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Arcata Councilmembers:
I am writing to express my support of the Gateway Plan in general, and aspects of the city transportation plans specifically. As a longtime resident of Arcata, I greatly enjoy the various options for using trails to walk, hike, and bike, which I do regularly for both exercise and doing business. I avoid driving in Arcata when I can. I encourage you to
continue including improvements and more options for residents to walk and bike more. I use the Humboldt Bay Trail North regularly and look forward to future extensions of the Bay Trail. When I first learned of the proposed plan of converting K and L Streets into 1‐way travel routes, I was skeptical because I had preconceived ideas of what that would
entail and assumed the primary intent would be to accommodate increased auto traffic. However, when I read through more details of the proposed plans and walked along the L Street corridor to better evaluate the proposal, I accepted the plans for K and L Street as being more conducive to pedestrians and bicyclists. K Street is currently not attractive to
ride as a bicyclist; also, changing K Street to one lane of traffic will benefit pedestrians and improve connectivity between downtown Arcata and the Creamery District. While I currently enjoy the low to no traffic along the L Street corridor when using the Bay Trail, the trail does overlap with parts of L Street which is not ideal. Also, the Gateway
transportation plans include an increase in multi‐use trails which I certainly support. I encourage you to consider the
larger picture of improved connectivity for all types of transportation, especially for walking and biking, throughout the
Gateway area and surrounding areas of the city. Thank you for your time and efforts in keeping Arcata a decent place to
walk and bike safely.
Sincerely,
Peter Carlson
Arcata