City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Prioritizing Bicycle Infrastructure Improvements in the City of San Diego to Enhance Public Safety
By now you may have heard the news from last Tueday about the unanimous City Council vote on the Resolution prioritizing bicycle infrastructure improvements to enhance public safety that got some excellent coverage on Fox 5. The Fox 5 coverage included an accurate visual depiction of how our riders have to play a dangerous game of frogger in order to navigate the various freeway ramps that litter our city.
First, a thank you. We want to thank Councilmember Lorie Zapf for rising up and pushing the issue. We reached out to her after David Ortiz died in her District last year. We encourage you to contact Councilmember Zapf and the other Councilmembers (Alvarez, Gloria, Kersey, Lightner, Sherman), who voted on this resolution to thank them as well. Councilmembers Kevin Faulconer and Marti Emerald were not present last Tuesday.
After our first meeting with Councilmember Zapf's staff, we presented the case on why the I-805 and I-5 ramps on Balboa Avenue (and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard) needed to be redesigned. Councilmember Zapf, as chair of the Land Use & Housing Subcommittee agreed to prepare a resolution addressing our concerns. The original draft (.doc) that was sent to the City Attorney for review contained this paragraph which was then removed prior to being voted upon at the Land Use & Housing subcommittee and then later at the full City Council meeting.
WHEREAS, our San Diego community has experienced too many instances of bicycle related collisions in the public right-of-way. In high risk conflict areas for cyclists, such as the heavily traveled I-805 and I-5 freeway interchanges, the City should utilize all methods for increased safety such as shared lane markings known as “sharrows” on narrow roadways without bike lanes, innovative pavement markings such as bright color bike lanes for better visibility by motorists, and to maintain pavement surfaces to acceptable conditions, AND
Without this specificity included, we felt that the resolution didn't really have anything tying the resolution to actual change or project implementation. Our main concern that we raised in January was the deadly design of the freeway on/off ramps along Balboa Avenue and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard - language that was struck out by the City Attorney's office. The resolution that was voted upon last Tuesday did have some good language which indicated that Councilmember Zapf and her staff was paying attention to what we write about here especially as part of our "Foto Friday" series, but the resolution by and large missed the point we were trying to raise about the freeway ramps.
However, we do realize that we are fortunate to have a very supportive and encouraging City Council championing our mission to create a livable San Diego while supporting our goals to implement world-class bicycle infrastructure in order to make our vision a reality. While elected officials elsewhere make asinine statements about bicycling and then backpedal when cornered, we're lucky to have elected representatives who apparently were just waiting to be asked to support our mission.
While the resolution was being discussed, Councilmember Alvarez pointed out out that a Capital Improvement Programs with up to $40 million in funding could be applied to some bicycle projects around the city. He asked that Ed Clancy, the City's new Programs Manager for Bicycle Initiatives to get some projects implemented quickly. Clancy stated that he'd been meeting with us and other transportation and built environment advocacy groups on this issue in order to do just that. Councilmember Alvarez also restated his desire to see some national experts come down to San Diego and see through some actual projects built. The archived transcript and video of last Tuesday's Council session is available at the City of San Diego's website for your perusal.
Council President Todd Gloria ended the discussion item by stating the following offering some perspective (edited from the transcript for readability):
The last time you came, we asked for you to keep coming back. This is how you will make forward progress. I want to thank you Ms. Zapf for her leadership on this issue. The fact that city council is discussing this is change. When I first got on the Council over four years ago, there weren't too many members on the council talking about biking. Ms. Zapf I appreciate your interest in this issue. With regard to the concerns about whether or not we are making forward progress, I think I may see a bit of perspective. I recognize the frustration.
This isn't about a nice weekend jaunt for most of you. This is your means of commuting and your means of commuting is not safe. I understand exactly where the comments are coming from. That said, in my first term, there were no sharrows in the city of San Diego. We got over that hoop and now there are hundreds across the city. We had no bike corrals almost a year ago and now we have four. They're all in my district. You need a couple in yours. They are worth getting. We have a bike sharing program that's on deck and we'll start, I believe, this summer. The mayor has championed Ciclovia or CicloSDias as he likes to call it. And I believe that's on deck for later this year. Additionally, probably most importantly, is that we are having the conversation and moving forward with a number of regional bike projects. Two, particularly in my district. One of the uptown area and the other in the north park city area. And as Ms. Zapf mentioned, that's going to be difficult stuff but I'm there with you. I'm willing to consider road diets. I'm willing to eliminate parking to make space for bikes. We're willing to do that difficult work but you can't just be on twitter, you can't just be on facebook and you can't just yell at people who are supportive of you. You need to be at those community meetings advocating for bikes. Because I promise you the other side will be there as well.
