[SDCBC] South Bay Dangerous Bike Path Change

[Dave White]

Darryl -

The new posts have been noted (erected between March 10th and 12th)  
and the Bicycle Coalition intervened last week; Executive Director's  
note is pasted below.
Thanks for reporting the issue.

Dave White
SDCBC Board


Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Kathy Keehan" <execdir at sdcbc.org>
> Date: March 13, 2008 1:49:47 PM PDT
> To: "'David White \(Pedal to the Park\)'" <P2Park at san.rr.com>,  
> "'Bill Hober'" <billhober at san.rr.com>
>
> Subject: RE: 5 Cities ride
>
> One note – the City of San Diego put up some new posts at the end  
> of the little bike path that runs from Chula Vista down to Saturn  
> Ave. They’re too close together to ride through, so you’ll have to  
> lift your bikes over them to get through. We’re working on getting  
> the City to take them back out, but in the meantime please be  
> careful there.
> Kathy
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Kathy Keehan
> Executive Director
> San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
> P.O. Box 34544
> San Diego, CA 92163
> 858.487.6063
> execdir at sdcbc.org
> www.sdcbc.org
>
>
On Mar 18, 2008, at 10:04 PM, Darryl MacKenzie wrote:

> One of our riders took a nasty fall in the South Bay area due to a  
> change in the bike path.
>
>
>
> Heading south from Chula Vista to Imperial Beach, as one pedals to  
> the end of the bike path approaching the Home Depot and the short  
> street leading to Palm Avenue, additional poles have been erected  
> in the bike passage area or ‘gate’. The rider had passed here many  
> times and was not expecting the additional poles until it was too  
> late to avoid hitting them. He tells me that the poles are now so  
> close together that bikes have to be lifted over, the handlebars  
> will not fit between the poles.
>
>
>
> This gate is intended to be used by bicycles yet it is now  
> impossible to pedal through the gate. For safe passage on this bike  
> route, these additional obstacles should be removed.
>
>
>
> Darryl MacKenzie
>
> San Diego Cyclo-Vets Ride Co-Ordinator
>
> DarrylMacKenzie at Cox.Net
>
> (619) 303-7316
>
> o^o  o^o  o^o o^o  o^o  o^o o^o  o^o  o^o
>
>
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