[SDCBC] Photographs of Texas St. Bike Lane

[Gene Carman]

While the evidence is quite obvious...  perhaps the real question 
that remains is why did this require a "mulligan" in the first 
place.  Why is it that the road crew or those in charge felt that the 
first BL was adequate?

At 06:35 PM 2/21/2007, Philip Erdelsky wrote:
>Recently, the bike lane on northbound Texas St. between
>Madison Ave. and the Adams Ave. overcrossing was widened.
>The attached article was posted to this list. Here are
>some photographs, for any Missourians among us:
>
>       December 20: http://www.efgh.com/temp/27526.jpg
>       February 21: http://www.efgh.com/temp/28411.jpg
>       February 21 close-up: http://www.efgh.com/temp/28412.jpg
>
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>Sharing road now easier after city repaints line
>
>By Ruth McKinnie Braun
>UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
>February 19, 2007
>
>THE SITE: Hill on Texas Street, San Diego.
>THE PROBLEM: Riding a bicycle downhill into Mission Valley on Texas Street
>is not for the faint of heart, especially before the sun rises.
>
>Before a bout of tendinitis hit him, Ray Ramage made the descent about 5:45
>a.m. most weekdays on an hourlong commute from his University Heights home
>to Scripps Ranch High School, where he is a long-term substitute teacher.
>
>A year ago, Ramage was thrilled when the city of San Diego repaved the
>one-lane section of Texas Street. But after the asphalt dried, he said,
>workers painted a white line down the road's right-hand side that wasn't
>wide enough to safely separate cars from bikes. His complaints went nowhere.
>
>Ramage said he had many close calls on his mountain bike. There's a concrete
>barrier down the middle of the roadway, leaving motorists little room to
>swerve around cyclists.
>
>One recent morning, Ramage said, a driver =93tailgated me at 40 mph all the
>way down the hill to the freeway. As a parting shot, he cursed me roundly.=
>=94
>
>
>
>STATUS: Just Fix It contacted Mohammad Sammak, deputy director of San
>Diego's Street Division, on Tuesday. By Thursday morning, the roadway had
>been restriped. Workers also righted a bike lane sign that had been pushed
>over.
>WHO GOT IT FIXED: A road crew in Sammak's division. Sammak can be reached at
>(619) 527-7504 or msammak at sandiego.gov.
>
>NEED A PROBLEM SOLVED: Is there a problem that government hasn't taken care
>of despite your complaints? Whether it's a pothole or a backed-up storm
>drain, Just Fix It might be able to help.
>
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>820-8714.
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