So let's keep the focus on where we're at. A lot has happened. It may not feel that way especially when your livelihood and safety is at stake. You have a mayor who is outspokenly in favor of biking and I appreciate that the mayor's leadership on this has been remarkable.
You have a Council who through this vote just will signal its support and to Mr. Alvarez's point the question is less about what more funds we can put in for bike infrastructure but the funds that are going to road repairs and making sure whatever roads are capable of handling a bike lane actually receive a bike lane when it is paved. And that's something that I think is incumbent upon Mr. Clancy and his role to look at those lists and figure out where that's done. It's not additional money, it's just a can of paint down the street to provide that safety. It can be just that simple.
I think this is the council, all of you already know is passionate about infrastructure, biking is part of our neighborhood infrastructure. We're making progress, you've seen it with sharrows and bike corrals. You're gonna see it with bike sharing and CicloSDia, with these mobility projects in my council district and elsewhere. By the way the two in my district have a price tag of roughly $2 million just for design. So getting to Ms.Zapf point, that's not even building anything but that's money that's there. It's budgeted and it is in there and it will be there when the time comes. With this resolution today, I hope we're not just designing this stuff but we're going to build it. When the City Council for the City of San Diego weighs in what I expect will be unanimously a signal will be sent both to the mayor's office and SANDAG that there better be money for these bike projects. Once the community finishes its dialog, determine what streets it wants to paint these Class I bike lanes on and let's just get the job done. Everyone wants to see this happen and that's what this vote is about today.
Randy Van Vleck of the City Heights Community Development Corporation asked Brian Genovese of the City's new Multi-Modal Division what this resolution symbolized and he responded,
The resolution is symbolic in the sense that it commits the City to emphasize the need for bicycle infrastructure. The gesture is important because it creates awareness and a commitment by council to back the Mayor’s agenda. TEO is already taking steps at implementation through re-striping efforts in conjunction with the overlay program (low hanging fruit).
Foto Friday: Riding into the New Year - Signs of Improvement in District 2
Article and photos by BikeSD member and supporter, Kelly Cummings.
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Way finding has been made easier for bicyclists with the addition of new signage. This example (above) is on the north side of the Sunset Cliffs Bridge over the San Diego River.
Late October 2012, BikeSD board member Nicole Burgess led San Diego City Senior Traffic Engineers Brian Genovese and Lynn Wade on an exploratory ride around Ocean Beach. Lynn Wade worked to document the need for way finding signage to help people navigate easily into the different areas of Ocean Beach by bicycle.
Below are some examples of the recent changes and additions to bicycle signage for way finding in the Ocean Beach area. There is much more than this going up around town. Have you noticed any new signs? Send us an image and location.
that helps to direct riders into specific areas of this beach community.
With the coming bike share program soon to roll out in San Diego, all this infrastructure improvement including signage, buffered bike lanes and improved road conditions will help to make San Diego a desirerable place to visit and live. Leveraging the good weather, natural beauty and terrific accommodations found in San Diego will help to make our city attractive to our "velo visitors", be they vacationers, conventioneers, business people and of course our local citizens.
Report on our First Rally at City Council; City Council Very Receptive
Yesterday, nearly two dozen San Diegans took the time out of their very busy schedules to show up in support of us starting a discussion with our elected representatives at City Hall on transforming San Diego into a more livable and safer city. Below is a report of our public comment that was offered as part of the non-agenda public comment period.
