Please also note that the Caltrans scoping process for the EIR for the Novato Narrows will include construction of a bicycle and pedestrian facility. The Marin County Bicycle Coalition will be recommending that a separated facility be built along the rail line, or on the west side of the Highway. In order to realize our traffic congestion relief goals, this new bicycle facility should be a flat Class I path, separated from motor vehicle traffic. Bicycle use produces almost no pollution and does not contribute to global warming. Unaffected by fluctuations in oil price and supply, bicycle transit is economically as well as environmentally sustainable.
Bicycles offer the same degree of individual mobility as automobiles.
Replacing short car trips with bicycling will ease congestion and still permit people to move freely. Bicycles can be used by persons of almost any age, when corridors are flat and safe. Many paths built for bicycle use can also be used by pedestrians. Bicycles do not require a fare box recovery rate subsidy. It's time to reverse this trend.