[SDCBC] Bicyclists needed at Oceanside Transportation Commission Tuesday 12/19

[Jim Baross]

And perhaps those bicyclists who are competent and willing would ride 
the route between now and the Tuesday meeting using the full lane as 
appropriate and legal when the lane is too narrow to share; making it 
crystal clear that the additional space from removal of on-street 
parking provides a benefit primarily to motorists who then won't be 
inconvenienced unnecessarily by bicyclists traveling slower than the 
motorists wish to travel in "their" lane.

Yes, I'm serious. Bicyclists should not be or feel they are squeezed 
off of public road space either by motorists who want to travel 
faster (there is no "Right Of Speed") or by motorists who want to use 
road space to store/park their vehicles.

At 04:39 PM 12/13/2006, Kathy Keehan wrote:
>City of Oceanside has temporarily removed the bike lanes on North Santa Fe
>Drive while the county has been working on Guajome Park. They are doing some
>work on the parking lot and associated other areas, and decided they needed
>the on-street parking more than they needed the bike lanes.
>Now they're talking about making the on-street parking permanent.
>North Santa Fe (near Mesa Drive) is a major arterial, with high volumes of
>traffic and high speeds. Bike lanes are appropriate on this roadway. On
>street parking is not.
>We need some cyclists to come to the Oceanside Transportaiton Commission
>meeting on Tuesday 12/19 (next Tuesday!) at 7:00 to remind Oceanside that
>bicyclists want to use this road, and we want them to reinstate the bike
>lanes. The meeting is at Oceanside City Hall 300 North Coast Hwy, Oceanside,
>CA 92054.
>Please come, and tell your friends.
>Kathy
>
>
>-----------------------------------
>Kathy Keehan
>Executive Director
>San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
>P.O. Box 34544
>San Diego, CA 92163
>858.487.6063
>execdir at sdcbc.org <mailto:execdir at sdcbc.org>
>
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