tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post3355377041279072817..comments2024-03-28T12:17:49.773-07:00Comments on Encinitas Undercover: The bicycle menaceEncinitas Undercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071321730581304823noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-59225480255746699882017-03-28T13:08:07.675-07:002017-03-28T13:08:07.675-07:00That faggot proponent of more bike lanes is a trus...That faggot proponent of more bike lanes is a trust funder who lives in a condo that his parents bought for him on PCH in north Leucadia so he could have a shorted walk to go surfing (no different than masturbating). Don't let this spoiled you know what have ANY impact on our roadways. What a *ucking joke to listen to anything this spoiled SOF is trying to force on us. Blakespear and Kranz Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-77376288125238638102017-03-16T11:15:19.700-07:002017-03-16T11:15:19.700-07:00The headline of this EU entry is very good.The headline of this EU entry is very good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-17875278275765094492017-03-15T16:54:42.955-07:002017-03-15T16:54:42.955-07:00Anyone seen Barth on a bike recently?Anyone seen Barth on a bike recently?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-82624331840642662202017-03-14T21:23:56.662-07:002017-03-14T21:23:56.662-07:00To great benefit.
Putting big money into bike/wa...To great benefit. <br /><br />Putting big money into bike/walk infrastructure produces little benefit. The cost/benefit ratio is heavily skewed to cost.<br /><br />You do know that pay for and subsidize are very different things, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-4271818505486318802017-03-14T18:11:44.296-07:002017-03-14T18:11:44.296-07:00Solar and hybrid cars are not good examples as the...Solar and hybrid cars are not good examples as they are also paid by taxpayers. They are subsidized by the government.<br /><br />I believe most of everything is, even your mortgage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-10880556832927009802017-03-14T17:20:54.304-07:002017-03-14T17:20:54.304-07:00The fake justification for spending taxpayer money...The fake justification for spending taxpayer money on bike/walk infrastructure is GHG and traffic reduction.<br /><br />Not enough suburbanites bike/walk to achieve that effect, nor will they.<br /><br />I see plenty of solar panels, plenty of hybrid and electric cars, but very few people biking for transportation in suburbia.<br /><br />Anybody who wants to bike/walk for whatever reason, have atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-11357881270758786592017-03-14T16:58:00.579-07:002017-03-14T16:58:00.579-07:00They also go all righteous on the rest of us. Two...They also go all righteous on the rest of us. Two guys on recumbent bikes flew through a red light where cars were stopped at corner of Encinitas Blvd and the 101 on Saturday. One almost got clipped by a car. Until these "healthier lifestyle" folks figure out they need to coexist with cars and obey the rules, they'll get little support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-14016861743720832652017-03-14T16:46:16.588-07:002017-03-14T16:46:16.588-07:009:39. It doesn't make economic sense to conti...9:39. It doesn't make economic sense to continue building SOV freeways.<br /><br />I makes sense to try new things, learn from them, and then be more efficient moving forward. Maybe the cars will rule the future day after all. Maybe not. Maybe something less than so now, with several families pedaling past idle cars sitting in traffic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-75533722383735123992017-03-14T16:26:39.345-07:002017-03-14T16:26:39.345-07:00Better yet 4:21 - People don't because it isn&...Better yet 4:21 - People don't because it isn't safe or convenient to. But "everyone" in the world drives cars. <br /><br />How about we put up a barricade on the 101. Let's gauge whether people still drive down the coast and then measure everything else in the world based on that. <br /><br />No one drives or bikes and incomplete network.<br /><br />Regardless, at some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-51017356899956372562017-03-14T16:23:01.420-07:002017-03-14T16:23:01.420-07:00hmmm. But it does to the person that chooses to r...hmmm. But it does to the person that chooses to ride by bike or walk. They live a healthier lifestyle and get to enjoy their community.<br /><br />Go cuddle a freeway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-59788259597607708802017-03-14T16:21:48.260-07:002017-03-14T16:21:48.260-07:00You are saying that people don't use it. &quo...You are saying that people don't use it. "It" doesn't exist yet. How can that be.<br /><br />"They" don't because it isn't safe or convenient to. There are pieces of the city that have sidewalk or bike lanes but its not everywhere. So it is incomplete and inconvenient. <br /><br />Analogy: I don't use the I-8 Freeway. Don't use any money on it, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-23389269209296566202017-03-14T14:20:39.864-07:002017-03-14T14:20:39.864-07:00Electric cars, solar power and Tesla batteries, fo...Electric cars, solar power and Tesla batteries, for example. Reducing the birth rate so the population declines would be good too.<br /><br />Getting a few people to ride bikes or walk short distances won't make a hair's breadth of difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-20871526994576294182017-03-14T09:39:32.698-07:002017-03-14T09:39:32.698-07:00The reality is spending public money on infrastruc...The reality is spending public money on infrastructure that very few people use doesn't make economic sense. It's a priorities thing. The greatest good for the greatest number of people. It's a simple fact that big numbers of people do not and will not ride bikes for transportation in suburbia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-76711083558813515152017-03-13T22:38:59.165-07:002017-03-13T22:38:59.165-07:00The best transportation policies are those that en...The best transportation policies are those that encourage more people to work from home or work in the communities in which they live. Regional commuting is the biggest source of impacts in the region related to health and the environment. I agree with 9:32.