Sam Ollinger stated:
Last Thursday, a 53 year old man, a married man, was trying to get to his destination when he was needlessly killed while crossing the 805 interchange at Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. He was killed by a vehicle exiting (sic) off of the freeway to Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. About nine months ago, another San Diegan, David Ortiz, was killed on a parallel street – Balboa Avenue while similarly trying to cross the 805 ramps just trying to work. The reason both these individuals died was because they were struck by vehicles while they were riding a bicycle. And no one bothered to make a safe route for them just to ride so they could get to where they needed to go. We’re all here today because our hearts are broken. It is not okay that we lost another resident last Thursday. We don’t even know what his name is. But his death still affects us. And it should affect us all. It is not okay that we lost David Ortiz. And it is completely inexcusable that we lose another person. I urge City Council to please apply for the needed funding from SANDAG, the state and federal sources to begin work immediately on redesigning these freeway interchanges to be consistent with Caltrans’ own policy to make our streets safer for all users. I urge the city to continue promoting the values of health, welfare and safety by starting the process of obtaining right-of-way access from Caltrans of these exit ramps and entry ramps and to begin working on redesigning these dangerous intersections within this year. In the meantime, please convert these intersections into construction zones complete with orange construction barrels, caution signs, so that drivers are just aware and don’t unwittingly kill another human being who is simply trying to get around. Thank you.
Councilwoman Lorie Zapf of District 6 who chairs the Land Use and Housing Sub-Committee immediately responded by stating the following:
If I could just make a comment. I just wanted to let you know that both of those accidents happened in my district, District 6, on Balboa, Clairemont Mesa and actually a few years earlier there was a bicyclist on Genesee who had been killed and it was the father of one of the children that my daughter went to school with. So I’m acutely aware of this. It is a priority for me, our family is a family of bike riders and I’m always looking for opportunities for that but we’ve been talking with Caltrans working on this issue. I would like to bring to Land Use & Housing, a resolution – we don’t have all the funding here as you mentioned - a lot of the funding is through SANDAG, Caltrans, Federal grants, but I would like to be even more proactive that when improvements are being made, we should definitely incorporate safe bike routes and look at some of the ways you talked about and anyways we can help get people safely from point A to point B. And we have all this beautiful weather, for goodness sake, we should have the opportunity to ride our bikes. It’s unfortunate it wasn’t planned this way when the city was originally planned and it’s a little, well a lot harder to go back and incorporate it. But I just want you to know it’s an absolute priority of mine and we will, I know Mr. Alvarez and Council President Gloria that it’s a priority in all of us. So we will be more proactive and try and move this forward. For all of us.
Hans Wangbichler who was one of the citizens also offered a comment and he stated the following:
I used to live in the area between Balboa and Genesee and although I’m a bicycle ride now..it’s like saying someone is a motorist. Well, I’m also a father, small business owner and I’m a resident of San Diego now for over 30 years. I was living in the area before and have been handicapped twice in my life: confined to a wheelchair for six months at a time. Part of my physical therapy was to go to 24 hour fitness at the time…less than a mile from my house and I couldn’t go over the freeway, not just for bicyclists just for pedestrians, for kids, anything like that. And I’ll cut it short there. Thank you.
Nicole Burgess, BikeSD board member and founder of the District 2 Bike/Ped Advisory Committee stated the following:
Thank you and thank you all for being supportive. As much as I represent these guys, I also represent the environment, the sustainability, reducing emissions and as it relates to the RTP which is being challenged. What I’m asking is that this could be a possible funding source for these bike/ped projects. There is a public comment on January 10th, this Thursday from 12 to 1pm, downtown. We need support from everybody that these funds…if can possibly just stop this current RTP until the new one in three years and dedicate those funds to bike/ped and transit projects. Then we can find funding for these highways, these cycletracks, these separated bike lanes that we need so desperately for our kids. And I also represent District 2 Bike/Ped Advisory Committee. And I would strongly encourage that San Diego get an advisory group along with subcommittees for each of the districts. Because I know it’s a long for me to get to Rancho Bernardo. And I don’t know all the ins and outs of Mira Mesa but the residents there do and they need to get action in their own communities.
Kevin Faulconer, Councilman of District 2, stated the following:
Thank you for coming down to all of our speakers particularly to Nicole. One of my staff, Mr. Patton will be there on Thursday at that meeting. And I just want to thank you again Nicole for all the work that you do. She mentioned she is on the District 2 group and I had the pleasure of…I guess a month and a half ago, we rode numerous streets together particularly to and from our kids safety. She pointed out common sense changes we can make without a whole lot of money. Some of those we’re working on now. Some of them take a little bit longer but that’s how it starts. On what can we do right now. And then, what should we be doing for longer term particularly for bike safety and separated lanes. Thank you.
