Dear President Eaken and Members of the MTA Board of Directors:

We urge you to cancel the Frida Kahlo Way Quick Build Project.

This project has been planned by SFMTA with inadequate input from the CCSF community and the surrounding neighborhoods. SFMTA has provided no safety data that justifies the redesign of Frida Kahlo Way. Instead, SFMTA mentions vague "prevention" of undefined "future problems". SFMTA’s lack of transparency raises concerns.

The most significant impact of this project is the loss of crucial parking for CCSF students, faculty, and staff. The project must be postponed until new parking for CCSF is in place.  

The loss of parking will:

• Reduce educational opportunities for hundreds of CCSF students, many of whom need a car to get to class and other destinations on time
• Impact the College as it is coming out of COVID and working hard to increase enrollment
• Increase competition for very limited parking on the quiet narrow streets surrounding the College
• Create congestion and increase greenhouse gas emissions throughout the neighborhood as cars search for scarce parking

But loss of parking is not the only reason this project should not be approved at this time.

• It is unclear whether the Project would improve or hinder traffic flow on Frida Kahlo Way. For example, under this plan buses stop in the vehicle lane as passengers get on and off the buses. Cars behind the buses will have to stop during pick-up and drop-off, causing traffic jams that would extend into nearby neighborhoods.
• The Project has no plans for increasing public transit in the community.
• There is no evidence the Project improves bicycle safety, nor is there data that supports the need to increase or alter the current bicycle lanes.

I call on you to reject this Quick Build.

Thank you for your efforts to improve transportation throughout the city and for your attention to this important matter.

Sincerely,