Fwd: [SVBC SMC Committee] Fw: Action Alert! Stop Caltrain from DECREASING bike capacity on electrified trains

[Jed Michnowicz]

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From: 'pat giorni' via SVBC Peninsula Committee <svbc...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:31 PM
Subject: [SVBC SMC Committee] Fw: Action Alert! Stop Caltrain from DECREASING bike capacity on electrified trains
To: Emma Shlaes <em...@bikesiliconvalley.org>, SVBC Committee Peninsula <svbc...@googlegroups.com>, SVBC North SMC List <nort...@bikesiliconvalley.org>, SVBC General <svbc...@bikesiliconvalley.org>, Bikesmc Googlegroup <bik...@googlegroups.com>
Cc: Mark Elliot <ma...@eliotlabs.org>, Richard Masoner <rmas...@gmail.com>, Jym Dyer <j...@econet.org>

On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 10:46 AM, Bikes on Board <bikeso...@sonic.net> wrote:

Dear Bicycle Commuters and Supporters, We urgently need your help! Caltrain staff is recommending a DECREASE in bike capacity on electrified trains (scheduled for 2021) even though the Caltrain Board unanimously approved an INCREASE in bike capacity! Please write to Caltrain now before they finalize train design later this month! Click here to send an email to the Caltrain Board and copy all the right folks.* We have successfully changed Caltrain’s mind in the past, but it took many voices to make it happen. Please add your voice by writing to Caltrain today! Suggested talking points: Tell Caltrain why bringing your bike on board is important to you, and whether you have ever been bumped (left behind on the platform due to insufficient bike capacity). Thank the board for unanimously approving in July 2015 an electrified train design with increased bike capacity. Express concern that staff is proposing to decrease bike spaces from an average of 77 today to only 72 bikes per electrified train AND decrease seats from an average of 761 today to only 569 seats per electrified train. That’s an 7% decrease in bike capacity and a 25% decrease in seat capacity! Clarify that electrified trains need 84 bike spaces and 672 seats to meet the board’s directive. Remind the board that seats need to be near bikes so passengers can watch their bikes to prevent theft, but the proposed design has only folding seats at the same location as hanging bikes and wheelchair space. This is a recipe for passenger conflict. Suggest that a great solution would be to distribute 84 bike spaces among all cars. This would allow space for seats near bikes, dedicated wheelchair space, and also shorten boarding time by enabling all passengers to board at all doors. For detailed supporting information including references, please click here. Email Caltrain now, then come and speak up at the Caltrain Board meeting at 10am, Thursday, October 5 at 1250 San Carlos Avenue in San Carlos. We all worked so hard to get the Caltrain Board to approve more bike capacity on electrified trains. Let’s hold Caltrain to their promise! Please forward this email to other bike riders and anyone who cares about bicycle commuting. More bikes, no bumps, Shirley Johnson On behalf of the ol' BIKES ONboard crew *Email bo...@caltrain.com and copy cal...@caltrain.com, b...@caltrain.com, cacsec...@caltrain.com, bikeso...@sonic.net. That is, to the Caltrain Board with copies to Caltrain modernization staff, Caltrain Bicycle Advisory Committee, Caltrain Citizen Advisory Committee, and us at BIKES ONboard.   Thank you for supporting bikes on board Caltrain. Our mailing address is: Bikes on Board 4th & King San Francisco, CA 94107 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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