<br />JANISCH Amy C <br />From:Sandy Thoms <sandythoms@msn.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:35 PM <br />To:TAYLOR Becky G <br />Subject:Road Safety <br />PleaseforwardtotheHearingsOfficial. <br />Thankyou, <br />6DQG\7KRPV <br />DearHearingsOfficial, <br />Withinthepast3weeks,Ihavehad2friendsgetintoSERIOUSbikeaccidentscausingtraumaticbrain <br />injuries.Achildinourneighborhoodrecentlycrashedonherbikeresultinginatriptothedoctorforx <br />rays.AnadultmalebicyclistwaskilledonHowardAvenuerecentlyinacollisionwithacar.A12yearoldboy <br />wasinvolvedinaseriousbikeaccidentwithacaratastreetcrossingwithblinkingyellowlights! <br />IURGEyoutoplease,takethesafetyofOakleighLaneseriouslyandlookverycloselyatalloftheevidenceand <br />datathathasbeenpresentedtoyoubytheOakleighLaneresidentsandPaulConte,regardingtheimproper <br />classificationofourroadbytheCityandalsoAccessEngineering,andthecompletedisregardforthesafetyof <br />it'sresidentsandFUTUREresidents. <br />thereisnoincreasedriskbyadding47cars,168additionaltripstoourstreetis <br />ForAccessEngineeringtosay <br />simplyignoringstatistics!Theadditionofjustonecarwillincreaserisk.Theadditionof28morefamilies <br />ridingbikesonourstreetwillincreaserisk!ForAccessEngineeringtosaytherewillbenoincreasedriskisjust <br />flagrantmisrepresentationanddownplayingreality! <br />AccessEngineeringmaysaythattheadditionalriskiswithinanacceptablethresholdintheirminds,buttosay <br />thereisnoadditionalriskiscompletelyinaccurate.Increasingtrafficbyover%100onaverynarrow <br />unimprovedaccesslaneisgoingtoaddrisk,nomatterhowyouwanttotwistthenumbersinyour <br />favor!OakleighMeadowCohousingshouldbeconcernedabouttheirownresidentstoo! <br />6DQG\7KRPV <br />135OakleighLane <br />18yearresident <br />1 <br />