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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=468431901-02052008>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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
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size=2><SPAN class=468431901-02052008>--Steve McNeil</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>JonIsaacs@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:32
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pje@efgh.com; sdcbc@bikesandiego.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[SDCBC] Stupid Bike Lanes<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">In a message dated
4/29/2008 10:19:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pje@efgh.com writes:<BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">This is a great video, worth a view by everyone with two
wheels.<BR><BR>http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1243727174?bctid=1504447505<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Philip:
Thanks for that link... A nice video with a nice closing
thought...<BR><BR>How about San Diego's Stupidest Bike Lane?<BR><BR>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:<BR><BR>- Ride down the sidewalk on the south side of
LJCD... Somewhere this involves crossing mid stream.<BR><BR>- Ride
down LJCD the wrong way...<BR><BR>- 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. <BR><BR>-
Ride under the bridge and make a U-Turn at the light at Gilman and
I-5<BR><BR>- 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.<BR><BR>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...<BR><BR>jon
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