[SDCBC] bike lane hazards

[tobin at broadcom.com]

On a positive note on bike lane hazard resolution, a submission to Street
Division online form (limited to 255 characters -- how lame!) got prompt,
<5 day, action correcting this problem.  Bravo, Street Division!

Roy

  street_service at sandiego.gov  Oct 29
  Bicycle lanes recently blocked by construction K-rail.

    The construction foreman on the project at the exchange of I15 and Camino
    del Norte (CdN) has been very good at keeping the bicycle lanes open.
    However, now recently moved K-rail impeedes the safety of the bicycle
    traffic lane in two spots.

    I'm writing to have this oversight immediately corrected.

    The first problem is on east bound CdN, just east of the interchange.
    The last of about a dozen K-rail segments protrudes into, and abruptly
    totally blocks, the bicycle traffic lane.

    The second is on west bound CdN, just west of the interchange.  Here, the
    first of a long string of K-rails totally block the bicycle traffic lane.
    This one is esp. dangerous, as a bicycle commuter must take the lane
    under the I-15 overpass, which is of course in the shade.  There is no
    need for this safey hazard to exist EVEN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.

    A simple re-alignment of small k-rail sections is all that is needed to
    restore the great accommodation we non-polluting bicycle commuters once
    enjoyed, even during the construction.

    RoyT

  Subject: Street Division Response
       Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:10:24 -0700
      From: street_service at sandiego.gov
	 To: tobin at broadcom.com

  Thank you for your recent request to the Street Division.  We have
  determined from the information provided that this area of responsibility
  belongs to: Field Engineering, to contact the Resident Engineer regarding
  the construction at this location. Your request will be forwarded to that
  Department.

  Referral provided: YES

  Street Division Customer Service.
  619-527-7500