[SDCBC] "Bike Lane Closed" sign

[dfege at aol.com]

I agree with Mike and Gary.  There is actually a second issue here and that is placing the sign in the bike lane itself, thus forcing the bicyclist out into the traffic in order to ride around it.  There should be a better way to notify motorists and bicyclists that that the bike lane is ending.  I've thought about putting the sign on the sidewalk, but this inconveniences pedestrians, especially those in wheel chairs, so that's not any better.


Dave Fege


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott at gmail.com>
Cc: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:30 am
Subject: Re: [SDCBC] "Bike Lane Closed" sign



I've previously commented on how motorists don't understand the "Bike 
ane Closed" sign. You're right that better wording with a picture would 
elp.
Kathy: How responsive is the City O' San Diego to issues like this? One 
 scale of 1 to 10, say. With 1 being "Byzantine nightmare of Kafkaesque 
roportions," and 10 being "They fixed it before I even called them."
-- 
ike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
arlsbad -- I ride slow
On 2/26/2008 11:17 AM Gary Hann Bicycle Advocate wrote:
> Currently on Clairemont Mesa Blvd. eastward before Antigua in 
 Tierrasanta they have placed a sign in the bike lane that says “Bike 
 Lane Closed”.  The road then narrows with K-rails to one car width 
 lane.  I must take the lane, which I do.  Yesterday, I had a car roll 
 down his window and yell at me to get on the sidewalk.  The “Bike lane 
 Closed” sign is not proper!  It should be something like “No Bike Lane, 
 Share The Road” with the picture of a bicyclist.  Just what would you 
 think if you saw a “Bike Lane Closed” sign if you were not a bicyclist.  
 Can anything be done to remedy this problem?
 
 Gary Hann
 
 
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