[SDCBC] Frye encourages bicycling...

[Robert Leone]

Dear Mr. Baross:
	I donno -- "dedicated bike paths" may give an impression of safety, but 
I saw one of my ride buddies do an endo with road rash, a busted (carbon 
fiber) handlebar and a majorly tweaked rear wheel after the guy on the 
full suspension downhill bike headed, where else, downhill, skidded out 
and into him. The cause of this mayhem? A blind corner on a multi-use path.
	And when one considers the number of joggers, dog walkers and other 
recreators besides cyclists on the "Rose Canyon Bike Path" (home of 
another blind corner or two, and some pretty interesting paving), well, 
I don't feel like telling them to "get off the bike path." It'd make me 
feel like a honking steel cager. The Rose Canyon Bike Path is very 
useful in my commute, but that's only because it's the only legal road 
bike way to follow the path I-5 takes from PB to University City.
	We've already got thousands of miles of roads in San Diego County and 
the city, what could be done about encouraging people to bicycle on 
THEM? After all, they're already paid for. A little repaving and 
repainting, and they'd be as good as new.

Robert Leone, geez, I'm pretty crabby right now, better get some sleep. 
Maybe I should ask Mr. Peterson if he'd like to go an a "Ride and 
Learn." Or take Road One.

Jim Baross wrote:
> I missed this... did you? What-da-ya think?
> Maybe a little money might go to increased traffic enforcement too?
> 
> http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/02/13/letters/344bikes.txt
> 
> 
>   *Let's Encourage Bicycle Commuting
> 
>   *
> 
> 
>       *By Brian T. Peterson, San Diego*
> 
> *Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007* | To Councilmember Frye: If the city, or you as 
> a civic leader, would like to do any one thing to address climate change 
> <http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/02/13/cafesandiego/520donna1021307.txt>, 
> encourage bicycle commuting. As it is now, the city does everything it 
> can to discourage the use of the bike as a mode of transportation.
> 
> True, there are many bike lanes, but there are very few dedicated 
> bicycle paths. The bike lanes are full of hazards, such as road debris, 
> shards of broken glass, service access to underground utilities, and 
> curbside drains. More frequent street sweeping would be a great help. 
> And, in the future, not placing manholes in the middle of bike lanes 
> would be a plus. The safest and best approach would be to build 
> dedicated bike paths, which would not have any of the aforementioned 
> hazards.
> 
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