Park and take steps to reduce the impact of automobiles in the Park; THEREFORE we recommend that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors modify the Concourse Authority's preferred option for design for Surface Vehicular Circulation in the Music Concourse area of Golden Gate Park, called Option 2A, in order to more fully meet the mandates of Proposition J, so: 1) Add bollards at the north entrance to the Music Concourse Area, which would be activated (raised) all hours and allow automatic access only to Muni buses and emergency and park vehicles, and would restrict general thru-traffic. 2) Add bollards at the south entrance to the Music Concourse Area, which would be activated (raised) only during the museums' non-operating hours (estimated before 9:30am and after 5:30pm and on days the museums are closed). This will allow for passenger drop-off and disabled access during the museums' operating hours, as well as access for Muni buses and emergency vehicles at all hours. Resolved that the San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee urges the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to approve Golden Gate Park Concourse Circulation Plan, Option 2A, with the modifications as identified in sub-items 1) & 2), above. 11. Adjournment DISABILITY ACCESS: Room 408 of City Hall is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 923-6142. There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. 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