How it started:
Vision Zero starts with the ethical belief that everyone has the right to move safely in their communities, and that system designers and policy makers share the responsibility to ensure safe systems for travel.How it's going:
On Tuesday night, community members rallied outside City Hall to call on the city to take action after three children were hit and killed by cars in Encinitas since 2023.We don't have the statistics -- we'll leave that to enterprising FOIA citizens -- but it certainly seems that Encinitas roads have become more dangerous since the Vision Zero crowd came to town. Certainly the deaths of Ryan Currie and Dr. Jennings Worley appear directly attributable to the idiotic street designs of Blakespear & Co.
The protest, organized by Safe Streets Encinitas, saw a large turnout. After 17-year-old Seraphina Rose Fadick was hit and killed by a car when crossing Camino Del Norte on July 10, the group is demanding the city make changes.
Zero vision is more like it.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same three years ago when it was proposed.
More leftovers from the previous majority.
8 years ago.
ReplyDeleteMajor pandemic disruption, people not paying attention, add ebikes....
ReplyDeleteBlakespear/Kranz emergency efforts did not save lives. Two people passed after the emergency declaration. Santa Fe was rushed. Stata Fe was not safe. Blakespear wants a law to remove power from cities( bike paths). The men who passed in the bollards, absent. Cherry 🍒 picking
ReplyDeleteI feel like one of those deaths could be attributed to more than a bollard. I get it though, the bitch about bike lanes crew needs to take what they can get.
ReplyDeleteStephanie is pushing out docs that eliminate the bike accidents. She is cherry 🍒🍒🍒 picking data points.
DeleteDuring an election, why would anyone do that...
DeleteThe current city council scrapped Vision Zero.
ReplyDelete8:19am Good move.
ReplyDeleteWhat is brads position requarding L7.
ReplyDelete10;28am Is not the L7 designated park property already been settled?
ReplyDeleteOk.
DeleteStephanie is a good foot soldier and tool to be ignored. She acts above it all repeat the lines Written for her, she’ll do anything but for her Lord and Savior Catherine Blakespear. Must be her shift this weekend before her there was Barb Bolton, and after her, “Verity.”
ReplyDeleteYep, a tag team .... for sure!
DeleteI love seeing the councilmen get put through the ringer. A nice break from the regular MAGA dick sucking from the ladies that try to remain anonymous.
DeleteFreakshow comments do not matter.
DeleteDear MadBrad, Rimjob & Ariola,
ReplyDeleteThank you for not including me on your raise the B.A.R campaign. As you know, I can't handle myself in bars as I like to drink like a fish, flash my city badge around and make out with anything in that has a warm hole. It wouldn't have been a great look.
- Terra
It would be great if we could get through election season without the stupid names for candidates, especially the sexual ones for women. Thank you for your attention to this matter ya fucking losers!
DeleteSW settle down women
ReplyDeleteI was surfing today and Ariola paddled out to the lineup and asked me to vote for her. She has my vote, I was very impressed!
ReplyDelete- Stephanie
Did the repeater move to Carlsbad?
ReplyDeletePlease don't say that name. If it's typed 3 time here they return.
DeleteRepeater Repeaters’s brain died decades ago. ✅
DeleteWho are you referring to?
Last year SD had 262 children with E-bike Traumatic Injuries.Many have died, like 15 yr old Brodee. It doesn’t matter how much education they try to force feed the kids, they will continue to be killed or be severely injured while riding their bikes on the dangerous roads in SDC. Kids will be kids and they are not safe on the roads with speeding and distracted drivers .
ReplyDeleteMore blood from the f$ckimg demon that was mayor from 2016-2022. While she approved to upzoned 15 massive projects, that would increase traffic to a ravenous dangerous level, she and her band of blood thirsty pawns went to the schools to push the kids to ride their bikes every where. Parents made huge mistakes to allow themselves to be sucked in by her and her deadly pawns lies!