David Alvarez, Councilmember for District 8 then stated the following:
Just briefly. As I happened to ride my bike into work today just reflecting on what you’re sharing, it’s…it gives you a different perspective just thinking that I was on the road today and luckily - I’m here. But, I’d like to let you know that I’ll hopefully be joining you on Thursday at the RTP meeting. I’m glad you brought that to my attention to make sure that we have a strong coalition of folks both from elected officials and the community making sure that this issue is at the forefront of the decision that is going to be made at SANDAG. So thank you for coming.
Council President and District 3 Councilman Todd Gloria then stated the following:
I’m grateful that you’ve come. I think a lot of the advocates and leaders in this community know that this is an important issue for myself and for my district. And many of my colleagues have shared this in the past…the way I feel is that the other modes of transportation always show up at public hearings. Unfortunately many of our laws are created such that cars are always accommodated in every project, every time. The way that that changes is when folks like yourself show up and demand change. So I’m grateful that you’re here to help those of us that want to see change…Thursday’s obviously incredibly important. SANDAG is incredibly important. And again I’m grateful that you’ve come down. It leaves an impression that’s very very powerful. And please don’t make this your last visit. We need you here very frequently. Thank you guys very very much.
District 9 Councilwoman Marti Emerald then concluded by stating the following:
Just a brief comment that you recall earlier this morning we approved applications to SANDAG for about $5 million in grants. And we’ll keep pushing for that to keep the money rolling into, especially our mid-city area and some of these more hazardous areas where we have freeways and city streets colliding. Well, hopefully not literally but you know what I mean. So, we’re here for you. And thank you for coming down and keeping this on the front burner. We appreciate it.
Later yesterday, Councilwoman Zapf tweeted that Balboa Avenue would be getting green bike lanes implemented by March.
@alvarezsd @greenienic @toddgloria @garyridesbikes I've got city staff starting on green lanes on Balboa Ave. look for them Feb/March
— Lorie Zapf (@LorieZapfD6) January 9, 2013
However, while green bike lanes provide a visual cue on where bikes will be expected (assuming the surface of the roads is well maintained and not littered with debris), it doesn't provide the safety benefits that protected bike lanes would. Further more, the key issue in Clairemont is the high speed merge areas that bicyclists have to contend with when crossing each of the freeway ramps in addition to the lack of protected bike lanes. It was with the goal of wanting protection from vehicles exiting and entering the freeways at high speed that we asked for an immediate reprieve by wanting the ramps along Balboa Avenue and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard to be converted to a construction zone areas and to acknowledge the reality that redesigning these high speed merge areas would take a long while. But rather than letting the public outreach process hold up safety improvements, ensuring that these deadly sections of these surface streets were immediately changed would visually and physically indicate to all road users that they needed to be additionally cautious as they navigated these ill designed sections of our city. We suggested orange construction barrels because they could better withstand impact from an automobile more than a simple sign or a traffic cone could. This suggestion has not been implemented to date.
We also want to thank everyone who took the time to call or email their elected representative and Councilwoman Zapf's staff on why redesigning these deadly areas of the city is of paramount importance. To conclude, we received an email last night from a Clairemont resident who explained in no uncertain terms why redesigning these sections of the roadway was important and needed:
I am deeply saddened by the tragic and unnecessary death on my street a few evenings ago. I do not drive and ride my bicycle to work every day. A few weeks ago, I was nearly hit while in the crosswalk in the northbound on-ramp to 805 at the same overleaf. I was always riding on the sidewalk to avoid merging with traffic. I know this is not legal, but I have seen texting drivers swerve into bike lanes and speed too many times to trust riding on the street. Every since, I have been putting my bike on the bus to get over the 805 Clairemont Mesa intersection. Way too many pedestrians, drivers and bike riders have been hit and killed within this area. It is like a war zone between 50 mile per hour crazies and the residents. How many more need to suffer here? I feel terrible for this man's family.
(A Part of) Nimitz Boulevard Gets Buffered Bike Lanes
Thanks to the efforts of our board member, Nicole Burgess, a small part of Nimitz Boulevard is now a bit more pleasant to ride now than before.Over the weekend, new buffered bike lanes were striped along Nimitz Boulevard. The section of Nimitz that now has a buffered zone stretches from Oliphant Street down to the Evergreen Street. The painted buffer now gives riders a little bit more breathing room while traversing this major corridor in Ocean Beach.
As the head of the new multi-modal program, Brian Genovese, mentioned last month, the policy of coordinating bike infrastructure improvements with the City's resurfacing and repaving schedule is finally starting to make some headway in the city.
