[SDCBC] free diverges

[John Eldon]

Serge, I know you won't concur, but my solution at that particular
intersection and at many like it would be to reconfigure it to eliminate the
free-flowing diverge, which in this case would permit expansion of the park
as a bonus. We could still have a (properly traffic-calmed) right turn only
lane to avoid unnecessarily congesting northbound traffic, but the angular
diverge unnecessarily creates a hazard for bicyclists and pedestrians.

John E.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org
[mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org]On Behalf Of Serge Issakov
  Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:38 PM
  To: Jack Bochsler
  Cc: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org; Jim Baross
  Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Bicyclist Dies In Crash With Motorcycle


  It's possible but not very likely that the cyclist did absolutely nothing
wrong and the motorcyclist simply hit him from behind.  I suppose it's also
possible and arguably slightly more likely that the motoryclist was passing
him too closely, this startled the cyclist, who looked back over his left
shoulder and simultaneously "veered" left into the path of the motorcyclist.

  Much more likely is that the cyclist did not notice the motorcyclist
(perhaps, ironically, because he was looking for a car) and veered in front
of him.

  In any case, the method of turning left from the bike lane at the right
side of the road is all too familar to me.  I see it executed on many
mornings along n/b Regents Rd at the diverge-intersection with Eastgate
Mall.

  Cyclists are glued to the bike lane on Regents and veer across the right
traffic lane that becomes the right arm of the "Y" headed for Eastgate, to
get into the left arm to continue on Regents.   They rarely merge left
"vehicularly", which requires starting to merge pretty early, soon after
crossing Executive if not sooner.

  Serge


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