He was killed because his parents didn't teach him how to ride safely. You can't merge a bike going 20 in front of a truck going 50. This is why you see kids getting off the bikes and using the crosswalks. Tragedy. New technology outstrips people's ability to deal with it. At least Carlsbad clamped down on the illegal e motorcycles....
DeleteSo interesting how some people decide who/what is at fault for different deaths based on political convenience.
DeleteThose are the facts, go look at the Coast news article. No fault was found with the driver. That street is 50mph....
DeleteRight. Not gonna go search for whatever article you're referring to. My point is that the only things that keeps Brodee from being a mascot for the anti-Blakespear crowd is no fucking bollards or " road furniture" involved, not on 101 and the parents associated with Blakespear and Safe Streets Encinitas.
DeleteAll the road deaths are a tragedy, ignore the poltics and understand what actually happened. Don't let your kids or your neighbors kids hit the road without an understanding of cars and traffic. That's it...
DeleteBullshit. We hear "sad" people speaking up about Dr. Worely all the time, along with anyone else killed/injured along the 101. Except the lady that dared to be friendly with Blakespear prior to her accident. Even the man that was riding late at night with no helmet or light has been deemed politically convenient.
DeleteBrodee and Emery are ignored by Blakespear haters because they either don't give a shit, their parents have spoken out in a way the councilmen find inconvenient politically convenient, or it doesn't fit the narrative of the spandex crew.
I agree that these deaths and injuries are all tragic, but the selective attention comes off as politically motivated.
You can debate yourself on who's using which accident to their political advantage, I'm not using any of them. People have to be able to think for themselves and figure out the facts of what happened vs. what is said by someone in politics. Meanwhile, driving and biking have their dangers, and you have to learn how to protect yourself. If you want to waste your time hating on this of that politician, that's up to you...
DeleteI don't need to debate with anyone, I've given my opinion.
DeleteIt's not about hating politicians, it's about people with agendas picking and choosing among the dead. Like the moderator here.
If you're talking about the Repeater, the person who lists the names and then goes after Bruce, I agree. Pure nonsense. Sadly, election season is here and you can see various people come on here and start assigning blame for election points. Lame.
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Does Rest in Peace still have any meaning?
ReplyDeleteYes, it absolutely does. But if the city is debating bike lanes, safety features, ripping up roads, renaming streets and other policy issues like bike safety, the deaths and injuries are gonna come up. The horrible things that happened are the reason changes are being proposed and argued over.
DeleteRight, but you have to be able to read about the individual accidents and realize where operator error can come into play. The accident by Trader Joe's where the guy ran the light is operator error, roberta walker in Leucadia was operator error in the dark and the kid on the ebike was operator error as well. You can make some changes, but the human element still comes into play. Dude ran that one light be several seconds, you can't unmake that.
DeleteThis is a difficult path to go down, because it does start to sound like blaming the dead/injured person.
DeleteI'll say this: with Brodee, sure we can say he made an error. He was also a kid learning about all kinds of things about life, on his way to school. Most of the kids that are going to/from school at SDA are in the same position. So maybe city leaders would want to make the road safer to avoid similar tragedies in the future. Instead, they're tearing out the protections that were put in place, making us pay for it, and attempting to push the blame on their personal enemy.
With Emery, she did exactly what she was supposed to do, and the driver is at fault. Yet there is no movement on addressing solutions by this council even though residents have spoken up for months about reasonable changes.
The human element of course comes up in almost any situation where a bike rider and pedestrian have a collision. I'm not going to do a breakdown of what happened in each situation. However, when the councilmen focus on the concerns of the spandex crew, almost exclusively on the 101, it comes off as insincere and politically motivated.
That's two possibly related but different situations. You cannot merge a bike that goes 20 in front of a truck going 50. Basic driving and biking knowledge. Not going to spend an hour on that, up to the parents to provide that guidance.
DeleteThe lanes in front of SDA, the whole design is flawed, so a shame that couldn't be caught and revised prior to build. Is it worth ripping it all out, maybe not, especially bike lines, but there are issues there and now heavily polititicized. Main issue for me, drop off and pickup nd to be moved off of Santa Fe.
