[SDCBC] specific information about Encinitas community meetings re: Coast Highway

[Danette Hoffert]

John E. and Kathy,
My 3 cents worth.
So glad you will be attending.  I will try but often work late.
1. Riding a bike along the coast is a very desirable ride by all types of
bicycle riders. Bicyclist are a reality of the PCH!
2. The PCH from North to South is dangerous.

   - Sometimes the bike lane just vanishes and a bicyclist is caught in
   the "gauntlet."  It reminds me of the crazy motorcyclists flying in between
   lanes.  Yet I have no choice and am put in a crazy motorcycle type
   position.
   -  I have traffic on my left and parking on my right. If you are
   dealing with SUV, trucks, buses, tourists driving on the left, you have
   enough to contend with.  The mirror on a RV once came within inches of my
   head.  This is the reality of the ride along the PCH especially in parts of
   Encinitas.
   - Traffic on the right is even more dangerous.  Car doors, runners,
   pedestrians, strollers, pets, etc..  I used to try the three foot rule for
   avoiding the car doors which swing open at random, but you need the five
   foot rule for some of the bigger trucks and SUVs.  I attempt to look at
   cars/trucks to see if someone is in the drivers seat and may swing open a
   door, but with tinted windows, cars hidden behind SUVs/trucks, this is often
   difficult. This then makes the cars on your left angry so some come
   dangerously close or stay behind and get angry.  It is a lose/lose.
   - I saw a bicyclist with a camera on her helmet riding along the PCH.
   I think a picture is worth a thousand... you know. * If we could find
   someone to video tape the riding experience through Encinitas on a
   week-end morning they might get an idea of the chaos and danger.  I think it
   would be powerful.*
   - Vulcan offers a lot to planners.  There is an option for a huge bike
   trail along side Vulcan and the dirt along the railroad tracks.  San Diego
   has so much to offer.  We could create a hundred mile loop if we created a
   decent bike path up and down the coast and linked it to some of the
   others, 56 to Hodges Bridge, etc..  I am dreaming a little big here.  But
   what a draw and money maker for San Diego, a city that offers year-round
   cycling.

Some ideas for the upcoming meetings.  Thank you!

Danette Hoffert
 On Feb 11, 2008 1:34 P , John Eldon <j.eldon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'll attend at least the Saturday morning workshop, and possibly one or
> both evening events, as well. If anyone who cannot attend has any concerns
> or requests, please forward them to me. This week's meeting is probably the
> least important of the three, in the sense that public input will not be
> heard -- there will be just a brief project background briefing for the city
> council.
> I am pushing hard for reducing the speed limit from 40 or 45 mph to 30mph
> and for avoiding door zone bike lanes. I am wary of the proposal to install
> parking on the north (railroad frontage) side of the coast highway.
>  John E.
>   *Kathy Keehan <execdir at sdcbc.org>* wrote:
>
>  I hope many of you can attend, and encourage your bicycling friends to do
> so as well! There are three meetings, and we need bicyclists at all three –
>
>
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