[SDCBC] Pet peeve: cyclists have "no choice" but to beunsafe/crazy

[Douglas Alden]

Solana Beach has a capital improvement project in the works for Hwy 101 
(CIP Project No. 14).  Plans I saw showed that the southbound bike lane 
would be removed from Coast Hwy to allow for parking.   Southbound bike 
traffic would be directed one block west to the street that runs 
parallel to Coast Hwy.  This project is out for bid.  Money has not been 
allocated for the project yet.

Douglas

John Eldon wrote:
> If we had a wide enough right-of-way to accomplish this, I would 
> concur, but along north Coast Highway 101 through Leucadia, 
> eliminating on-street parking is clearly NOT an option. The Town 
> Council wants a two-way bike path on the east side of 101, but access 
> for southbound cyclists would be a disaster, and this would presumably 
> eliminate left turn options for northbound cyclists. A better option 
> is a north-only Class II on the east side of 101, akin to the one in 
> Solana Beach, and perhaps a south-only Class II on the west side of 
> Vulcan Av., where on-street parking is unfortunately probably also 
> required. This would force southbound cyclists wishing to use the 
> Class II to turn left at La Costa Av. and then left back onto the 101 
> at either Leucadia Bl., Encinitas Bl., D St, E St, or Chesterfield, 
> but it would mimic the route I already generally choose when I ride 
> from my Leucadia home to, say, the Oceanside Pier or to work in the 
> Carlsbad Airport Centre business park.
>  
> John E.
>

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Douglas Alden
dalden at ucsd.edu