[SDCBC] On Voice of San Diego this morning

[Jim Baross]

The route is from Normal Heights to Camino del 
Rio South... incomplete, traverses private 
property and is probably too steep to qualify as 
ADA compliant. A NH Trails committee and the NH 
Community Planning Group (that I chair) is 
working on getting something open but unlikely a 
bike-able facility. Look at the north end of 33rd 
Street. Aerial views show some of the presently existing trails, most illegal.

I'll be attending a meeting this week to 
introduce the idea to property owners, hoping to 
alleviate their potential fears and "get 'em on board."

But, don't let that stop you or anyone. There is 
also a more likely openable abandoned route from 
Ft Stockton to Camino del Rio South I could show anyone sometime.

At 02:35 PM 7/16/2008, Serge Issakov wrote:
>Good comments so far.  This one caught my eye:
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>23. Fred wrote on July 15, 2008 6:46 PM:
>"Perhaps this hasn't yet been done---but it 
>would be wise to survey the roads for currently 
>usable and preferred roadways for bikes. Unused 
>roads like the switchback trails that lead from 
>Kensington to the valley could be ''adopted'' by 
>bike clubs, restored and narrowed so they are 
>useless for any other transport vehicle. 
>Cyclists need to think in terms of carving out 
>their own spaces rather than wait for some @#$%! 
>politician to do anything but nothing on the 
>matter, and a sense of locals creating their own 
>thoroughfares where they can would do much for a 
>community of commuters. It would be safer in the long run, too."
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>Anyone know anything about these "Unused roads 
>like the switchback trails that lead from 
>Kensington to the valley"?  What is their grade, 
>approximately?  How wide are they?  What is the 
>surface like?  What condition are they 
>in?  Where are they?  Can you find them on 
>google maps satellite view and send links?
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>Thanks,
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>Serge
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>On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Kathy Keehan 
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>Hi all,
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>I'm the host of Café San Diego this morning 
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>Kathy
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