<br /><br />But if you are going to invest in something, you might as well do something that is making things better for our future. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-47081882565045271922017-03-13T21:32:57.342-07:002017-03-13T21:32:57.342-07:00How about creating "any new" infrastruct...How about creating "any new" infrastructure is not a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.<br /><br />New highways and road widenings are more expensive that sidewalks and stripings for bikes. Furthermore, consider the lasting maintenance costs of favoring the car above all else.<br /><br />We can disagree on this one. You vs. reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-76223884448530982982017-03-13T21:30:44.727-07:002017-03-13T21:30:44.727-07:00Actually a majority of the city is within walking ...Actually a majority of the city is within walking distance to parks, schools, and/or commercial areas. Draw a 1/4 mile radius (walking) and a 1/2 mile radius (bike) around all of the places you mention and you probably hit about 75 percent of the city's population. Pockets of Leucadia, most of Olivenhain, and southeast Cardiff are outside of these areas.<br /><br />And the your last point, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-54707779751953169972017-03-10T16:58:51.284-08:002017-03-10T16:58:51.284-08:00Why did cars replace horses? Because cars are fast...Why did cars replace horses? Because cars are faster, more convenient and more practical.<br /><br />The city has been on a bender to amp up walking and biking for several years. Do you see a big increase in walking and biking? No, not here or elsewhere in suburbia.<br /><br />There are good, rational reasons for that. The distances are too great to make biking/walking fast, practical and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-71165428658165291782017-03-10T10:21:12.055-08:002017-03-10T10:21:12.055-08:00And we know that horses will outlast this silly no...And we know that horses will outlast this silly notion of horseless carriages, because horses have been the dominant form of transportation for hundreds of years, and change is impossible.<br /><br />--8:45, circa 1905.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-75661763730354547412017-03-10T09:52:38.195-08:002017-03-10T09:52:38.195-08:00"observable evidence on the Encinitas ground...."observable evidence on the Encinitas ground. Very few people commute on bikes or by walking or ever will."<br /><br />Glad to know you have observable factual evidence from the future. <br /><br />Cut to the chase and tell us exactly when our flying cars will arrive and make this tedious argument with you irrelevant. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-53033575496216108032017-03-10T08:45:31.577-08:002017-03-10T08:45:31.577-08:00That 2:03 cites facts is proven by observable evid...That 2:03 cites facts is proven by observable evidence on the Encinitas ground. Very few people commute on bikes or by walking or ever will. Very few people bike or walk for daily transportation or ever will. <br /><br />In neither case will more bike/walk infrastructure cause enough people to switch from cars to make any difference in traffic volume or GHG emissions. <br /><br />We know this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-73395515220000458052017-03-10T01:21:11.756-08:002017-03-10T01:21:11.756-08:002:03:
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"Those a...2:03:<br /><br />[opinion, opinion, opinion] <br /><br />"Those are facts."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-22198765949025766202017-03-09T19:20:58.858-08:002017-03-09T19:20:58.858-08:00How many people live close enough to the beach, re...How many people live close enough to the beach, restaurants, grocery stores, department stores and other retailers that they can walk or bike there carrying stuff to or back?<br /><br />Relatively and absolutely few. <br /><br />People use cars for transportation because they're fast, convenient and practical. Bikes and walking don't have those advantages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-43667010875110955992017-03-09T19:07:56.039-08:002017-03-09T19:07:56.039-08:0010:23 By posting stuff like this: "The emissi...10:23 By posting stuff like this: "The emissions from one car [are] equivalent to 105 trees," you show you're not thinking or analyzing deeply. What car with what engine emitting what pollutants driven how many miles in what traffic circumstances? What trees and how big?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-84040737104523290412017-03-09T15:03:36.842-08:002017-03-09T15:03:36.842-08:00All it takes is one less car trip to school or to ...All it takes is one less car trip to school or to the restaurant to make a difference. <br /><br />I am not supporting roadway changes because I want you to commute to work by bike. If that is your goal, so be it. Unfortunately, a majority of people won't ever commute to or from Encinitas. People that live here don't work here. The people that work here can't afford to live here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498088266607942041.post-53507670275045267342017-03-09T14:03:28.888-08:002017-03-09T14:03:28.888-08:00The point is that in a suburban bedroom community ...The point is that in a suburban bedroom community like Encinitas, enough people can't commute to work on bikes to make a difference in traffic volume and GHG emissions.<br /><br />Stores, schools and houses are too spread out for many people to practically bike for transportation. Can't bike far, can't carry much.<br /><br />Consequently, megabucks are spent to create infrastructure Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com