If the senator doesn’t want to sit in traffic, he should take a bike. I hear there is plenty of space on the bike lane.

“Those sitting in soul crushing traffic every morning, wondering why there are no solutions, when the bike lane, during those hours in particular, is virtually unused.”

So you want a solution to reduce traffic & pollution, while complaining about an empty bike lane, and the solution you think of isn’t to use the bike lane with a bike, but to introduce even more cars. You cannot possibly be this stupid. Right? “Just one more lane” has never actually fixed traffic.

Just one more lane bro. Trust me.

Hi guys, Richmond resident here! Feel free to ignore assembly member Damon Connolly, he represents District 12–Marin County on the other side of the bridge. If you are in Marin County, please pressure him this election cycle to represent you and not the district next door.

If we’re going to talk pollution it’s always going to be focused on the Chevron refinery in Richmond. How hazardous you ask? People growing up in the 90s got “18 money”, settlement paid at 18 years old as compensation for the amount of pollution and related health issues experienced by citizens living within the vicinity of the refinery. It’s also important to note that Chevron has been losing political influence in the past years and relies heavily on mailers, funding various political organizations to voice its opinion, and I suspect astroturf on social media (but no hard evidence).

We did receive a mailer about this from some group calling themselves Common Sense Transportation with less than useful information. Their about page even less because they’ve left the temple text in place, according to the WayBack Machine this hasn’t been noticed in nearly 4 months.

As of right now Connolly’s resolution failed in committee. Richmond itself has voted in a progressive super majority last election cycle, who would likely advocate for more public transit than cars. We’ll likely learn who really wants this as Nov 2024 approaches.

I drove this bridge fairly regularly when I lived in the bay. I’ve personally never seen the actual bridge itself slowed down, it’s mostly the north side entrance failing to understand how to zipper merge and backing up to the 101. The south side will also back up but that’s also before the bridge and more importantly its due to the 10 lane toll booth right before the entrance.

Opening a lane on the south side will not fix this issue like it did on the north side, (Due to the toll road and the major merge a mile up the road). you’re essentially shutting down access to east bay for thousands of bicyclists for a fix that frankly isn’t needed and wont work.