I wish to share my thanks beyond measure to the caring bicyclist or motorist who on Dec. 13 found my husband, fallen with his bike on the sharp corner on Mountain Drive as one heads downhill toward the Santa Barbara Mission.
Some kind traveler called 9-1-1 and summoned an ambulance and fire truck, for which we are extremely grateful.
Rachel Burbank
Santa Barbara
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Regarding Noozhawk publisher Bill Macfadyen’s Dec. 20 column, “Crash Diet of Collision News Continues for 4th Straight Week,” a suggestion: Do some investigative reporting on traffic crashes to tell us how safe our roads are.
The stories themselves are one thing, especially when streets and highways are blocked by a crash, but it would be helpful to have more context.
Thank you.
N. Holt
Santa Barbara
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I oppose the proposed housing project at 505 E. Los Olivos St. in Santa Barbara.
- Having lived here since 1980, the Mission Canyon fire exit issue is oblivious. One accident with families rushing to evacuate will create havoc and possibly serious life-threatening consequences.
- Daily traffic patterns will negatively impact the Roosevelt School/Mission Street corridor to Highway 101 and downtown.
- The scale and size are completely out of taste with surrounding structures, like the Santa Barbara Mission.
- Developers are asking for excessive wants, hoping for accepted reductions in the future.
This development should be entirely rejected not pushed into the future. This is our city, not theirs to destroy.
Wilson Quarre
Santa Barbara
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