I went to the corresponding form for the Alameda county form, where I reside, to send an email to the correct advisors and people in charge to try and persuade them to support the completion of the path addition to the bridge.

I appended the following personal statement to the letter:

With the current environmental conditions, epidemic of obesity in the US only growing, as well as many other reasons, we should be in full support of encouraging, supporting and developing a way for people to be more active in the way they cross the bay between San Francisco and the East Bay.

I for one, as well as many other people I know would utilize a full bridge crossing to San Francisco to commute for work, go to job interviews, exercise and more. It isn’t just going to benefit the most active people. This effectively ‘free’ way for people to access San Francisco and the East Bay will extend the quantity of affordable housing for people working in San Francisco that can not afford to take BART, AC Transit, or the Alameda-Oakland to San Francisco Ferry. Also, with the substantial amount of tourists that cross the Golden Gate bridge for the great views – we can only expect them to also ride over to Yerba Buena Island as well as onto the East Bay to explore Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley and more! This can only be beneficial to these communities and their slow economies as well as benefit local businesses like restaurants as well as retailers.

Please consider this. I know there is no “free” crossing overall, but contributing money towards actually completing a path across the bay for cyclists, walkers, rollerbladers, skateboarders and more will be a benefit not only to our local society, but also bring more awareness worldwide that we as humans need to concentrate more on being more active and being more responsible and accountable for our emissions.