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City of Tustin, CA
New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City
Council/Special Closed Session-5:30 pm/Regular
Meeting-6:00 pm
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Meeting: Regular Meeting of the City Council/Special Closed Session-5:30 pm/Regular Meeting-
6:00 pm
Item: PUBLIC INPUT — At this time, any member of the public may address the Council on
matters which are not on this evening's agenda, provided the matter is within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the City Council.
eComment: Good evening members of the City Council, I am a resident of Old Town, which I
know is considered by many to be a highlight of Tustin, in large part because it retains the
traditional style of city planning that makes it a pleasant place to walk around, shop, eat, have
impromptu interactions with neighbors, or just exist. The walkability is a huge part of what makes
the historic district special, and I really appreciate all the city does to foster that neighborly
walkability, with projects like the Old Town Improvements currently under construction, the
consolidated public parking lots around town, public benches, shady trees, and of course the
local events. That's why I think it's important that we formalize an Active Transportation Plan - so
that Tustin's accessibility isn't a product of a historic human -scale street grid, but of our active
promotion of walking, biking, and public transit. My elementary -age son loves the late sunset
time of year when we can bike to his evening piano lessons. But we are constantly making
compromises on the safety of our route because there is very little biking infrastructure, even in
the Downtown Core where all the destinations are. We like to use the existing bike path on
Newport, but to get there we have to take sidewalks often too narrow to safely pass pedestrians.
Biking isn't for everyone, but it certainly would be done by way more people if we made it safe
and easy to get from neighborhoods to places of interest like parks, schools, and Tustin's
shopping districts. Every day I see teens around Tustin High on bikes and e-bikes, but they end
up making safety compromises on the road or sidewalk, in part because there isn't an easy, safe
choice to navigate our existing infrastructure on those bikes. Santa Ana on one side of us has
done much to make their streets bikeable, including the ongoing 1st Street Corridor Multimodal
project(http://bit.IV/MovingForwardOnFirst). Irvine on the other side of us, while mostly lacking
the granularity needed for walkability, has over 100 miles of off-street bike trails. By leaning into
bikeable accessibility, we would gain a multiplicative benefit because of the connections to our
neighboring cities. As we approach the new fiscal year, I urge you to take measures to formalize
an Active Transportation Plan for Tustin. Walkability, bikeability, and public transit go hand in
hand in making a city more accessible to everyone, healthier, more neighborly, and more
productive. Especially as we look forward to the Legacy development, let us not turn Tustin into
islands but into a web of easy, safe connection. Thank you, Gabriel Groen
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