<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">We DO have at least one local precedent for the marking of traffic loop sweet spots. In the mid-to-late 1990s, during San Diego Northern Railroad's "Big Dig" track lowering exercise, northbound bicyclists were encouraged to bypass construction-constricted Coast Highway 101 from Via de la Valle to Solana Vista Dr. White-paint bicycle symbols depicted the sweet spots for the detour's two left turns, Coast Highway to Via de la Valle and Solana Vista back to the Coast Highway.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">Yes, I would strongly support such markings in general.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Baross wrote:<BR>> Especially galling to me is the apparent refusal of local district<BR>> Caltrans to use the approved pavement markings, a little white<BR>> stencil of a bike and rider, showing the "sweet spot" for<BR>> positioning yourself to actuate a traffic signal!<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>