4/17/24 City Council meeting open thread

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Homeless attack at Coaster station

Nextdoor:

Train reportedly hits pedestrian downtown

 

Cycle trap unusable

From the Inbox: 

Did you see today's Cycle Trap conditions?

Posted on Please restore safe cycling to Cardiff FB page.

Sand in the cycle trap has been a problem from the beginning. Before the bike obstacles were installed, winds and passing cars kept the roadway clean of sand. The city had to buy sweeper vehicles and hire crews to regularly sweep the trap.

3/27/24 City Council meeting open thread

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Ryan Currie obituary

The man who died at the Blakespear bike obstacles earlier this month:

Click over to legacy.com to read the whole thing.

Encinitas man dies in late night bicycle accident

Encinitas Advocate:

Someone found the 48-year-old man lying on the ground in a bike lane on South Coast Highway near Ocean Street and called 911 around 12:07 a.m., sheriff’s Lt. Zheath Sanchez said. A bike was found nearby. Deputies and paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but the man died before he could be taken to a hospital.

The bicyclist has been identified as 48-year-old Ryan Currie of Encinitas, according to a news release. An initial investigation has revealed Currie was riding northbound along the east side of S. Coast Highway in the protected bicycle lane on an Electra Townie bicycle.

There was no evidence of a collision with a vehicle, but perhaps a collision with Blakespear's lane barriers?

Ocean Street is the north end of Solana Beach, but the protected bicycle lane starts north of there, across from Cardiff State Beach.