Editor,
Thank you, San Mateo Councilmember Cwirko-Godycki, for your advocacy on behalf of important capital projects in San Mateo. The unfunded over $300M backlog is daunting, especially in the face of $15M in potential budget deficits in the coming years.
Thus, I hope that the City Council follows the recommendation of the Sustainability and Infrastructure Commission and rejects the expensive proposal to remove the bike lanes next to San Mateo High and Fiesta Gardens Elementary schools. Grant funding is not available if the city removes the bike lanes so the entire cost would be paid by San Mateo taxpayers. If the city keeps the bike lanes and still pursues the other recommended safety improvements, however, the city may be able to attract grant funding, enabling other capital projects to move forward.
At a time when the city is considering additional taxes on residents, we need to make sure that our elected leaders are using our dollars wisely.
Mike Swire
San Mateo
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(2) comments
Thanks for your letter, Mr. Swire. It may make sense to preserve bike lanes next to schools but where’s the data to support them? As for money, I don’t believe money is an issue. For instance, there was no concern about using dollars wisely when the Humboldt bike lanes were installed. Or when public transportation operates at 100% all day, every day, with 50% ridership. I don’t believe our elected leaders care about using dollars wisely, only ensuring union worker salaries, pensions, and benefits are continually paid for. A reminder to vote NO on any tax measures.
$300M is almost nothing around here.
The city and county spend that kind of money on every single "Grade Separation" project to shave off a few seconds of commute time to the highway. Each highway interchange project then cost another $500M only to get people faster to San Francisco or Santa Clara County.
The county spent $600M on 19 miles of "Lexus Lanes" which subsequently increased congestion, air pollution, and basically solved nothing.
Why is San Mateo County spending so much money to get people to other counties?
Have them use BART, Caltrain and focus your money on the residents that live, work, and spend their money in this county.
Money found. Problem solved.
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