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Instead of the proposed project alternatives, we urge that the 50 mph safety corridor, which has proven effective, should remain in placebe maintained, and urge the pursuit of alternative traffic engineering and transit solutions. The alternatives offered do not address real needs for cyclist and pedestrian safety and access. Increasing the speed limit and rededicating road shoulder space for acceleration lanes will make bicycling the 101 corridor more dangerous and intimidating. All the build alternatives close median crossings, reducing access for all users, but particularly bicyclists. Bicyclists entering the highway at some intersections to ride out-of-direction for some distance before coming to a legal crossing of the highway. For example, the median closure at the Bayside Cutoff will require cyclists heading towards Eureka from Bayside to ride back to the Samoa Boulevard overcrossing in Arcata to enter the highway. The proposed project may result in more cyclists riding on Old Arcata Road, with its narrow or non-existent unsafe shoulders. To support and stimulate economic vitality, Humboldt County must plan for rising energy costs. Increasing the speed limit will lead to significantly reduced fuel efficiency for cars traveling the corridor. Closing the median crossings will force drivers to travel out of their way to turn around points, increasing vehicle miles traveled (VMT). No part of the proposed project provides accessible, equitable transportation options for the third of our population that does not or cannot drive. The project calls for Eucalyptus trees along the corridor to be removed. Caltrans data from before the safety corridor installation shows that the eucalyptus trees slow traffic by an average of 4 miles per hour. These trees could be important as a scenic barrier between the highway and an under-consideration Humboldt Bay Trail. By planning for, and thereby enabling, increased traffic on the Eureka-Arcata 101 corridor, the proposed project would worsen already bad congestion on Eureka's 101 Broadway corridor. Planning for increased traffic volumes that far outstrip projected population growth, and failing to provide options which do not promote automobile dependency, as this project does, will create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Investments in transit, trails, and alternative traffic engineering solutions will prove more effective at achieving our region's needs and goals. Investments in transit would offer many benefits above and beyond the benefits of the proposed project. Transit is equitable, serving non-driving populations; it is more fuel-efficient and minimizes greenhouse gas production; it offers more benefits for our local economy; and, importantly, transit investments can reduce traffic and congestion. Caltrans has implemented transit projects in other areas, including Bus Rapid Transit. According to California law, Caltrans is required to pay for non-motorized transportation facilities approximately paralleling the highway where "traffic safety or capacity of the highway would be increased." A Humboldt Bay Trail would fulfill this requirement, would offer a safe route for cycling between Eureka and Arcata, would generate $3.8 million in economic activity per year, and would provide $70 million per year in health benefits. Businesses on Jacobs and Airport Avenues have concerns about customers being able to access their establishments from the 101 corridor if median crossings are closed due to traffic increases. However, the project draft environmental impact report fails to offer a substantiated projection of traffic increases. Additionally, other lower-cost , bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly alternative traffic engineering solutions such as a Jacobs and Sixth Avenue bridge or Jacobs Avenue traffic light without an Indianola cutoff overcrossing were not considered in the DEIR. Business concerns can and should be addressed by less destructive and more realistic and cost-effective means than as proposed in the DEIR. Finally, we call for the 50mph safety corridor, which has proven effective, to be maintained, and for Caltrans to study alternative traffic engineering solutions. Submitted by: Climate Action Project Green Wheels Healthy Humboldt Humboldt Bay Bicycle Commuters Association Humboldt Baykeeper Humboldt Partnership for Active Living HSU Student Nurses Association Keep Eureka Beautiful Northcoast Environmental Center Redwood Community Action Agency Natural Resources Services Trails Trust of Humboldt Bay Democracy Unlimited? Audobon Society? Redwood Technology Consortium?     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