[SDCBC] US Open

[Dave White]

I encountered no signs in the bike lanes (up or down Genesee)  
yesterday; good work Darryl practicing advocacy on the road.

On Jun 10, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Darryl MacKenzie wrote:

> I do not know about bike parking.
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> But I am interested to know if the 'No Parking' are gone from the  
> bike lane southbound (up hill) on Torrey Pines.
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> On Saturday, I rode from Mission Valley to Oceanside to see the  
> start of RAAM for women. As I was descending down Torrey Pines hill  
> around 9:15 AM, I noticed that there were stand-alone no parking  
> signs in the bike lane every 100 feet or so, about 20 – 40 of them.  
> These signs were randomly positioned in the bike lane, some to the  
> left some to the right others in the middle. The only sensible way  
> to get through this maze was by taking the motor vehicle lane,  
> especially at the speed most cyclist descend this hill.
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> In Del Mar, I called 911. The person taking my information properly  
> called the situation obstacles in the traffic lane. While going  
> through Solana Beach I received a follow up call for more information.
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> When I returned south again around 2PM, all signs were to the far  
> right against the curb. However the bike lane is still very narrow  
> in places here, not wide enough for safe passage at speed.
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> I stopped to talk with an officer in a black and white half way up  
> the hill. He directed me to the station of the person in charge of  
> traffic for the golf event.
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> I visited the traffic control area and pled my case regarding the  
> dangerous downhill signs.  Then I pedaled back to Mission Valley.
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> A friend who pedaled down the hill Sunday morning told me that the  
> downhill signs were all off the pavement and away from the bike  
> lane at that time.
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> The uphill signs were still randomly placed in the bike lane as I  
> climbed Torrey Pines grade at 2PM. I decided not to emphasize them  
> on the weekend, concentrating on the more dangerous downhill ones  
> first.
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> Does anyone know the status of the uphill signs now?
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> Darryl MacKenzie
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> DarrylMacKenzie at Cox.Net
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> (619) 303-7316
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> bounces at bikesandiego.org] On Behalf Of Rosemary Braun
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> Subject: [SDCBC] US Open
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> Does anyone know if there is any secure bike parking at the US Open or
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> in the area within 1 to 1/2 miles away?
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