[SDCBC] bike lane hazards

[Michael Elliott]

Up here in Carlsbad I recently had to deal with a huge, temporary, 
"Construction ahead" sign which the crew had planted directly in the bike 
lane on SB El Camino Real where the road narrows. The location of the sign 
forced cyclists out into a busy lane. I took a photo and emailed it to the 
Streets department with a note asking for a little mercy. Day later the 
sign was moved onto the shoulder.
-- 
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
KG6RCR



On 11/4/2007 3:29 PM John Eldon wrote:

> How about the big road construction sign which greeted me this morning by
> blocking the entire bike lane on Coast Highway 101 immediately south of
> Carmel Valley Road, enroute to Torrey Pines Reserve? Fortunately the sign is
> in plain view and the light early Sunday morning traffic allowed me to avoid
> it quite easily and safely, but the sign still creates an unnecessary
> hazard.
> 
> Also, I guess I'll have to restart compaints about Yogi's Sports Bar in
> Cardiff, where the roped white plastic posts are once again infringing into
> the northbound bike lane on Coast Highway 101.
> 
> There will always be unexpected hazards and cyclists do need to be taught
> how to ride in a manner which mitigates danger, but why add unnecessarily to
> the problem? I do like the suggestion that landscape and other utility truck
> drivers be required to deploy warning cones when they block a bike lane,
> particularly on a downhill sweeping right turn where speeds are high and
> visibility is poor, just as they do when they block a main travel lane.
> 
> John E.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 
> Please, when you see a hazard, including unsafe incorrect traffic
> engineering such as on the road we discussed, report it. That lane
> configuration is not according to Caltrans standards that require the bike
> lane to parallel the other travel lanes, rather than the sidewalk.
> 
> -- Trevor
> 
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