The
Golden Gate Bridge
and Highway District has prolong traffic control for
more than 41 years now, since 1960, prior to the present
system of plastic cones... In early 1960, Ms. Lucile. Fessenden
Dandelet of San Anselmo was an advocate for a lighted lane
marker system that is used at San Francisco International
Airport. Ms. Dandelet ask that they be tested and used on
the span of the Golden Gate Bridge, rather than the proposed
"Arches To Give Golden Gate Bridge New Look" prepared
"Sverdrup and Parcel Engineering Co. of San Francisco.
At present, the public only account for a $3.00 toll and
no more... Please be advised, that you could end-up in a
wheel chair, or even death, by driving on undivided lanes
of the Golden Gate Bridge under present conditions...
This could happen to you...
Due to the debility of the Board of Directors
and the lack of power that the "Building & Operations
Committee" have illustrated, they refuse to commit
to any safety issues of any kind…This has gone on to long.
Its time for "BSI" Movable Median Traffic Barrier,
now, to stop all head-on collisions. Also, we concur that
the suicide deterrent (Z-Clip) system has been talked about
for 50 years now. And the "Newest" safety measure
to date on the Golden Gate Bridge, is that of the “Public
Safety Railing.” These safety issues have been on the table
for many, and many of years now, and need to be addressed.
Citizen for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge is trying to protect
all who drive, walk and bicycle across this vital link between
San Francisco and Marin Counties. It's time for the Golden
Gate Bridge-Board of No-Directors to become directors and
start to direct the bridge manager Celia Kupersmith &
the “New District Engineer to commence to the safety issues
at hand. How long should we wait-for another 40 years, or
so... Please, contact the Golden Gate Bridge District, or
me and voice your opinion.
By various resolutions: Res. 85-293 passed
by the Board of Directors and with the installation of the
orthographic deck with trapezoidal ribs in the 80's the
"Bridge District created what is now being called "Design
Immunity." Deeming the bridge may never have a movable
traffic barrier on its road surface. Design Immunity is
a lawyer’s ploy to stifle the jurors and judge. In the mid
80s' the bridge district contacted Professor Wolfgang Homburger
of the University of Berkley Traffic Institute of Transportation
who rejected the preliminary engineering report for the
bridge districts Conclusion for a No Barrier. "Design
Immunity, could be used in the district's defense even after
the movable traffic barrier and the suicide deterrent are
installed...
Through the years, there have been thirty-five deaths stemming
from thirty-eight head-on collisions. The public has cried
out for some type of barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge span
and exhibited much concern for more than five decades. Many
independent inventors have designed movable barrier and
have approached the Bridge District directly with no success.
With a multitude of movable barrier designs that could have
been used on the road surface, all barrier concepts failed;
thereby the barrier issue was put to sleep and never addressed
until now, 1995.
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District
Board is made-up of members of nineteen board of directors,
from six counties. (2) Marin, (4) San Francisco, Board of
Supervisors members, (10) prominent businessmen and woman
(1) Mayor, (1) organized labor executive secretary, and
(1) Labor's union rep.
Citizens
for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge inform you the Citizens of
the Bay Area Counties concerning the issue of a movable
barrier and the undivided lanes on your world famous bridge,
The Golden Gate Bridge. The issue of a movable median traffic
barrier on the span is not a new concept, and has been on
the minds of thousands of people for more than five decades.
Citizens for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge is helping by sharing
as much information as possible such as; legal documents,
information, news articles, and personal tribulation of
victims and their head-on collisions on the Golden Gate
Bridge or Doyle Drive, as well as information regarding
any new proposals to the district on movable median barrier's
and their designs.
On
June 27, 1996, at the Administration Offices of the Bridge
District, Citizens for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge Organization,
and many individual citizens demanded that the Golden Gate
Bridge District Board of Directors install a movable median
traffic safety barrier to eliminate all head-on collisions
on the span, and to take action today.
Citizens for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge Committee expressed
& asked the Bridge District for:
- The
enforcement of the 45 mph speed limit.
- A
no-lane change policy.
- CHP
Bike patrol on sidewalk during commute hours with the
use of high-speed radar & cameras.
"As
you can see, time is running-out"
As of
March, 2001 the Golden
Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District has
stalled all progress with any related safety items such
as: The Movable Median Traffic Barrier, A suicide Deterrent
(Z-Clip Barrier) System, and A Public Handrail between the
curb lane and the sidewalk. The Bridge District opted for
the "FasTrak lanes." for money, rather than any
safety equipment for your life...
We would
like to thank everyone for your time and support on this
vital issue of public safety needed for the Golden Gate
Bridge. You may send our organization E-mail at:
rmguernsey@worldnet.att.net or write to us care of: Citizens
for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge...
46 Elm Avenue...San Anselmo, CA...94960-2210...Phone: 415-456-3792,
ask for Robert.
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