I have yet to see a bicyclist willing to accept the entire lane risk. Considering public transit, I shudder to think of a bus having to compete with a bicycle for the same space.
This wishful thinking by the city that a marking on the pavement is a cheap way to create a safe bicycle network could be a costly folly.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
U-T letters: bicycle sharrows are a bad idea
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Letter writer needs to get out more. I see cyclists taking the entire lane on the daily.
ReplyDeleteYou are far from alone in witnessing the hogging of the lane by the spandex crew. They feel they own the whole sharrow lane and dare any driver to not give them the whole lane, even when there is room to share.
ReplyDeleteSharing does not even enter their minds. Sharrows, I mistakenly thought meant actually sharing the roadway.
Why our city is bending over to this very small minority of greedy road users, is the crime.
Like the out of town cyclist posters on Encinitas Votes, we are being subjected to unreasonable demands for our crucial auto arterial and our electeds are onboard and do not represent the majority of tax payers or users of this roadway.
Separating cyclists from the roadway appears to not matter when parking for the bars/ restaurants that morph into nothing other than bars is at stake.
That streetscam relies upon the graces of the Railroad ROW for parking and not providing any other possibilities if and when this becomes untenable, is proof again that this disaster in the making plan is not ready for prime time.
This should have been voted on.
We all know why it was not and won't be.
True justice would be to take some of 101 properties from the profiteers and turn them into fee public parking lots for all the bars restaurants.
Just imagine the community support that could be forthcoming for this current scam of a plan.
7:51- You are ignorant and sound like a sad individual.
ReplyDeleteFor your own good, get out and exercise the mind and body and you will appreciate life more, feel better and have a clearer head. God bless you and pay attention while driving so you don not maim anyone on Encinitas's unsafe poorly designed roads.
This is a given and I don't understand why the City has taken over 10 years to get from a concept plan to a final design on the City's highest priority project.
ReplyDeleteTwo family lives are totally destroyed with massive pain and suffering along the way, plus many more that were not in the headlines.
The worst part is the condition remains the same today as it did when Stephany and then Roberta were mowed over. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-hitrun-arrest-20170816-story.html
Who's kid is next and will it happen today or sometime later?
Let's stop and ask ourselves: do we really trust the same staff that designed and installed the signage and road markings that produced the current conditions to run the streetscape project?
ReplyDeleteDo you really want them contracting with someone equally inept? Blakespear's "professional staff" and consultant gave us roundabouts that Caltrans stated they would never use and that prompted a demand from SANDAG for a redesign. These so-called professionals put maps on the overheads that don't show the correct measurements.
Somehow though none of this catches Blakespear's eye. Nope, she's too busy writing her next happy-happy "newsletter."
Streetscam is only positioning us for another, this time more expensive fall. $30M is too much to pay for this substandard work.
And for god's sake, this "mowed over" business makes you sound unhinged. Unless you've seen the traffic report to support your version of the accident, just cool yer jets.
Legally, motorized vehicles and bicycles have equal access to non-freeway roads. Politicians enforce this with stripes of paint.
ReplyDeleteMother Nature, OTOH, enforces her rules with physics.
Advanced countries recognize the power of her and put physical barriers between bikes and vehicles.
No they don't!!!! Ever drive or walk in a major urban city? There are bicycle riders all over the place and they don't need no sharrows or cones or physical barriers of any kind. They just keep on movin' on...
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ReplyDeleteOMG Drama queen. Have you ever seen how crazy car drivers are? They drive DUI all the time, run red lights, kill people every day, and are molesters.
Um, maybe some of you don't fit all those descriptions. If you do, you have issues.
12:04 you da drama queen. Defending the indefensible makes you sound like you have issues.
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