Last Thursday evening and Friday, volunteers from the French Hill community collected signatures for a petition against the bike lane project. This is its content:
To Mr. Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem
Since our repeated attempts to engage in discussion have been met with a forceful and disrespectful attitude on the part of the Municipality in general, and the Division of Transportation, in particular, we are forced to turn to you with this petition:
We the residents of French Hill and Ramat Eshkol oppose the bike lane project in our neighborhood in its current form (although some of us do support the general concept of a bike lane). The manner of planning and implementation of the project, as well as the choice of route for paths, has hurt us in two primary forms:
Extreme safety concerns for all travelers along the streets and sidewalks – drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists alike.
Severe accessibility problems especially for parents with strollers, children, the elderly, the blind and handicapped.
We demand: [1] Immediate cessation of all work; [2] A complete re-planning of the bike lane and the route it takes, which will include comprehensive community involvement; [3] General repairs to all damages and obstacles, and the implementation of the new, community-approved plan.
We demand immediate action, before a major, tragic accident takes place for which the city itself will be held responsible, in particular the city engineer (minor accidents have already taken place due to the changes)!!!
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