Attachment A - Citizen Petition Submitted 10.30.2024 by Paul Simoes.pdf

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Paul Simoes <psphoenixx@gmail.com> 
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Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 11 :05 AM
Attachment A 
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From: Paul Simoes <psphoenixx@gmail.com> 
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 5:46 PM 
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To: council.district.1@phoenix.gov <council.district.1@phoenix.gov> 
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Recently a modification to Southbound Route 27 was made redirecting bus traffic through our 
neighborhood. This was only brought up to the neighbors via the Rider Alert and other viable solutions 
were not able to be proposed by the community. Please find a copy of a petition of most of the residents 
along the new amended pathway. We are asking that this activity cease immediately. In reaching out to the 
public transit department office I received no comment on several questions. A flyer was sent out on Friday 
the 27th of September to all riders. Outlining to bus riders the alternate path. For the last ten years the bus 
has traveled a different path to which no one had an issue. Now the path brings with it several safety 
concerns and economic considerations. 
1) School aged children haë Pets in the area are not 3) Economical degradation of property
been seen j walking on the used to the activity . The 
values on the route modification.
streets where the busses fear is that one will be killed Those of us choose the houses off 
now travel. This occurs 
or maimed by this activity. the main streets for a reason. We like 
some portion of the 54 
On 10/3/2024 my dog was our privacy free of mass 
times the bus now travels narrowly missed by one of transportation. In fact, the 21 of 23 
down the road on a daily 
the busses. This needs to citizens along this new path oppose 
basis. 
stop. 
the modification. 
I plead with your better judgement here. Changing a bus route without input is not the best approach. In 
fact, the roundabout which appears to be causing the issue for the modification has been there for years. I 
used to be a City of Phoenix Inspector. I suggest the curb on the roundabout be modified properly to allow 
ingress and regress of the busses around the roundabout on 31Avenue. Re- engineer the roundabout to 
accommodate the traffic away from the modification path. My dog and the community should not suffer as 
a lack of poor city planning. I can be reached by email, or by my cell phone 602-501-3982. My next steps are 
to go to social media, and Gary Harper at 3 on your side. I would much rather have an understanding that 
forcing a solution on the community is not the best path. Thanks for considering my plight.