Bike San Diego is talking to Encinitas city staff, trying to get a buffered bike lane North of Leucadia Boulevard on 101.
This harrowing stretch of 101 is intimidating to casual bicyclists. Rarely do we see families, people on local errands, or tourists cruising what should be one of the country's most beautiful bike rides. Safer bike lanes would bring health, environmental, and economic benefits to Leucadia.
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ReplyDeleteA safer bike lane begins by LOWERING the speeds on 101.
ReplyDeleteLowering speeds on 101 begins by having a city council that gives a damn about hwy 101 through Leucadia. The current council does not give a rats ass about hwy 101 nor Leucadia.
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ReplyDeleteA big giveaway of public right-of-way to a commercial property owner on the Council agenda for January 25. The owners of the Ralph's shopping center want the city to give them the public circle/roundabout by Trader Joe's. The staff report calls it a cul-de-sac and approves the narrowing down of the entrance to about 1/2 the current street width, with narrowing and changing the entrances to Trader Joe's. Will the Council be so dense as to give away public property?
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I shop frequently at the TJs and the pet food store in that shopping center, and use that exit/entrance, so I know the traffic patterns well. The entrance into the shopping center is quite frustrating and dangerous. The markings on the pavement at the "cul de sac" that isn't really a cul de sac make it look more like a traffic circle, which confuses some drivers who are unfamiliar with the location (they drive around the outside of the flat circle while the local drivers drive right over the circle marking on the pavement).
ReplyDeleteTo pull out of the TJ parking area at the far south side of the "circle", one has to creep many yards past the stop sign at the parking lot exit to look for too-fast incoming traffic from Encinitas Blvd from the left. The intersection at the north end of the fake "circle", cul de sac, or whatever one wants to call the strange intersection is often a sight of confusion and near-misses when some drivers expect incoming cars (which have the right of way) to stop.
Unlike many, I do love traffic circles and can think of many Encinitas locations where a circle would be better than the 4-way stops that currently choke and unnecessarily stop traffic when slowing would work better (though I think the circles recently added to Encinitas are far more expensive and elaborate than necessary). This one shopping center entrance location in particular seems like a perfect fit for a traffic calming circle as long as it is well designed - with a wider diameter than the ones recently installed on Santa Fe & Leucadia Blvd.