[SDCBC] Friars Road Bike Lane Street Sweep

[Dave White]

 From the SDCBC "Government Contacts" page, try the San Diego Street 
Division Services link at http://www.sandiego.gov/street-div/
where you can submit a service request

On May 10, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Kevin Reindl wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I regularly communte to work using the Friar's road bike lane between 
> Sea
> World Drive and Mission Valley. This bike lane is littered with debris 
> that
> makes it difficult to ride in. I have gotten a couple of flat tires 
> from
> shards of glass/debris in the last few months. As such, I have 
> recently been
> using the car lane (much to the dislike of cars speeding past me at 55 
> MPH).
> I would probably go back to the bike lane on a regular basis if it were
> cleaner and smoother. In fact, most bikers I see on Friars don't even 
> take
> the east-bound bike lane (probably because of the concrete barrier and 
> the
> debris).
>
> OK, to get to the point...do any of you bike commuters have contact 
> with
> anyone from the city streets department responsible for street 
> sweeping or
> bike lane repaving? At a minimum, it would be nice to have the bike 
> lane
> swept clean of debris...ideally, it might be nice to have it repaved to
> smooth it out and prevent weeds from overgrowing the lane.
>
> Thanks to everyone from SDCBC for all of your efforts and continued 
> support
> of bicycling.
>
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