The discussion about improving Nimitz Boulevard is on our goal list for our first year as it is a key north south corridor in Ocean Beach. One of our strategies for effective advocacy is to initiate a riding tour with the appropriate and relevant elected representatives so that they can experience in a visceral way the conditions that their constituents face on a daily basis. The effort to improve Nimitz for all its users has been spearheaded by Burgess who brought her concerns to Councilmember Faulconer a few months ago by organizing a bicycle ride through Ocean Beach. After organizing the ride with our help, Burgess continued to follow up with key decision makers including SANDAG bike planners, the City's bike coordinator, Tom Landre, Genovese, the new Congressional representative for her district, Scott Peters and her City Council representative, Kevin Faulconer. Burgess was honest about her lack of experience in understanding the processes involved that would ultimately result in a safer corridor along Nimitz Boulevard. In an email sent to all the decision makers on November 9th Burgess urged action,
As key players to people able to make things happen in transportation as well as bike/ped facilities, I would just like to have a good sense of where we are going with Nimitz Blvd.
A few things to note -
I don't know all the legal processes or all the funding opportunities and I don't know how well the City of San Diego and Sandag can work together.
But I do think it is important to collaborate with all so that we can have a first class facility completed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
My understanding is that there is an I-8 corridor study in the works. I think the transportation committee should be collaborating with the City, and the bike people on the I-8/Sunset Cliffs area. Bike People would include District 2 Bike/Ped Advisory Committee and other local advocacy groups.
Nimitz is scheduled for repavement next November. If we have to wait until next November for the basic improvements, then let's have a real plan - cycle tracks, road diets, restriping, colored asphalt, whatever it takes to make it safer now rather than 10 years down the road.
How can Sandag and the City of San Diego come together to provide a safe facility for all users within a reasonable time.
If there's anything I can do to facilitate this process, please let me know.
Thank you for your time on this important corridor treatment.
Despite the email, the city originally repaved Nimitz with no additional improvements for riders in November. Burgess feared that the old sub-par bike lane would either be restriped as before and wanted to influence the restriping and thereby reduce the width of the vehicular travel lane to make it safer for all its users.
On November 28th, Burgess noticed that Nimitz had been repaved and sent out another email:
Subject: Please have the city postpone re-striping on the south end of Nimitz.
An area of Nimitz has been repaved and before it is done to previous standards, we (all stakeholders) should be able to use paint in a better way to provide safety for all users of the road.Sandag has visions of providing cycle tracks or safe facilities for cyclists in the next several years. Let's work together and begin this gradual process now. We need to start it here and now - with simple paint.Please help me do something.Wishing for the best.
Genovese responded promptly with the following email on November 28th(at 10:05 pm):
We have postponed the striping and developed a plan to add buffered bike lanes. Our plan is being reviewed by the contractor for implementation. I can give you more details tomorrow in between my time conducting interviews.
As a follow-up to my email last night, I wanted everyone to know that the proposed changes will occur where the street overlay was recently completed. The remainder of Nimitz will be re-striped in conjunction with upcoming overlay projects but this change will set the tone for what we want along the corridor. As I mentioned before, and which seems very obvious, the idea is to get out in front of the overlay program to see if there are opportunities for improving the bicycling experience. As the newly formed Multi-Modal Section gets situated, we hope to do a lot more for San Diego’s bicycle facilities. Thank you for keeping us alerted to needed improvements.
Over the weekend, BikeSD member, Kelly Cummings carefully documented the new restriping and the buffered bike lanes that were striped for a slightly more pleasant riding experience on Nimitz Boulevard.
Cummings rode out to check out the new painted buffered bike lanes and made meticulous measurements of the area.
The southbound main traffic lane on the right measured 120 inches (10 feet exactly) from inside yellow stripe to inside white lane line. The bike lane measured 78 inches (6'6") from inside stripe to inside stripe. The right turn lane on the left measured 134 inches (11' 2") from inside stripe to edge of concrete gutter. (The concrete gutter adds another 21 inches to the width. The yellow stripes are 4 inches wide, the white dashed lane dividers are 4 inches wide and the sold white lines are 6 inches wide.) As you look up Nimitz, the bike lane along the edge of the sidewalk measured 59-60 inches (5 feet) from edge of gutter to inside white line. The gutter is also 21 inches wide at this point.
But as Tom Fudge noted last month, "paint is great but paint doesn’t stop cars." This was evidenced by the two vehicles that were seen driving right over the painted buffer.
