[SDCBC] SR56-Sorrento Valley Road connector

[Gene Carman]

I agree with you on all counts...  especially the issues of it being 
a poorly designed "bike freeway."

My comments RE anything going over or under 5 are based on the 
general incomplete nature or poor design of paths around town (such 
as the quite sad situation of having to take stairs on one path... ) 
I can just see the "skyway" over 5 being nearly complete, with a 
gaping hole in the middle.    That would be the typical "monument to 
motorists" at cyclists' expense.

On another list I saw the real tribute to cyclists...

Bicycling and walking make up 9.6 percent of all trips. Yet 
bicyclists and pedestrians represent 12.9 percent of all 
traffic-related fatalities, and only 1.5 percent of federal 
transportation dollars are spent on bicycling and walking projects.

Yes, it is a "Thunderhead" report... 
http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/benchmarking.htm
So take it with a grain of salt.

At 11:28 PM 8/29/2007, Trevor Bourget wrote:
>At 10:01 PM 8/29/2007, Gene Carman wrote:
>>I would much rather see the existing bike path completed, rather 
>>than another half effort at something else.
>
>All of the efforts are important. Some are more important.
>
>>I am particularly interested in "doing it right," which includes 
>>putting "walk" buttons on the proper side of the existing intersections as
>>cycle traffic moves along the right side of the path, and the 
>>repair of the weir, to prevent flooding.
>
>We should have bicycle-sensitive traffic loops, not walk buttons. 
>Eventually the remaining interchanges should all have flyovers. 
>Black Mountain Road is already bad, and should give a hint how bad 
>they all will eventually get.
>
>We need visually distinct and preferably height-separated area for 
>pedestrian travel on the bike highway. Vehicle code should apply to 
>ped/bike interaction.
>
>The west end of the path was designed as a nature trail, and needs 
>more help to be brought up to bike highway standards.
>
>These issues make the current project substandard. But most 
>importantly, a highway that ends in a field is not a finished 
>project at all. sr56 bike highway must connect to svr, and svr must 
>be built into a bike highway. This network has the potential to be 
>the icon of bicycle-friendly San Diego.
>
>-- Trevor