I think it's fair to ask, what can the council do at the Taco Bell intersection to prevent that particular accident. It's going to be tough. We have had red light cameras, they weren't there. The driver hit the intersection 4-5 second late.
I'm sure the spandex bikers want all bollards and stops removed in Cardiff, but that hasn't happened, so the lobbying hasn't worked, and that stuff is a disaster.
Think for a minute about all the poor people who are run over in South Central LA, they have no advocacy......
3:28- you are an idiot.
Delete11:22am Yes, many are questioning the roadway design.
ReplyDeleteAre you defending the original Santa Fe Dr. design? Just asking for some clarity.
Ripping up roads? The only ripping up has been the clueless, formerly approved by a past council majority Santa Fe roadway design.
By the "original" Santa Fe design you mean how the block was before the Blakespear changes or how it is now?
DeleteI feel the situation on multiple streets in that area (Melba, Balour, Santa Fe) were and are sketchy with kids biking, walking and getting dropped off before the changes were made.
I think it's dumb and politically motivated to make us pay $4 million to tear the changes up. I'm not sure what problem we're solving either. It sounds like cobble stones in planters and back in parking, for a block, are the overpriced issues.
I’m old enough to remember when Lynn and co freaked out about roundabouts being the end of the world. And now they are accepted and nobody cares, except the intersections are safer and with less congestion.
DeleteI’m sure the changes at SDA would’ve been the same story if the dummies didn’t waste taxpayer dollars listening to the knee jerk reactions of people who can’t deal with change.
People freak out when a new road change goes in near their house, that was the case on the first roundabout. End of story....I too remember all the wailing and gnashing......
DeleteSo we ditched Vision Zero for Vision Many.
ReplyDeleteSounds about right for this council.
They'll blame Brodee, a child, while making excuses for a dude who was riding back from a bar on the 101, at 1AM, in the dark, without a light, not wearing a helmet.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a question of blame, it's what happened. The kid tried to merge in front of a truck going 50 on a bike going 20, tragedy occurs.
DeleteDude down in cardiff is down in lanes post midnight, also a tragedy. Was he impaired, had he been at a bar? Raise your hand if you saw the police or toxicology report. Both are a life wasted. Move on.
I don't think the point is who is to blame. Its that over time people tend to make the same mistakes, whether they're driving or biking.
DeleteHuh? Running the light in a car and peds die, running a light with a bike, you die...
DeleteCrossing 101 and pedestrian Emily gets killed by a hit and run driver. On New Year’s Eve pedestrian crossing 101 at Encinitas Blvd gets killed.
ReplyDeleteRady’s reported a 1,700% increase in children on e-bikes experience
Ing traumatic injuries that required Emergency Room Admission. 17 year old pedestrian female killed recently in Olivenhain crossing at El Camino del Norte. Our area is not set up like Europe for pedestrians and cyclists.
FYI: had the satanic dyke BIAspear made changes to Santa Fe Dr at El Camino Real in 2017 ( she was mayor from 2016-2022) Brodee would still be alive today. Just lowering the speed limit as cars traveling North on ECT approaching the Santa Fe Dr stop light, painting the crosswalk, adding the bike lane, keeping the beacons light working, would have saved an innocent child from being killed by a crazy truck driver driving over 50mph, and not seeing Brodee signaling to change lanes!
To this day the speed limit before that intersection has not been reduced. Just lowering, one half a mile before the intersection to 35mph, would have allowed the truck to slow down sufficiently to 1) see Brodee signaling 2) stopping before he hit him! The satanic, blood thirsty dyke did nothing for all those years while she was mayor from 2017 on, while the plans to improve that intersection sat in the engineering department 👹 what she did do is bend over for developers to approve 15 massive projects to increase traffic exponentially, creating a death trap for our children!
Use paragraphs....
DeleteHer name was not EMILY. You made that same mistake on facebook too, Garvin.
DeleteIt's EMERY. At least have the respect to get that right.
