Important message from Sarah - Jane Lusina who was also a crash victim
As most of you know, I was in a bike accident a month ago on the Burrard Bridge. I fractured my skull and had a pretty bad concussion. I am recovering well and look forward to reclaiming my active lifestyle again when I am symptom free.
In my research of the Burrard Bridge, I have discovered that it poses huge safety risks for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers. It is a throughway that many of us use everyday – and we should be aware of those risks (as I was not). We should also take action to evoke change in our communities, especially when safety is the issue. To this end, I am asking you to contact the City of Vancouver and tell them that as a citizen of Vancouver you are concerned about the safety risks of the Burrard Bridge and that you want them to address this concern.
I have attached a letter to this email that you may use to contact the City about this issue. Feel free to make changes as you see fit, or based on your opinions (whatever they may be). See the comments in the attached Word document where you will be asked to insert your own information. Be sure to remove the comments before you send it along. Below, I have provided you a the names, street address, email addresses of City Hall, City councilors, the mayor. You may chose to send it to one or all of them. Feel free to pass letter and email request along to others. The more support we get, the stronger our voice!
Also, for your reference and interest, I have included a list of links so that you can use to educate yourself about the bridge and how you can support positive change.
I hope that this request is not too imposing. I feel compelled to do something for two reasons: One, there needs to be something positive that comes out of this accident; and two, I care about the safety of my friends and community who use this bridge.
Many thanks – and happy riding. - Sarah
City ContactsVancouver City Hall
453 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4
Mayor Sam Sullivan - sam.sullivan@vancouver.ca
Councilors: clranton@vancouver.ca, clrball@vancouver.ca, clrcadman@vancouver.ca, clrcapri@vancouver.ca, clrchow@vancouver.ca, clrdeal@vancouver.ca, clrladner@vancouver.ca, clrlee@vancouver.ca, clrlouie@vancouver.ca, clrstevenson@vancouver.ca
Today’s article in the Province
http://www.canada.com/
* Look for an article in the next Momentum, a clip on tonight’s CTV News, and a radio interview on Talk 1410 at 11:15am today.
Past News Articles
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/
Good ol’ Wiki for reference!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Reports
http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/
Current City of Vancouver Capital Plan for 2009-2011. Only $20 million is allocated to the bridge – enough to fix old railings and patch come broken concrete.
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.
Vancouver Area Cycling Collision. Get involved – make a difference!
http://www.vacc.bc.ca/bike_to_
Cycling in Cities Research Centre at UBC
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