Comments on: The sad state of Kearny Villa Road http://www.bikesd.org/2010/03/the-sad-state-of-kearny-villa-road/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ray http://www.bikesd.org/2010/03/the-sad-state-of-kearny-villa-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Ray Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:51 +0000 http://www.bikesd.org/?p=1495#comment-1284 We have the attention of the City now, let's keep the pressure on and extend it to the State level with CalTrans who have 50% of the jurisdiction over the high speed transition ramp to 163 south. We owe it to the two martyrs to make sure they are not forgotten. We have the attention of the City now, let’s keep the pressure on and extend it to the State level with CalTrans who have 50% of the jurisdiction over the high speed transition ramp to 163 south. We owe it to the two martyrs to make sure they are not forgotten.

]]> By: shane http://www.bikesd.org/2010/03/the-sad-state-of-kearny-villa-road/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 shane Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:41:33 +0000 http://www.bikesd.org/?p=1495#comment-1282 usually i only lurk, but i felt compelled to speak on this matter. sure the speed limit is 65. sure planes regularly fly low right over you in a deafening roar. sure cars merge on and off at high speeds. but the bike lane...is atrocious. there are few north/south routes that are accessible via bike. this is one of them. the bike lane is in the worst condition you can imagine. it's as if the street was lined with trees and the roots were cracking through the asphalt. there is a crack every 10 ft horizontally, as well as the ever dangerous vertical ones as pictured above. the ironic thing is that the road is fine and recently paved!!! they just excluded the bike line! if you manage to navigate the cracks, good luck being as successful missing the never-ending glass, nails, and other debris that seems to never get swept up. it would be nice to have a safe north/south east/west grid throughout san diego. usually i only lurk, but i felt compelled to speak on this matter.

sure the speed limit is 65. sure planes regularly fly low right over you in a deafening roar. sure cars merge on and off at high speeds. but the bike lane…is atrocious.

there are few north/south routes that are accessible via bike. this is one of them.

the bike lane is in the worst condition you can imagine. it’s as if the street was lined with trees and the roots were cracking through the asphalt. there is a crack every 10 ft horizontally, as well as the ever dangerous vertical ones as pictured above. the ironic thing is that the road is fine and recently paved!!! they just excluded the bike line!

if you manage to navigate the cracks, good luck being as successful missing the never-ending glass, nails, and other debris that seems to never get swept up.

it would be nice to have a safe north/south east/west grid throughout san diego.

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