Dear City Council and Staff,
As you set priorities for the coming year, I ask that you prioritize
streetscapes that encourage active transportation. To that end, Im
forwarding information about this timely workshop sponsored by CalBike.
In order to fulfill our climate and housing goals, we must encourage active
transportation as an alternative to driving. But we also need streets
designed to mitigate the impact of climate change. Weather extremes are
only getting worse; lets do what we can to ensure the comfort and safety
of those who walk, bike, and use scooters on our city streets.
Sincerely,
Katherine Dumont
Menlo Park resident, D3
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Join us March 24 at 12pm for *When Streets Fail: Designing Bike
Infrastructure for Heat, Flooding, and Usability Register Now
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This webinar introduces a practical, performance-based approach to active
transportation design. Instead of focusing only on whether a bike lane or
sidewalk exists, it examines how many hours per day those facilities remain
functional under real environmental conditions, including heat and
flooding. By measuring shade, temperature exposure, and stormwater impacts,
the session shows how green infrastructure can be treated as a core
performance feature — not an amenity or a nice-to-have — that directly
affects whether streets work as intended and remain safe and usable
throughout the day. Attendees will leave with clear metrics and design
strategies they can apply to scopes, designs, and funding proposals,
followed by a practitioner perspective on implementation and long-term
maintenance.
