Letters: E-bike bans | I-980 demolition
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E-bike bans are
sometimes knee-jerk
Re: “E-bike path ban is divisive problem” (Web page A1, March 2).
I’m 73 years previous, and I think about myself very energetic, proudly owning and working a horse ranch with my spouse and working three different companies following my “retirement” from public service. I’ve had two whole shoulder replacements and a hip alternative.
My spouse and I like to trip (horses and bikes). For my birthday my spouse bought me a Trek pedal-assist degree 1 bike, and one for her too. This enormously expanded our bike expertise as my normal highway and path bikes had been painful to trip. We don’t like “throttle bikes.” They’re primarily electrical bikes.
However to arbitrarily ban all E-bikes is such a sometimes political knee-jerk response as to be laughable, if not so impactful. Politicians, be absolutely knowledgeable earlier than rendering your edicts.
Patrick T. Adams
Dublin
I-980 demolition is
all unhealthy for East Bay
Re: “Caltrans to review I-980 elimination” (Web page A1, Feb. 28).
The proposal to take away I-980 has no moral or logical justification and exemplifies governmental waste, fraud and abuse.
Waste: The Cypress Construction in Oakland and freeways in San Francisco had been torn down as a result of they had been broken. What has the town of Oakland gained from the Cypress freeway relocation challenge? One wonders if we’re doomed to repeat our previous errors.
Fraud: This proposal instantly advantages just a few politicians who’re attempting to additional their political careers. Gentrification has irreparably modified the demographics of the world. Redevelopment of the world will solely end in windfall earnings for politically linked builders.
Abuse: Eradicating the freeway will end in site visitors congestion and air pollution. The freeway is important for shifting emergency automobiles within the occasion of a hearth or earthquake. Different penalties might be elevated site visitors via the MacArthur Maze, elevated gridlock on the Bay Bridge and elevated transport time to and from the Port of Oakland.
Stephen Born
Berkeley
BART should embrace,
fund inspector normal
Re: “East Bay lawmaker blasts ‘open sore,’ quits panel” (Web page B1, March 3).
Hats off to state Sen. Steve Glazer for resigning from a Senate committee in protest for not heeding his name to bolster fiscal oversight at BART, particularly by backing a strengthened Workplace of the Inspector Normal (OIG).
A number of months in the past, the inspector normal discovered and reported the mismanagement of public funds by the BART Board of Administrators. The board has been doing the identical 12 months after 12 months with none disgrace. The 2021-2022 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury discovered that members of BART’s board and administration proceed to withstand the independence of the OIG, as mandated by voters and the Legislature. It additionally reported that varied contracts show that BART administration’s personal inner controls should not performing effectively.
BART administration is uncontrolled and nonetheless resists OIG oversight and doesn’t present sufficient funds to it. No state funds ought to be given to BART and not using a absolutely approved and supported OIG.
Subru Bhat
Union Metropolis
Cease the abuse; shut
Golden Gate Fields
I’m a current 18-year-old. I’ve lived close to Golden Gate Fields my complete life. Till just lately, I didn’t know the cruelty that occurred there.
Yesterday, the horse “Huge Snort” was reported to have died. Greater than a dozen different horses did too in 2022.
I need change, however I’ve lived 18 years with this archaic stain dotting our waterfront. I don’t need negligence, I don’t need concessions. I need this place shut down. The longer it stays, the extra lives might be misplaced for nothing.
Jacob Ahana-Laba
Kensington
Board members ought to
increase gasoline equipment ban
Peer-reviewed analysis has pointed to the risks of utilizing gasoline home equipment. Electrical warmth pump merchandise can ship heating/cooling and sizzling water to our properties in more healthy methods with extra power effectivity, saving us cash.
