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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,45,34)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact the project team at <a href="mailto:MilviaBikewayProject@CityOfBerkeley.info?subject="><span class="gmail-s2" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">MilviaBikewayProject@CityOfBerkeley.info</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,45,34);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Help make Milvia Street safer for all road users</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Come learn about and give feedback on plans to install a protected bikeway, increase safety at intersections, and calm traffic along Milvia Street – Berkeley’s busiest north-south bikeway.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">At a January 30th open house, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with City staff and provide input on the project to improve the Milvia Street Bicycle Boulevard between Hearst and Blake streets. The City will show design options to look at and comment upon.  </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">The project proposes to build a protected bikeway -- a bicycle lane protected from vehicle traffic by a physical barrier. The City is looking at traffic calming measures at certain intersections, such as Milvia Street and University Avenue, where a “protected intersection” would separate cars, bikes, and people walking to improve safety for all users.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">The input from you and others will help determine what other changes may be needed for this busy downtown street.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Learn more on the <a href="https://www.cityofberkeley.info/milvia/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Milvia Bikeway project webpage</span></a> and by <a href="https://mailchi.mp/17948a4783df/milvia"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">subscribing to email updates</span></a>. Join in person for the Open House:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Milvia Bikeway Open House</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Wednesday, January 30th</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>5:00pm to 7:00pm</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Berkeley High School Library</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>1980 Allston Way</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Some goals of the project are to: </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">• Increase safety for everyone traveling on Milvia, whether walking, biking, or driving</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">• Close a gap in the City’s “low-stress” bikeway network to encourage cycling by Berkeleyans of all ages and abilities</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">• Maintain and support and the economic vitality of the corridor by improving walking and biking access to businesses and transit</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">• Help achieve the City’s Climate Action Plan goals by shifting to the less polluting modes of transportation of walking, biking, and transit</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Berkeley has the nation’s highest bike-to-work rate for cities over 100,000 residents, and more people are biking than ever before, particularly on Milvia. During the 2-hour peak evening commute, over 500 bicyclists pass through the intersection of Milvia Street and Channing Way. Over 400 bicyclists pass through the intersection of Milvia Street at Hearst Avenue at that time.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Bicycling has been increasing in Berkeley, but there have also been an increasing number of collisions. Between 2001 and 2012, Milvia Street had the highest number of total collisions, suggesting that the road design of this downtown Bicycle Boulevard can be improved. Every road and its needs are different, but an effort completed earlier this year on Hearst Avenue <a href="https://www.cityofberkeley.info/City_Manager/Press_Releases/2018/2018-01-09_Hearst_Avenue,_a_street_for_all_travelers.aspx"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">similarly sought to create a corridor for all types of travelers</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">This project is the result of existing community planning that identified the need for a safer Milvia Street, and the City needs your continued participation to make it as successful as it can be.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">For further questions about the project, please contact the project team at <a href="mailto:MilviaBikewayProject@CityOfBerkeley.info?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">MilviaBikewayProject@CityOfBerkeley.info</span></a>. Visit the <a href="https://www.cityofberkeley.info/milvia/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">project website</span></a> for additional information, and <a href="https://mailchi.mp/17948a4783df/milvia"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">subscribe to our email distribution list</span></a> for project updates. </span></p>
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