You can't merge a bike going 20 in front of a truck going 50. What do you see at high speed intersections and lefts? A bunch of kids on ebikes looking left for a break in the traffic to hit the left OR kids driving through the crosswalk on the far side. Ebikes are the issue.
ReplyDeleteCars and trucks etc, for better or worse are how we get around. We have a series of higher speed streets that connect Encinitas with Inland cities. Encinitas and Leucadia are a bit lower, La Costa and ECR are higher. You have to know where you are riding.
Will it ever be truly safe on ECR for rec bike riding. No. Did any of us know the sea change that would happen in MArch 2020 when every kid obtained an E-bike, no.
We love tech in this country, but are slow as hell to catch up to some of the problems it brings. Time is not going to stand still Encinitas, not on development, not on bikes, not on a looming El Nino.....
Children no matter how much bike education they get, are still very vulnerable, inexperienced, trusting and immature to be out in SDC/Encinitas deadly roads.
ReplyDeleteThe San Diego Drug Alliance is always pleading during Oral Communications to stop 🛑 the drug shops in our city, because children’s brains are still developing until they are 25 years old. Drug exposure before that is a lifelong problem for them .
The same logic applies to their ability to
use biking skills, on roads with nut jobs that are driving carelessly, speeding, texting, drunk/high on drugs, and cannot see well.
Their parents have been sold lies upon lies and sadly they have bought into it. Hopefully, soon they will see it for what it is, the developer cartels and their servants on the council/bike coalitions pushing this deadly agenda on our innocent kids, so they can justify the increase in traffic from their massive projects to a deadly level.
The 7th cycle is just around the corner, requiring at minimum 6,000 - 7,000 new units to meet the HCD-RHNA mandate of 1,200 - 1,400 VL/L income units by 2037…
Sacramento and all of its corrupt developer whores have to be stopped since they are the root cause of these deadly problems in our communities.
Then don't let your kids do drugs, that's your job, not the state's.
DeleteWe are a car oriented society, that is not going to change.
The Netherlands is famous for two things:
DeleteSafe and efficient bike routes.
Liberal drug policy.
👆🏾if people want to ruin there minds let them.
DeleteWe should be designing safe roads for all users.
It's never going to be truly safe with the volumes of cars and trucks we have to carry. On a bike, you lose that battle every time. It's an assigned risk. Ask any road biker like Sean Wallace.
DeleteKids can't go to the weed shops in Encinitas, you have to be 21.....
ReplyDeleteThe Netherlands has a higher percentage of cyclists among its road fatalities than almost any other country, with cyclists making up 37% of all traffic deaths.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone else heard that Ed Sprauge moved here 1-2 years ago? I understand he was born here, but I'm not sure how many adult years he's been a resident.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have not heard that. Is this one of those “when did you stop beating your wife?“ supposedly innocent questions? The kind that Chatfield and Beauchamp specialize in?
DeleteThey specialize in bullshit.
Delete11:35 Sure does sound like them and their divisive poison!
DeleteIt's a pretty simple question: did he move here 1-2 years ago or not. If that's the situation, he will of course be hammered over it and rightfully so as someone that's using his local roots as a campaign asset.
DeleteOf shut the fuck up you guys. Rimga and Brad are being attacked all over the place. So many fucking hypocrites around here, many of them too dumb to realize what they're doing.
DeleteIt's an election.
Go look on Zillow if you want to know so bad. Clearly he has a residence in the district he's running in.
DeleteI don't doubt that he lives in the district now. I was told something, which is repeated above, so I asked. Not an accusation, a question.
DeleteJust like any other voter during an election trying to make a decision. Ed's a big boy running for public office, you don't need to protect him.
I'm not, that's why I told you to go look on Zillow, all the information you seek is out there. Do some work, quit posting if you're not sure......
DeleteIm gonna keep asking all the questions I want. You can either scroll on by or keep being an ahole.
DeleteCommies should get exposed. They are horrible for humanity.
