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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=234150802-07062007>Serge,
I know you won't concur, but my solution at that particular intersection and at
many like it would be to reconfigure it to eliminate the free-flowing diverge,
which in this case would permit expansion of the park as a bonus. We could still
have a (properly traffic-calmed) right turn only lane to avoid unnecessarily
congesting northbound traffic, but the angular diverge unnecessarily creates a
hazard for bicyclists and pedestrians.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=234150802-07062007>John
E.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org [mailto:sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Serge Issakov<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:38
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jack Bochsler<BR><B>Cc:</B> sdcbc@bikesandiego.org; Jim
Baross<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SDCBC] Bicyclist Dies In Crash With
Motorcycle<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>It's possible but not very likely that the
cyclist did absolutely nothing wrong and the motorcyclist simply hit him from
behind. I suppose it's also possible and arguably slightly more
likely that the motoryclist was passing him too closely, this startled the
cyclist, who looked back over his left shoulder and simultaneously "veered"
left into the path of the motorcyclist.<BR><BR>Much more likely is that the
cyclist did not notice the motorcyclist (perhaps, ironically, because he was
looking for a car) and veered in front of him.<BR><BR>In any case, the method
of turning left from the bike lane at the right side of the road is all too
familar to me. I see it executed on many mornings along <A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=regents+road+at+eastgate+mall,+san+diego,+ca&sll=32.841796,-117.269474&sspn=0.006761,0.010117&ie=UTF8&ll=32.875897,-117.2177&spn=0.003379,0.005059&z=18&om=1&layer=t">n/b
Regents Rd at the diverge-intersection with Eastgate
Mall</A>. <BR><BR>Cyclists are glued to the bike lane on Regents
and veer across the right traffic lane that becomes the right arm of the "Y"
headed for Eastgate, to get into the left arm to continue on
Regents. They rarely merge left "vehicularly", which requires
starting to merge pretty early, soon after crossing Executive if not
sooner.<BR><BR>Serge<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>