[SDCBC] Stupid Bike Lanes

[Steve McNeil]

My nomination for the stupidest bike lane is Pacific Highway, especially
immediately going south of Taylor/Roescran Street.  The surface is so bad
with wide open cracks, deep eroded surfaces, and high asphalt bumps that it
forces me to ride outside of the lane.  They also have the palm trees
between the sidewalk and the street with branches that sometimes droop down
so you have to dodge them.  And then it leads you to the merge with the
Barnett Street traffic after having to come out from underneath the
crossover bridge that carries the northbound PH to Barnett Street traffic.
A real treat if you do this during rush hours.  Sometimes I just wait at the
last point of separation until the traffic clears; however, it's pretty much
a blind curve there and the cars can reappear fast.

--Steve McNeil
  -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org]On Behalf Of JonIsaacs at aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:32 AM
  To: pje at efgh.com; sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
  Subject: Re: [SDCBC] Stupid Bike Lanes


  In a message dated 4/29/2008 10:19:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
pje at efgh.com writes:


    This is a great video, worth a view by everyone with two wheels.

    http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1243727174?bctid=1504447
505



  Philip:  Thanks for that link...  A nice video with a nice closing
thought...

  How about San Diego's Stupidest Bike Lane?

  While I am sure there are worse, I nominate the La Jolla Colony (LJCD)
entrance to the Rose Canyon Bike path.    Two major bike lanes with no
connection.   I normally enter the RCBP from south bound Gilman and have
made an informal study of the different techniques riders use to enter the
RCBP from La Jolla Colony.  Some of the various techniques:

  -  Ride down the sidewalk on the south side of LJCD...  Somewhere this
involves crossing mid stream.

  -  Ride down LJCD the wrong way...

  -  Make a left from the light at I-5 and LJCD whenever possible.  This is
probably the legal option but the intersection is not set up for a cyclist
waiting for the through traffic to clear.  Cyclists I see do this seem to go
when the light is red to avoid the on coming traffic.   One is in vulnerable
location, up against the concrete divider in a "hook" corner, it doesn't
look good to me.

  - Ride under the bridge and make a U-Turn at the light at Gilman and I-5

  - Become a pedestrian and push the pedestrian crossing button.  IMHO, this
is not a good option because the crossing begins in a blind corner at the
end of a blind turn.  Motorists are used to running that light to get on I-5
North bound and are not prepared for someone using the cross walk.

  Whether it's the stupidest in San Diego, I doubt it but I think one has to
certainly admit that two major bike lanes that join ought to have a good
connection.  I would take LJCD instead of Gilman if there were a good way to
get to the RCBP...

  jon


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