Deletehttps://youtu.be/1fDWZjvNUC8?is=qnQiiEd4nJP6nNrC
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Delete11:06/11:53 From Ed’s website: As a 13-year member of the Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board of Directors, I helped earn a AAA bond rating, championed the Carlsbad desalination plant to reduce dependence on imported water, grew recycled water use from near zero to 15%, and lobbied successfully in Washington, D.C. for $20 million to the North County Recycled Water Coalition.
ReplyDeleteWith a 26-year career at the Carlsbad Fire Department — rising to Battalion Chief — and three additional years as Deputy Fire Chief with North County Fire Protection District, I served on the front lines of major emergencies including the Harmony Grove, Cedar, and Witch Fires. As a chief officer, I managed budgets, directed human resources, negotiated contracts, built and maintained fire stations, implemented solar energy across facilities and led teams through both crisis and calm.
I served three years as a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) commissioner, focusing on regional land use and government efficiency.
For seven years I was a full-time professor of Emergency Management and Fire Technology at Palomar College, mentoring hundreds of diverse future emergency responders and serving as Department Chair of Public Safety.
I hold a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Public Administration from SDSU (go Aztecs!) — both earned while working full time and raising three kids with my wife. Service, leadership, and integrity is in my DNA.
I can and have read this info presented by Ed.
DeleteThe people Ed is associated with have a long history of misrepresenting reality, lying and general dishonesty though, so a carefully worded campaign page doesn't usually tell the whole story.
Kinda like Marco trying to sell himself as the road safety champion of the city.
Weird 👨 🧍♂️. You are a real genius 👏
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ReplyDelete"A Special City Council meeting will take place dedicated to Roadway Safety and Traffic Enforcement in Encinitas on August 26, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall.
The Public is welcome to attend either in person or virtually. See less"
Ed is a really nice guy. 👌
ReplyDeleteNo one said or implied he wasn't a nice guy. They asked if he lived in Encinitas 1-2 years ago.
DeleteMaybe ask him?
DeleteIt's in the interest of the public if he's representing himself as a local but is actually a person that grew up in Encinitas and moved back 1-2 years ago as a mature gentleman.
DeleteThere's nothing inherently wrong if that's reality, but being deceptive indicates potential future issues if he is elected. Because he would be misleading the public to get elected, so who knows what else he may choose to be deceptive about as an elected official.
Just my opinion!
Really go ask him. He is not the deceptive type. Just a first responder with an advance degree.
DeleteIt's possible to be a first responder with an advanced degree and still be deceptive for the purposes of getting elected.
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DeleteIf Ed is being promoted by Bruce, and he is, Ed must be the preferred candidate for this majority.
ReplyDeleteJust imagine the dais without the joyless one.
Now imagine this. Will we have to wait for two years for Dave Dean to replace Jim boy?
It is going to be a long two-years with the bs stuff Jim pulls at every council meeting.
Jim stays. Harden you head
DeleteJim is currently by far the strongest council
DeleteEd's another of their MAGAtt yes men. The MAGAtts will lie, cheat and steal to get more MAGAtts elected. It's who they are.
ReplyDeleteFreakshow comments do not matter.
DeleteRepeater, where have you been? I still have your tiarra
Delete-Starvin
Freakshow do not matter
DeleteI love the way you say that, baby!
Delete-Royal Admiral Starvin....
305 you gave yourself away! Happy ND posting. 😊
ReplyDeleteWrong as always Golden Pedo. You're the putz always spamming about freakshows too.
DeleteMAGA doesn’t sell anymore. Even Lorri Green supports Ed. Noe you’ve got Arielle golden put up to run like a lesser destiny Preston if such a thing is possible.
ReplyDeleteConnected to David Meyer she’s planted to do more developer favors?
DeleteLorri Greene also supports Rimga. She even has a Rimga sign in her yard.
DeleteGolden is connected to David Meyer, just like Jerome Stocks and the axis? now it's getting good...
DeleteYay, Larri supports a commie. surprise!
DeleteYou know who, Larri, walked with, right?
Well, of course she did because she said the fucking story 1 million times.
Commie egos are the biggest and ugliest out there.