The new buffered zones is certainly a vast improvement over what existed before on the pothole filled Nimitz. We're thankful to all the stakeholders who worked with us and Burgess to ensure that the bike lanes would have some additional breathing room for our riders.
However, this is a nice Christmas present. And we encourage you to send your thank yous and other love notes to the following individuals who have gotten us to this point:
District 2 Councilman Kevin Faulconer, (kevinfaulconer@sandiego.gov)
City Council representative for Councilman Kevin Faulconer, Michael Patton (mpatton@sandiego.gov)
Head of the new Multi-Modal Program, Brian Genovese (BGenovese@sandiego.gov)
City Bike Coordinator, Thomas Landre (TLandre@sandiego.gov)
Jake Aquino with the City Bicycle Program (jaquino@sandiego.gov)
As for the next step, the city needs to step up its game if it is serious about providing safety improvements for her residents. And you can rest assured that this is precisely what we'll be advocating for.
Have you had a chance to ride on the new buffered bike lanes on Nimitz? What is the experience like? Share them in the comments below.
SANDAG to work on connecting Rose Canyon Bike Path to Rose Creek Bike Path
This Wednesday I will be meeting with Chris Carterette who works at SANDAG in managing their Coastal Rail Trail project.The Coastal Rail Trail project is a proposed bike path (Class I) that will eventually connect downtown San Diego to the City of Del Mar.
Part of that long bike path includes a section that is missing right now between the Rose Creek Bike Path and the Rose Canyon Bike Path. We're looking for your input and your thoughts on improving the heavily used Santa Fe Street corridor. The Regional Bike Plan has a plan to connect the Rose Creek Bike Path with the Rose Canyon Bike Path. Considering the poor slurry seal job done on Santa Fe recently, and the fact that this cul-de-sac has a bit of truck traffic that cyclists have to contend with, a new and separated facility will certainly be a welcome addition to this busy bicycling corridor. The existing bike paths are marked in red and the proposed connection (in blue) could look like it does in the map below.
View Rose Canyon/Mission Bay Drive Connection in a larger map
In our vision map*, you left the following feedback with regards to this section:
On Rose Canyon Trail south end:
Two ideas here. There are probably many more:- Real bike lanes on Santa Fe (separate from parking)
- Improve connection to Mission Bay bike facilities, such as continuing the trail under Mission Bay Dr
On the Rose Creek Bike Path
entrance/exit to this is very steep and dangerous, requires sharp dangerous turn.... a tunnel can be built here.
On adding lights to Rose Creek Trail which ends at Damon Street/Mission Bay Drive:
This trail should have lights to make it safer when it is dark out.
Earlier this month, the crew who organized the Fix It Ride along this corridor sent in the following feedback which mainly revolved around maintenance issues, something the City of San Diego really needs to be more thorough on:
1. We trimmed the overhanging brush all along the north Rose Canyon bike path. There is one section that could use a trim but the type of plant was too much for our small hand tools. We need some gas powered hedge trimmers which none of us have...
2. More importantly, we trimmed all the branches growing out into the Gilman Drive bike lane (blind curve, 50 mph). That will definitely be appreciated by all the cyclists that use it. We got tons of thank you's from the hundred or so cyclists that passed us while we worked. Unfortunately none of them stopped to help... Maybe next time.3. We all agreed that Santa Fe could really use some share the road signs (plus sharrows) right before the bridge. That is the worst spot on the road. It really should have a lower speed limit too. 40 mph is unnecessary on a small dead end road. Especially when you factor in that it is a heavily used bike corridor. How could we go about getting the city to change these things?4. Santa Fe from Damon to Rose Canyon Bike Path is 40 mph. That is the section that cyclists use. The section from Damon to Balboa is 25 mph
5. Current Share the Road signage - There is one share the road sign located 50 ft from the dead end. The sign has graffitti on it so you can't read share the road. Not that any drivers actually see it anyway considering its placement...
Knowing that a bike path is being planned - how would you like to see it being built? A maintenance agreement and good lighting should be the bare minimum along with protective railings. Good quality transportation infrastructure should be inviting and well built. Please leave a comment here so they can be forwarded to the appropriate decision makers.
* the Vision Map has been closed to further input to prevent spammers. Please email talk@bikeSD.org with additional suggestions.
This was written by Sam Ollinger