tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post8012749417327602911..comments2023-11-28T20:40:14.193-08:00Comments on Fix Pacifica: PH1A hopes Caltrans will reassess their "inadequate" fully researched traffic solutionFix Pacificahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451072441256706977noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-21676455610951711512013-05-11T06:48:31.334-07:002013-05-11T06:48:31.334-07:00Keep pissing off Caltrans Hippies and they will se...Keep pissing off Caltrans Hippies and they will send Pacifica all the faulty bolts from the Bay Bridge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-19496777766951984312013-05-10T17:10:59.063-07:002013-05-10T17:10:59.063-07:00Bijan wants to be big on the coast. Tunnel? Done. ...Bijan wants to be big on the coast. Tunnel? Done. Highway 1? Looks like some trouble with the natives. If he can just get this part done, the rest will be easy.<br /><br />Plaque, maybe a statue, at Caltrans World HQ for the man who opened up the SMC Coast, project by project. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-20158636621188469282013-05-10T17:00:19.588-07:002013-05-10T17:00:19.588-07:00Don't know about Bijan Sartipi and his persona...Don't know about Bijan Sartipi and his personal mission, but anyone who believes Caltrans is a benevolent behemoth on a mission to provide happy motoring and public service is naive.<br />Simply follow the money and the egos for the truth about how large-scale highway projects happen or don't happen. When roads and real estate intersect it's always about the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-90123746574461692222013-05-10T11:10:17.255-07:002013-05-10T11:10:17.255-07:009:49 5 dollar fine for whining!9:49 5 dollar fine for whining!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-38511597519919683742013-05-10T09:49:52.247-07:002013-05-10T09:49:52.247-07:00Ha, public safety. If Caltrans were at all interes...Ha, public safety. If Caltrans were at all interested in public safety why isn't the SE and SW corners of SR1 and Fasslar ADA compliant? Furthermore why is crossing any of the SR1 intersections in town such a traumatizing experience for every pedestrian. No, Caltrans isn't doing the widening for public safety, it's doing it because the guy at the top of District 4, Bijan Sartipi was once a lowly project manager and one of his projects was the widening, his signature is on several documents from the 1990's as the project manager for the widening idea, and now he wants to finish the job.<br /><br />Caltrans doesn't do public safety. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-90963393687962948832013-05-09T20:48:03.418-07:002013-05-09T20:48:03.418-07:00@528 Funny place for a confession of deceitful or ...@528 Funny place for a confession of deceitful or unethical behavior. Or are you just an admirer of such? You're in the right town!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-35658363361565676902013-05-09T20:33:23.458-07:002013-05-09T20:33:23.458-07:00547 don't bother with your rummage. everyone r...547 don't bother with your rummage. everyone read the letter. not a surprise to anyone. most public safety professionals want more room on the roads. that's neither a revelation, nor, in itself, a compelling argument for widening. if the traffic congestion is relieved by some method other than widening will the firemen protest? doubtful. although others might.<br /><br />still, that letter has take on epic, even mythical, importance in your campaign to widen that road.<br /><br />work it, baby, work it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-77035861564413819402013-05-09T17:47:04.525-07:002013-05-09T17:47:04.525-07:00I'm with the prior poster on commute safety. W...I'm with the prior poster on commute safety. Why would anyone let 40 letter signers or even 200 outweigh the requirements of thousands who suffer this stretch of road--the only way out of town. If this isn't a safety issue, I don't know what is. I guess I am going to have to rummage thru the newspaper to find that letter from the firefighters supporting the widening. Some folks simply don't want to recognize the truth about travel safety...or the fact that Pacifica commuters are never going to do what the opponents want.<br />Here's a suggestion for the opponents to make their point--- get all your folks to take the bus or a skate board . Take the bus for the next 6 months. Daily. If traffic evaporates, you win. If not I win.<br />Put your butt where your mouth is...vehicularly speaking that is...<br />not a bus fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-8722203538034545192013-05-09T17:28:35.980-07:002013-05-09T17:28:35.980-07:00good, this keeps the hippies busy while we slyly r...good, this keeps the hippies busy while we slyly replace them on the planning commish. DOH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-7922541961378967432013-05-09T16:41:30.663-07:002013-05-09T16:41:30.663-07:00Oh, we're calling it a Safety Widening? Wow. T...Oh, we're calling it a Safety Widening? Wow. Those creative juices are really flowing. Who needs Madison Ave? Are we going to get a cute little mascot and a theme song, too? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-39429218109653774822013-05-09T15:50:58.967-07:002013-05-09T15:50:58.967-07:00It's not a "safety widening." It'...It's not a "safety widening." It's to decrease traffic congestion. Read the DEIR.<br /><br />And no, all the alternatives offered by PH1A were not studied and rejected by Caltrans. Read the DEIR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-77870480107791005262013-05-09T13:32:56.146-07:002013-05-09T13:32:56.146-07:00so all this harping on alternatives and "lack...so all this harping on alternatives and "lack" of study is really sabotage? And we continue to get stuck in traffic?<br />Ignore for the moment no one takes a bus. Wasn't one of the safety widening opponents Cynthia Kaufman on the school board for 4 years? Did Ms. Kaufman get any discussion about the schools buying buses or changing start times, or this too just hot air? Would love to hear Ms. Kaufman's reply about forcing the school community to pay for buses they cannot afford...<br />Talk about garden variety paralysis by analysis!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-79572220997013771812013-05-09T13:17:06.825-07:002013-05-09T13:17:06.825-07:00@939 Oh man that's so funny. So, now we're...@939 Oh man that's so funny. So, now we're calling it 'the safety widening'? Awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-83783908365079849722013-05-09T10:28:32.957-07:002013-05-09T10:28:32.957-07:00The alternatives offered by PH1A (sounds like a fl...The alternatives offered by PH1A (sounds like a flu virus) were studied and rejected by Caltrans and the SMCTA.Steve Sinainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481238059942383326.post-35181156214116122352013-05-09T09:39:36.602-07:002013-05-09T09:39:36.602-07:00These opponents to the safety widening offer all s... These opponents to the safety widening offer all sorts of suggestions, none of which is a decision...All their "suggestions" lead to more study, and years of delay. I get stuck in this traffic jam every morning. I cannot take the bus; can't walk or bike to work; don't expect the schools to buy buses because they cannot afford them; don't want an overpass because that is way too Los Angeles industrial and neighbors would go ape.<br />Let's fess up folks: some people will never support the safety widening. Thousands of other Pacifica commuters anticipate the project completion. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com